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Pride Advising

PRIDE Advising at Springfield College is Personal, Reflective, Intentional, Developmental, and Empowering.

Advising is not a transactional experience, it is a conversation!

  • Overview

    The Academic Advising Center supports all undergraduate students and faculty advisors, both traditional and regional and online. Our responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    • Serving as professional advisors to the Exploratory Studies major (first and second-year students), General Studies majors (juniors, seniors, and transfers), and all incoming regional and online undergraduate students
    • Teaching SPCO 110, Exploration: In a Major Way! (required for Exploratory Studies majors)
    • Transfer credit evaluations for all undergraduate incoming students, both traditional and regional and online students
    • Transfer credit pre-approvals for continuing undergraduate students—including approvals for study abroad courses
    • Producing sequencing guides for undergraduate majors and minors
    • Assisting with processing substitutions and waivers
    • Coordinating advising and registration components of Summer and New Student Orientations
    • Walk-in/call-in advising services, including students in transition, who are changing majors or in academic jeopardy, and faculty and students with questions about core curriculum requirements, degree audits, academic policies, etc.
    • Assisting with preparing faculty and students for course advising and registration periods
    • First-year student support and outreach
    • Supporting all undergraduate students in academic transition
  • Contact Information

    Location: Administration Building, Room 108
    Phone: (413) 748-3379
    Email: academicadvising@springfield.edu

    Regular Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (mid-August to mid-May)
    Summer Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (mid-May to mid-August)