Academic Advising

Professional Academic Advisor

A professional advisor can help you with:

• Advising for major and minor requirements.
• Advising on general studies for JMP majors.
• Advising for overall academic policies and procedures.
• Advising for basic degree requirements for graduation.
• Removal of Orientation/Advising holds, 45-credit hour general studies holds, and 60-credit hour general studies holds.
• Declaration of majors and minors.
• Completion of Math peer study contracts and overrides for math courses (for eligible students).
• Interpretation of Accuplacer test results for English and Math.

Faculty Advisor

A faculty advisor can help you with:

• Careers/Internships/Job Search and/or Graduate School Information
• Class Scheduling and Degree Planning (General Studies and Core Classes including Upper Division Courses in JMP; Minor in JMP)
• Class Support (e.g., Concerns related to a class I’m enrolled in, Dropping/Withdrawing from classes
• General Advising (e.g., Declaring/Changing a Major or Minor in JMP, Can a course go toward my major? (Petition Degree Exception, Information on a JMP class I’m interested in)
• Explore a Major/Minor in JMP
• Graduation Check
• Registration Errors (e.g., Department Hold, Prerequisite Override, etc.)
• Support, Resources, and Counseling Referrals

Equivalent Transfer Courses

Some JMP transfer courses transferred from the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) may have direct equivalents at MSU Denver. View the MSU Denver Transfer guides for a list of direct equivalencies.

Non-equivalent Transfer Courses

When a transfer course does not have an equivalent course at MSU Denver, lower division courses are assigned 8000 numbers and upper division courses are assigned 9000 numbers.