Plan II Student Advising

Advising Hours

Our goal is to be accessible to you for advising and to make the experience fairly painless. We are available for advising from 8:30 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 4:30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, advising hours are from 8:30 am to 11:45 am, with no advising hours on Wednesday afternoons. We see most of our students on a walk-in basis.

 Academic Advising

When you want to see one of the Plan II academic advisers in the office, stop by and sign in at the front desk. The student receptionist will let us know you are here. Have a seat in the office and wait for one of us to come out and get you. We see students in the order in which they signed up.

Please do not walk back to our offices on your own without being called by one of us. We must protect the privacy of other students that might be in our office.

Peer Advisers

In addition to the academic advisers, you will have access to the Plan II Peer Advisers. These are Plan II seniors, juniors, and sophomores representing dozens of different majors and student organizations. Trained by the Plan II Academic Advisers, it is their job not only to answer questions about courses, professors, scheduling, registration, and other academic concerns, but also to introduce you to the social and extracurricular aspects of UT and Plan II. The beginning of the year offers many opportunities to get to know your peer advisers and interact with them in non-academic settings like Freshman Getaway, Convocation, and a variety of other activities organized by the peer advisers.

Peer advising groups are made up according to your world literature course. With advisers, there are three to four advisers per world literature class. This breaks down to roughly one adviser for every five students. Your peer advisers will be responsible for getting important information to you, and will be available for any questions or concerns you might have. If you are worried that your specific advisers may not be familiar enough with your specific major or area of interest, don't worry. All peer advisers are available for all students, and your peer adviser will be able to match you up with someone who is concentrating on a similar area of study when you are in need of academic advice.

Remember, the peer advisers are there to help you, so use them to their fullest. They have recently walked in your shoes. They are more than happy to help with any concern you might have.

New  College of Liberal Arts Q Drop Policy

Beginning September 15, 2008, the University will track each student's Q-drops. Students are allowed only six Q-drops for academic reasons over the course of their undergraduate career at Texas public institutions per recent legislation. This law applies to all students who entered a Texas public institution of higher education in fall 2007 or later. If you first entered a Texas public institution of higher education before fall 2007, you are exempt from this legislation.

To Q-drop a class after the 12th-class day, students must visit the Student Division in GEB 2.200 in person.  When students request a Q-drop, Student Division representatives will research the total number of academic Q-drops on the student's record. If a student believes the requested Q-drop is due to urgent and substantiated, nonacademic issues, a student may file an appeal to have it not count against the allotted six academic drops.