We help with pre-admission advising, prerequisites for the major, major requirements, major deadlines, foreign language requirements, and information on transfer equivalencies.

We also offer a special advising program for students who are undeclared freshmen with 45 hours or more, and undeclared juniors, seniors, and transfer students. We also advise undecided students, students changing majors, students not admitted to limited access programs, and undeclared transfers "disqualified" and seeking re-admission.

A Peer Mentor team, former transfer students who are now current UCF students, is part of the advising team for prospective and current students.

Students who start at UCF as freshmen or transfer to UCF(without meeting the General Education Program) must meet this requirement. Students who are exempt from UCF's GEP are students who transfer with an A.A. from a Florida community college or a Florida state university. Review UCF's catalog section of the General Education Program.

Declared students have specific advising locations depending on their college.

• College of Arts and Humanities - Students are advised by the College of Arts and Humanities Student Advising (CAHSA)
• College of Business Administration - Students are advised by the Office of Undergraduate Student Services
• College of Education - Students are advised by the Office of Student Services
• College of Engineering and Computer Science - Students are advised by the Academic Affairs Office
• College of Health and Public Affairs - Students are advised by the Office of Student Support
• College of Sciences - Students are advised by the College of Sciences Academic Services (COSAS)
• Rosen College of Hospitality Management - Students are advised by the Office of Student Services
• Burnett College of BioMedical Sciences - Students are advised by this college
• Burnett Honors College - Students are advised by an honors advisor or by an advisor within their major

It is critical for UCF students to choose a major. By declaring a major, students can avoid taking unnecessary classes. The Transfer Student Counseling Manual or the UCF Catalog provides the degree requirements of each major.

Students who are undeclared or undecided should develop an action plan, and explore majors and career options. The Marketable Majors section provides insight to majors that Florida Board of Governors has identified as key majors needed to the meet the continuing growth of Florida. The following Web sites can also help students link skills, interests, and abilities to specific UCF majors and careers.

• Florida Choices Planner, Interest Planner - Interest Planner helps identify skills, increases self-awareness, gives tools to compare, connect, and choose major and career options. It allows students to create and save a portfolio for future reference. After taking the Interest Planner, students can use Holland's Topology, provided by UCF's Career Services and Experiential Learning, to link their Choices Planner Interest Areas to majors available at UCF.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - This handbook, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, is a source of career information, designed to provide information for individuals making decisions about their future work lives. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in thousands of occupations.
• What Can I do with This Major? - This link, provided by UCF's Career Services and Experiential Learning, lists sample occupations, useful skills, professional organizations, and on-campus academic contacts related to a major

With the new Undeclared Policy in effect, Undeclared and Undecided students are urged to make an advising appointment with our office and encouraged to attend the events and activities designed to help undeclared and undecided students choose a major.

We want to increase the number of graduates in the majors listed below to meet the professional and workforce needs of Florida. These are high demand/high wage fields, areas of emerging technology, and critical needs professions, identified by the Board of Governors of the State Board of Education.

UCF has established a new policy, effective immediately, regarding undeclared students. The Undeclared Policy can be found in the 2006-2007 UCF Undergraduate Catalog. Undeclared and undecided students with 45 credit hours or more are required to make an appointment with their academic advisor in order to have the hold released. It is strongly encouraged for students to do major exploration and interest assessment and to make an appointment to see their advisor to discuss majors and review all the options. The policy states:

All students at the University of Central Florida are expected to officially declare a major prior to earning 45 college credit hours (this includes credits earned from CLEP, Dual Enrollment, AP and IB). An administrative hold to prevent future university registration will be placed on the records of all students that have not declared a major. Students must meet with an academic advisor (within Student Development and Enrollment Services, the Colleges, or Regional campuses) to have the hold released.

Please contact Bob Snow, Jackie Jessup, or a student Peer Mentor from this office with your questions or to schedule an appointment.

The College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is designed to ensure that students have achieved communication and computation skills commensurate with successful completion of the lower-division course work. All students seeking an Associate in Arts or a baccalaureate degree from a State of Florida Institution are required to satisfy the CLAST requirement. There are several methods by which students may meet this requirement.

The CLAST policy will be enforced. Transfer students with more than 60 semester hours who have not taken the CLAST or who have not met the CLAST requirement may be admitted, but they must take the CLAST exam during their first semester at UCF.

If a student has not met the CLAST requirement by the completion of 36 upper division semester hours, enrollment in future terms at UCF will be restricted until the CLAST requirement has been satisfied.

Students with 60 or more hours of credit who have not met the CLAST requirements may be restricted from future registration. Students who have not passed all four subtests of CLAST may enroll in 36 semester hours of upper division credit. If the CLAST requirement has not been satisfied and the 36 hours of upper division credit have been earned, enrollment in future semesters/terms at UCF will be prohibited until the CLAST requirement has been met.

Information regarding preparation for the CLAST or alternative criteria for meeting the CLAST requirement may be obtained from the Student Academic Resource Center and the University Testing Center(HPH 106); 407-823-5130. Academic advising offices within each college can assist students.

Peer Mentors have designed a series of workshops to help transfer students make connections to the campus community and resources. The events are listed on the Transfer Workshop Success Series page.

Tau Sigma is an honorary organization for transfer students. Students are invited to join this organization after completing one semester with at least ten credit hours and a 3.5 UCF GPA. Invitations are mailed near the beginning of each fall and spring semester. Anyone having questions about this organization should contact the Tau Sigma through e-mail at tausigma@ucf.edu or view their Web site at http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~tausigma/.