SOPHOMORE ADVISING
This information is for students who are in their second year of college. Students who are enrolled in honors for the first time and taking HONS 250 may also be asked to complete this material.
Second-year students are expected to be better prepared for their honors appointment, and to be more familiar with the tools used in academic planning. This checklist will assist you in completing tasks in order to be prepared for your advising appointment.
- Find your advisor(s) on your Starfish Network.
- If you have a major advisor, they will be listed as your MAJOR ADVISOR
- If you are participating in athletics, they will be listed as your ATHLETICS ADVISOR.
- If you participate in SOAR, BSE, or FAME/GAME, you may have an advisor from the SOAR Office listed
- As honors students, your honors advisor is typically listed as SCHOLAR ADV
- Schedule your appointment with your primary advisor(s), if applicable. You can plan to meet before or after your honors advising.
- Major advising: REQUIRED
- Athletics advising: REQUIRED
- Minor advising: OPTIONAL
- SOAR advising: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
- Schedule your honors advising appointment now.
- If Meagan is your honors advisor, you will schedule with them directly through Starfish.
- If Ian is your honors advisor, contact him directly (itoberm@siue.edu) to set up an appointment, as he does not have as many availabilities on Starfish.
Once you have made your appointment, complete the required pre-work for advising. Many of these tasks require you to be logged into and familiar with DegreeWorks. You can find guides to DegreeWorks online. The Honors TikTok page will also walk you through many of the basics of DegreeWorks.
- Log into DegreeWorks.
- Review the materials are the top of your profile page. Confirm your major and minor status is correct. If you are not yet declared, and are ready to be, you can complete a Declaration Request here. (The declaration process relies on making significant changes to your account, and so it may not be completed immediately).
- Review each section of DegreeWorks. You will be asked to explore each section in the advising pre-work you will be asked to complete below.
- Log into CougarNet and review your unofficial academic transcript. Confirm that all college work prior to starting at SIUE has been transferred, and that any coursework done over the summer is also reflected in your transcript.
- Finally, complete the work required prior to your honors advising appointment. This worksheet is required and must be completed 24 hours before your scheduled advising appointment. Failure to complete the work may result in your appointment being re-scheduled.