Advising

The purpose of concentration advising is to help you to formulate and reach your own educational goals while also making sure that you understand the objectives and requirements of the concentration or minor of that you choose.

Examples of when you need to see a Women’s Studies advisor include:

• Declaring the concentration or minor
• Considering what concentration or minor to choose, but requiring specific details about the requirements in the concentration or minor before making your decision
• Deciding to double major
• Completing a senior concentration or minor release
• Getting transfer or study abroad credits approved for your concentration
• Mapping out a way to fit in all the courses you need to graduate

You’ll find a certain amount of red tape in your relationship with an advisor, such as declaring the concentration or minor, or completing the senior concentration release. In the process of doing the paperwork, advisors will also help you to make the most of the opportunities that Women’s Studies has to offer.

A general advisor (located in 1255 Angell Hall, phone 734.764.0332) deals with general LSA degree requirements (those that don’t depend on your choice of concentration), while a concentration advisor deals with the requirements specific to a given concentration. Thus, if you have questions about your distribution or race & ethnicity courses, you should see a general advisor, but if you are concerned about your cognates, required courses or allowable substitutes in your concentration, you’ll need to see a concentration advisor.

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Advising Appointments

To make an appointment for concentration or minor advising, please click here. If you have a simple question you may e-mail wsp.advising@umich.edu and we can try to respond to it by e-mail. Please don’t contact the advisors directly; it’s important to have an appointment so we can be sure to have your records. For advising appointments, please come to 1122 Lane Hall. The staff there will direct you to your advisor’s office.

Women's Studies advisors for the 2009-2010 academic year are:

• Donna Ainsworth, Women’s Studies Program Coordinator
• Emily Lawsin, Lecturer in American Culture and Womens' Studies
• Wang Zheng, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

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Other Advising Resources

Grade Grievance Procedure in Women’s Studies (PDF)

LSA Advising

LSA Bulletin and department information