Academic Advising Network

Next Advisor Workshop

Thursday, October 7, 2021 – 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. The topic this month will be “UMatter: Support for Every Student”. 

NACADA Conferences

2021 NACADA Annual Conference – Cincinnati, Ohio – October 6-9, 2021

Current Advising Information

• New Majors
  • B.A. in Liberal Studies has changed names to B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies
  • B.G.S in General Studies has changed names to B.M.D.S. in Multi-Disciplinary Studies
• New Minors
  • Food Studies
  • Hospitality Management
  • Marketing
• Major Curriculum Changes
  • ACT of 24 (not 25) no pre-requisite for CHEM 105, BISC 160, and to declare Engineering
  • ALEKS Placement Assessment can be taken for students without test scores. Low scores can also take if prior to the start of their enrollment
  • Moving away from languages fulfilling humanities requirement in all degrees per SACS accreditation
  • B.B.A. now requiring MATH 167 (Business Math) and MATH 267 (Business Calculus I) for their math requirement