Advising

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Getting advised on time and following through with your plan is the best way to stay on track and finish in four! Advising is a crucial part of your Western Kentucky University experience and the Ogden College of Science and Engineering is committed to making the process as seamless as possible. We have created this Advising Portal to help you navigate the process and understand student and faculty expectations. Please note that Freshmen and Sophomores have two types of advisors. One is through the Advising and Career Development Center, and the other is labeled your faculty mentor. Once you reach Junior status, you will rely solely on your faculty mentor. Pre-professional students also have an additional set of advisors in their last two years.

Priority Registration Begins March 25th!

 

We have compiled a list of additional links and resources that may be helpful to students in the advising process. List of Resources

 

COMMON COURSE ROTATIONS

Not all courses are offered every semester. This can be problematic when you are developing your schedule. Please use the links below for common course rotation schedules in the Ogden College of Science & Engineering's departments.

 

Advising Policy by Department
If you have not been assigned a faculty mentor, please email your department's contact below. Please refer to your department's policy about advising and the lifting of registration holds.

Unit	Main Advising Contact/Email	Notes
Agriculture & Food Science	Lorna Inglis (lorna.inglis@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
Biology	Steve Huskey (steve.huskey@wku.edu)	Freshman Biology majors need only be advised through ACDC (which clears the registration hold). Sophomores need to be advised by both ACDC and their faculty mentor, who is assigned at the beginning of their sophomore year (the mentor clears the hold). Juniors and seniors need only be advised by their faculty mentor to have their registration hold lifted.
Chemistry	Kevin Williams (kevin.williams@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
Earth, Environmental, & Atmospheric Sciences	Leslie North (leslie.north@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
Mathematics	Patrick Brown (patrick.brown@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
Physics & Astronomy	Michael Carini (mike.carini@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
Psychological Sciences	Jarrod Smith (jarrod.smith@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences	Annette Stratton (annette.stratton@wku.edu)	Meet with both faculty mentor and ACDC Advisor; Faculty mentor lifts hold.