Your Presenter Today:Amber Dillon

College AdviserLetters & Science

Most Schools and Colleges are divided into different departments. Undergraduates may have two academic advisors: 1 ) College Advisers and 2) Major Advisors.

Example:

College Advisors, 2nd Floor Evans Hall

Major Advisors, located in the department

Academic Advising

Major Major

MajorMajor

School or College Department

MajorMajor

What’s the difference between a college and a major advisor?

College of Letters & Science

Academic Advising

• Course selection and recommendations

• Exploring/choosing a major

• Problems that impact academics (missed deadlines, grades, health issues)

• Graduation Check

• Course selection and recommendations

• Exploring/choosing a major

• Problems that impact academics (missed deadlines, grades, health issues)

• Graduation Check

• Course selection and recommendations

• Course enrollment problems(waitlists, changing sections)

• Declaring your major

• Major Check

• Course selection and recommendations

• Course enrollment problems(waitlists, changing sections)

• Declaring your major

• Major Check

College Advisor College Advisor Major Advisor Major Advisor

When and why would I go to my academic advisor?

In some Colleges, such as Engineering, Environmental Design, and Haas School of Business, you will have only one academic advisor located in the College’s Student Services Unit.

• Transfer Credit Evaluation• Check Progress-to-Degree• College Requirements & Policies• Late Changes to Class Schedule

• Withdrawal (defined) & Readmission• Academic Difficulty & Probation• Connect you to campus resources

Ls-advise.berkeley.edu/

UC and Berkeley Campus Graduation Requirements

American History & American Institutions (AH&I)This can be waived if you have at least 90.5 semester units (senior status) and hold both a current, non-immigrant visa, and an I-94 departure record. You must present your visa and I-94 record to the Office of the Registrar, during the semester in which you will graduate.

American Cultures (AC)•Usually not completed with transfer work. Come see an adviser in L&S if you have questions.

College of Letters and Science Requirements(Satisfied with IGETC certification or UC Reciprocity)

• Essential Skills• Seven-Course Breadth

Unit Requirements:

120 unit minimum 36 upper div. units, of which… 6 must be outside of major dept.Unit maximum: 4 semesters or 130 units (single major) 5 semesters or 136 units (double majors)

Senior Residency(After completing 90 units, 24 of your last 30 units must be taken in residence at Cal)

P/NP limit Maximum 1/3 of total UC Berkeley units

College of Letters and Science Requirements

Declaring your majorCollege of Letters and Science Only

Please Remember:Junior transfers (with 60 or more units completed at the time of transfer to Berkeley) are given one semester - their first on the Berkeley campus - to apply for a capped major.

THE COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCEFall 2014 DEADLINES

Transfer Orientation Handouts are online…

Ls-orientation.berkeley.edu

Please print or bookmark these for your records:•L&S Deadline Sheet•Summary of Degree Requirements •“Resources for Transfers”

• 206 Evans Hall Lobby• Call us: 510-642-1483 or

go online• Same-Day Appts each

day• Pre-Scheduled Appts• Advisers in the Transfer Center and DSP

bHive.berkeley.edu

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