An important aspect of the Creative Studies program is the consistent, one-on-one faculty advising and mentorship that each student receives. In addition to being one of the benefits of CCS students, quarterly advising is also a College requirement. All students enrolled in the College are required to meet with their assigned faculty advisor each quarter to discuss their academic programs and to get approval of their proposed courses of study for the following quarter. It is your responsibility to contact your advisor each quarter. If you have any questions about this process, please see Leslie .

CCS Advising Checklist
All students should have a yellow form called the CCS Advising Checklist in their permanent file in room 104. This form is sent to all CCS students with their CCS admissions packets. Additional forms are available from Leslie. You and your advisor may use this checklist as an overall planning guide that will outline recommended and required courses for your degree goal.
Incoming students must use this form during their first advising session to initiate their CCS coursework. Continuing students may take this form to advising appointments as necessary for update/revision. The original of this form must always be returned to your permanent student file in room 102A. You may wish to make a photocopy for reference.

Quarterly Advising Requirements and Procedures
Students are responsible for making an appointment with their advisors before the registration deadline for the following quarter (during the fifth or sixth week of the current quarter), to review their planned course of study for the next quarter.
A quarterly Advising Checkslip (yellow half-sheet) will be distributed to each CCS student in their CCS mailbox, every quarter, immediately prior to registration for the following quarter. Students must complete this form with their planned study loads for the next quarter, obtain their advisor’s signature on the form, and return it to Terri in the CCS office and be checked-off for advising for the quarter.

Registration Blocks
Students who are not cleared for advising each quarter will ultimately have their registration blocked by the College. As stated above, the advising check-slip will be distributed immediately prior to registration for the following quarter (approximately the fifth week of the current quarter). If, after two weeks, a student has not returned the signed check-slip to the College office, a second notice will be issued to the student via their student mailbox. Students who still fail to contact and meet with their advisors and turn in the signed check-slip to be checked-off for advising, will be issued a third and final notice. If by the end of the first week of Spring Quarter, any student has not yet been cleared for advising for the prior Fall and Winter, that student’s registration will be blocked for the following Fall. This registration block will only be removed upon submission of any past-due advising checkslips.
Registration for Fall Quarter occurs during the prior Spring Quarter. If you do not meet with your advisor and have your advising check-slip signed during that time, you must do so during the first two weeks of Fall Quarter.