Academic Advising
At times, navigating your way through college can be tricky. That’s why we have a full-time academic advisor to help you out.
Our advisor can assist with registration, petitions, change of major requests and answer any number of questions related to the college experience. Advising appointments are available in person, via telephone or via email. Undergraduate academic advising services are provided by a combination of faculty and staff advisors. Students with freshmen and sophomore standing are advised by a general academic advisor. Students with junior and senior standing are advising by faculty advisors in the department of their major(s).
All undergraduate degree seeking students at UAF are required to meet with an academic advisor before registering for courses. Your advisor will assist you with selecting your courses and answer any questions you may have. Below are few things to help your advising appointment:
- Log on to UAOnline to view your DegreeWorks audit, which will guide in selecting courses
- Bring a list of any questions or concerns you have
Advising is best done via appointment. The most convenient way to schedule an appointment is to use Google Calendar by following these steps:
- Schedule an appointment.
- Select an available time slot, please note that 30 minute time slots are recommended for continuing students and 60 minute time slots are recommended for new students.
- In the 'description' box type the following: your student ID number and reason for the appointment.
- If you need to cancel your appointment simply select the "delete and notify guests" option on Google Calendar. If you are unable to make your appointment, please cancel it as "No Shows" may prevent other students from having a chance to make an appointment.
If you are new to UAF and do not have a Google account you may schedule your appointment by contacting an advisor directly:
- Kathy Nava, Gruening Building 503D, ksnava@alaska.edu,
Phone: 907-474-6542 Fax: 907-474-7438
If you are a junior or senior and need to schedule an advising appointment please contact the department of your major for scheduling instructions. See a complete list of CLA departments.
- Preparing for your Advising Appointment:
- Create Class Schedule:
- Use CourseFinder: https://www.uaf.edu/coursefinder/index.xml
- Register for classes: https://www.uaf.edu/iac/quick_reg.pdf
- Registration Guide: https://www.uaf.edu/register/
- This site includes links to FAQs, How-To’s, and Forms
- Costs & Financial Aid: http://catalog.uaf.edu/costs-financial-aid/
- CLA Scholarships: https://www.uaf.edu/cla/cla-scholarships/
Kathy Nava
Comprehensive Advisor
College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office
Kathy is happy to help all College of Liberal Arts students find their way and stay on track to graduation.
Dan Darrow
Instructor - Spanish
Global Language & Literature
Gruening Building 609B
Patrick Marlow
Associate Professor
Linguistics
Gruening Building 862
Chisato Murakami
Instructor Japanese
Global Language & Literature
Gruening Building 607C
Sabine Siekmann
Professor - German
Linguistics, Global Language and Literature
Gruening Building 864
Yelena Matusevich
Professor - French
Global Language and Literature
Gruening Building 609C
Kevin Sager
Associate Professor
Communication and Journalism
Bunnell 101C
Eduardo Wilner
Associate Professor
Philosophy
Gruening Building 703A
Brandon Boylan
Associate Professor
Arctic & Northern Studies (ACNS)
Gruening Building 603A
Patrick Plattet
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Bunnell Building 307D
Jeremy Speight
Associate Professor
Political Science
Gruening Building 602A
Retchenda George-Bettisworth
Associate Professor
Social Work
Gruening Building 614B