Academic Advising
Advising Student Resources
Students can use these tools and resources to help them be full participants in their advising. These tools and recourses will also help students navigate online platforms to answer questions and take the lead in their academic progression.
Advising Documents
These documents can help students take lead on tracking their academic progress and plan for course registration. Depending on your academic major and advisor, additional supporting documents may be provided during your advising appointments.
- Graduation Plan: this document is created with an academic advisor during the first appointment. DOWNLOAD A BLANK COPY
- Undergraduate Advising Form: this form helps students during course registration.
DOWNLOAD A BLANK COPY - Weekly Schedule Worksheet: this worksheet helps students visualize their weekly class schedule. DOWNLOAD A BLANK COPY
- GPA Calculator: helps students track their WSU GPA. Especially helpful for students who are at risk going deficient, or for major GPA checks.
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Advising Vocabulary
The following terms are often used in higher education but may take on different contexts depending on the campus. The terms and definitions provided are particular to the WSU system and/or WSU Tri Cities.
| Phrase | Definition |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | A complete list of all academic deadlines, start and end term dates. |
| Add/Dropping a Course | A modification of a schedule by adding or dropping a course(s). Adding and dropping classes must be done by the add/drop deadline. Dropping classes are subject to a full or partial tuition refund. See Academic Calendar for all academic deadlines. (See also Academic Calendar and Withdraw from a Course) |
| Advising Form | This form is located on the Undergraduate Advising web site. This form is required to be submitted every semester to students’ academic advisor so that the Undergraduate Advising Hold can be removed. An alternative option is to complete an E-Advising Form. |
| Academic Advisor | Undergraduate students are assigned to a professional academic advisor. Academic advisors provide support through guiding students in major exploration, course selection, reviewing academic services and policies, and setting academic and career goals. Graduate students will be assigned a faculty advisor. |
| Academic Deficiency | Washington State University expects students to maintain minimum academic standards and make satisfactory academic progress toward their degrees. Undergraduate students are in good academic standing if both their current WSU semester and cumulative grade point averages are 2.00 or above. Students not meeting this criteria are considered academically deficient. See also Reinstatement or Satisfactory Academic Progress. |
| Academic Requirements Report | This report is located in the Student Center of the myWSU student portal. The Academic Requirements reports is the official degree audit that tracks degree completion. |
| Cancellation of Enrollment | Official process of withdrawing from all courses in an academic term. Cancellation of Enrollment is subject to a full refund by a certain deadline. See Academic Calendar for deadlines. See Academic Calendar for all academic deadlines. |
| Certify/Certification | The formal process of declaring a major. Certification requirements are set by degree program and students should work with their academic advisor to make sure they are working towards certification. Those that have not certified or are not eligible to certify are often referred to as Uncertified. |
| Continuing Student | Students that are at least in their first semester and continuing into their next semester. |
| Credit or Credit Hour | The number of credits is based on the number of classroom hours over the course of a term. Example: Math 106 is 3 credits and meets for three hours each week over the 16 week term. |
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Useful Links
| Useful Links |
|---|
| ALEKS Math Assessment:: important for students who do not have college level math. The ALEKS can also be a pre-requisite to math and science classes. |
| Academic Programs: website for Tri-Cities academic programs. |
| Blackboard Login |
| Blackboard Overview |
| FERPA (student rights) |
| How to drop a class |
| How to swap a class |
| How to apply for graduation |
| How to view midterm and final grades |
| Graduation Dates & Deadlines |
| myWSU Student Portal Login |
| UCORE:: this is complete list for the university system. This does not Tri-Cities specific information. |
| University and campus catalogs: links to catalogs by campus. The catalog outlines university degrees and majors, guidelines and policies. |
| University Catalog Courses: search for classes, class descriptions and pre-requisite information for the WSU system. This does not Tri-Cities specific information. |
| University Catalog Academic Units:use this link to find a major within the WSU system. This does not Tri-Cities specific information. |
| University Writing Portfolio: a graduation requirement for all undergraduate students. |
| Writing Placement: important for students who do not transfer in a college level English Composition course. |
| WSU Academic Calendar: outlines academic deadlines by campus and semester. |
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Schedule an Advising Appointment
Follow the link below to learn more about how to schedule an academic advising appointment.