Advisor’s Resource Page

AdvisorTrac—This program allows your students to schedule advising appointments with you online. This is a new program to WKU and is in its first year of campus wide use. For questions about AdviorTrac or how to use it services please call 5-5065 to talk to Kevin Thomas or email him at kevin.thomas@wku.edu.

https://tracweb.wku.edu/advisortrac/Default.html

Click here for the AdvisorTrac Training Manual

Advising Basics: A set of guidelines for advising incoming freshmen, including information about transfer and AP credit, placement scores, and pre-college curriculum requirements.

Advising Basics (PDF)

TopNet Link—Your link to student records, class schedules, registration, and employee information.    

https://acsapps.wku.edu/pls/prod/twbkwbis.P_WKULogin?ret_code=5

Schedule of Classes—A schedule of all Western courses with times, dates, and durations.                         

https://acsapps.wku.edu/pls/prod/wku_hwsched.P_CrseSearch

Final Exam Schedule—When Finals are by course day and time.  

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/Registrar/fall/finals.html

Academic Calendar—Important dates and locations for campus wide vents               

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/Registrar/calendar10.html

Fall Calendar—Important dates and information regarding academic information for the Fall Semester         

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/Registrar/fall/calendar.html

Correspondence Study—The Office of Independent Learning through Correspondence recognizes the needs of individuals to pursue educational experiences outside the traditional college classroom due to personal situations unique to each individual.                                           

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/CorrStudy/

Registration Guide—Information about Registration and academic question you may have during advising appointments

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/Registrar/regguide.htm

Transfer Credit Articulation—Undergraduate courses that have been articulated to WKU courses

https://acsapps.wku.edu/pls/prod/wkup_tar_trans_display.wkup_tar_trans_get_sbgi

iCAP—An acronym for Interactive Curriculum and Academic Progress. Students can obtain personalized, interactive audits displaying progress toward a selected degree. An audit shows all the requirements needed to fulfill a major, minor or concentration and displays the transfer and WKU courses that have been used to satisfy those requirements. Students can run "What-If" audits to compare their coursework against other majors.

http://www.wku.edu/icap/

Tuition and Fees—Tuition and fee information for current academic year

http://www.wku.edu/bursar/

Financial Aid—General and contact information on Financial Aid

http://www.wku.edu/Info/FinAid/

Blackboard—Link to Blackboard (ECourses). This site is used by faculty and staff all through campus for their classes and organizations.

https://ecourses.wku.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

The Learning Center— A great resource for your students. TLC offers tutoring, workshops, a computer lab, and printer service.

http://www.wku.edu/tlc/

GPA Calculator: Determine what grades your students need to earn to raise their GPA to the levels that they desire.

http://www.wku.edu/advising/calculator1.php