Advising
Pre-Major Advising
Before Students Arrive on Campus
in the Fall of their First Year
New Students Website As soon as you are admitted to Vanderbilt, you can access information and materials at the new student webpage located at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/registrar/newstudents. Here, you will find information about the specific requirements for registering for your first year of study, and describe the Arts and Science undergraduate curriculum, AXLE. Important dates for advising and registration are highlighted, and detailed instructions for fall registration are published. For your convenience, most of the hard copy registration materials that will be mailed to you prior to your arrival on campus are accessible as PDFs through this site. Also available here are links to the schedule of courses, a campus map, and the online catalog of Vanderbilt University.
Telephone Advising assists students in planning their schedule for their first semester. This advising is available for four weeks in June and again at the end of July and beginning of August. Toll-free telephone lines support this form of pre major advising.
When Students Arrive on Campus
in the Fall of their First Year
Entering first year students are assigned pre-major advisers, all regular members of the faculty of the College of Arts and Science. These first advisers counsel students during approximately their first three and one-half semesters on campus, or until students choose majors. Students are encouraged to see these advisors at any time but must see them at least three times after their initial meetings with them during Orientation: during registration for the fall and spring semesters of the first year and for fall semester of the second year.
For more information, please visit the College of Arts and Science Pre-major Academic Advising Reources Center website.
