Notebook • Volume XX VI • 2018
SCIENCE ADVISING HIVE The College of Science has launched a new Academic Advising Hive. It’s a one-stop shop for student success. The Advising Hive is located in the Crocker Science Center,
FIRST-YEAR MILESTONE Students admitted as new freshmen and who are in their first semester of enrollment at the U are required to meet with
room 240, and it’s open Monday through Friday. Advisors rotate
an advisor before registering for their next semester (students
on a weekly schedule, which is posted online at science.utah.
who begin in the summer are seen in the fall).
edu/students/advising.php.
SECOND-YEAR MILESTONE
The College now employs nine full-time advisors.
Students with two or three prior terms of enrollment, and
Previously, the four science departments – Biology, Chemistry,
90 or fewer credit hours, are required to meet with their major
Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy – had just one faculty
advisor. Students who have not yet decided on a major will
advisor each.
meet with a Major Exploration advisor in the Advising Hive.
“To have nine advisors, all focused full-time on student success, is a great improvement for advising in the College,”
UNDECLARED STUDENTS Students with 60 or more credit hours and at least two
says Angie Gardiner, advising coordinator. In fact, the College of
prior terms of enrollment, who have not yet declared a major,
Science has surpassed the guidelines given by the University to
are required to meet with their major advisor to declare the
have one full-time advisor for every 300 students.
major, or with a Major Exploration advisor in the Hive if they
During spring semester, the College also partnered with Career and Professional Development, the Honors College, Pre-professional Advising, and Student Success Advocates so that representatives and advisors from each program could assist students in the Hive.
have not yet decided on a major. GRADUATION Students applying for graduation must meet with their advisor. “The College of Science is committed to the evolution and growth of its students. The transition to centralized, more
Road M AP The Mandatory Advising Program, or MAP, recognizes key academic milestones in a student’s career and helps them plan.
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personal advising is one of the ways we continue to improve the undergraduate experience,” says Janis Louie, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
