For Major Advisors

As advisors, you will use Advising@Penn to: 

  • Access CourseLeaf Path which is the course search and registration tool in the @Penn systems.
  • In CourseLeaf Path you will...
    • Search for courses as part of your advising conversations with students.
    • Lift registration holds.
    • View and leave notes. 

For more information on how to use the InTouch and @Penn systems for spring advising, see the resources below...

Advance Registration Tips Quick Reference Guides
Guide to Advising@Penn
How to Find Student Information
How to View and Leave Advising Notes
How to Lift an Advising Hold
How to Create a New Cart or Mock Schedule
How Students Build a Primary Cart and Rank Classes for Advance Registration
How Students Submit Requests during Advance Registration
SRFS Pennant Records Resources & Support
Video Introduction to Path@Penn (Student Interface)
Students Advance Registration Tips Page
Interpreting Your Degree Audit
Interpreting the Degree Audit (Video)
Where to find Biographical and Demographic Data in Pennant Records
How Students Declare/Update Field of Study
How to Manage Updates to Field of Study and Advisor Changes in BP Logix
Managing Exceptions in Degree Works
How to Change Grade Modes or to take a Class Pass/Fail
Managing Remote Advising

You should contact your advisees now if you haven’t already.  You should determine how you will make and hold appointments with your advisees. We strongly urge you to use video chat or phone for appointments rather than email but we also support flexibility for students who cannot make synchronous times that also work for you.  Some options for remote communication are:

COMMUNICATION OPTIONS

  • Email
  • Consider WhatsApp (whatsapp.com) and Skype or Zoom if your advisees have those apps.
  • Activate your Zoom account.
  • Phone: You can use call forwarding from your direct office phone number in case you have advisees who don’t have internet access. Choose “Features & Voicemail” and then choose “Call Forward...” and enter your cell/home number. You can send your advisees your direct office phone number and when they call it, it will forward to your cell/home phone. Callers will not see your number.  Remind advisees to pick up the “blocked” call from you at the time you agree to talk.
  • Consider adding your remote app IDs/links (e.g. Skype: jane.doe; Zoom: https://sasupenn.zoom.us/my/janedoe; Calendly: https://calendly.com/jdoe) to your email signature.
  • Appointments: Calendly (https://calendly.com/) is recommended for scheduling appointments.  You can set it up so that Calendly feeds from your Outlook calendar and students can make appointments with an url.

In order to use some of this technology, you may need to:

  • Update your home computer's operating system and web browsers.
  • Test your computer's video camera and microphone.
  • Consult with your School or Office computing support to request remote access.
Frequently Used Tools
Advisor InTouch
Advising@Penn
Academic Calendar
Policies and Procedures
Research Resources and Options
CURF provides information, advice and resources for students pursuing research, fellowships and scholarships.
PURM helps place students in summer research positions with Penn faculty.
Weigle Information Commons provides high-tech study spaces, a digital media lab and more.
Emerging Scholars Talk is a competition honoring outstanding and compelling student research.
Research Within Departments is available through many courses and opportunities for independent study.
College 99 enables independent study with faculty outside of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Travel Grants support students presenting research off campus.

Student Resources

referring students to the right resources

The following will help you guide your advisees toward appropriate resource centers and support services:

Career Resources
Career Services provides resources on careers and admission to graduate and professional schools.
College Alumni Mentoring Series hosts alumni-student events on academic and professional goals.
Fox Leadership sponsors funded fellowships for undergraduates and recent alumni.
MyPenn helps students leverage connections to Penn alumni.
Majors and Careers lists first jobs and graduate school entrances by major.
Career Assessments helps students learn strategies for making sound choices in their career path.
Handshake helps students find full-time and part-time jobs and internships.
Internship Network is a student-to-student resource about summer internships.
Ben Connect connects Arts & Sciences students with alumni mentors.