1. Looking Toward Spring & Pre-Registration
Week 11

2. Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly agree

3. The WHY
We want you to understand how pre-registration works, and as a result, become a knowledgeable participant in your educational journey

4. The HOW You’ll need to know: Your registration time Timing of courses
Click on My Profile icon on Howdy, then Registration Notices in top right
Timing of courses
(e.g. offered once a year; what prerequisites are needed before)
Resources that can help you
Academic Advisors
Departmental website
Degree plans per the catalog (catalog.tamu.edu)
Transition Academic Programs

5. Resource Highlight - Academic Advisors
Advisors can help you understand:
Course timing
Equivalent courses
Overrides and force requests
AP credit and transfer/dual credit
Course restrictions and prerequisites
Degree plan flow
Degree requirements
Process of registration
Q-drops
Minors
Changing your major
Campus resources
Think about:
How can I best prepare to meet with an advisor?
What questions should I prepare?
Could creating a draft schedule help me understand what questions I need to ask?
If I look at a degree plan for my major, what flexibility, if any, do I have?
If I made an appointment before my registration time, how could this benefit me?

6. Which mindset would serve you best? Why?
Victim
Creator
Blaming
Seek solutions and resources
Complaining
Take action
Repeating the same behaviors that do not yield anticipated/wanted results
Find and implement new strategies for success
Focus on weaknesses/deficits
Focus on growth and how to improve
“I’ll try to do better”
“To do better next time, I need to…”
See themselves as victims (i.e. things happen to them)
Accept responsibility for their choices, outcomes, and experiences
Adapted from On Course, by Skip Downing, 8th Edition (2017)

7. Full Group Discussion What’s a reason someone might visit an advisor?
What do you consider a productive meeting/what’s the outcomes?
If it was a productive meeting, what’s next?
And if it wasn’t, what’s next?

8. Small Group Discussions
Form groups of 3-5 students
What kinds of questions do you have for your advisor as you head into pre- registration time?
What resources can you use to help you answer these questions?

9. Action Plan