Continuing Students

The College of Arts and Sciences is here to help you succeed. We offer a wide range of resources to suit your individual needs, whether you like popping over for a drop-in session, prefer one-on-one advice, or favor the energy of group advising. Explore our many tools and resources designed to level up your learning and make the most of your time here at UB!

Advising Options

To serve our students and help address various advising needs we offer three distinct advising options: daily drop-in option for quick questions, individual 30-minute appointments and group advising targeted for specific cohorts of students.

Drop-in Individual Group

If you have a question that can’t wait for a longer appointment, drop-in advising with on-call academic advisor is the best option for you!

Quick Questions

Offered Monday–Friday, 1 p.m.–3 p.m.

Not every question needs an individual appointment. We have an advisor 'on call' for Quick Questions each business day, 1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

Quick Questions is not offered weekdays when the office is closed for holidays, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve.

Start of the Semester Advising

Offered during add/drop period fall and spring semester

At the beginning of each fall and spring semester, students tend to have many questions about courses they are registered for or courses that they are still considering to add or drop from their schedule. During this busy time, all advisors available for drop-in advising Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-11:45 a.m. or 1 p.m.-3:45 p.m. so students can get questions answered as fast as possible.

Dismissal Appeal Advising

Offered after the Spring semester

If a student is notified that they are academically dismissed from UB because of academic performance, advisors are here to support in deciding on next steps. After dismissal notifications are sent out, advising will have drop-in advising available to discuss the reasons that led to dismissal and can also walk through the appeal process.

How Virtual Drop-in Works

Watch Navigate Video Tutorial on how the Virtual Drop-in works. 

  1. 📲Open Navigate Student mobile app or login via the desktop version.
  2. 📆Click Appointments.
  3. 👀Select View Drop-in Times (under the Other Appointment Options).
  4. 🕰Select Find Available Time.
  5. 👨‍🏫Choose CAS Advising as your location.
  6. ✅Choose the “Check-in with assigned academic advisor” button.
  7. 🎉You’re checked in to our drop-in advising queue! An advisor will be with you shortly.

Your advisor will call you on your mobile phone, using the number listed in HUB, when you are next up in academic advisor’s queue.

Make sure you are prepared to answer a call, even if the number is not recognized by your phone; for example, a private, blocked, or unknown number.

Tools, Resources and FAQs

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Pro Tip

Always make sure that a current mobile phone number is listed in HUB, based on the advising option choosen, an advisor may call the number listed in HUB.