BSW Advising

The School of Social Work has a dedicated undergraduate academic advisor who is here to help you through the course selection process and beyond. See requirements and deadline information below.

How to Prepare

Schedule an appointment with the Social Work advisor
Review Degree Audit
Review Course Explorer and Undergraduate Academic Catalog to understand General Education and BSW degree requirements;
Develop your semester plan of required and potential courses using your schedule generator on UI Self-Service by going to Student Services > Registration > Class Registration > View Schedule Generator
Check out the course descriptions
Make a list of questions to ask the academic advisor
Know where the advising appointment is located
Do not meet with an advisor in person if ill.

Students are required to meet with the Undergraduate Academic Advisor every semester to discuss course selection before they are allowed to register for classes.

Appointments can be made at any time, though course planning appointments must be made after the class schedule for the next semester has been released.

Schedule an Appointment

Important Deadlines

Full Semester Courses

Last day to add – 10th day of instruction (September 9^th)
Deadline to Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (October 18^th)

1st Eight Week Courses

Last day to add – 5th day of instruction (August 30^th)
Deadline to declare Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (September 20^th)

2nd Eight Week Courses

Last day to add – 5th day of instruction (October 25^th)
Deadline to declare Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (November 15^th)

For detailed information on important dates and deadlines, please refer to the U of I Academic Calendar.

Notification for Full Courses

Looking to add a course that is currently full? Follow the instructions below to be notified if space in a course becomes available.

Go to https://courses.illinois.edu/ and log in. The login link is on the top right-hand side.
Navigate to the course that you’re interested in. For example, https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2020/summer/SPAN/130 .
In the 3rd column, click on the star. This will add it to your favorites. A small window will pop up and you can access your favorites in my.courses. You can also click on “My Favorites” which is an orange box toward the right-hand part of the screen.
The second column on this screen “Notify Me” has a checkbox you can click to be notified via e-mail if someone drops the course and space opens up.

Forms and Petitions

Declare a Minor

Cancel a Minor

Late Course Add/Section Change/Credit Change

Overload/Underload Request