If you are a newly admitted student who has not yet registered for classes, please contact New Student & Parent Programs (NSPP) if you have questions or concerns.

• Phone: 619-594-1509
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: nspp.sdsu.edu/orientation

• First-year students pre-registered into Fall 2023 courses will have an opportunity to meet with a Coordinated Care Advisor (hosted virtually) to get support with fall 2023 course registration, SDSU Navigate, pre-orientation modules and to ask preliminary questions before NSO in July.

• New Fall 2023 Admits Registering for SDSU Summer Session 

  New fall 2023 admitted students can get ahead by enrolling in summer session. Please visit the Summer Session website for New Students to become eligible to register. 

  If you have questions about attending summer school, you may contact your college directly:

   

  Arts & Letters:

  https://cal.sdsu.edu/academics/student-success 

  Business:

  https://business.sdsu.edu/undergrad/advising

  Education:

  https://education.sdsu.edu/oss

  Engineering:

  Please email [email protected]  for summer session questions

  Professinal Studies & Fine Arts:

  https://studentsuccess.sdsu.edu/major_advisor_directory

  Sciences:

  [email protected] or virtual front desk open M-F 10am - 12pm. Visit the College of Sciences Student Success Center website

  Undeclared: 

  [email protected]

NSO will continue to support new student’s course registration and/or finalizing their fall schedule. Coordinated Care Advisors, Major Advisors, Assistant Deans and SDSU Ambassadors will support first-year and transfer students, so that when they leave NSO, they have a full course load.  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  

All students must submit their final official transcripts at least a week before their orientation date, but earlier is highly recommended. 

Transfer student transcript deadline:  June 30, 2023
First-year student transcript deadline:  July 15, 2023

For information: https://nspp.sdsu.edu/orientation

• Every SDSU student has a personalized Your Success Team -- a list of advisors and other support staff -- on that list, you will see your CCA identified.
• Log in to SDSU Navigate using your SDSU ID.
• On your home screen (in the bottom right side) you will see the list -- Your Success Team. Tip: you can email them by clicking the envelope icon near their name (see image below).

• Access the Student Resources section of the SDSU Navigate website to learn how to use SDSU Navigate to schedule appointments, and more.
• Schedule in SDSU Navigate using the service: "Coordinated Care Advising"

• Familiarize yourself with the Registrar's instructions for students wanting to change their major. 
• When making appointments in SDSU Navigate to a change your major, be sure to schedule your appointment using the follow service: "Major/Minor Exploration or Change."

• Every SDSU student has a personalized Your Success Team -- a list of advisors and other support staff -- on that list, you will see your CCA identified.
• Log in to SDSU Navigate using your SDSU ID.
• On your home screen (in the bottom right side) you will see the list -- Your Success Team. Tip: you can email them by clicking the envelope icon near their name (see image below).  
• The Major Advisor Directory is an additional online resource that lists all Major Advisors on campus. 

• Access the Student Resources section of the SDSU Navigate website to learn how to use SDSU Navigate to schedule appointments, and more.
• Schedule in SDSU Navigate using the service: "Major Advising"

SDSU Navigate Service(s): "General/Academic Advising" and sometimes "Major Advising," "Minor Advising" or "Major/Minor Exploration/Change."

College Success Centers are hubs for advising and other support, but not all colleges have them. In a center, Major, Minor, CCA, and Peer Advisors may all offer support for student enrolled in that college, and sometimes the center offers general/academic advising from Student Success Advisors. 

SDSU Navigate Service: "General/Academic Advising"

You may see additional people listed in Your Success Team. These advisors can typically advise you about graduation and general education (GE) requirements, university policies, and programatic requirements and policies. General/academic advisors help with:

• Course/schedule planning
• Degree Evaluation review
• General Education (GE) and university graduation requirements
• Course substitution process
• Letter of support (some)
• Academic/personal challenge (for referral)
• Peer or premajor advising

Note: General/academic advisors or Student Succes Advisors cannot advise on major requirement course selection.

General/academic advisors include, but are not limited to, the following:

• EOP Counselors: EOP Counselors provide academic, career, and personal counseling as well as facilitate academic success and personal development. Please visit the EOP Counselors contact information page for more information on how to connect with your EOP Counselor.
• Special Programs Advisors (e.g. Compact Scholars, Cultural Resource Centers)
• Premajor or Peer Advisors (e.g. College of Engineering)
• Weber Honors College Advisors: The Weber Honors College program is a unique minor, comprising an interdisciplinary curriculum made up of small, discussion-based seminars and innovative teaching techniques to promote engagement in the subject area, preparing students for high-impact educational experiences. If you have elected to participate in the Weber Honors College program, you will work directly with the Weber Honors College Advisor.
• Preprofessional Advisors: Preprofessional advisors are available for students pursuing a preprofessional career (pre-medical, pre-law, etc.) and planning to attend professional schools. SDSU provides pre-professional advising for the following programs:

SDSU Navigate Service: "Minor Advising"

A professional staff or faculty advisor who provides guidance about courses and requirements specific to your minor of record.

SDSU Navigate Service: "Asssitant Dean Support"

A professional staff member who supervises Major Advisors and helps with the most complicated questions, like: 

• Academic/personal challenge
• Academic probation/disqualification
• Petitions, for example: add/drop after deadline, change to CR/NC after deadline, leave of absence, retroactive withdrawal
• Student grievances
• Engagement/leadership opportunities

SDSU Navigate Service: "Career & Internships Advising"

Career & Internships Advisors in your college and/or Career Services are trained to help you explore and plan for career and internship opportunities. SDSU Career Services uses HANDSHAKE to help students and alumni connect with opportunities. This online career development management system includes:

• Thousands of Job and Internship listings
• Resume, cover letter and transcript upload, storage, and submission
• On-campus interview scheduling, workshops and employer information sessions
• Scheduling one-on-one appointments with SDSU Career Counselors
• Registering for SDSU Career Fairs

The evaluators in the Office of the Registrar provide support for complex student advising scenarios including: 

• Graduation requirements
• Transfer credit 
• Guidance and direction on how and when to apply to graduate
• Readmission to the University

Students may be refered to an evaluator by their advisor.

SDSU Navigate Service: "Study Abroad Advising"

Study Abroad Advisors may be associated with your college and/or the Global Education Office, and are trained to help you explore and plan global education experiences. If your major requires an international experience or study abroad requirement to graduate, or if you have goals to study abroad to participate in high impact experiences, you can connect with these advisors to begin the process of exploring and plan your global education options. 

Study Abroad Advisors work with the Evaluations Office to help students understand how studying abroad will impact their transfer credit and progress toward graduation.

The division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity offers student support services to suppport student health and well-being, students with varying abilities,  those enrolled in special programs, or students seeking personal and career counseling. 

Below is a list of additional support services to promote and support student academic success.