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.
Academic Advising
Appointments can be made at any time, though course planning appointments should be scheduled after the class schedule and time tickets for the next semester have been released.
Course Explorer provides the schedule of classes by term and a browsable database of general education requirements, among other resources.
For Course Catalog and Programs of Study, please visit the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Academic Catalog, which maintains the official listing of courses, program, and degree requirements for undergraduate and graduate students.
To find your registration time ticket, access the UI-Integrate Self-Service system and follow these steps:
- Select “Registration and Records.”
- Select “Registration.”
- Select “Registration Eligibility.”
- From the drop-down, select the appropriate term.
Your time ticket represents the earliest time you can register. You will have from that time until the start of the semester to make changes and updates to your schedule.
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.
Important Deadlines
Full Semester Courses
- Last day to add – 10th day of instruction (February 3)
- Deadline to Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (March 14)
1st Eight Week Courses
- Last day to add – 5th day of instruction (January 21)
- Deadline to declare Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (February 14)
2nd Eight Week Courses
- Last day to add – 5th day of instruction (March 28)
- Deadline to declare Drop a course, Elect Credit/No Credit, or Request a Grade Replacement – Mid-point of the course (April 18)
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.