All Academic Advisers... 

• Engage in a broader dialogue with individual students to better clarify their academic and personal goals

• Help students construct an academic plan, which include, selecting classes and registeration. 

• Provide a service to students who are interested in research and study abroad opportunities.

• Counsel students who are on academic probation or warning.  

• Encourage critical thinking and decision-making skills.

• Discuss dropping a class or changing a class to pass/fail and initiate the corresponding processes if possible. File probation and academic warning paperwork. 

 

General Academic Advisers...

• Meet with students who have not declared a major or are pre-major status. ​

• Serve students who are exploring different degrees and career options.

• At both the University of Washington and the University of Texas, these advisers assist students in choosing classes that meet each university's core requirements, while assisting them in preparing for their major of choice.

• Administer student paperwork for placement exams.

• Have general knowledge in all majors offered at the university and sometimes specialize in certain areas, such as, pre-med, pre-business, pre-engineering, or pre-nursing.

 

College and Departmental Advisers... 

• Advise students in the major that they have selected.

• Help students explore specializations and academic tracks in their major.

• Introduce students to the opportunities available in each program, including internships, research, scholarships, new and one-time course offerings, and special events. 

• Help studnets prepair for graduation.

• Advise graduate students.

 

Honors Advising 

• ​Honors advising is only available to students that have been accepted into the honors program.

• Honors student are required to meet with an adviser twice during your time at UW; once during their first year, and again the quarter before you intend to graduate.

• Advises honors students that are on a path to receiving an interdisciplinary honors degree and/or departmental honors degree. 

• UW honors

 

Athletic Department Advising

• ​Student-Athlete Academic helps student-athletes create educational plans, while participating in the UW’s academic community as well as specific academic and career development goals. 

• Enhances student-athletes’ undergraduate experience, well-being, and overall development, while students also participate in athletics.

• Advise student athletes on scholarship status.