Student Academic Advising Center

Semester 1: Adjustment and Awareness

Goal: To adjust to college and increase academic and career awareness. 
(Bolded areas geared toward major/career exploration.)

Strategies:

• Get to know your adviser and your professors:
  Meet the SAAC Advisors
  
  
• Take advantage of campus tutoring and other campus resources:
  Tutoring and Learning Center (TLC)
  Counseling Center
  Education 105 - a study skills course.
  
  
• Learn to use good study techniques and to manage your time wisely:
  Study Tips & Time Management
   
  
• Become familiar with UWSP:
  Degree Types
  General Degree Requirements
  Academic Policies and Procedures
  
  
• Browse in your UWSP catalog and on-line for information on potential majors:
  Guide To UWSP Academic Programs And Careers
  Majors & Minors
  Department Web Pages
  What IS Anthropology, Sociology...?
  
  
• Assess your interests, skills, and personality type; relate these to majors and careers:
  UWSP Career Services Assessments
  UW System Assessments
  
  
• Attend one of the "Exploring Majors & Career Paths" workshops at the Career Services Office
  (check the Calendar of Events)
  
  
• Gather information on the world of work; Especially helpful sites are:
  What can I do With This Major?
  WISCareers
  Occupational Outlook Handbook
  UWSP graduates got jobs
  
  
• Check out print materials:
  Career Services library
  Check out the reference section in the UWSP library, too.
  
  
• Check out the UWSP Career Services Office's:
  Career Exploration Resource Portal
  
  
• Talk to people: your parents, your relatives, your neighbors, adults you work or volunteer with. Find out what they majored in and how they ended up where they are now and why:
  (tips on informational interviewing)
  
  
• Enroll in an exploratory course such as:
  Health Promotion/ Wellness 107 - Career Exploration (fulfills a GDR Wellness-HE)
  Achieving Career Exploration through Service ACES; (offered by Residential Living - 1 elective credit) or one of the many Introduction to the Major courses (see advisor for suggestions) for 2nd semester.
   
  
• Meet people with similar interests and develop teamwork skills by joining a student organization.
  
  
• Check out other ways to get involved on campus through:
  Student Involvement & Employment