Your Guide to Student Advising

New Office Hours
10:00 - 12:00;  2:00 - 6:00 Monday - Thursday
Closed on Fridays

Welcome to the DBE, and How to become a BUS major.

Advising Sessions: Dates & Times.

Advisor Names & Meeting Times.

Degree Progress Reports & Registration Schedule.

Class Waiting List Policy.

GDR Worksheet.

Welcome to the Division of Business and Economics

Welcome information is in the Public Folders and in the DBE Advising Office. For instructions on how to access the Public Folders, click here. Relevant filenames are:

•  Welcome to the Division of Business and Economics, and

• Steps to being a BUS major. (This document answers frequently asked questions about becoming a Business major.)

Advising Sessions: Dates & Times

Information related to group advising and worksheets to use for advising and registration are in the Public Folders and in the DBE Advising Office. For instructions on how to access the Public Folders, click here. Relevant filenames are:

• Introduction to a major in the Division of Business & Economics for non-majors

• Initial advising for new Business Administration, Economics, and Managerial Accounting majors

• Group Advising for "Group w/Trainer" advising

Advisor Names & Meeting Times

Your faculty adviser's name is printed on the top of your Degree Progress Report. Contact your advisor to schedule an appointment for advising after the Timetable comes out.

Degree Progress Reports

This document states your adviser's name, the courses and credits you earned toward graduation, and your Grade Point Average (GPA). This information will help you determine which courses you still need to complete your degree, and major and minor requirements. See When to Register for Classes (immediately below) for directions about how to view your Degree Progress Report online.

Degree Progress Reports can be found online using the following steps:
1. Go to the UWSP main page and click on MyPoint
2. Click on the Academics tab.
3. Scroll to Academics Tool Box.
4. Click on Degree Progress Report.

Your registration appointment time will also be found in the Academics Tool Box.

Class Waiting List Policy

If a course you want is filled at your Official Registration Appointment, you can add your name to the Business Waiting list. This can be done only after your Official Registration Appointment.

You can put your name on the waiting list at the Division of Business & Economics Advising Office, 304B, CCC, or fill out this form here and bring it to the Advising Office.  Waiting List Form.

GDR Worksheet

A copy of the General Degree Requirements Worksheet specifically for DBE majors can be found in the Public Folders and in the DBE Advising Office. Click here for information about accessing Public Folders.

More general GDR information can be found at http://www.uwsp.edu/news/uwspcatalog/general.htm.

Majors &  Minors

Information about majors and minors can all be found in the Public Folders and in the DBE Advising Office. For instructions on how to access the Public Folders, click here. The following files are designed to give information about majors and minors:

• BUS & ECON (double major) Advising Guide

• BUS Major Advising Guide

• BUS Major 4-yr. Plan

• ECON Major Advising Guide

• ACCT Major Advising Guide

• ACCT Major 4-yr. Plan

• BUS Areas of Concentration Guide

• Minor Advising Guide for ACCT, BUS & ECON

The semesters in which Accounting courses are offered and a suggested sequence of courses can be found here.

Changing Majors & Minors

To officially change your major, minor, degree, or catalog term, you must fill out a Change Major Form, available in the Public Folders and in the DBE Advising Office. For instructions on how to access the Public Folders, click here. The file is named CHANGE MAJOR FORM.

Transfer Students

The Transfer Information System (TIS), a computer program maintained by the UW System, provides student course equivalencies. The web address is http://www.uwsa.edu/tis/index.htm 

The TIS policy can be found at www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/ .

Collaborative Degree Program

The Collaborative Degree Program (CDP) offers a UW-Stevens Point Bachelor's Degree through a combination of interactive technology at the UW Colleges in Marathon County and Marshfield/Wood County and at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. More information can be found here.

Peer Advising

Click here to learn who the peer advisers are, what they do, and perks for being one. 

Small Group Advising Sessions
Business, Accounting, and Economics Majors

Adviser listed as "Grp Adv-Trainer"  || If Advisor NOT "Grp Adv-Trainer"

If "Grp Adv-Trainer" is listed after Advisor on your Degree Progress Report, you must attend one Small Group Advising Session each semester to get permission to register for spring and fall semesters. (No permission is required to register for summer and winterim terms.)

Sign-up sheets for Group Advising are posted on the bulletin board outside the Business Advising Office 304B, CCC the month before registration begins (October & March).

On-line Registration begins the second week of November for spring and summer terms, and in April for fall and winterim terms.

You can find your Registration Appointment Time on MyPoint beginning in October & March.

Please come prepared to the Group Advising Session by printing a recent copy of your Degree Progress Report and completing both sides of the GDR Advising Worksheet.

Bring to your Group Advising Session:

1. Your RECENT Degree Progress Report (print from MyPoint).

2. Your GDR Advising Worksheet with the courses you'd like to take.

3. Your UWSP Catalog (can be purchased at the UWSP Bookstore.)

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If your advisor is not "Grp Adv-Trainer" on your DPR please read below.

Students assigned specifically to "Sally Trainer" will have "Sally Trainer" listed on your DPR and must sign up for an INDIVIDUAL Appointment with Sally on her office DOOR, 304B, CCC (NOT the bulletin board). You must also come prepared (see above).

Note: If you have not declared the Business major and wish to get permission to register from the Business Department, you may attend Group Advising. However, you must wait until the end of the session and allow time to have the changes made on your DPR, via the computer.

To avoid waiting: Please declare the Business major prior to November 1 for spring registration and April 1 for fall registration.

Referral to Campus Services, like Tutoring

A guide to many types of services on campus can be found in the public folders and in the DBE Advising Office. For instructions on how to access the Public Folders, click here.