Advising Appointments

James Carr

Office: SM 290
Phone: 201-8971

Regular office hours   can be found here   along with E-mail addresses

Registration "windows" for Summer and Fall classes open on March 3 (for "senior" students),
or March 5 for all others. [Dream Big! and Honors students can register before March 3.]
Please make an appointment to see me before the end of March!

New advisees should meet in person the first time. New students must attend an Advising Workshop before I can advise you and clear you to register.

All students, but particularly my "Achieving the Dream" advisees, should complete (or update) the following before our appointment:

• Checklist
• Steps for Success
• Academic Planner for current and next semester

I ask that you make an appointment for any visit during March or early April so I can minimize conflicts with office-hours for my physics students. I will have a sign-up schedule of advising times during the six weeks or so from February through early April that will be set aside for advising. At other times, send e-mail (or call) to set up an appointment, or just ask your question via e-mail.

Drop-in advising sessions are possible, but only if there are no students from my classes waiting to see me. Physics students and advisees with appointments will have the first priority for my time during April.

Students making good progress who have filled in their academic plan can often "meet" via e-mail or over the phone. (Click here for info on e-mail advising.) If you have withdrawn from some classes or failed some classes, you should make an appointment to meet with me in person. Ditto if you have changed your planned major.

If you are getting close to graduation, you should visit Enrollment Services to have a "grad check" done to be sure you are ready for graduation.

Advising appointment times

The schedule below shows the times I may be available for advising sessions. The schedule on my office door will have other times blacked out when meetings or the demand for office hours around exams makes advising appointments impossible.

Sign up using the appointment schedule on my office (SM-290) door.
You can also send e-mail suggesting a possible appointment time and I will reply to confirm.

**    These times must be scheduled at least a day in advance.

****    Special appointment only; not available on signup sheet.

You can send e-mail suggesting a possible appointment time and I will reply to confirm.
It is best to use the signup sheet when it gets busier, close to the start of registration.

An e-mail requesting an appointment should include the following information:

• The subject should be "advising appointment".
• The date (not just the day) and time you want to meet.
• Any changes in your planned major.
• Confirmation that you have completed the Checklist and Steps for Success and started (or updated) your Academic Planner, including whether you completed 2 years of a foreign language in high school.