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WHAT IS ADVISING? • Looks different from what you experienced at orientation • Planning classes for the next semester • Talking about a game plan for future semesters • Discussing goals and future plans

WHO IS MY ADVISOR? • Two places to look: • EKU Direct • Student Services & Financial Aid • Student Records • EKU Student Information • DegreeWorks

ADVISORS ON DEGREEWORKS Order of advisors listed: • Major advisor • Supplemental advisors • Department chair

WHAT IF MY ADVISOR IS WRONG? • Contact your major department and ask who your advisor is • Putting advisors in DegreeWorks doesn’t happen automatically

HONORS ADVISING • Meet with Katie (honors advisor) AND your major advisor – why? • Who should I meet with first? • When/how do I sign up for honors advising? • When/how do I sign up for major advising? • What happens in honors advising?

HONORS FLEX CURRICULUM • Honors Flex – 25 hours of honors credit • 10 hours this semester (Rhetoric/Seminar) • 9 hours of honors seminars • Next semester & sophomore year • 6 hours of honors thesis • Recommend starting thesis sometime junior year

HONORS COURSE NUMBERS & GENERAL EDUCATION • HON 304W – Element 2: • HON 312W – Element 5B: Quantitative Reasoning Social & Behavioral Science • HON 307W – Element 3A: • HON 317 – Element 4: Arts Science • HON 308W – Element 3B: • HON 320W – Element 6: Humanities Diversity • HON 310W – Element 5A: History

HONORS ADVANCED SEMINARS • Innovative, experiential courses more directly tied to specific academic areas • HON 404: Honors Interprofessional Seminar in Health Sciences • 3 more in the works for 2020-2021

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DEGREEWORKS – WHAT IF

UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG • www.catalogs.eku.edu • Click on the year, not on the picture • You are in the 2019-2020 catalog • Divided by academic college • Four-year plans at the end of each college section

DEGREEWORKS – PLANNER

ADDING/CHANGING MAJORS, MINORS, ETC. • “What If” audit on DegreeWorks • Appointment with advisor in department you’re adding/changing • www.registrar.eku.edu/declaring-program-study • Form to Registrar’s office • If you change during advising/registration – who has your RAC number?

REGISTRATION HELP WORKSHEET

HONORS REGISTRATION DATE: NOVEMBER 7 7:30 AM

When available, Spring 2020 will appear

1.Click in this box 2. Type “HON” 3. Hit “tab” then press “enter” 4. And you get…

9 + 4 = 13 So, there are 2 spots left in this class, even though 1 section shows 6 remaining and the other shows 11.

REGISTRATION TIPS AND TRICKS • Plan out your schedule in advance • Write down CRN numbers of sections • Use the CRN boxes on the add/drop screen • Have backup classes/sections ready