9:59 p.m.
Just a quick question regarding this particular bullet point:
? If the student has already established an advising relationship and would prefer to
stay with their current advisor, assuming the advisors feels comfortable with the new
major, they will be able to continue with the same advisor.
Is this in reference only to our current caseload students who were in a secondary major,
or could future major changes outside of our primary area still stay with us if we feel
comfortable advising that major?
Matt D. Keneson
Academic Advisor I
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.52
One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249
Phone: 210-458-6513
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Behalf Of advising(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 2:40 PM
To: advising(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu
Subject: [Advising] Secondary Majors
Good afternoon,
Below and attached are the policies and procedures to be followed as a result of the
decision to no longer have centers service secondary majors.
At the Director's meeting with the Provost on November 7, 2014, the Directors proposed
that none of the centers would have secondary majors. The proposal was approved by the
Provost effective immediately. Moving forward, students will be redirected and assigned
to the primary assigned cluster for that major, in order to provide students with a more
thorough and efficient advising experience.
Protocol to be followed by all of advising:
? The student's currently assigned advisor will update the student's record to
reflect the new major. If the student is considering a major that has a "Pre"
then their major should reflect that "Pre-major". The student will then be given
the contact information for their new Center location.
? SGAADVR will be updated with the generic advising center information until the student
is assigned an advisor for the secondary major. The original center will send an email to
notify the new center. A weekly report will also be run on a weekly basis and sent to the
Executive Director, Directors, Associate and Assistant Director(s).
? If a student comes into a Center requesting to change their major and their information
is not updated in SGASTDN or SGAADVR, the front desk staff will have the student complete
a change of major form. If the student can be seen at that time by an advisor they will
however, if that is not possible the front desk will inform the student that they will be
contacted within 72 hours. If the change of major is approved and processed the student
will be informed by their new assigned advisor and their SGASTDN and SGAADVR records
updated. If the change of major is not approved a note will be added in GLOBAL indicating
why they weren't approved, an email will be sent to the student and they will be
referred to STPL to discuss an appropriate major. Their SGASTDN record will be updated to
UND and SGAADVR will be updated to reflect general STPL center.
? If the student has already established an advising relationship and would prefer to
stay with their current advisor, assuming the advisors feels comfortable with the new
major, they will be able to continue with the same advisor.
? Each assigned advisor is responsible for completing degree audit for their assigned
student major and minor(s) if applicable.
? The Primary advisor will still be responsible for advising the student on their
minor(s) if applicable.
? If the student is a double major, they will receive co-advising. For example: A
student who is a Marketing major and Public Administration major will receive advising
from both Business Studies and Downtown Advising. This student will have two assigned
advisors in SGAADVR. The primary advisor would be the one with the more prescriptive
major. In the example above this would be the Business Studies advisor.
Approved 11/13/14-ACDC
Take care and stay warm.
Barbara
