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CS/DS Drop-In Advising

If your time-sensitive questions and concerns would be better-addressed one-on-one, we encourage you to attend a CS/DS Drop-In Advising Session!

These sessions are intended for students who have advising questions but their assigned advisor may not be available to meet on your desired timeline. Instead, our CS Advising Team offers several CS/DS Drop-In Advising Sessions throughout the traditional academic year–including both virtual and in-person sessions–for students to speak with a member of the CS/DS Advising team to ensure help is available as much as possible and across various mediums for all our students.

These sessions are for current Computer Science, Data Science, and Computer Science + Design majors only. CS+DES majors are welcome but we will only be able to provide CS course-related support.

  • All Drop-In Advising Sessions are first come, first served.
  • Sessions will end on time and not be extended if there is a high volume of attendance. If you are not seen, plan to meet with your assigned advisor instead or attend the next available session.
  • Students are welcome to meet with any advisor available during Drop-In Advising. Please note that there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to meet with your assigned advisor during these sessions.
  • Keep in mind that continuing students can consult emails from their assigned advisor for their personal office hours.
  • Be sure to review your degree audit and prepare any questions, comments, and concerns ahead of time.
  • It’s helpful to have a personal device during your session other than a phone to take notes, access your degree audit, view your registration, etc.
  • All virtual sessions will be held over Zoom and must be accessed via your UIC Zoom account.
  • Students must have their First and Last Name and/or UIN in their display name when entering the Zoom waiting room or you will be denied admission.
  • Students must be responsive within the first 2 minutes when admitted to the Zoom meeting room or you will be placed back in the waiting room.
  • Advisors reserve the right to remove students from the virtual drop-in session if you are facing severe technical difficulties (e.g. audio not working, lagging, etc.), are not calling from an appropriate environment to speak with an advisor, or ask questions beyond the scope of drop-in advising (e.g. building a long-term degree plan, excessive non-advising questions, etc.).
  • Time sensitive questions, such as:
    • Should I late drop a course?
    • What updates should I make to my schedule?
  • Degree Planning questions, such as:
    • Reviewing completed graduation plans
    • Planning courses for the next semester
  • Understanding your Degree Requirements, such as:
    • Why is this course not counting toward my degree on my audit?
    • What courses can I take to fulfill my free electives?
  • Finding Campus Resources, such as:
    • In high school, I received testing accommodations. How do I get that at UIC?
    • I’m struggling in CS 211. What tutoring resources can I use?
  • Registration questions, such as:
    • How do I resolve this departmental approval error code?
    • When is my time ticket?
  • Understanding University Policies, such as:
    • What is the University Repeat Policy?
    • Am I affected by the UIC Degree  Residency Policy?