Academic advisors are a fantastic resource for navigating MSU Denver efficiently and successfully. Academic advisors support a student’s growth and journey through university by working with them to select paths of study, enroll in classes, monitor academic progress, and ensuring graduation requirements have been met. They are also excellent at connecting students to resources on campus that will support their achievements.
Encourage your student to meet with their academic advisor every semester to make sure they are taking the correct classes for their major. It is crucial to seek guidance from their academic advisor rather than relying on advice from peers or other students on campus, as each student’s academic journey is unique and individual requirements vary.
Helpful Tools
- Navigate: SSC Navigate is an online advising and retention tool that supports communication between MSU Denver staff and students. Students can make appointments with MSU Denver faculty and staff using the software.
- Degree Progress Report: The Degree Progress Report (DPR) keeps track degree requirements for your currently declared program(s). It shows you how you are completing them. Your academic department may have department-specific resources for you as well.
If students do not know who their academic advisor is, they are able to find it in their Degree Progress report.
Now let’s take a look at all we learned in this module.
Knowledge Check
Test your understanding of the material on this page with the questions below. Consider your answer to each multiple choice question, then click “Check Your Answer” under each question to learn whether you were right!
- What are the roles of academic advisors at MSU Denver?
- Helping students select paths of study and enroll in classes
- Monitoring students’ academic progress and ensuring graduation requirements are met
- Connecting students to resources on campus that will support their achievements
- All of the above
- Which of the following tools can MSU Denver students use to make appointments with faculty and staff, and keep track of degree requirements?
- SSC Navigate
- Degree Progress Report (DPR)
- Both A and B
- None of the above
Check your answer
All of the above
Check your answer
Both A and B