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Undergraduate Advising

Advising

As a student, it is important that you play an active role in your advising, to ensure that you remain on track with your degree program schedule and to maximize the time that you have with your advisor. For optimal success:

  • accept responsibility for academic choices.
  • Know basic University, college and unit graduation requirements for your chosen major and concentration well enough to plan your own progress toward degree completion.
  • Maintain personal copies of your tentative degree plan, progress reports and transfer credit evaluations until the official graduation application is processed.
  • Develop social, academic and career goals and examine how these goals will affect your life and the lives of persons important to you.
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Who is my Advisor?

You are assigned an advisor based on your last name.

Last names starting with:
A-G: Sarah Matthews
H-M + Lambuth: Carol Mahalitc
N-Z: Angela Johnson

PETE students: Todd Layne
Dietetics students: Mary Catherine Schallert

Self-advising

You must meet the following criteria to qualify for self-advising:

  • Declared major within the College of Health Sciences
  • Good academic standing (no academic warning or probation)
  • Minimum overall GPA of a 2.25

If you are one of the following, you cannot self-advise:

  • Student-athletes
  • Graduating seniors
  • Students who are newly transferred to the College of Health Sciences

If you do not qualify for self-advising, schedule an advising appointment on Navigate or by calling 901.678.4316.

Please note that it may take 3-5 business days for a self-advising form to be processed.

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Advising Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

Make an appointment with your advisor via NAVIGATE or use Navigate Student mobile app. You can specify in-person, phone or Microsoft Teams advising. If you are unable to make an appointment, call the College of Health Sciences main office at 901.678.4316.

For all College of Health Sciences majors >

Last names starting with:
A-G: TBA; Contact healthstudies@memphis.edu for an appointment.
H-M + Lambuth: Carol Mahalitc
N-Z: Angela Johnson

PETE students: Todd Layne
Dietetics students: Mary Catherine Schallert

Complete our online Declaration of Major form.  Incomplete forms will not be processed.

Consult UMDegree through the Student tab on MyMemphis by clicking My Degree.

Check out our Academic Calendar for dates and deadlines.

This means you may not have the required prerequisites. If you do have the prerequisites, it could be because they were taken in the prior term or you transferred in and they haven’t been counted yet. In this case, check your UMdegree worksheet and if your prerequisites are there, enter a permit for them.

Core curriculum M50 sections of HLSC courses are reserved for global students. If you are not global, you will need to register for another section. Global students should submit for a permit.

All students are required to meet with an advisor before the start of each semester. Your PIN is cleared during your advising appointment. If you have NOT been advised for the upcoming term you may receive this error message. If you have been advised and still received this message, please contact your advisor.

An elective is any course that is not required for your major core or concentration (see your Degree Sheet). An upper division elective is any 3000 or 4000 level course. HLSC students need 40 credit hours of electives, of which 15 credit hours of upper division are needed for your degree. The remaining can be lower division or any course of interest. (e.g. Sociology-SOCI 3831, Psychology-PSYC 3306, HLSC 3500, ESMS 4509, etc.)

Please make an appointment with the pre-health advisor, Cody Clinton at 901.678.5454.

Join the waitlist and keep an eye on your email. When a seat opens up in the class, the first person in line receives an email giving the student 24 hours to register before moving to the next in line.

Two reasons why your class isn’t showing up:

  1. Course starts second session OR
  2. You are in RODP- Regents Online Degree Program
    1. Access your myMemphis portal and use the Student tab to complete registration functions.
    2. TN eCampus courses can be identified by sections R01, R25, and R50. Ex. BIOL 2010-R01. Please contact Mary Ewart for RODP questions or concerns.
    3. Technical Issue: If you are on roster and enrolled in class, then you will need to contact IT Help Desk at (678.8888) for assistance.

  1. Sometimes you need to wait until the Fee Payment deadline. That is the day all students are dropped from their courses for non-payment.
  2. For certain classes we may be able to enter a closed-class permit if the instructor gives you permission and it is approved by our college. (Instructor permission alone does not guarantee that you will be added to the class.)
  3. Join the waitlist in Banner and monitor your email daily.
  4. If the class is in another department, you will need to contact that department directly.
  5. Email your advisor for alternate classes.

You MUST go to your MyMemphis portal and click the add/drop link and enter the CRN (5-digit course #) in one of the boxes at the bottom of the page and click submit.

No, we do not permit switching into closed sections. Please contact our main office for possible waitlist options.

Courses Offered by Semester are listed on each program page. These lists are not a guarantee, but it is our best guide. (ESMS/NUTR classes follow relatively the same schedule each fall/spring. HLSC/HCL are more subject to change.)

All majors/concentrations within the College of Health Sciences have Credit by Exam options. Please contact us at healthsciences@memphis.edu for details or more information. There are also options to test out of general education courses through the College Level Exam Program (CLEP) and DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST).

The University provides a transfer equivalency chart with a variety of courses that transfer to the UofM. If your course is not listed, please contact your advisor and provide your course syllabus/description to determine transfer approval.

Follow up with the Office of Admissions at 678.2111. It usually takes 7-15 business days; for the request to be received and processed. Also, follow up with the school you are sending your transcripts from to ensure they’ve been sent. It's good to find one contact person to follow up with.

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