Business Advising

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Undergraduate students are welcome to schedule appointments during non-registration periods or come in during our walk-in hours.

Walk-In Hours through November 21, 2018 will be 8am-11:30am & 1pm-4:30pm. Appointments will become available after registration starting Novebmer 26, 2018.    NOTE: During Registration the demand to see an advisor is very high. Because of this, the Business Advising Center (BAC) becomes very busy and waits can be long. Due to the high demand once we reach capacity the BAC may stop accepting walk-ins much earlier then the time posted.

 

 

TO OUR BUSINESS STUDENTS THE ADVISING CENTER WILL BE CLOSED:

  • The campus will be closed on the following dates in 2018: November 12,  22-23, December 25 - January 1, 2019.

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Business Advising Vision & Mission

The Mihaylo Business Advising Center aspires to be a regional leader in innovative advising that facilitates students success. We empower, support, and guide our business students through developmental advising and collaborative partnerships across the university to ensure our students' transition into university-level learning and the achievement of their academic goals.

Advising Information for Success

Mandatory Advisement for New Students

To make sure that new students start off on the right track, all newly-admitted students to the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics are required to visit with an advisor before registering for their first semester courses. A registration hold is placed on their first semester's registration.

New First Time Freshman (FTF) are required to attend a Freshman Orientation to remove their registration hold and transition successfully into CSUF and Mihaylo College.

Transfer students are required to complete three steps upon admission to remove their registration hold and transition successfully into CSUF and Mihaylo College.

  • STEP 1 – Schedule an appointment with a business advisor no later than three weeks after your admission and prior to registration.
  • STEP 2 – Fulfill your mandatory orientation. You have two options to fulfill your mandatory orientation. You may attend an In-Person Transfer Orientation or complete an Online Transfer Overview. Learn more about the  Transfer  Orientation.
  • STEP 3 – Complete Mihaylo College's Ethics Requirement. You must fulfill the Mihaylo College's ethics requirement before your first semester's registration. Learn more about the Ethics Requirement .
  • STEP 4  – Review the following tutorials to prepare for registration

Mapping out your Registration

We understand that registration can be an exciting and stressful time of the year. The Business Advising Center in Mihaylo College has developed several options to assist you with mapping out your educational plan each semester.

Creating an Educational Plan

  • Use Resources to Map out your Schedule: For students who would like to work individually to plan out an educational plan multiple resources are available to assist you with mapping out your schedule each semester. Be sure to review your TDA, the business center’s Requirement Sheets, and Roadmaps.
  • Attend a Chart your Course Workshop: During the workshop you will work with Business Advisors to develop your schedule for the upcoming semester. Workshops are hosted in August and March.
  • Meet One-On-One with a Business Advisor: Advisors are available all year around to assist you with your registration questions through appointments or walk-in advising. As part of the shared responsibility with you and the advisors, when discussing what to take in the upcoming semester, you are required to bring in a tentative class schedule for the semester you would like to discuss with the advisor. This is your academic journey and you should not expect the advisor to create a schedule for you but work with you to ensure the schedule you have created is correct.

Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) Advising Release Form

The FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. In accordance with regulations contained in the FERPA, California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) major and/or academic advising professionals including graduation and retention specialists, will disclose to designated parties information from the academic records of the student and include designated parties in academic advising activities, provided the university has on file written consent from the student. To grant permission to CSUF major and/or academic advising professionals to permit participation in academic advising activities please fill out and submit the FERPA Advising Release Form.

  • The FERPA academic advising release applies only to third parties accompanying the student to advising; it does not allow for advising actions of any sort in the absence of the student.
  • Please keep in mind that the business advising center does not permit students to bring friends or other students with them into an advising session.

  • To include family, parents, siblings, spouses, or significant others in your one-on-one academic advising session, you must have the FERPA Advising Release Form on file prior to the advising session.  

 

Mihaylo College Ethics Requirements

One of the goals of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics is to promote the development of ethically responsible students who will become future professionals in business, economics and other related fields. As responsible members of the Mihaylo College community, students are expected to adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity and overall ethical conduct. To insure that all Mihaylo College students are aware of these standards, the faculty of the Mihaylo College adopted a policy that mandates students fulfill the Mihaylo College Ethics requirement by acknowledging the Mihaylo College Student Code of Ethics, become familiar with the policies and practices related to academic dishonesty and plagiarism, and demonstrate competency in these areas by passing the Mihaylo College Ethics Quiz.

