Dec 16, 2024

News/Notes for Undergraduate Advisors - Spring 2025 Department of Political Science UNIF Courses | Final Grades & Academic Standing Resources for Advisors | Financial Aid: Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy

Please review these items to assist with your work with advisees, as well as for your professional and personal information. If appropriate, feel free to pass along to your students. Spring 2025 Department of Political Science UNIF Courses | Final Grades & Academic Standing Resources for Advisors | Financial Aid: Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy This will be the final News/Notes email until the week of January 20, 2025. Wishing everyone Happy Holidays! May you find time to rest, relax, and recharge during the break!

Spring 2025 Department of Political Science UNIFI Courses

As academic advisors are helping new and current students with their Spring 2025 semester schedule, have them consider these courses in UNIFI learning areas from the Department of Political Science:
- Human Condition - Domestic
  - POLAMER 1014 Power & Politics in the US | Section 01 9:30 TTH, Section 02 11:00 TTH, and Section 03 11:00 MWF
    - It’s your government. Learn how it works and what role you play in it.
  - POL GEN 1020 Political Problems: Inequalities in the U.S. | 1:00 MWF
    - Study the relationship between inequality, politics, and policy.
- Human Condition - Global
  - POL INTL 1024 International Relations | 1:00 MWF
    - Study global cooperation and conflict over issues such as war & peace, trade & development, and climate change.
- Responsibility
  - POL COMP 1042 Becoming Global Citizens | 8:00 MWF
    - How can we engage in civic action as citizens of the world? This class helps students think about how to take an active role in global politics to make their voices heard on important global issues.
  - New Approved for Spring: POL THRY 1050 Political Theory: Freedom, Justice and Power | 11:00 MWF
    - Good politics is guided by ideals such as freedom and justice. But what do those words mean? How does power operate--either to promote or to prevent the achievement of freedom and justice for all people?

Final Grades & Academic Standing Resources for Advisors

How can an academic advisor view final grade information and academic standing for their advisees in Advisor Reports(MyAdvisees)?
- Access your advisees information through Academic Reports (MyAdvisees) by going to MyUNIverse -- Reporting Tab - Under My Workspaces

Finding Advisor Reports(My Advisees) Workspace

Utilize these reports to view information about your assigned advisees under the Academic Standing/Grades *Assigned* folder

Academic Standing/Grades Assigned Folder in My Advisee Workspace

Reminder: Fall 2024 term = 2242 / Spring 2025 = 2243

Where can an individual student or academic advisor see information about academic standing in the Student Information System (SIS)/Campus Solutions?
- Fall 2024 semester grades will be posted by Friday, December 27, 2024 by 1:00 pm. Undergraduate student academic standing will be posted in SIS by Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
- Students will receive a communication from the Office of the Registrar: Students on academic alert or probation - email to student's UNI account | Students on academic suspension - both email and letter through the mail.
- Student or academic advisors can see a student's academic standing:
  - Under the "Holds" area on the right side of the individual's Student Center tab or under the Term Summary in the Academics tab in the semester the standing status was placed
    In this example, the student was placed on Academic Probation in the Spring 2024 semester (2233)
Additional information on the undergraduate academic standing policy
- Flowchart of the Undergraduate Academic Standing Policy
- Working with a student who is currently on academic alert or probation? Use this resource to determine what action will be taken at the end of the student's semester.
- Readmissions after Suspension - information and online applications.

Financial Aid: Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy

If a student is receiving financial aid and considering dropping a class(es), they should be aware of the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy
Federal regulations require the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships to monitor the academic progress of students.
Students are evaluated at the conclusion of each spring semester to determine if they have met the SAP requirements.
- Students not meeting one or more of the SAP requirements will have their financial aid eligibility suspended and must complete an SAP Appeal and be approved to have their financial aid eligibility reinstated.
The Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements are
- Minimum GPA: Undergraduate students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA; graduate students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
- Pace of Progression: Students must complete at least 67% of all attempted credits at UNI. Grades of F, W, I (incomplete), NP (not passed), and NC (no credit) count as attempted but not completed and negatively impact the pace calculation.
- Maximum Time to Complete a Degree: Students must complete their degree within 150% of the credits required for their degree
With questions or for additional information, students or academic advisors can contact the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships at 319-273-2700 or fin-aid@uni.edu.

Institutional Academic Advising Vision & Mission Statement (revised Spring 2016) [See Academic Advising Mission, Vision, Goals & Outcomes webpage]

Vision Statement: UNI aspires to create the best possible advising experience for each student.
Mission Statement: Academic Advising is a critical component of the teaching and learning environment at UNI. Advising is a personalized educational experience, empowering students to explore, articulate and achieve their academic, career and life goals.