New and Readmitted Students
All new and returning students (see definitions below) must meet with a member of the Academic Advising team before registering for their first semester of classes. Read below for information!
NEW Students:
Incoming freshman and transfer students who are enrolling at Southern for the first time. This also includes former Southern students who took 12 or more credits at another instution and are returning to Southern.
READMITTED Students:
Former Southern students who have taken time away, voluntary or mandatory, and are returning to the University as matriculated students. This does not include former Southern students who took 12 or more credits at another instution and are returning to Southern. They would be considered NEW transfer students.
Welcome to Southern! As a new first-year student, you will meet with an Academic Advisor during New Student Orientation (NSO) to build your first semester course schedule. Click here for more information regarding New Student Orientation.
CHANGING YOUR MAJOR
If you are a new first-year student (freshman) who has not yet started their first semester and would like to change your major, please submit a New Student Major Change form.
CHANGING YOUR COURSE SCHEDULE
If you are a new first-year student (freshman) who has not yet started their first semester and would like to request changes to your schedule, please contact the Coordinator of First-Year Student Advising, Ben McNamee at mcnameeb1@southernct.edu
FALL 2025
All new transfer students are required to schedule an advising appointment where they will receive a registration PIN.
Once transfer students pay their admission deposit or confirm their enrollment, they will receive a link to the "Fall 2025 Transfer Student – Next Steps". The appointment system is available in Next Steps and will be open until August 19 for the Fall 2025 semester.
Transfer students are encouraged to schedule an advising appointment as soon as possible to take advantage of priority course registration and course availability. Transfer students who wait until January to act will have less appointment and course availability.
Students transferring from a foreign university should come prepared with course syllabi and descriptions and are encouraged to enroll even earlier as there is a multi-tiered credit evaluation process that must be complete to be advised appropriately.
If you have questions or encounter any problems trying to schedule your transfer advising appointment, please contact us at transferadvising@southernct.edu.
All returning matriculated students must meet with a Professional Advisor before scheduling courses for their first semester back.
Before scheduling your advising meeting, you must be readmitted to the University. To apply for readmission, you must submit the Readmission Application no later than 1 week prior to the start of the semester. Once you are officially readmitted, please follow the steps below to schedule your readmitted student advising meeting.
If you experience any issues when tring to schedule your advising meeting, please email advisement@southernct.edu.
Scheduling a Readmitted Student Advising Meeting:
- Click the "Readmitted Student Advising Meeting" button below
- Under "What type of appointment would you like to schedule?", select "Academic Advising & Faculty Office Hours".
- Under "What support or service would you like to schedule?", select "Readmitted Student Advising".
- Follow the remaining prompts in the system.