Pre-Advising Guide for Evening Degree students
Pre-Advising is when you choose your modules for the next academic year by filling in those choices online. You are required to complete Pre-Advising before you see your Adviser, Dr Nicky Haxell, in September at Advising to have your module choices officially approved ("validated").
Pre-Advising for 2012-13 modules started on 23 April 2012. You should complete the process as soon as possible.
How many credits do I have to take?
As a Part-time student you may take at least 40 and no more than 80 credits per academic year. This will normally mean no more than 40 credits in one semester.
If you are in any doubt about how many credits you should take then you should contact your Adviser, Dr Nicky Haxell.
Which modules should I take?
Programme requirements for the Evening Degree can be found in the Course Catalogue.
If you are in any doubt about which modules you should take then you should contact your Adviser, Dr Nicky Haxell.
How to complete online Pre-Advising
- View the Course Catalogue to find detailed information about all the modules that are available and about the requirements for your degree programme. Identify which modules you must take as part of your degree programme and choose other modules to make up the right credit total
- Log in to iSaint. In iSaint, hover over the 'Academic' tab and select 'Advising' from the drop-down menu that will appear. Click on the link to 'Advising facility'. Alternatively, you can get to the Advising facility by clicking on the 'Online Advising' link on the right of this page
- In the Advising facility click on the relevant link in the bulleted list to view instructions on entering your module choices
- In the Advising facility click on 'Modules choices' on the left-hand side to get to the page where you will enter your module choices
- Choose your modules from the drop-down lists ('Semester 1', 'Semester 2', 'Whole Year') in the Advising facility and press the green "+" button after selecting each module. Please note that only a few 3000-level modules are Whole Year modules - if you are not taking any of these you do not need to select any choices from this list
- If you wish to remove one of the modules you have selected press the red "x" button next to that module
- When you are happy with your choices press the "Submit" button
- If you wish to make further changes to your modules before Advising in September, you should be able to do so by logging in to iSaint and accessing your Modules Choices page again. A status of 'submitted' will allow you to do this. You can see your status on the Advising facility page and your Modules choices page. If your status is 'provisonally valid' it means an Adviser has provisionally approved your choices and you will not be able to make further changes until Advising in September
Making changes to your module choices
You will be given a further opportunity to discuss and change your module choices (upon approval by your Adviser, Dr Nicky Haxell) at Advising in Orientation Week. You must complete the online Pre-Advising process and attend Advising before you can matriculate.
You may also contact your Adviser, Dr Nicky Haxell, to request changes to your module choices during the Re-Advising periods, which is the first week of each semester. Note that you can request changes to your second semester modules from the start of January.