Student Advisement

Although there are several offices on campus to help you fulfill your degree requirements, the ultimate responsibility is yours!  Make sure you are familiar with your degree sheet and all of its requirements.

Degree Navigator is an online program that allows students to access their degree progress online, 24 hours a day.  The program shows students what requirements they have completed and what requirements remain.   

University College

All freshmen Fine Arts students with fewer than 24 hours of college credit are advised in University College.    University College is located in Wagner Hall, Rm 100, 405-325-3521.

OU Scholars Program

Students in the OU Scholars Program need to be advised by the Scholars office.  The Scholars office will remove the student’s advising flag.  The OU Scholars office is located in Cate 1, Rm 125, 405-325-2851.

Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Advising Day(s)

Once students have earned 24 hours of college credit their records are automatically forwarded to the college of their major.  Students in the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts are required to meet with a faculty advisor each semester on the school designated Advising Day(s). These days are announced in class and are posted in the various buildings. In addition, the information is emailed to each student’s OU email address in the monthly college eNewsletter, Artifacts, and in an individual message.

Currently enrolled Fine Arts students should proceed to their assigned faculty advisor for advisement on the designated advising day(s).

Newly admitted students declaring a major in the Fine Arts must audition or submit a portfolio and be accepted into a specific degree plan prior to advisement and enrollment.

Newly admitted transfer students and readmitted students should obtain copies of their records at the Fine Arts Dean’s Office and then proceed to individual school offices (see locations below) to be assigned to a faculty adviser.

At the Advising Session:

• Students should come prepared with a proposed schedule and a degree plan for graduation to discuss with their faculty advisor.
• The faculty advisor should complete an advising form with a preferred list of classes for enrollment and some alternative classes in case of schedule conflicts or closures.
• The faculty advisor, or the School office, should provide “Overrides”  in Ozone appropriate for enrollment.
• The faculty advisor will give the student a white and a yellow copy of the advisement form. The student keeps the white copy for their personal records.  The yellow copy must be delivered to the Fine Arts Dean's Office, Fred Jones Center 122, so the student's advising hold can be removed.
  
• Although college and faculty advisers are available to help students plan their programs of study, the individual student has a responsibility to know the degree requirements for their declared major and the college policies which impact their degree and graduation as listed in the university catalog.