ArtSci Advisors

2135ar
Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:15:07 +0000

I have a question for current students. Is it common for an advisor to be unresponsive? S e-mailed his advisor two weeks ago and again last week and has not received a response. Maybe he is on vacation. S met with his advisor during the first ArtSci week-end and signed up for American Politics 101B. Since then he found out that he received a 5 in the AP course and can waive out of 101B and receive 3 AP credits if he takes an advanced course. He probably cannot both take the course and get the AP credits. So he wanted to drop the course. Does he need permission to do this or can he just do it? (He knows how to drop it online.) He wanted advice from his advisor on whether he should replace the course. Without it, he will have 13.5 credits (he is taking piano for 1.5 credits). If he takes the appropriate advanced course he will be entitled to the maximum 15 AP credits all together so it seems he could take an easy first semester. Any advice?