All first-year and new transfer undergraduate students are assigned to the AAC for advising. The AAC also advises declared major students on academic probation. Students enrolled in semester 2 of the Intensive English Program should seek advising assistance from the AAC to facilitate a smooth transition to the undergraduate program. 

Scholarship students are required to seek advising from AAC based on their scholarship-defined major.

When a student completes 60 credits of undergraduate work, s/he is required to declare a major. However, students may declare a major prior to reaching 60 earned credits. The Registrar’s Office sends a list of students who may be eligible to declare and who will have a declaration hold placed on their account to the Academic Advising Center. The Academic Advising Center will then confirm who is eligible to declare per college, and this list of confirmed declaration applicants will be used by the Registrar’s Office to declare students accordingly. When students declare a major, they are assigned a faculty advisor by the appropriate department chair. The assigned faculty advisor is responsible for working with the student on such issues as course selection and academic challenges. Students are ultimately responsible for reviewing and understanding the requirements of the degree program in which they are declared. 

Scholarship students are required to declare their major in accordance with their scholarship defined major.

To facilitate the advising process, students are encouraged to become familiar with AUK’s online advising program—Degree Works, and the University’s academic catalog and requirements for degree completion. Students are responsible for contacting their advisors before each registration period or when help is needed. The academic advisor assists the student in the identification and selection of courses that meet general education and degree requirements after which the student is provided with a RAC (Registration Access Control) number for online registration.