Month: October 2016

Online Advising will be held from 12:30PM-2PM on Tuesday, October 25th. The normal schedule will resume next week.

Spring 2017 registration opens for all degree-seeking graduate students on November 2. Here are a few steps you can take to prepare for registration:

• Check your student account in GWeb for holds.
  • If you have holds your screen will look like the image below. Each hold should have the contact information for the office that placed it. The advising office can only remove advising holds. If you have holds, resolve them by contacting the office that placed them well in advance of registration opening.

• Review your program’s curriculum, your plan of study and the schedule of classes  to come up with a few schedule options. Tip: In addition to the course number and section, note the CRN for each course, which can be used to register.

• Refresh yourself on the University’s schedule adjustment policies to avoid tuition penalties.

If you recently submitted a plan of study, it is currently being reviewed by your advisor. Plans submitted  to the Office of Academic Advising prior to October 17 will be returned before Registration opens.

If you have questions, please contact your academic advisor.

The Elliott School is working to improve processes and services and we need your feedback! Complete this survey to help us understand more about your graduate student experiences with our office. Your opinion matters!

The Plan of Study outlines the degree requirements for each Elliott School graduate program. This is an evolving document, and we expect you to make changes and updates to your plan as you progress through your program. But you should fill out the plan of study completely with your best guess of the classes you intend to take and the semesters in which you will take them.

The Process

1. Locate your program’s plan of study on the Elliott School website under Forms & Applications.
2. Review your program’s curriculum using the Elliott School website.
3. Using blue or black ink, or typing directly into the form (save a copy to your desktop first), enter complete course information and the semester you intend to complete each course on the form in the appropriate space.
4. Submit your form to your program director for review. If you plan to meet with your program director to discuss your plan, we strongly encourage doing this well in advance of the October 17 deadline.
5. Deliver your completed plan of study, signed by your Program Director, to the Office of Academic Advising and Student Services (1957 E Street NW, Suite 302). You do not need an appointment to submit your plan of study (you are of course welcome to schedule an appointment with your academic advisor if you have questions). You can also email your Plan of Study to your academic advisor.
6. Your plan of study will be reviewed by your Academic Advisor. Once reviewed, you will receive an electronic copy of your plan of study. This process can take up to 3 weeks. Therefore, we encourage you to complete your plan of study and submit it to Academic Advising in advance of the deadline. All plans received on or before the October 17 deadline will be returned to students before Spring 2017 registration begins.

Failure to submit a completed plan of study, signed by your Program Director, by October 17^th will result in an administrative hold on your account which will prevent you from registering for Spring classes. Forms received after the deadline are subject to this hold. If the plan is received late, we will do our best to remove the hold as soon as possible, but this will not happen immediately.