Jamie Clay, Coordinator
202 University Center
Telephone:
(256) 824-6290
Email: advising@uah.edu
Academic advising is available to students in the Academic Advisement and Information Center (AAIC), in advising offices in the Colleges of Nursing, Engineering, Administrative Science, Science, and Liberal Arts, and in the department or program in which a major has been declared. Special advising is provided in the professional areas of law and medicine. Career counseling is available through the Office of Career Services. When students declare a major by completing a program of study form, they are assigned a faculty advisor in their major department or program. All students are encouraged to maintain contact with their advisors and to take advantage of the opportunities for academic advising which the University provides.
The Academic Advisement and Information Center is staffed by a team of professional and peer advisors. They assist prospective and enrolled students in course and program planning, disseminate accurate information about academic programs and procedures, make referrals to appropriate offices and services, and advise and register students during registration and orientation. Appointments may be made by calling 824-6290.
All early start, dual enrollment, and undeclared students are required to visit the AAIC at least once each semester to review their academic progress and to plan their schedule of courses for the next semester. These schedules must be signed by an advisor in the AAIC in order to be processed by the Office of Student Records. Undergraduates enrolled as conditional students, regardless of their major, must also meet with an AAIC advisor each semester as long as they remain in the conditional student category. All students in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Science who do not have a program of study on file must meet with the college advisor each semester to plan and sign schedules.
Prospective transfer students who wish to gain information concerning the general requirements of various undergraduate degree programs may seek the services of the Academic Advisement and Information Center. These students are further referred to department chairs who can aid them in program planning in their major fields of interest.
Transfer students will be advised and registered by the appropriate faculty advisor. Once enrolled at the University, transfer students beyond the freshmen level who are not enrolled in one of the colleges are advised by the Academic Advisement and Information Center for the first semester.
Academic rules and regulations stated in this catalog are subject to review for extenuating circumstances. Students are encouraged to use the services of the Academic Advisement and Information Center for the appropriate procedure of appeal. Academic appeals originate with the student and will be processed through the student's major department, the dean of the college and the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, in that order.