POLS Academic Advising

Advisor Information

Suzanne Waterman
Office: Oak 409B
860-486-0462
suzanne.waterman@uconn.edu

 Fall 2018 Walk-In Hours
Monday: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Tuesday: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Wednesday: 9:30am – 10:30am
Thursday: 10:30am – 11:30am
Friday: 10:30am – 11:30am
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**No Office Hours on 12/7**
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**Please make appointments in Nexus for questions that require more than five minutes**

Contact Regarding:

  • General Education requirements
  • Major requirements
  • Course planning
  • Registration questions
  • Transfer credit re-evaluations – please fill out the following form: http://polisci.uconn.edu/undergraduate/advising/transfer-credit-evaluation-form/
  • Education Abroad course alignment
  • Academic support
  • Educational opportunities
  • Career and graduate school plans
  • Crime and Justice Minor questions
  • Honors Advising

Important Dates

Fall 2018

  • Monday, August 27: Fall Semester Begins
  • Monday, September 3: Labor Day – no classes
  • Wednesday, September 5: Involvement Fair (Fairfield Way, 2pm – 7pm)
  • Monday, September 10: Last day of add/drop in Student Admin
  • Thursday, September 13: POLS Welcome Reception, Oak 438, 5pm
  • Friday, September 14: Study Abroad Fair (Fairfield Way, 11-2pm)
  • Monday, September 17: Last day to make up incomplete grades from Spring 2018 semester
  • Wednesday, September 19: Navigating the Career Fair as a CLAS Major (Monteith 104, 5:00pm – 630pm)
  • Tuesday, September 25: Career Fair (Gampel Pavilion, 11am – 3pm)
  • Monday, October 22: Spring 2019 Registration Opens
  • Wednesday, October 24: Law School Fair (SU Room 330/331, 12pm – 3pm)
  • Monday, October 29: Last day to drop a fall course for a “W”
  • Tuesday, November 13: CLAS Career Night: Government, Law, and Politics (Alumni Center, 5:30pm – 8:30pm)
  • November 18-24: Thanksgiving Break
  • Friday, December 7: Last day of fall classes
  • December 10 – 16: Finals

Political Science Links

Useful Websites