Information for Academic Advisers
From the Undergraduate Gateway Center
- Adviser information
- UW Academic Advisers (requires Adobe Acrobat)
- Contacting Advisers — email lists, obtaining mailing labels
- Meeting Notes
- All Advisers Meeting, October 14, 2009
- Agenda [PDF]
Related documents:
- All Advisers Meeting, April 15, 2009
- Agenda [PDF]
Related documents:
- All Advisers Meeting, October 15, 2008
- Agenda [Word document]
Related documents:
- Adviser Education Program website
- OMAD Counseling Services: Re/Structured [PowerPoint]
- Undergraduate Academic Advising Council
- Discussion topic: What do we do and what should we do for students who are struggling academically?
- Center for Experiential Learning & New Global Opportunities (GO) program
- UW Counseling Center
- Who Will Make A Good Lawyer?
- GradeBook - Demonstration of New Catalyst Tool
- All Advisers Meeting, April 16, 2008
- Agenda [Word document]
Additional presentation information:
- All Advisers Meeting, Oct. 23, 2007
- Policies and procedures
- 2007 Adviser's Guide (pdf format)
- ADVISER INFORMATION FILE
- Placement Test Scores
- Tips for Getting into Closed/Restricted Courses
- Registration Policies When the Prerequisite is Not Yet Posted
- Who Signs What?
- Forms and handouts
- Web form for approving > 90 lower division transfer credits toward a UW degree
- 210-credit petition (College of Arts & Sciences)
- Worksheets — general ed requirements, 4-year planning guide, schedule-planning grids
- Finding Help: Study Skills — time management and study-skills "handouts," Study-Smarter workshops, and links to Internet resources
- General education requirements
- UW General Education Requirements
- General Education Requirements of Washington Community Colleges
- Counting History, Philosophy, and Journalism Courses from Washington Community Colleges
- A&S foreign language proficiency requirement (as of March 2009)
Summer Advising & Orientation: The Basics
MyUW/Web Registration Demonstration
General reference
Excess FIG Spaces (Clipboard)
Forms Online — from the Office of the Registrar: HW petition, returning student application, petitions for refunds, etc.
Student Database Code Manual — hold codes, major and degree codes, foreign language codes
Faculty Resources on Grading — grading policies, academic misconduct, students with disabilities
FERPA — Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
University Handbook
U.S. Universities and Community Colleges
College Web Sites — Washington community college and technical colleges
K-12 Schools in Washington State
Occupational Outlook Handbook
WOIS — Washington Occupational Information System
Student Database System
Electronic Advising Records System (EARS)
Departmental Information — use this service to create extract files containing department-level information from the UW Student Database
UW Advisor Wiki — step-by-step guide to using the Departmental Download files
Getting a Usercode and SecurID Card
Student Database System — online guide
SDB training class
Student Database Screens — reference list of the information available on each screen
Student Database Index — reference list of SDB information, by topic
Student Database Code Manual — hold codes, major and degree codes, foreign language codes
Tips and Tricks
SDB Keymap and Instructions for Installing SDB Keymap — This Advising SDB keymap includes Function Keys for advisers (one key transfers to DARS audits and exceptions, transfer credit evaluations, registration and other screens) as well as makes it so advisers don't need to turn on CAPSLOCK to search by student name. It also increases functionality while making DARS exceptions.
DARS
DARS Reference Site for Advisers — DARS exceptions, contact information
Major codes
Minor codes
Professional information
Undergraduate Academic Advising Council — Chaired by Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the UAAC is composed of undergraduate academic advisers from a broad spectrum of advising units.
APAC — UW's Association of Professional Advisers and Counselors
NACADA — The National Academic Adviser Association
StudentAffairs.com — information for student affairs professionals
PSO — UW's Professional Staff Organization
Adviser Education Program — a professional certification program for UW advisers
The Mentor — an academic advising journal from Penn State
The Chronicle of Higher Education
