Academic Advising Fall 2020 Goals for Session with

Academic Advising Fall 2020 Goals for Session with your Major/Primary Advisor: Discuss Degree Requirements and Progress Towards Degree Select Classes and Make Plan Ahead Schedule Review how to register for classes Leave with PERC

Dates to Remember Ø March 13 th § Mid-semester § Class Schedule posted by this date Ø March 30 § Advising for Fall 2020 officially begins § Recommend making an appointment earlier Ø April 1 § Priority Registration for Honors Students Ø April 10 § Last Day to Withdraw from individual course Ø April 20 § Last Day for All-School Withdrawal through Dean of Students Office

Registration Dates Open Priority Registration: Wednesday, April 1 st for Eligible Honors Students • All first-year students enrolled in Colloquium II • Next year you will need a minimum 3. 25 cum UW GPA for priority • Continuing Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors by GPA

Making an Appointment with Your Major/Primary Advisor Varies Depending on College 1. Visit the college/department website for information about how to sign up for advising • Agriculture; Arts & Sciences; Business; Education; Engineering; Health Sciences; Haub School; School of Energy Resources; ACES 2. Look up your primary advisor in Wyo. Records 3. Email them if you have questions

Honors Advising Group Advising Sessions: • March 25 @ Noon Guthrie Basement • March 26 @ 12: 30 pm Guthrie Basement Individual Honors Advising appointment with Laura or Ann: • Watch for advising emails with a link to calendars • Email Laura @ LOlson@uwyo. edu or Ann @ AStebner@uwyo. edu

Use Wyo. Web to Prepare for Advising üLook up your specific registration date and time üReview Degree Evaluation and your Four Year Plan üLook up potential classes and create a Plan Ahead Schedule üClear all Holds & Prepare for Registration Checklist Items üWatch helpful videos about using Wyo. Records on the UW ACES You Tube Channel

Utilize these tiles on the Honors Website

http: //www. uwyo. edu/honors/prospective-honorsstudents/application/academic-requirements. html

After Colloquium, what’s next? 3 things! 1. One Honors Non-Western course • • • Any level 2000+ as long as it is in honors AND listed as a non-western May take in any order with upper division electives and major requirements - summer classes and J-term classes are great options - for some transfer students, this requirement is waived To find a Honors Non-Western Classes offered this semester - go to Register for Classes or Browse Classes, click “Advanced Search” and in the “Attribute” drop down criteria box type “Honors Non-Western” 2. Two Honors courses at the 3000 or 4000 -level • • Degree evaluations lists requirements as “Modes of Understanding” and “Senior Seminar” which is no longer a distinction. Complete any 2 honors courses at the 3000 or 4000 level May take in any order with upper division electives and major requirements - summer classes and J-term classes are great options 3. Capstone Project & Presentation • Independent study, HP 4976, will NOT count towards a specific Honors college requirement or toward Honors upper division elective • Plan to meet with our Honors Capstone Project Coordinator in the spring of

Capstone Project & Presentation It’s never too early to start planning this project Visit the Honors webpage for more information https: //www. uwyo. edu/honors/current-transfer-honorscollege-students/senior-honors-project. html Make an appointment with Dr. Cassady to get started: Dr. Joslyn Cassady Honors Capstone Coordinator Guthrie House 212 307 -766 -4110 | jcassady@uwyo. edu

Honors Capstone Project Funding Does the Honors College have funding to support my research or creative work? • Yes! Dean Parolin manages a scholarship fund to help offset research costs associated with the Honors Capstone. Please consider applying for a grant. Priority will be given to students who don't have other sources of funding. • The grant application link is below. Read the directions carefully. You will complete the top half, and your faculty mentor will complete the bottom and then submit to the Honors College. • https: //form. jotform. com/90146050358149 • Honors Grant (up to $3, 000 of support for capstone project work) at the Group Advising Sessions in March. The application deadline is April 20 th

Independent Study Credit HP 4976 Ø You will have your own specific section of the independent study for which you will register Ø To request a section, email honors@uwyo. edu a nd include the following: • The name of your • • instructor and written approval from them (usually your faculty mentor for the honors capstone project); you need to identify this person Your W# and Name The number of credit hours you and your faculty mentor have agreed upon (1 -3) ØFull course description for HP 4976: Independent Study DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE HONORS UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVES Instructor: Student must identify faculty mentor and receive approval from faculty mentor and Honors Why might you take an Honors independent study? Register for one if you need additional upper division elective hours to graduate, if you need additional hours to be a fulltime student in any given semester, if you feel you need the structure to help you complete your capstone project, or if you have been working with an instructor on a particularly interesting area for which there is no designated course. You can take up to 3 credit hours of an Honors independent study per semester for up to a total of 6 hours overall. You don’t need to sign up for an independent study to complete the capstone project. Please note that these hours do not meet any specific requirements towards your degree or your Honors minor. They do not count towards the required Honors upper division electives.

Review of Advising Tasks ü Schedule your advising appointment with your Major/Primary Advisor – watch your UW email & schedule ASAP ü Verify that you have priority registration in Wyo. Records ü Review Degree Evaluation & Four Year Plan ü Look up potential classes and create a Plan Ahead Schedule ü Clear all Holds/Prepare for Registration Checklist Items ü Attend your advising appointment & receive your PERC ü Optional: individual appointment with Laura or Ann OR attend Honors Group Advising Sessions ü Register for Classes on your own on April 1 st

Ann Stebner Steele Honors College Advisor/Lecturer Guthrie House 11 307 -766 -4110 astebner@uwyo. edu Laura Olson Honors College Advisor/Career Counselor Guthrie House 10 B 307 -766 -4110 lolson@uwyo. edu