Useful Resources

As an academic advisor at The University of Connecticut, you will work with students progressing through various stages of their academic careers. For the most part, the students you advise will be majors in your department. There are, however, cases and programs where you may be working with students from other majors or students who need advice on transferring from their current program to another program. The resources available to you are varied.  Advisors can print a "What-if" advisement transcript to assist with advising a student contemplating a major change or a change of Catalog year  Change Catalog Information .

Catalog

The electronic Catalog ( http://www.catalog.uconn.edu ) offers the most up-to-date and complete academic information.

Deans' Offices

The Deans' Offices provide interpretations of rules, coordinate the academic advising within the school or college, supply appropriate forms, handle transfers between schools or colleges. The Deans' Offices serve as the source of most authorizations or approvals described as being those of the dean, including but not limited to requests for a change of major or advisor within a school or college, late withdrawal from a course, waiver of the Eight Year Rule, waiver of the residency requirement, etc.

Center for Continuing Studies

Web address: http://www.continuingstudies.uconn.edu

College for Continuing Studies handles registrations for several types of students:

Students may seek advice on which courses to take during summer sessions, or they may seek permission or consent to enroll in an instructor's section. Course listings of summer courses are available in the spring. Detailed information on courses, costs, procedures, etc. is available on the web: http://www.continuingstudies.uconn.edu.  Course schedules can be found in the Student Administration system  via the  Course Search  feature and in the  Schedule of Classes. Related to the summer, advisors ordinarily do not need to sign registration forms.

Registrar's Office

Web address: http://www.registrar.uconn.edu/

The Registrar's Office, is the source for many materials required by both students and advisors. All course registration is processed through this office.

Transfer Course Equivalency

Web address: http://web.uconn.edu/transfer/search.php