Take control of your educational career at WSU Vancouver
You control the quality of your experiences here.
Students must take a proactive approach to their education in order to be successful at WSU. This means you need to actively pursue your responsibilities rather than wait passively for deadlines. Successful students make appointments promptly, meet responsibilities fully, take a long range approach to planning, and track their own academic progress.
- You are required to meet with your academic advisor before you can register for your first classes at WSU Vancouver. You also should meet with your academic advisor each October/November for spring semester advising and March/April for summer and fall semester advising.
- It is your responsibility to understand your requirements and track your own progress towards graduation. Your advisor will assist you, but getting through your requirements to graduation is a collaborative process which requires your active participation.
- Completion of a Bachelor’s degree at WSU Vancouver requires 120 semester credits. Full-time enrollment on the semester system is 12 credits (usually three or four classes). Typically, the pace required for four-year graduation (or two-year graduation for transfer students with an AA) is an average of 15 credits or four to five classes per semester. Graduation timelines vary widely for individual students because there are a number of factors that affect decisions about enrollment and pace to degree. Work with your advisor to set reasonable goals for your graduation timeline.
- You can track your academic progress at WSU Vancouver by using your Academic Requirements Report or a What-If Report (if you are not accepted in your major), which are found in your myWSU Student Center. These reports show you all courses that have been completed and those needing completion for your graduation at WSU. To access your Academic Requirements Report, select your “Academic Advising” tile and your “Academic Progress” menu option in myWSU. To pull a What-If Report, select “Academic Advising” tile and the “View What-If Report” menu option. From there, you’ll need to select the appropriate campus and degree option you are pursuing.
- Visit the WSU Vancouver Catalog to find information on courses, including descriptions and prerequisites. You can view class schedules for past, current, and future semesters (when available) in myWSU.
- Register for classes on time! If you miss your registration date and time and the classes you need are full, you can opt to be put on the electronic waitlist. Waitlist-jumping is not allowed for any reason, even for students graduating in the current semester.
- If you plan to drop a course or choose different courses than the ones you discussed with your advisor, send your advisor an email to double-check that the classes you select are appropriate and you are not missing anything that would change your graduation timeline.
- You are encouraged to make an individual appointment with your faculty mentor (or a faculty member in your major department with whom you feel comfortable) to discuss your career goals, graduate school plans, internship or research opportunities, etc. Take advantage of the time. Ask questions and get to know the faculty and staff. They are excellent resources for you.
- American Disability Act - Accommodations are made at WSU Vancouver for a person who has a disability, has a record of the disability, or is regarded as having the disability. Faculty and staff are required to accommodate these students who request accommodation for their disability. This could involve a classroom relocation, change in method of administering exams or taking notes, alternative format for handouts for the visually disabled, placing course materials on reserve in the library, or providing a sign language interpreter. Students who have disability questions should contact the WSUV Access Center.
Remember, students who are proactive and aggressively pursue their responsibilities at WSU finish their education faster, pay less in tuition and fees, are more satisfied with their experience and are better prepared to enter the work force.
Please visit the schedule of classes and bring your advisor a list of classes you would like to take in a coming semester.