2023-2024 STUDENT HANDBOOK

2023 – 2024

While every effort has been made to make this handbook as complete and accurate as possible, changes may occur at any time in requirements, deadlines and curricula listed in the handbook.

Academic Advising Policies

Undergraduate Advising Office – Mays Business School

238 Wehner Building

The Undergraduate Advising Office staffs a skilled group of academic advisors dedicated to advising and mentoring undergraduate business students. The office acts on behalf of the Dean for undergraduate student academic matters, and college and university requirements.

Academic advising is a collaboration between a student and an academic advisor. Our vision for academic advising is to engage students beyond their own world view to recognize the “art of possibility.” Through teaching and learning experiences, the student sets goals, acquires information and services, and makes decisions consistent with interests, goals, abilities, and degree requirements.

The Undergraduate Advising Office offers a range of services for students who have concerns about their academic plans, progress, schedule, major, other academic activities, and career goals. The services include:

General Advising - Advisors are available to help answer any questions students may have that are not listed under the advising services. Services range from helping plan fall, spring, or summer courses, transfer course equivalency, etc.

Freshman Mandatory Advising – Advising is required for every first-year freshman to pre-register for their spring courses. A hold will be placed on the student’s account preventing spring pre -registration until the freshman has completed the required advising appointment. Students entering Mays in the Spring will have a hold placed on their record for summer/fall pre-registration until the student has completed a mandatory advising appointment.

Degree Planner – The Degree Planner is a required tool to help students design a course plan for timely completion of unmet degree requirements. Students who do not ha ve an approved degree plan on file by the deadline stated in the Academic Calendar will have a registration hold placed on their account for future terms. An updated and approved Degree Planner is required of all students who complete 30, 60, and 90 hours.

Q-Drop/Withdrawal - Speak with an Academic Advisor if you are considering dropping a class or withdrawing from the university. All Q-Drop requests must be submitted before the deadline stated in the Academic Calendar.

Advising Appointments APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING

Advising appointments may be either in-person or remote via Zoom

Advising by Drop-in is available during the fall and spring semesters, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. on Monday and Thursday. Students are seen on a first come, first served basis

Advising by Appointment is available 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except during scheduled drop-in advising

Schedule an appointment online via “Navigate” in Howdy (Howdy > Navigate > Advising Appointments). Appointments must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance

Appointment reminders will be emailed. Review the instructions to be prepared for your advising appointment

No Shows And Cancellations

If you are unable to attend your advising appointment, please CANCEL your appointment in Navigate 3 “no-shows” (failure to attend a scheduled advising session without cancelling the appointment in advance) will prevent a student from scheduling appointments fo r the remainder of the semester

ACADEMIC ADVISING POLICIES (Continued) and REGISTRATION

Email Etiquette

Always use your TAMU account when emailing advisors or instructors

In the subject include a brief reason for your email

Always include your full name and UIN

Use respectful, courteous, professional language

Allow at least 24-48 hours for a response

Advisor Responsibilities

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM YOUR ADVISOR

Effectively communicate degree and graduation requirements

Collaborate in the development of realistic personal, academic and professional goals

Provide appropriate referral to campus resources and services

Enforce university and college policies to ensure the integrity of your Texas A&M degree

Do not use abbreviated text language

Do not reply to a mass email, begin a new email

Do not forward your email to another account (i.e. yahoo, g-mail, etc.)

Do not resend the same email multiple times

Student Responsibilities

WHAT YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR EXPECTS OF YOU

Schedule regular appointments. Be respectful, on time and prepared with questions

Understand the academic requirements and policies outlined in your Student Handbook

Accept responsibility for your decisions and actions (or inactions) that affect academic progress Research department and college programs, intended major, and courses

Read email correspondence from Mays and the university, and act accordingly

Registration

Every student is required to register when entering the university and thereafter as announced by the registrar. A preregistration period is held for currently enrolled students to register for the next semester during the fall and spring semesters, in November and April, respectively. Registration for summer courses occurs in April. Academic advisors offer preregistration advising.

The Office of the Registrar, registrar.tamu.edu/, assigns individual registration times.

Students can use the Howdy My Profile icon: o To view their registration times which are assigned several weeks before preregistration starts. o To check their Registration Readiness, complete administrative tasks, and address registration holds prior to their registration time.

Students can use the Howdy My Record icon to apply for Upper-Level major entry (see page 12 for more details)

For questions about assigned registration times call 979.845.1003 or email registration@tamu.edu

Registration Holds. Departments have the ability to place holds on students’ records for various reasons. The type of hold placed on a student’s record determines if a student will be able to register for classes. Students can use the Howdy My Profile icon to check for registration, transcript, or graduation holds .

Transfer Of Course Credit

The transfer of course credit is determined by the Office of Admissions on a course-by-course basis. The Transfer Course Equivalency website is a searchable database of course equivalencies/evaluations for U.S. colleges and universities, https://howdy.tamu.edu/uPortal/p/tce-ui.ctf1/max/render.uP

The evaluation of courses on the site is a guide, and transferability of any given course is not guaranteed until evaluated on receipt of an official transcript. Specific course equivalencies require review based upon the unique characteristics of each college and university and may differ from one institution to another.

Mays Business School Transfer Credit Requirements

Acceptance of transfer credit for business courses will generally be limited to those courses taught in the freshman and sophomore years (100- and 200-level) at Texas A&M University.

Business undergraduate students must take all 300- and 400-level business coursework in-residence at Texas A&M University.

Business students are to have all transfer credit posted into official Texas A&M University transcript record BEFORE the first class day of the graduating semester. Transfer course credit includes credit-byexamination and dual enrollment.

Following is a list of commonly transferred Texas A&M University courses, with corresponding TCCNS number s.

Texas A&M University Course

ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting I (Financial)

Texas Common Course Number (TCCN)

ACCT 2301, 2401

ACCT 230 Introductory Accounting II (Managerial) ACCT 2302, 2402

BUSN 101 Freshman Business Initiative BUSI 1301

BUSN 203 Statistical Methods for Business BUSI 2305

COMM 203 Public Speaking SPCH 1315

ECON 202 Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) ECON 2302

ECON 203 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)

ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric

ENGL 210 Technical and Professional Writing

HIST 105 History of the United States (to 1877)

HIST 106 History of the United States (1877 to the Present)

ISTM 210 Fundamentals of Information Systems

MATH 140 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences

MATH 142 Business Calculus

POLS 206 American National Government

POLS 207 State and Local Government

PBSI 107 Introduction to Psychology

ECON 2301

ENGL 1302

ENGL 2311

HIST 1301

HIST 1302

BCIS 1305, 1405

MATH 1324

MATH 1325*

GOVT 2305

GOVT 2306

PSYC 2301

*The prerequisite to enroll in MATH 1325 is MATH 140 (MATH 1324). Check with transfer institution to confirm prerequisite and minimum grade enrollment requirements.