The CLASS Advisement Center advises undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences with majors in Anthropology, English, Modern Languages, History, Justice Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Pre-Communication Arts, Communication Arts (between 30-45 hrs), Psychology, Sociology and Writing and Linguistics. All Art and Music majors are advised in their respective department. CLASS upperclassmen are advised by a faculty advisor within their major department. In addition, the CLASS Advisement Center advises all General Studies majors until graduation.

More specifically, we advise the following groups of students:

• Anthropology, Communication Arts, English, Modern Languages, History, Justice Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology (fewer than 60 hours), Sociology and Writing and Linguistics majors with fewer than 45 earned hours.

• Pre-Communication Arts majors as follows:

1) Communication Arts, Communication Studies, Journalism, Public Relations and Theatre students with less than 30 earned hours and/or less than a 2.35 GPA

2) Broadcasting/Multimedia Communication students with less than 30 earned hours and/or less than a 2.5 GPA Broadcasting/Multimedia Communication majors may have to complete either a grammar exam or WRIT 3520 before declaring the major depending on when the student entered Pre-Communication Arts. Click here for specific details and dates for the grammar exam.

• General Studies majors until graduation

All Accel students are advised by Tifani Landing Pool in the Registrar’s Office

All Learning Support students, regardless of major, are advised in the Academic Success Center

All Undeclared students are advised by the Office of First Year Experience

Advisement Process

Prior to being advised, students must schedule an appointment by contacting the CLASS Advisement Center main office at (912) 478-7740. Students may call or come by room 3060 of the Foy Building to schedule an appointment. Students are notified when they can begin to schedule appointments through an e-mail sent by CLASS Advisement Center staff. Students will be scheduled with a faculty advisor from their respective department. General Studies majors are to see their respective General Studies advisor:

• Lisa C. Sapp, A-L students with 60 hours and over
• JoAnne C. White, M-Z students with 60 hours and over
• Wanda Deal, students with under 60 hours
• Marilyn S. Hale, all General Studies student athletes

After an advising appointment is scheduled, students will come to the CLASS Advisement Center on their assigned date/time to be advised and supplied their RAN for the upcoming semester(s). Students will then check their WINGS account to see when they are eligible to register for classes. Students cannot register for classes before seeing an advisor.

The CLASS Advisement Center has a “No-Show Policy” for students who do not keep their scheduled appointment. Students who are “no-shows” will only be allowed to reschedule an advisement appointment during the last week of advisement (dates based on current semester’s advising dates).

Change of Major

Students wishing to change their major should first run a “What-If Analysis” from their Wings account. The “What-If Analysis” is a feature within WINGS that displays how course credits transfer between different majors. The student should then contact their current college’s advisement center to fill out the appropriate “Change-of-Major” form and Exit Survey.

After the above forms have been completed, the student’s respective advisement center will deliver a student’s folder to the appropriate college advisement center. Students could then contact their new college’s advisement center about being advised for their new major.

Students wishing to change to a liberal arts major from another college should first contact their current college’s advisement center. At which time, they would fill out the appropriate “Change-of-Major” form and Exit Survey after completing a “What-If Analysis” from their WINGS account. Students could then contact the CLASS Advisement Center so they can be advised for their new major.

Transfer and Transient Information

Transfer Students

Students interested in permanent transfer to Georgia Southern University should submit an admissions application to the GSU Office of Admissions. Applications may be submitted online or by paper. Complete information about transfer admission policies and application submission is available here or by contacting the GSU Admissions Office at 912-478-5391.

GSU Student as a Transient

Georgia Southern students may take courses at another institution for academic credit at GSU. However, courses taken as a transient are not calculated in your GSU grade point average (GPA). Steps to becoming a GSU transient student:

-1) Student must be in “Good Standing” (GPA of 2.0 or greater)

-2) Student must submit a completed Transient Permission Form to the Office of the Registrar. These forms are available in the CLASS Advisement Center (Foy Building, Room 3060, or the Registrar’s Office (Rosenwald Building, 3rd Floor), or online here. This form requires the following information: a) Name/Address/Phone/ID; b) Name of the institution you plan to attend; c) Subject/Course Number of the course(s) for which you plan to enroll NOTE: Information about transfer course equivalencies is available here; d) signature of your academic advisor

-3) Student should submit a completed admissions application to the school he/she will be attending

-4) Student must request the transient institution to send an official transcript of completed course work to Georgia Southern University’s Office of the Registrar (after transient semester is completed)