Student FAQs
The following questions are typical of the questions that an advisor might hear from students. Advisors should be able to respond to these or similar questions.
• How do I find out who my faculty advisor is?
• How do I contact my advisor?
• Where do I go for advising in my major or minor?
• Where do I go for pre-med, pre-dent, pre-vet, or pre-law advising?
• How do I access the Pathfinder program for first-year students?
• What is the Pathfinder program?
• When am I expected to declare a major/minor?
• How do I change my major/minor?
• How do I elect a double major/double minor?
• What is WebAdvisor and how do I use it?
• What is a double major/minor, and how do I elect one?
• What is a prerequisite?
• When and how do I register for classes?
• What is May Term and how do I register for it?
• How do I get a confirmation of my class schedule?
• I am on a wait list for a course. What do I do?
• I am having trouble in a class. How do I withdraw from it?
• What are “holds” on my academic record and how do I get them removed?
• How do I take a class credit/no credit, pass/fail?
• What is a full time/part-time/half time academic load?
Click above to view the Residency Policy on the Registrar's Academic Catalog website.
• How do I apply for graduation?
• What are the requirements for graduation?
• How can I graduate with honors?
• How do I find out about Study Abroad options?
• Does Westminster offer online courses?
• Can I test out of any courses?
• What is the Math Placement Test (Accuplacer)?
• Where can I get information about CLEP testing and credits?
• I am fluent in a foreign language; how do I get credit?
• Where can I get information about Advanced Placement (AP) scores and credit hours?
• Where can I get information about the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma and credit hours?
• Where can I get information about the admissions test for the School of Education?
• Where can I get information about the Computer Literacy Waiver Exam and the Information Literacy Workshop requirement?
• Where can I get information about the foreign language requirement?
• How many credits can I transfer from other institutions?
• How will my associates degree be credited?
• I got a bad grade, how do I repeat a course?
• Does Westminster issue mid-semester grades?
• What is academic probation?
• What happens if I get suspended?
• How do I get my grades at the end of each semester?
• How do I request an Incomplete for a course?
• What GPA do I need for the Dean’s List (pdf)?
• What does credit/no credit for a course mean?
• I have--or believe I may have--a documented disability. Where do I go for help?