If you are meeting with an advisor, you must first complete the Ethics Requirements.

For more information on how to fulfill the Mihaylo College Ethics Requirement, please go to: www.business.fullerton.edu/ethics

 

Degree Requirements - Prerequisite Sheets - 4-Year Roadmaps

If you would like to view a summary of the degree requirements and a download a copy of a pre-requisite sheet or 4-Year Roadmap, please go to any of the following:

 

Understanding Your Catalog Rights

The CSU and CSUF occasionally modify graduation requirements. If you have been in continuous attendance, you may choose to meet the CSUF campus gradaution requirements in the CSUF Catalog that was in effect in any of the three following instances: 

  1. At the time you began attendance at CSUF, OR if you are an upper division transfer student, at the time you began continuous attendance at the California Community College,   OR
  2. At the time you transferred to the CSU campus,  OR
  3. At the time you graduate from the CSU campus.

By maintaining continuous attendance and selecting option (1) or (2), you can be assured that your CSU campus graduation requirements will not change. Your right to choose one of these options is called "catalog rights." Additional details about Catalog Rights and Student Responsibilities are found on online in the catalog. 

Example: If you are a new, first-time freshman in the Fall 2018, then your assigned catalog year 2018 (2018-2019). If you are a new, transfer student in the Fall 2018 continuously enrolled in a community college since fall 2015 or Spring 2016, then your appropriate catalog year is 2015 (2015-2016)OR 2018 (2018-2019).

 

TITAN Degree Audit (TDA)

The TITAN Degree Audit (TDA) is an important advising tool and resource for students at Cal State Fullerton. The TDA report includes your general education and major requirements as well as other unit and scholastic requirements. To obtain your TDA, go to TITAN Online through your Student Portal and select Student Academics. Learn more about the TDA here . You may also review the online tutorial here .

 

Faculty Mentoring & Career Services

The undergraduate Faculty Mentors in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics are designated faculty who are available to answer the questions you have about each of our concentrations and how the concentration fits your professional interests. Mihaylo College also offers a “Prepare to Declare” workshop each semester where you will hear from advisors and peers in each of the concentrations to assist you with choosing and declaring your concentration. In addition, you can connect with a Career Advisor in Career Services to explore your career options

  

Declaring a Concentration

Students in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics first enter their major as prebusiness, pre-economics or pre-international majors, whether they are entering freshmen, transfers, or returning students. Before proceeding to Upper Division Concentration Courses, a student must declare a concentration. Once you have declared your concentration you will be assigned a "Faculty Mentor".  Learn more here .

 

Math Qualifying Exam

If you are planning to take MATH 130 or 135, Business Calculus, you need to know about the prerequisite requirements and the Mathematics Qualifying Exam. Please visit this site to learn more about the procedures, deadlines, exemptions and fees.

 

Articulation Agreements

Cal State Fullerton has established transfer equivalencies for business courses at the community colleges in the neighboring area. If you would like to see a complete articulation for the entire state of California, please visit the Assist web site at www.assist.org

 

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Most courses have prerequisites and/or corequisites. A prerequisite is a course or courses that must be taken before another. In some cases, it may be stipulated that the prerequisite course be completed with a minimum grade. A corequisite is a course that may be taken concurrently. It is each students' responsibility to make sure that they meet prerequisite or corequisite requirements. Students who do not meet requirements may be administratively dropped from the course.

 

Resources for Academic Success

  • Academic Probation - if you find yourself on academic probation our AP workshops and business advisors are here to support you. Please take a moment to review the steps to follow to regain academic success.
  • Dreamers  - It was announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was rescinded. I encourage our DACA students to explore existing resources here. The Dreamers Resource Center is also available and designed to provide support.
  • Mihaylo Tutoring Center – course offerings vary by semester. But typically you can find tutoring support for the following courses in fall and spring.
    • ACCT 201A, 201B, 301A, 301B, 302
    • BUAD 201, 301
    • ECON 201, 202, 310, 315, 320
    • FIN 320
    • ISDS 361A, 361B
  • Supplemental Instruction – is an academic assistance program that provides weekly peer-led group study sessions in the courses listed below. Please check offerings as each semester varies.
    • ACCT 301A, ACCT 301B, ACCT 302
    • BUAD 201, ECON 315
    • ISDS 361A, ISDS 361B
    • MATH 130 or 135
  • University Learning Center – provides one-on-one peer tutoring and online writing review in most undergraduate general education courses

 

Repeat Exception Petition

If you have exceeded the 28-unit repeat limit or repeated a course three time you must submit a request for a repeat exception. Students requesting an exception will be limited to 6 units of coursework in the semester they plan to enroll.

