Welcome to A&S Advising
From your first semester at Alabama through your last, the College of Arts and Sciences Student Services Center is here to answer your questions and guide you in planning your academic career. Stop by our offices in 200 Clark Hall or explore this website, which provides answers to the questions we hear most often from students.
More questions? Ask an Advisor, browse our FAQs, email us at student.services@as.ua.edu, or call us at (205) 348-5970.
Advising
Learn how A&S advising works. Meet your advisor and the rest of the A&S Student Services Center staff. Declare a major. Make an advising appointment. Use DegreeWorks to plan your academic career. Read about A&S scholarships you might qualify for.
Registering for, Adding, and Dropping Classes
Find out how to register. Look up registration deadlines. Learn about special registration circumstances, like auditing a class, getting on a waitlist, or obtaining permission to join a class that’s closed or for which you lack prerequisites. Read our policies and procedures for dropping classes and withdrawing after the drop date. Find out what to do if you’re taking classes elsewhere next summer.
Transferring Courses and Credits into UA
Find out how to transfer classes to UA from another college/university, whether you’re a UA student taking classes elsewhere during the summer or a student hoping to transfer into Alabama from another school. Read our guide to transferring into A&S from another school. Read about how course transfer credits are evaluated, STARS requirements, and whether grades earned elsewhere can affect your GPA at UA.
Majors and Minors
Check out the majors and minors offered within the College of Arts and Sciences and University-wide. Find out how to declare a major, minor, or double major, or how to move into a different UA division. Learn what it takes to enroll in one of our pre-programs (pre-law, pre-med, pre-pharmacy) and who your pre-program advisor will be.
Graduation
Find out how to prepare for graduation, whether you’re in your first semester or your last. Read our graduation checklist. Look up graduation-related deadlines for the current academic year.
Special Academic Policies
Find out what academic bankruptcy is and how to declare it. Learn the difference between an academic warning and academic suspension, and what they mean for your academic career. Find out how A&S handles cases of academic misconduct. Apply for reinstatement or academic second opportunity. Read policies and procedures for withdrawing from the University.