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Information for Faculty/Staff

The Advising Drop-In Center functions as a supplement and a complement to our faculty advisors. We are available at a consistent time and location, so that students know when and where to find an advisor if their own is unavailable. To that end, our goals are:

• Give general explanations about different majors and curriculums and then direct the student back to their faculty advisor for specific degree requirements.
• Answer quick questions about where services are located.
• Explain the intricacies of UCanWeb and how to register for classes, and how to locate the information available on our SUNY Canton website.
• Reinforce students’ responsibility for their own SUNY Canton experience.

Degree checklists for all programs

Instructions for UCanWeb's Degree Audit software (CAPP) (PDF)

SAMPLE Letter to Advisees for pre-scheduling (docx)

Advisor training and opportunities for Spring 2013:

 Webcast: Advising Transfer Students for Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Challenges

      Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 2:00pm in MCC 218-220

  

Canton Advisor’s Resource Packet (PDF) - updated 10/16/2012

Chapter 1: Responsibilities of an Academic Advisor

Academic Advising and Retention At  SUNY Canton

FERPA: What is FERPA?

The Role of the Faculty Advisor

Timetable of Advising Activities

Chapter 2: Student Populations

Advisor’s Guidelines for Working with New Students

Students on Academic Probation

EOP Students & the Advising Process

International student advising

Study Abroad Guide for Advisors

TRIO Student Support Services Program

Chapter 3: Advising Processes

Declaring a Major / Change of Major Form

Dropping & Adding Courses: Common Questions

Pre-scheduling Process

Registration Reminders

Minimum degree requirements

Summer / Winterterm course registration

Course Leveling and Placement

Faculty Guide to Cross-Registration

General Education Requirements (GER)

Liberal Arts Electives/Designations

Online Courses: An Advisor’s Reference

List of Writing Intensive courses

Chapter 4: Campus Resources  

Advising, Orientation & First Year Programs

Curriculum Codes and Coordinators

Financial Aid Eligibility

Help Wheel

Tutoring Center Information

Web resources related to Advising

Chapter 5: UCanWeb

Entering Moving Towards Success (MTS) warnings

Entering mid-term or final grades

Providing student registration code after advising session

How to look up classes (for faculty and for students)

Degree Evaluation in UCanWeb

 

 

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