Academic Advising
Fall 2025 Beginning of Semester Advising
Here is our drop-in schedule for the week (all drop ins are in Central Time, meetings are 5-10 minutes long):
Monday, September 8: 1:00-2:45 pm
Tuesday, September 9: 1:00-2:45 pm
Wednesday, September 10: 1:00-2:45 pm
Thursday, September 11: 1:00-2:45 pm
Friday: No drop-ins
Please review our registration guide, the degree requirements section of our website, and have questions prepared before meeting with an advisor.
Log in to Zoom Drop-ins here: https://400110.waitwell.us/join/41
We appreciate your patience as we currently have 6 advisors serving over 3,000 Econ majors. We hope you have a great semester!

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Q-Drop Deadline: November 19
The deadline to Q-drop, make pass/fail changes, and withdraw from all classes for the Fall 2025 semester is this Wednesday, November 19. Please read the above hyperlinked policies carefully and if you are considering any of these actions, act soon and as early in the day as possible to minimize wait times.
If you wish to make any of the above registration changes, please visit GEB 2.200 or log into the Student Division chat platform to begin the process. If initiating via chat, please be prepared to meet with a Student Division advisor via Zoom on a drop-in basis to complete the request.

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Location: BRB 1.114
General Questions: ecoadvisors@austin.utexas.edu
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday from 10-11:45 am and 1-3 pm
Where to go for advising:
Available to all students
- General questions and referrals
- Prerequisite and course reservation issues
- Prospective Econ major or minor questions
- Begin Appeal/Petition process
- Attaching minor or certificate
- Signatures for certain forms (ex. EXP 000 approval)
- Claiming credit-by-exam questions
Be sure to include your EID in all messages to our office.
Email: ecoadvisors@austin.utexas.edu
Students in ROTC should email their course planning forms to JC Calvert: johnna.calvert@austin.utexas.edu
During peak seasons (registration, first 12 class days, summer orientation, etc.), it may take longer to receive a response via email.
Available to current ECO majors ONLY
- Current semester questions or concerns (adjusting schedule, discuss Q-drop or pass/fail)
- Registration advising (planning for upcoming semester only)
- Questions about transferring to another major
- Discussing pros and cons of Q-drop or pass/fail
- Athlete registration advising (can also schedule 20 minute appointment)
- Any urgent or time sensitive issue not listed in the other columns
Drop Ins Schedule
Monday, November 3: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, November 4: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, November 5: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday, November 6: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday, November 7 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
These are 5-10 minute long meetings with an advisor. Log into drop ins here.
IMPORTANT: Students that have not recently been to drop-ins are prioritized. If you have attended drop-ins in the last week, you may be moved to the bottom of the queue.
Please note that wait times may be longer than expected as our office is currently short staffed. To help reduce wait times, please review our registration guide, the degree requirements section of our website, and have questions prepared before meeting with an advisor.
View log in instructions here.
We will advise exclusively via drop-ins (and email) until Thursday, November 13.
Individually scheduled appointments will resume in mid-November.
Available to all students
- Q-drop or pass/fail a class
- Withdraw for the semester
- Approval for 17+ semester hours in a semester
- Apply to graduate
- Apply to walk in commencement (if not applying to graduate in same semester)
- Be considered full-time with fewer than 12 hours in final semester
- Dismissal appeal
- Medical withdrawal or course load reduction
- General Appeals not relating to economics policies
- Signatures for certain forms that economics advisors don’t sign (ex. forms asking to confirm good academic standing)
Contact a Student Division advisor here.
Available to all students
- Financial aid and scholarship questions
- Updating contact information
- Tuition payment information and deadlines
- Ordering official UT transcripts
- Veteran's benefits
- Receiving and replacing a diploma
Contact Texas One Stop here.
Get in touch with an Economics advisor
At this time, Economics advisors can meet with declared Economics majors only. Students who are not declared Economics majors cannot book appointments or attend virtual drop-ins.
If you are not an Economics major and would like to speak with an advisor, please email ecoadvisors@austin.utexas.edu. Thank you for your patience.

Include your UT EID in your email.
Contact the Econ advisors via email
ecoadvisors@austin.utexas.edu
During peak seasons (registration, first 12 class days, summer orientation, etc.), it may take longer to receive a response via email.

Appointments
We will advise exclusively via drop-ins (and email) until Nov. 14.
Individually scheduled appointments will resume in mid-November.

Drop-Ins
Only declared ECO majors are able to join drop-ins.
5-10 minute long meetings.
Drop Ins Schedule
Monday, Nov. 3: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 4: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, Nov. 5: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday, Nov. 6: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday, Nov. 7 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
IMPORTANT: Students that have not recently been to drop-ins are prioritized. If you have attended drop-ins in the last week, you may be moved to the bottom of the queue.
View log in instructions here.






For questions about:
- Financial aid/billing/tuition, or ordering transcripts, contact Texas One Stop.
- Adding a class in another department, contact the offering department.
Interested in becoming an Economics major?
- Current UT students: See internal transfer information here.
- Prospective freshmen and external transfers: see respective links.
Who is my advisor?
There are six economics major advisors and over 3,000 Economics majors. We don’t have assigned caseloads and we don’t require advising (unless you are below a 2.0 GPA). You are welcome to schedule with the same advisor you have met with before, or with whichever advisor best fits your schedule! Our records system allows us to review notes from your previous advising sessions, to assure continuity for you, regardless of which advisor you met with previously. Meet our advising team below!
Economics Advising Team

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Jana Cole
Advising Coordinator
BRB 1.114
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Ellen Flocke
Senior Academic Advisor
BRB 1.114
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Holly Smith, M.S.Ed.
Senior Academic Advisor
BRB 1.114AA
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Holly Smith, M.S.Ed.
Senior Academic Advisor
BRB 1.114
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Rob Morgan, M.S.Ed.
Senior Academic Advisor
BRB 1.114
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Sarah Walker
Senior Academic Advisor
BRB 1.114
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