Advisement

PREPARE FOR YOUR ADVISEMENT SESSION

What are your questions and concerns? Make a list of your issues, concerns, and ideas before you come for advisement.

Think you need to drop a course or take an incomplete? Take charge. Only you can set this up. Print the form out (choose it from the Table of Contents on the left) and get it signed in a timely manner. DON'T WAIT. There are deadlines for these things. When in doubt, check with the Registrar.

Are you having difficulty in a course? Every course isn't for every person. Ask yourself if you are bringing everything you should to the effort.

  • Are you preparing for and attending class?
  • Doing the reading and homework?
  • Studying for tests?
  • Working hard on papers and labs?

If all those things are true, perhaps you need a tutor. Many times, those are free. Check with the professor. Need to drop the course? Do it in a timely manner. Print out the form and have the professor sign it as soon as possible. That will free up time to do better on your other courses.

Your DARS (degree audit) form plots your degree progress toward graduation given your declared major and minor. Each semester, you need to check that to make sure it is accurate and that you have not changed your mind about your university plans. A fairly large percentage of students change majors in the course of their university careers, and that's fine too. Your college years should be a time of discovery and personal development.

Registeration:

  1. Pull up your DARS using Max Banner
  2. Check the course book for summer and autumn. Match what's available with what you need, focussing first on Gen. Ed. requirements.
  3. Tap Number: To register each semester, you will need both your MOO (your personal Millersville ID number stays the same during your entire stay at university) and a TAP (registration number which changes from semester to semester). You get the TAP at your session with the professor assigned as your advisor in major. If you don't have a major yet, you go to a generic assigned advisor. Questions about that? Chat with the nice folks at University Advisement Services.
  4. Register online during or after your scheduled time period.  For Fall, 2006, that is