Campus Resources

Many advising questions can be answered by referring to the university's webpage. Most academic departments as well as administrative units have put their information on the Web. Here are some helpful sites for advising students.

College Advising Websites

• College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences
  
• College of Architecture, Arts, & Humanities
  
• College of Business &Behavioral Sciences
  
• College of Engineering & Science
  
• College of Health, Education, & Human Development

Campus Resources

• Academic Support Center
• Counseling and Psychological Services
• CU 101
• Michelin Career Center
• Orientation
  • Current Orientation Ambassadors
• Redfern Health Center
• Registrar’s Office
  • Academic Advisors (PDF)
  • Academic Redemption Policy
    
  • Degree Progess Report (Advisor Information)
    
    • Degree Progress Report Forms
      
  • SDB Access
    The Departmental Access System (also known as SDB) provides selected faculty and staff, within a specific academic department, on-line access to the records of students with majors under the auspices of that department. Further, view only access to section and professor information is available through this system.
  • Student Information Systems (SIS)
    
  • Registrar’s Reference Manual
    
  • Registration Procedures
    
  • Schedule Changes (Drop-Adds)
    
  • Withdrawal Policy
• Student Affairs
• Student Disability Services
• Study Abroad
• Undergraduate Announcements (Catalog)

Academic Advising Related Resources and Articles

• National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
• The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal
  Richard J. Light is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. This article first appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on March 2, 2001. It is adapted from Dr. Light's book Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, published by the Harvard University Press, March, 2001; available from amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
• What is Ethical Behavior for an Academic Adviser?
  Joyce Buck, John Moore, Marion Schwartz, and Stan Supon, Penn State University. For more information about this publication, contact Joyce Buck, jbb1@psu.edu