Advising

Advising Policies and Procedures

How to Make the Best Use of a College Academic Advisor
All successful and savvy college students learn to use their academic advisor on a regular basis. The things discussed with a college-level academic advisor tend to be much broader than the range of issues you took to your high school guidance counselor.

How to Declare/Change a Concentration/Academic Minor
To declare a concentration, fill out Declaration Form and take it to a concentration advisor for his/her signature. To change your concentration, simply re-declare with the new concentration

How to Petition for an Exception
How to Petition for an Exception

How to Apply to Graduate
 How to Apply for Graduation

How to Read a Degree Audit Report (PowerPoint presentation)
The Degree Audit Report is designed to inform students and advisors whether requirements for a degree have been met, or which requirements need to be completed

Registration and Academic Record

How to Drop and Add Classes
Each term has three different time periods during which different rules for Drop/Add apply. The dates at which these periods begin and end are very firm. It is the student's responsibility to know these dates and rules.

How To Make Pass/Fail Changes
You make a course Pass/Fail by adding the election modifier "P/F" via Wolverine Access. You may do this any time up until the Open Drop/Add deadline. After the deadline, it is impossible to add or remove the P/F modifier.

How To Take and Finish An Incomplete
If you believe you will not be able to finish the work for a course, you may request a grade of "I" from the instructor. The instructor is under no obligation to grant your request.

How To Repeat a Course
Any course that you have previously completed, regardless of the grade you received the first time, is considered a repeat.

How to Audit a course
An official audit in LSA is unusual. The audit requires approval in advance from both the instructor and the Academic Standards Board.

How to Compute Your Grade Point Average
A GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of Michigan Semester Hours (MSH) elected during a term into the total number of Michigan Honor Points (MHP) earned during the same term.

How to Compute an Honor Point Deficit
A deficit means that the GPA of the concentration, minor or cumulative average has fallen below the required minimum of 2.0.

Resources

How to Search for an Internship
Here are some good starting places for your internship search, along with guidelines about how to receive LSA credit for your internship.

How to Get Academic Help
How to Get Academic Help

Transfer and Test Credit

How to get credit for an IB or AP exam
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions generally awards credit for very high scores on I.B. and AP examinations

How To Get Transfer Credit for Courses Taken at Another College
If you are a current LSA student, credit for courses taken elsewhere is granted by the Credit Evaluators, located in the Admissions Office at the Student Activities Building.

How to read your transfer credit evaluation
How to read your transfer credit evaluation which you will receive in the mail from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions

How to Enroll Dually in LSA and Another College or University
A student who wishes to enroll simultaneously in LSA and another school, college, or university, must request permission from the Academic Standards Board in advance of registration.

How to Cross-Campus transfer out of LSA
How to Cross-Campus transfer out of LSA

How to Cross-Campus transfer into LSA
How to Cross-Campus transfer into LSA