Undergraduate Academic

Advising Manual

AAM 100 Background/University Organization

101 Organization

101.1 Board of Regents
101.2 University Mission
101.3 Mission of Advising
101.4 University Organization

102 Advising Organization

102.1 History of Advising at ASU
102.2 Cross-college Advising Services
102.3 The Council of Academic Advisors
102.4 The Advising Coordinators Board
102.5 The Mandatory Advising Computer System
102.6 Advising at the College Level.
102.7 Organizational Models for Advisement

103 Advisor Classifications

103.1 Directors/Coordinators
103.2 Classified Staff / Academic Advisor Classifications
103.3 Faculty
103.4 Student Advisors

AAM 200 The Academic Advisors

201 Legal Issues

201.1 General Principles/ Documents and Resources
201.2 Legal Common Sense for Academic Advising
201.3 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - Questions and Answers
201.4 Parents and the Buckley Amendment
201.5 Advisor’s Responsibility
201.6 Reference Persons

202 Communication Skills

202.1 Effective Listening Skills
202.2 Guidelines for Responding with Empathy

203 Ethics/Code of Conduct

203.1 Code of Ethics
203.2 Code of Conduct

204 Using Technology in Advising

204.1 Student Information System (SIS) and Mandatory Advising Computer System
204.2 An Advisor’s List of Helpful SIS Screens
204.3 MACS / General Studies Manual
204.4 The Degree Audit Reporting System
204.5 Electronic Mail
204.6 World Wide Web
204.7 ASU Data Warehouse

205 Professional Development and Training

205.1 Organizations

Council of Academic Advisors (CAA)
Advising Coordinators Board (ACB)
Student Services Network (SSN)
The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

205.2 Conferences

NACADA National Conference
Rocky Mountain Region 10 Conference
State Advisors' Meeting
Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)

206 Approaches to Advising

206.1 Definitions of Approaches (Walter Earl)
206.2 Developmental Academic Advising Model (Terry O’Banion)

AAM 300 Advising the Student

301 Admission and Advising

301.1 Admission for Degree Seeking Students
301.2 Non-Degree Seeking Students
301.3 Readmission to the University

302 Profiles of ASU Student Population

302.1 Disability Resources for Students
302.2 Multicultural Assistance Program
302.3 International Students
302.4 Student Athletes
302.5 Re-entry Students
302.6 Honors College
302.7 Multi-campus Students

303 Orientation

303.1 Orientation Responsibility
303.2 Orientation Programs Available (1996)
303.3 Special Programs for New Students
303.4 Orientation for Advisors

304 Placement of Courses

304.1 Placement test scores
304.2 Admission competency deficiencies

305 Edits
306 Registration

306.1 Registration
306.2 Pre-registration
306.3 On-line and Intouch telephone registration
306.4 Mandatory advisement
306.5 Schedule of Classes
306.6 Drop/add Procedures
306.7 Withdrawal Procedures
306.8 Overrides and Overloads

307 Measles Immunization Requirement
308 Progression

308.1 Retention and Academic Standards
308.2 Academic Good Standing
308.3 General Studies
308.4 Declaring a Major
308.5 Program of Study/DARS
308.6 Admissions Deficiencies: Review of courses and SIS references
308.7 Dismissal policy
308.8 Probation, University and College policy
308.9 Criteria for probation
308.10 Disqualification policy
308.11 Probation reports from the registrar

309 Reinstatement

309.1 Reinstatement Procedures
309.2 Standards Committee Reinstatement Appeal
309.3 Low Cumulative Appeal

310 Medical Withdrawal

310.1 Medical Withdrawal Policy
310.2 Medical Designee
310.3 Medical Withdrawal Procedure

311 Academic Renewal

311.1 Description
311.2 Procedure

312 Financial Aid/Fee Payment
313 Concurrent Degrees

313.1 Definition
313.2 Petition Process

314 Graduation

314.1 Application process
314.2 Deadlines
314.3 Successful Applications

315 Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS)

315.1 General Information About DARS
315.2 General Directions
315.3 DARS as an Option to Filing Program of Study

316 Student Information System (SIS) / Mandatory Advising Computer System (MACS)

316.1 Description
316.2 Cross-Reference

317 World Wide Web (WWW)

AAM 400 ASU West Campus

401 ASU West Mission
402 ASU West Background

AAM 500 ASU East Campus

501 ASU East Mission
502 ASU East Background

AAM 600 Appendices

601 Definitions / Terms Related to Academic Advising
602 SIS Screen Instructions

602.1 RG54C to MACS to RG 54C
602.2 MACS System
602.3 AD04 to AD45 to AD04 to AD20

603 Academic Advisor Resources

603.1 Current list of ASU Academic Advisors
603.2 ASU Catalogs
603.3 Academic Forms
603.4 Schedules of Classes
603.5 Arizona Higher Education Course Equivalency Guide
603.6 ASU Policy Manuals

604 Student Resources
605 Community College Referrals
606 Campus Referrals for Academic Advisors
607 Index

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