Contact No.: (301) 860-4072

New Location: Suite 082 Thurgood Marshall Library
Effective May 28

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Academic Advising is a key component to student success and progress-to-degree, and is inseparably linked with student learning and retention. The Academic Advising Center team provides centralized and integrated academic advising services in one-on-one and group settings. We advise new freshman and transfer students upon entry, and will continue to advise you each semester until you complete 59 credits, unless you are majoring in Nursing, Computer Science, English and Social Work, when you will see an advisor in your major department. We seek to foster your timely and successful completion of the baccalaureate degree.

• The team of knowledgeable and informed Academic Advisors will acquaint you with Bowie State University's degree requirements, registration procedures, payment deadlines, grading system and other facets of college life that impact student success.
• Once you complete 59 credits, which is the halfway point for the completion of your bachelor's degree, you will move into your major department to work one-on-one with a faculty advisor.

Summer Advising Schedule - Beginning May 28, 2013

Mondays	9:00 - 4:00 pm	Walk-In	Continuing Student Advising
Tuesdays	9:00 - 4:00 pm		New Transfer Advising Activities
Wednesdays	9:00 - 4:00 pm		New Freshmen Advising Activities
Thursdays	9:00 - 4:00 pm	Walk-In	Continuing Student Advising
Fridays	9:00 - 3:00 pm		By Appointment Only

There will be no advising for returning/continuing students on these dates during the summer as we prepare for new students:

• June 4-5
• June 10-14
• June 17-18
• July 4
• July 8-9
• July 12
• July 15-16
• July 29-30
• August 12-14
• August 21
• August 27-28

Freshmen Students

We advise all freshmen except those majoring in Computer Science/English/Nursing/Social Work. After Placement Testing you should seek advising for class registration. Advising at BSU is mandatory each semester. All students must be advised by an academic advisor or by a faculty advisor each semester in preparation for registration for the next semester's courses.

Freshman Advising Dates - Summer 2013 [Register Here]

June 5, 2013 Early Bird Advising and Registration (testing & advising on the same day)

7:45 am	CHECK-IN @ Thurgood Marshall Library #077
8:00 am	Testing Administration information
8:30 -10:30 am	Testing Administration - Math/English/Reading
10:30 -1:00 pm	Advising and Registration

Session I June 14 New Student Orientation

8:30 am	Check-in for Advising
9:00 am	Advising Presentation
10:00-12:00 pm	Advising and Registration (students in ENGL/COSC/NURS/SOWK to major departments)
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	NSO Activities

Session II July 15 New Student Orientation

8:30 am	Check-in for Advising
9:00 am	Advising Presentation
10:00-12:00 pm	Advising and Registration (students in ENGL/COSC/NURS/SOWK to major departments)
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	NSO Activities

Session III July 30 New Student Orientation

8:30 am	Check-in for Advising
9:00 am	Advising Presentation
10:00-12:00 pm	Advising and Registration (students in ENGL/COSC/NURS/SOWK to major departments)
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	NSO Activities

Tranfer Students

If you are transferring in less than(<) 60 credits, you will be advised in the Academic Advising Center, unless you are majoring in English, Computer Science, Nursing or Social Work, and you will go to these departments for advising.

If you are transferring in more than (>) 59 credits you will be advised and registered in the department of your selected major. You must pay your $80 Enrollment Fee and register for a transfer date, to ensure your transcript from your prior institution will be evaluated and ready for you on your transfer advising date. Classes will begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2013.

Placement Tests: If you have successfully completed college-level math and English, with a "C" grade or better, you will not have to take the placement tests. If you need placement tests, you should arrive by 7:45 am on the transfer date of your choice, listed below, to take your test prior to advising and registration:

Transfer Advising Dates - Summer 2013 [Register Here]

• June 11
• June 18
• July 9
• July 16*
• August 13
• August 27

*Testing and Registration Date 9:00 - 1:00 pm ( no afternoon activities)

Schedule

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