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Advising

Undergraduate Advising helps you:

  • explore Germanic Studies as a new major
  • with degree-planning for existing majors
  • learn about Germanic Studies courses and faculty
  • navigate university policies and procedures

**Students please remember to include your UT EID in all email correspondence with any UT faculty/staff.**

 

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

(Please direct all general advising inquiries to the undergraduate academic advisor.)

  • Heather Peterson
  • Available to assist students with degree plans, course registration issues, academic and career goals, university policies and procedures, and campus resources.
  • gsd-advising@utexas.edu
  • BEN 2.108 (In-Person Availability T/W 9am-3pm)

 Advising Appointments

  • Advising is available through Zoom (typically audio with shared screen) or in-person by APPOINTMENT, Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm & 1pm-3pm.
  • Appointments are not scheduled via email.
  • Please leave specific questions in the comments section when making an appointment and make sure you receive a confirmation email including your Zoom link.

 

Major/Certificate/Minor Declaration

  • Are you in another college at UT? To declare a major in German, please use the Internal Transfer Portal.
  • Already in Liberal Arts? To declare a major in German, simply email the Undergraduate Academic Advisor.
  • Looking to declare your certificate in GER? You may request the certificate yourself HERE.
    • Once you have applied for the certificate, you'll need to contact your major advisor to have it attached to your major degree profile - or - 
    • Contact the Undergraduate Academic Advisor for German to request that the certificate be made "standalone" in order for the certificate to show as official/pursuing.
  • Looking to declare a minor in GSD? You may request the minor yourself HERE.
    • Once you have applied for the minor, you'll need to contact your major advisor to have it attached to your major degree profile to show as official/pursuing.

 

Registration

 

Spring 2024: https://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/242

  • Please check your Registration Information Sheet (RIS) for your specific window of access to the registration system to enroll yourself in classes.
  • If a course shows "open; reserved" or "waitlisted," please add yourself to the waitlist, as any open seats will be filled from the waitlist. Should seats remain open near to the start of class, any open seats will be filled from the waitlist.
  • If you are a triple major or a declared major/minor in a subject but do not yet have access to priority seating for the class please email the academic advisor(s) for that subject for further help accessing necessary coursework.
  • If you are in need of a prerequisite waiver to register and meet the qualifications to request a waiver (ie-you've completed transfer coursework that does not yet show on your audit or you have the ability to claim CR for prerequisite coursework), please submit your request with any supporting documentation (ex. unofficial transcript) attached as a PDF to gsd-advising@austin.utexas.edu.
    • Proof of completed transfer course prerequisite must include the following:  student name, institution name, semester taken, course title, final letter grade received (cannot be a numeric percentage, must be a final letter grade)
    • Remember to include your EID, the course subject and number, and unique number if seeking a specific course section when requesting your prerequisite waiver.

 

Prerequisite Waivers

  • If you are in need of a prerequisite waiver to register and meet the qualifications to request a waiver (ie-you've completed transfer coursework that does not yet show on your audit or you have the ability to claim CR for prerequisite coursework), please submit your request with any supporting documentation (ex. unofficial transcript) attached as a PDF to gsd-advising@austin.utexas.edu.
    • Proof of completed transfer course prerequisite must include the following:  student name, institution name, semester taken, course title, final letter grade received (cannot be a numeric percentage, must be a final letter grade)
    • Remember to include your EID, the course subject and number, and unique number if seeking a specific course section when requesting your prerequisite waiver.

 

Faculty Undergraduate Advisor

 Karen Ewing

  • Available to assist students with questions pertaining to course content, department faculty, or GER placement exams.
  • Please email him to schedule an appointment.
  • karen.ewing@utexas.edu

 

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