Advising Policies
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University Advising Policies
Some students may not register for classes until their advising requirement has been satisfied. If you are required to meet with a professional advisor before registration, you will have an advising hold on your account. The following categories of students are required to meet with an advisor each semester in order to register for courses:
- Students with less than 30 earned credit hours applicable to the degree.
- Transfer students (external and internal) upon initial admission and in their first semester.
- Students who earn a cumulative GPA below their unit's good standing GPA.
- Students who have a break in enrollment of two or more consecutive years.
- Students who are undecided.
- Students who are seeking admission into another school/unit.
- Students who are required to be advised by individual academic units.
Note: Visiting and post-baccalaureate students are not required to meet with an advisor in order to register for courses in the subsequent semester.
These policies appear as written in the Academic Catalog. Visit student Resources & Tools for more information regarding unit/school specific policies.
Unit Advising Policies
In addition to the university requirements, academic advising is required for the following students enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences:
- Returning students who have sat out for a period of one semester or longer.
- Students with 45 or more earned hours who have not formally applied for and been accepted into a major program.
- Students with fewer than 30 hours earned.
- Students with who are on conditional status.
- Students with a GPA below 2.0.
- Students who are in their first semester at UofL (excluding post-baccalaureate and visiting students from other colleges and universities)
Students who have been accepted to a major are highly encouraged to meet with faculty in their field of study. The College of Arts & Sciences also provides pre-professional advising for students interested in careers in law and in health-related fields.
All business students are recommended to schedule an appointment with their advisor at the Reinhardt Academic Center periodically; Equine majors must contact the advisor within that discipline.
All students entering degree and/or teacher certification programs must schedule an appointment to meet with an academic counselor in Education Advising and Student Services to have an official program sheet prepared. This includes both internal and external transfer students who have been admitted to the College of Education and Human Development, as well as new freshmen.
All students are required to meet with their advisor each semester prior to registration (tentatively)**.
Dental Hygiene students who have completed less than 30 credit hours are required to meet with their academic advisor once a semester before registration.
All students are required to meet with their advisor each semester prior to registration.
All undergraduate students with less than 90 credit hours are required to be advised once a semester prior to registration.
Advising is required for all music students until they have completed all prerequisites for Upper Division courses. (See the Upper Division statement in the School of Music Unit Section and in the music degrees outlined in the undergraduate catalog.)
Freshmen and transfer students with less than 28 hours are required to be advised prior to registration. All new students, including transfer students, are required to be advised regardless of credit hours, as are students on conditional admit status
Students who are out of sequence in their upper division program of study must meet with their advisor to revise their program of study and submit a School of Nursing space available form.
Public Health students are required to meet with their advisor every semester. It is the student's responsibility to schedule these required advisory meetings.
All BS and MEng students are required to be advised by their academic counselor each semester.