Thank you, advisors, for your service to students! Bethel students say they most appreciate having more meaningful conversations with their advisors. The resources listed below are designed help you navigate Bethel’s systems to open up more space for those conversations. You can also use the student-facing portions of our website to help advisees explore majors, read a transcript/degree evaluation, and more. Questions? Contact the Advising Specialist at advising-center@bethel.edu or x6437.
Related Offices
- Career Development and Calling - Faculty and Staff Resources
- Registrar’s Office - Faculty and Staff Resources
- Academic Enrichment and Support Center
- Counseling Services
Important Dates
Advising Basics
- Video: Academic Advising at Bethel - Marion Larson, Susan Brooks, Teresa DeGolier, Sara Shady share their advising wisdom!
- Slides and Audio from Advisor Training 101 (August 2017)
- Slides from Advisor Training 201 (August 2017)
- Slides from Advisor Training 202 (October 2017)
- Fall 2017 Technology Help: What Will Advising Look Like This Season?
Access Advisee Information
- Advisee Listing
- Advisee Search
- Student Profiles
- Course Progress Reports - see Beacon Quick Start Guide and Instructions
- Orange Folders (policies)
Contact Advisees
- Email All
- Appointment Set-Up
Advising Conversations: General
Advising Conversations by Student Type
- Exploratory Majors
- Advising PSEOs
- PSEO Policies
- PSEO and Academic Planning - includes chart of courses commonly used to meet high school requirements
- Advising Student Athletes
- Remind student athletes to contact Gretchen Hunt (NCAA Compliance and Eligibility Officer; gretchen-hunt@bethel.edu) before withdrawing from any courses that would put them below 12 credits.
- Transfer Students (see Transfer Credit section below)
Holds
Graduation Application
Banner Tools
- Summary: Advising Tools and Workflows (Banner XE)
- How to Check Your Transcript and Degree Evaluation (Student Guide)
- What-If Analysis for students thinking of adding/changing a major
- Track Academic Progress (pdf)
- Chart: Where Do I Find...? (pdf) (Transcript vs Degree Evaluation)
- What to Check for on a Degree Evaluations and the Graduation Application (pdf)
Transfer Credit
- Transfer Evaluation System (TES)
- Gen Ed Entry Standing (formerly known as Transfer Level)
- Common Necessary Features (doc)
- Personal Transfer Record (pdf)
Curriculum
- General Education
- CWILT vs Humanities
- Gen Ed Pyramid: CWILT and Humanities (for a good printed version, click "Print/Download options" and print to PDF)
- Gen Ed Committee Point Persons (2016-2017)
- Preparing Today’s Christians for Tomorrow’s World
- FAQ: Gen Ed and Advising
- Impacts of New Gen Ed on Spring 2017 Advising
- Majors, Minors and Programs
- Study Abroad
Academic Planning
- All Catalogs
- Current Catalog
- Academic Plans are found in the catalog for a student’s entry year and below:
- Mod Schedule 2017-2018
- 5 Steps for Academic Planning (Student Guide)
- Electronic Academic Planning Sheet
Forms
- See the Registrar’s Office Forms Page for forms such as Change of Major/Minor/Advisor, Add/Drop, petitions, etc.
Registration
- See Undergrad Registration & Schedule page on the Registrar's Office website for details about registration
- Instructions for Overrides and Holds are on the Registrar's Faculty Instructions page
- Language Placement
- Math Placement
Department Advising Models
Find out what other departments are doing with peer, group, and other types of advising --coming soon!
Advising Committee
Find out who represents advising on the committee and read our purpose statement--coming soon!