Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study

53 For questions relating to the Math Placement Test or math placement at PSU in general, contact:  Math Department at 503-725-3621  Placement Coordinator at mathplacement@pdx.edu ACADEMIC ADVISING ADVISING RESOURCES Each academic department at PSU determines its own structure for providing academic advising. For this reason, it is important for students to understand the advising structure in their academic department and also other departments in which they may be taking classes. Some departments offer drop-in advising on certain days and times, others offer advising by appointment only. Many departments use an online appointment scheduling system, whereas others may require a telephone call to make an appointment. Some advisors may be booked out for weeks or even a month or more, so it is important to plan ahead. Depending on the college or school, students may have a lower-division advisor (first two years) and an upper-division advisor (last two years). Generally, lower-division advisors are professional advisors whose main responsibility is academic advising. Upper-division advisors may be professional advisors (e.g. business majors) or they may be teaching faculty who also have academic advising responsibilities within their department (e.g. computer science and engineering majors). Your major’s school/college webpages will be your best resource for understanding the advising structure for your major. In addition to your department’s webpage, here is a centralized source for the physical location of all academic advising on campus. Source: https://www.pdx.edu/advising/ advising-locations , February 9, 2018, © Portland State University 2018.