Why should students have all the fun? This webpage is dedicated to supporting Faculty and Staff Advisors on campus by providing helpful information to aid in the advising process. Please find a list of useful links for advisors to the left.

Academic Senate & CSU Executive Order Information

• The Academic Senate's Policy webpage is a great place to find specific information about new and old policies enforced at SJSU.
• Campus-wide and campus specific executive orders from the Chancellor's office can be found at the Cal State Executive Order webpage.

Forms and Petitions Students Require

Academic Forms - Forms maintained by the Office of the Registrar, including but not limited to:

Audit Option Change of Major/Minor Credit by Exam CR/NC Option Excess Units

Graduation Application "I" Extension Late Drop/Enrollment Requests Leave of Absence Reinstatement Transcripts

Undergraduate Petitions - Instructions - Petitions include:

• General Education & Graduation Requirements
• University Requirements & Credits
• Retroactive Petitions

Graduate Forms - Forms from Graduate Admissions and Evaluations, including:

• Change of Graduate Department
• Transfer Credit
• Candidacy
• Graduation
• Seven Year Limit

Open University Forms - Forms for students taking courses through Open University, including:

• Registration
• Refund Request
• Drop
• Financial Petition
• Late Add/Drop
• Retroactive Forms

How to Find GE Courses Offered Each Semester

Core GE, SJSU Studies, American Institutions, MUSE courses, and other information about General Education Requirements and courses can be found online in the schedule of classes each semester. You can find static links to this webpage for each semester at the links below:

• Fall - General Education Requirements & Courses
• Spring - General Education Requirements & Courses
• Summer - General Education Requirements & Courses

Please double check the year for each semester, as they are each updated yearly when the new schedule of classes comes out (therefore the link to Summer may link to the GE information for LAST summer, not this coming summer if the new schedule of classes has not yet come out).

How to Place and/or Lift a Hold on Student's Account

In order to be able to place and lift holds on a student's account, faculty and staff must attend a training put on by the CMS Training Team. Quick steps on how to place/remove holds may be found at the CMS Records Help webpage.

How to Run a Degree Audit

In order to run a degree audit (a portion of Peoplesoft that allows faculty and staff to see which requirements a students has met, and those she or he has not yet met) faculty and staff must attend an Academic Advising training put on by the CMS Training Team. Instructions on running a degree audit may be found by opening the Academic Advising Training Manual PDF, and scrolling down the document to page 9.

If you find an error with a student's Degree Audit, please file a discrepancy report so that the appropriate staff can look into the issue.

Online General Education Information

Schedule of Classes GE Information
Fall GE Info - Spring GE Info - Summer GE Info - Includes:

Catalog GE Information - Includes:

SJSU Calendars & Schedules

• Academic Calendars
• Application Dates and Deadlines
• Athletics Schedule
• Center for Faculty Development Event Calendar
• Final Exam Schedule - Fall Finals - Spring Finals
• Registrar's Calendars
• SJSU Event Center Schedule
• SJSU General Campus Event Calendar
• SJSU Student Event Calendar
• Student Fee Due Dates

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