The Repeat Exception Petitions are located in Admissions and Records LH-114. After you have prepared your petition, follow the steps below:

  • Go the Mihaylo College Business Advising Center in SGMH 1201
  • Drop off your Petition and documentation for review.
    • The review of the petition, by the college, can take three to four business days.
  • Once your petition is reviewed you will be notified by email to schedule a meeting with the Assistant Dean.

Please plan accordingly, typically the committee meets the third Tuesday of the Month, all petitions with the college support must be submitted at least three weeks before the committee meets to ensure your appeal is reviewed that month. Otherwise, your petition will be held for the following month for review. Petitions submitted after the semester starts will be reviewed for the subsequent semester.

 

Withdrawal Process (Dropping Classes)

To drop classes, students must obtain the drop sheet from Admissions and Records in LH 114. Once you have the drop sheet you will need to obtain the following signatures in the order listed: 1) Instructor  2) Department Chair  3) Assitant Dean.

Please keep in mind after the second week of classes, documentation must accompany your drop sheet , and requests for dropping classes must be for serious and compelling reasons. Please note that poor academic performance or over-commitment is not evidence of a serious reason for withdrawal. Below are examples of the types of documentation required to withdrawal from a course.

EXAMPLES:

  • Course Not Required for Degree
    • Email or letter from Instructor
    • Copy of TDA (Undergraduate Only)
  • Medical issues
    • provide documentation from doctor
  • Change is job commitments
    • provide documentation for employer
  • Family obligations
    • documentation from parent / husband / partner
  • Personal Issue such as Legal issue, accident, loss of employment, death of a family member
    • Signed letter from an appropriate official.

In addition, registration details, including how to drop or add a class, are located in the Registration Guide for the term.  Registration Guides are available online: www.fullerton.edu/admissions/currentstudent/registration.asp

 

Applying for Graduation

Whether you arrived at Cal State Fullerton as a first time freshman or a transfer student, you will be graduating a Mihaylo Titan. Once you accumulate 85 units and your CSUF and Cumulative GPA are a 1.85 or higher you are eligible to apply for graduation. As you near the completion of your degree there are a few final steps that you will need to take to graduate:

Step 1

Receive an email from CSUF to apply for graduation.
(Graduation eligibility = Minimum 1.85 CSUF GPA and 85 cumulative units, and a declared concentration) 

Step 2

Login to student portal and view your “Apply for Graduation” & “Pay Graduation Fee” instructions in  your
"To Do List" located on right hand side. 

Step 3

Click on the drop-down menu in the middle of your student center portal. Select “Apply for Graduation” and follow prompts for selecting term and degree program. Click “APPLY”.

(ie – 8 courses remaining. Take 4 in FALL and 4 in SPRING semester. Spring would now be your final semester and the term you select for your graduation date.)

Don’t worry! If you end up needing to change your graduation date, you can request a change of graduation date to your Graduation Specialist without having to pay the $10 Admissions and Records  fee. 

Step 4

Make sure to pay the one-time mandatory graduation fee of $115. This can be done online or at the Student Financial Services window (UH-180). You can find additional instructions here: http://admissions.fullerton.edu/currentstudent/grad/HowToPayYourGraduationFee.pdf 

Step 5

Once you have finished applying you will be invited to attend Mandatory Graduation Workshop via email within a month. Workshops are offered throughout the academic year and you will be approved for graduation after attending. Noattendance=No graduation!  

  • What is the Graduation Workshop and why do I need to go?
    • The Workshop will go over a final check of your academic requirements, inform you of graduation details in your final year, and catch any unforeseen items that may prevent you from graduating in your desired  term. 

 

Benefits of attending Graduation Workshop

  • No more waiting in line for walk-in advising or waiting for appointments availability! Once you attend the Graduation Workshop, you will have the ability to email your Graduation Specialist with any questions and set appointments for emergency concerns.(ie – failed a course, life circumstance, changing graduation dates, GPA  concerns)
  • Get early information on commencement details.
  • Gain full understanding of what final requirements you have left and ability to discuss concerns that may prevent you from graduating on time.
  • Catch any errors that you may not know of. It is always better to be on the safe side!

Step 6

Purchase your Cap & Gown and Attend Commencement with family and friends!