Students in H & S, Pre-Health Professions, all MTD majors, current first year students in the School of Business, and current first year and new transfer students in Health Sciences & Public Health are required to meet with their advisor to receive their RAC which will be available to advisors on DegreeWorks.
Students follow the requirements of the catalog year in which they entered IC or declared their major. Be aware of this if your department has changed the requirements for the major.
Remind students to review their own record periodically and to raise questions if/when they see something questionable.
DegreeWorks is the academic record. If you or the student think something is an error, please email registrar@ithaca.edu so they can investigate.
Ensure students are on target to graduate in 4 years. They should be completing 30 credits a year. If not, counsel them on how to make up credits.
Are graduation dates on DegreeWorks correct? If not encourage students to update them with the Change of Expected Graduation Date on IC Workflow.
Use the DegreeWorks “Note” tool to record student action items and ensure you and the advisee are on the same page.
There is no longer a capacity override or an email approval to get a seat in a class. The waitlist feature in HomerConnect is the only option. If students feel that not having a course is detrimental to graduating on time, please have them contact academicsupport@ithaca.edu.
If you commit to a student that you are going to submit a course waiver substitution please submit it in IC Workload for your chair to approve. Students are not able to submit these themselves and are dependent on faculty to do so.
Implications of Course Withdrawals:
Students must complete 12 credits per semester to stay in good standing. If they complete less than 12 credits, they will be put on academic warning and given one semester to return to good standing, or they face the possibility of academic suspension. Good standing is defined as completing 12 credits per semester, as well as a cumulative and semester GPA at 2.0 or above.
Students who have had multiple W's or F’s, may be impacted financially if their cumulative course completion ration drops below 67%. Students should be directed to Student Financial Services for more information.
Courses that are withdrawn from are considered attempted credits in terms of financial aid and a student would remain a full-time student.
Athletes and international students MUST stay in and complete 12 credits.
Faculty are welcome to direct students to the A.S.C if they have questions about the implications of a course withdrawal.