The worst thing you can do during advisement is to come in completely empty handed and unprepared to your advisement session.  During advising you should not expect your advisor to simply tell you what classes to take and to clear you for registration. Don’t waste this valuable time! 

 

Make sure that you not only review your bulletin and the progress you’ve made towards your degree requirements, but put a tentative schedule together on Web Registration and remember you’ll need 5-digit class numbers in order to obtain d-clearances.  Put together a long term plan of your classes, know if you want to pursue a minor and review the minor’s requirements in the catalogue.  Are you interested in research?  Think about what you want to do this summer, or after graduation.  Are you planning on working or starting graduate school after graduation?  These are only a few things you’ll have time to discuss with your advisor - IF you come prepared!

 

We encourage first-time freshmen to take advantage of this policy if necessary early in your academic years.  Upper class students may still be able to retake a class under this policy.  Do you have a GE from your first or second semester where you received a D+ or lower?  Check with your academic advisor to confirm. Make sure to take this policy into consideration when scheduling classes for the fall (or summer semesters).  Remember that in order to be able to repeat a class under freshmen forgiveness, courses which are prerequisites for other courses must be taken before the higher level course is completed.  Finally, freshman forgiveness only applies to courses retaken at USC! 

 

 

 

Viterbi students who are pursuing a minor are encouraged to see an advisor in the Admission and Student Affairs Office (RTH 110).  Students should be prepared before seeing an advisor by doing research on their area of interest.  Students may find out more about the minor program requirements by looking in the USC Catalogue, online, or by contacting the department who oversees the minor. 

 

In addition, students are encouraged to attend the Minors Workshop sponsored by Viterbi Admission and Student Affairs during the fall and spring semester Our office will provide more information on how to minor with an engineering major and a student panel will address questions on their experiences.