Information for Faculty

Advising and Registration Resources

The Pre-Major Advisor Handbook has been developed to assist you in your role as an advisor. It contains general information regarding advising, as well as information specific to facutly serving as advisors of First-Year students.  It has been designed to serve both as a reference during advising sessions as well as a resource containing other pertinent information regarding your role as an advisor. Click below to view the most current version of the Handbook.

Pre-Major Advising Handbook

Major Field Guides

The following major field guides are intended to assist advisors of First-Year students with appropriate course selection for a particular major field of study. These guides offer a suggested order for sequencing courses within a particular major.  Please keep in mind that it is always a good practice to also refer students to the department chair or program director of a particular major for further assistance with proper course sequencing.

Note: If you believe you have discovered a possible error on any of the following guides, please contact Kelly Schulze in Academic Counseling (651.962.6300).

Actuarial Science
Art History
Biochemistry (B.S.)
Biology 
  Biology (B.A.)
  Biology (B.S.)
Business Administration
  Accounting
  Communication
  Entrepreneurship
  Family Business
  Financial Management
  General Business Management
  Human Resource Management
  International Business
  Leadership & Management
  Legal Studies in Business
  Marketing Management
  Operations Management
  Real Estate Studies
Catholic Studies
Chemistry 
  Chemistry B.A.
  Chemistry B.S.
Classical Civilazation
Classical Language
Communication & Journalism
Computer & Information Sciences
  Computer Science
  Computer Science Fast Track to M.S.
  Information Security
  Information Systems
  Information Technology
Criminal Justice
Economics
  Economics (B.A.)
  Business Economics Path (B.S.)
  International Economics Path (B.S.)
  Mathematical Economics Path (B.S.)
Education
  Elementary Education
  Secondary/Middle Level
   K-12 Education
Engineering
  Liberal Arts 3-2 Engineering Program
  Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)
  Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.)
English
  English
  English with Writing Emphasis
Environmental Science
  Concentration in Bioscience
  Concentration in Chemistry
  Concentration in Geoscience
Environmental Studies
  Concentration in Social Science, Business or Humanities
  Concentration in Natural Sciences
French
  French
  International Business - French Intensive
Geography
Geology
  Geology (B.A.)
  Geology (B.S.)
German
  German
  International Business - German Intensive
Health & Human Performance
  Community Health Education
  Exercise Science (B.S.)
  Health Education (5-12)
  Health Promotion (B.S.)
  Physical Education (K-12)
History
International Studies
Justice and Peace Studies (generalist track)
Justice and Peace Studies-Conflict Transformation
Justice and Peace Studies-Public Policy Analysis and Advocacy
Justice and Peace Studies-Leadership in Social Justice
Latin
Mathematics
Modern & Classical Languages (See specific language)
Music
  Music
  Music Business
  Music Education (B.M.)
  Liturgical Music
  Performance (B.M.)
Neuroscience (B.S.)
Philosophy
Physics
  Physics (B.A.)
  Physics (B.S.)
Political Science
Pre-Health Professions
Psychology
Social Sciences
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
  Spanish
  International Business - Spanish Intensive
Statistics
Theology
Women's Studies
  
Additional Advising Tools

First-Year Advising Timeline and Learning Outcomes
This worksheet helps you to outline your advising meetings with your First-Year student advisees and provides organized space to keep records of your meetings.

How to Process and Interpret a Degree Evaluation
A degree evaluation serves as important tracking tool to identify which of a student's degree requirements are being met and which have yet to be completed. During fall and spring registration advising meetings, facutly are expected to review each advisees degree evaluation with him/her. This document gives an overview of how to generate and read this important document.

Trigger Questions

Questions to help facilitate your conversation with advisses during advisee meetings

Core Curriculum Planning Guide 

This worksheet lists core curriculum requirements (2012-2014 Catalog) and all the possible classes that fulfill each area, with boxes for students to check off as the requirement is completed.

Four Year Planning Sheet

This worksheet helps plan out each semester of classes a student needs until graduation.

Practice Schedule

This worksheet lists all the possible course times at St. Thomas and is useful in planning out a schedule.

Language/Culture Core Area Waiver Information

If you are working with a student who is proficient in another language and culture they may be eligible for a waiver of the foreign language core requirement.  Please refer to this link for the process that should be started during the student's first semester at St. Thomas.  If you have questions please contact the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at 651-962-5150.

Incomplete Grade Contract

This handout is a good resource in helping both students and faculty understand what is needed in order to complete a class in which the student was assigned an incomplete for a final grade.

Missing Students
Do you have students missing from class? Use this link to find out more about the 'Academic Alert' program available through Murphy online.