Degree Planning

Prepare for a successful advising experience.

• Academic Advisement (do's and don'ts) handout

Advising Worksheets

• Advising APAS Planning (2018)
• GPA Calculation
• Life Management Planning (24 hour view with tips)
• Term Planning with 2nd Choices (weekly view with 2nd choice options)
• Course Selections with Weekly Schedule (weekly view of a term schedule)

Resources for Advisors

• Advisor Appointment Schedule: Faculty are advised to post their office hours on their office door.
• Developmental Advising (Chickering Seven Vectors)
• Incomplete Contract
• Sample Faculty Reference Letter
• UMD Academic Policies...and more

Registration & Records Information

• Calendar - Registration, drop/add, billing dates and more...
• How to grant students permission to register for your course?
• Wait listing - How does it work?
• Registrar Resources (for staff & faculty) - start and end of term
• How to guides for: add/drop/swap a course, change grading option, add yourself to a waitlist, etc

Professional Fields of Study...and more

• Business interest
• Health and Medical interests
• Law interest
• Mentor Program
• STEM fields

Additional Forms

Advising Forms
UMD One Stop Forms