Advising & Registration
PD #8
Reminders
1. Variable assignments for data presentation were posted
2. Go back and figure out if your study strategies are working
when you get your exams back in any class
3. If you got an academic alert….seek out help
4. Slow down and READ
 Consult course schedules often
 Read assignments/exam questions carefully
 Double check that you have answered all parts
5. Start Resume & Cover Letter Assignment-Drafts due 11/8
 Watch online resume workshop
 Draft your resume, cover letter
 find internship in UMBCworks
 Final versions due 11/22
Why should you care about
and engage in today’s
class?
Negative Peer Story/Examples
Positive Peer Story/Examples
Registration vs. Academic Advising
 MECHANICS of signing up
for courses
 Takes place one time a
semester
 About picking classes,
times, instructors
 Can do this without ever
talking about career or life
goals
 Focused on meeting
graduations requirements
 Intentional, INTERACTIVE,
ongoing conversation
 Takes place continuously
 About your goals and how
the major (and courses) fit
into your long term plans
 Focused on the specifics of
the options within the major
(and courses)
 Focused on becoming a
computing/IT graduate
headed to employment or
graduate school
Which will you choose?
 PASSIVE
 Blame poor
experience/advice of
staff/faculty
 Never read materials about
gateways, courses, majorremain uninformed!
 Put off exploring major and
career paths until
junior/senior year
 Great grades and no
experience or “soft skills”
 ACTIVE
 Take responsibility for
learning about mechanics
 Seek out academic advice
from faculty about your major
 READ materials on
department websites
 Actively explore career paths
using Career Services and
departmental events
 Technical + soft skills
developed through student
organizations, research &
internships
Mechanics of Registering
1. Understand your major requirements-ESPECIALLY
GATEWAYS
2. Know when you can register-you should have gotten an
email. Register as soon as you can!
3. Look at Schedule and choose specific sections-PUT these
in your shopping cart. Have multiple options figured out.
4. Get Cleared NOW
 IS majors sign up outside advisors doors on 4th floor of ITE
 CS, CMPE majors sign up for group advising session with
College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT )
Advising and Student Services on 2nd floor of ITE
Ask questions about the
registration process
 Peers and Teaching Fellows for this class
 CWIT Pick your Classes Extravaganza:
 Monday 10/28, 12- 1 PM, UC 312
 Upperclass students/ your RA
 IS COMM members
 COEIT Advising ( 2nd Floor) & IS Departmental Office (ITE
404)
Seek academic/career advice
 Faculty who teach classes in your major
 Office hours not before or after class
 Throughout the semester-not at peak registration time
 At Career Services networking events
 Ask professionals that you meet about their academic and career
path
 Listen to panelists stories
 Go to Corporate Visibility Events (Wednesday’s)
 Ask speakers at student organization events
 Ask parents, family, parent’s friends, supervisors about
career paths
 READ/go online
Career Services Resources
 “A Student’s To-Do List”
 FOCUS
 VAULT
 Major Sheets
 Career Path
 Association information
 Chapter 10 of Strengths Finder text in your StrengthsQuest
online account
Advising Time with Peers
1. 4-yr plan sheets/info on departmental websites
2. Advice about choosing faculty
 What is their teaching style and what is your learning
style?
 Can you trust “Rate My Professor?”
3. Set up a schedule that works for you
 What didn’t work with this semester’s overall schedule?
 Are you a morning person?
 Was there balance?
4. Certificates & Combined BS/MS options
5. BE IN THE DRIVER’s SEAT-BE
ACTIVE and INFORMED!