Advising FAQs
ADVISING FAQs
The links below will take you to general answers and information on a variety of common advising questions.
If you don't find your question, or if you want more information than you find in this website, don't hesitate to contact your academic advisor, or email your question to the advising coordinator, Dr. Gerry Walter at gwalter@illinois.edu.
Registration
- When can I register for next semester?
- What can I do if a course I want is full?
- What if I want to carry more than 18 hours of credit?
- What if I have a hold on my registration?
Adding and Dropping Courses
- When can I add a course to my schedule?
- How do I add a course after the first two weeks of classes?
- When can I drop a course from my schedule?
- How do I drop a course after the 8-week deadline?
- What if the registration system won't let me drop a course?
- Why won't the registration system let me drop my last course?
Changing Majors or Advisors
- How do I change my academic advisor?
- How do I change my option or specialization within my major?
- How do I change my major to something other than HDFS or AECE?
- How do I change my major to HDFS or AECE?
Getting Help with Course Work
- Where can I get help with math?
- Where can I get help with chemistry?
- Where can I get help with writing?
Taking A Course Credit/No-Credit
- What courses can I take Credit/No-Credit?
- How do I take a course Credit/No-Credit?
- How many courses can I take Credit/No-Credit?
- Is CR/NC a good way to avoid getting a bad grade in a course?
Graduation Requirements
- What do I need to do to graduate?
- How can I track my progress toward my degree?
- How can I get a degree audit or progress report?
- What should I do if I think there's a mistake in my degree audit?
- How many hours of internships or independent study can I take?
- What's the "residence requirement" for graduation?
- What if a course I need for graduation isn't offered before I graduate?
- How do I get proficiency credit for a course?
- What's the foreign language requirement for College of ACES students?
Transferring Work from Other Institutions
- What courses can I transfer from other institutions?
- How can I tell what course at a community college is the equivalent of a course at Illinois?
- How do I get my work at another institution transferred to UIUC?
- Can I enroll at another institution while I'm taking courses at UIUC?
Off-Campus Transfer Students
- What are the requirements for applying to transfer in HDFS or AECE?
- How do I get my hours transferred to UIUC?
- What's my residence requirement at UIUC?
Internships
- Can I earn academic credit for an internship?
- What kind of activities qualify for a for-credit internship?
- Who is eligible to complete an internship?
- How do I arrange an internship?
- Who are the departmental internship coordinators?
- What if I've found a promising activity to get involved in but I've already earned the maximum internship hours or the activity doesn't qualify for internship credit?
Study Abroad
- What kind of planning should I do for Study Abroad?
- Will study abroad courses meet any of my graduation requirements?
- Will study abroad mean I'll need to delay my expected graduation date?
- Do I need to speak a foreign language fluently to participate in study abroad?
- Does a semester of study abroad cost more than a semester on campus?
- Where can I learn more about Study Abroad opportunities?