H ELP F U L LI N K S /
A DV I S I N G
R ES O U RC ES
Your advisor will be assigned before the beginning of the school year, but
for the duration of the summer, feel free to contact your appropriate Dean’s
Office or the Academic Advising Center.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION uwlax.edu/cba
Welcome to UW-L!
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH uwlax.edu/sah
This is the beginning of your college career. We are
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL STUDIES uwlax.edu/cls
happy to have you here. Throughout the afternoon
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION uwlax.edu/soe
you will learn about courses and resources we offer.
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATION uwlax.edu/sac
ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER uwlax.edu/aac
Enjoy today and we can’t wait to see you in the fall!
FUTURE PLANNING: TO DO LIST
___ Send Official AP Scores
___ Send Official Transcript(s) from other institution(s)
___ Explore your academic requirements at catalog.uwlax.edu
___ Check your to-do list in WINGS
___ Check your UW-L email regularly
OPTIONAL TO DO
___ Fill out FastTrack survey
U NIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–LA CROSSE
___ Sign up for First Flight Program
THIS WEBSITE CAN BE VERY USEFUL!
uwlax.edu/campus-life
F R E S H M E N R E G I S T R AT ION & FA M I LY OR I E N TAT ION
FERPA (FAMILY EDUCATIONAL
RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT)
Only you have access to any
information regarding your
college education, including:
billing, financial aid, grades,
B U I LD I N G YO U R S C H ED U LE
T H I N G S T O CO N S I D ER
You have 2-3 courses already on your schedule. Today you will register on your own
WILL YOU HAVE TRANSFER CREDITS COMING IN TO UW-L?
to complete your fall schedule. To be a full-time student, you need at least 12 credits;
This includes: courses from other institutions, Advance Placement (AP), College Level Examination
we do not recommend more than 16 in your first semester.
Program (CLEP), and International Baccalaureate credit.
Make sure to tell your advisor about any potential college credit you may have.
Most of the courses you register for today will
be GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
course schedule, etc. If you want
These are courses outside of your major that
others to access this information,
give you knowledge and skills essential for
you will need to set up a guest
independent learning and ethical thinking —
account in WINGS. Log-in to
e.g. life after college.
your WINGS account, click “Self
You have received a document with the list
Service,” then click “Manage
of general education categories and courses.
Guest Users.”
With the help of an advisor, you will select
M AT H M A P
The sequencing of mathematics classes at UWL:
MTH 045
MTH 145
MTH 050
MTH 051
MTH 150
MTH 151
MTH 207
MTH 175
MTH 265
general education courses to complete your
fall schedule.
U W- L W I N G S LI N G O — for HELP, see sidebar at wings.uwlax.edu
WINGS: UW-L’s Student Information System, where you can
register and find information such as transcript, financial
aid, advisor’s name, etc.
DO YOU PLAN TO BE INVOLVED IN BAND?
Refer to the flyer in your folder to see course numbers for music ensembles.
You should register for any music groups for which you intend to audition.
ADVISEMENT REPORT: Located in WINGS. This is your “graduation check-list” of
all the courses you will need in order to graduate.
WILL YOU PLAY AN ATHLETIC SPORT AT UW-L?
SCHEDULE PLANNER: Tool located in WINGS to help fit classes together into a
schedule. You may select the best arrangement of class
times and “export” them into your shopping cart.
need to register for the appropriate section of ESS 100 for team conditioning.
Attend the advising session of your NEW major. In the Registration room,
SHOPPING CART: Add courses to your shopping cart, then proceed to Enroll
screen.
Talk with your coach and advisor about scheduling around practice times. You may
HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT YOUR MAJOR?
you may declare/change your major and change pre-loaded courses if necessary.
ADD, DROP AND SWAP: Use SWAP when replacing one course with another.
MY PLANNER: Tool for mapping out your entire academic career; advisor
may view your plan.
PREREQUISITE: A course that must be completed before moving onto the
next course. (Will be listed in the course description.)
COREQUISITE: A course that may be taken at the same time as the next
course.
ANSWERS to more questions like this: see uwlax.edu/academic-advising-center
sidebar “Frequently Asked Questions” and “Preparing for freshman registration.”
THIS BROCHURE available online (with hotlinks) at
uwlax.edu/first-year-experience
www.uwlax.edu