Current Scholars

Process for Registration/Advising for Current Dean’s Scholars

Registration for Spring 2008 begins October 29th and goes through November 9th, and registration for Fall 2009 will begin April 14th and end on April 25th.  Well in advance of your registration time, you should do the following:

1.  See your DS Academic Advisor

At this appointment/group advising session, you will get a) your personal degree plan that shows what degree requirements you have completed and which you still need to take, and b) a tan DS Faculty Advising Form upon which you will fill in the classes you plan to take in Summer/Fall 2007

1st & 2nd year in DS program: Your advisor is Patricia Gutierrez, call 471-3796 or stop by WCH 1.106 to make an appointment

3rd & 4th year in DS program: Your advisor is Allisa Carter, e-mail her at allisa@mail.utexas.edu or call her at 471-1094 to make an appointment.

2.  See your DS Faculty Advisor

Your faculty advisor will talk with you about classes in your major, research, plans for graduate/professional school, etc. and they will sign your Faculty Advising Form approving the courses you plan to take in the upcoming semester.  Bring both the Faculty Advising Form and your Degree Plan with you to the meeting. [Who is my faculty advisor?]

3.  Return your signed Faculty Advising Form.

Return it to the front desk of either WCH 1.106 (Patricia Gutierrez's office) or PAI 3.04 (Allisa Carter's office) and your advising bar will be removed.  This is an important step as you will not be able to register until your bar is removed!

4.  Check your registration time/day on UT Direct.  

5.  Make sure that you don't have any financial or administrative bars (e.g. an unpaid parking ticket, or an overdue library book) that will prevent you from registering.

6.  When it is your time, register for your classes online. 

If you have trouble getting into a College of Natural Sciences course, contact your academic advisor (Patricia or Allisa): we will likely be able to help you.  There isn't much we can do for classes in other colleges unfortunately.


As always, please feel free to email or call either Patricia or Allisa if you have questions about the process.


Who is my faculty advisor? [back to top]

If you are currently working with a faculty member on your thesis research, they can discuss these topics with you and sign your Faculty Advising Form.

If you are not yet working with a faculty member on research, or just don’t feel comfortable having your thesis advisor sign off on your classes, you should meet with the DS Steering Committee Representative(s) for your major, they are listed below:

Astronomy
Shardha Jogee

Biology
Arturo De Lozanne
Shelley Payne

Biochemistry/Chemistry
David Laude
(Judy Davis schedules appointments for Dr. Laude)

Computer Sciences
Calvin Lin

Math
Jim Vick
Mike Starbird

Physics
Greg Sitz