Advising FAQ

You will be assigned a primary advisor. To find your advisor, use iROAR to access DegreeWorks. Your advisor's name will be listed at the top of your DegreeWorks audit. Additionally, you can download the Clemson Guide application for your smartphone. The guide's features include appointment scheduling, viewing your class schedule, using the official academic calendar, and much more.

Each student is assigned a registration time ticket. You may check your registration time ticket in iROAR by clicking on Student > Student Profile > Registration Notices.

In iROAR, visit Student > Student Profile > Holds. You should contact the office that initiated the hold to find out how to clear it.

If a class has an available waitlist, you should enroll in the waitlist. If any available seats open (e.g., an enrolled student switches out of the class or more seats become available), the next available person on the waitlist will receive an automated email allowing him or her to register for the course. Note, the amount of time that a student has to register once receiving a notification is time-limited, so make sure you check your Clemson email address daily while on the waitlist (even over breaks). Please see the Registrar's waitlist information page for more details regarding the waitlisting process.

If the course does not have a waitlist available, you may use the "Request Closed Section" feature in iROAR to request a seat.

Note, the best method for ensuring you get into the classes that you need is to register as soon as your time ticket opens.

Check your undergraduate announcements for any policies and procedures. Generally, if a CPSC course is counting towards your degree in any way but "general electives", you must retake that class for a C or higher

For non-CPSC-prefixed courses: you should check the Transfer Course Equivalency List (TCEL) to make sure the course will be accepted at Clemson. Print out an Approval of Coursework to be Taken Elsewhere form and use CU Navigate to schedule an appointment with your advisor.  Note that the SOC staff advisors are always available to complete Elsewhere forms in lieu of your faculty advisor.

For CPSC-prefixed coursework: (which may have a prefix of CS or CSCI at another institution), you will need to make an appointment with Dr. Plaue on CU Navigate. Please bring a printout of the syllabus of the course in question. You need to complete this paperwork prior to taking a class at another institution.

• CPSC 1010 - Computer Science I* (4 credits)
• CPSC 1020 - Computer Science II* (4 credits)
• CPSC 1050 - Introduction to Programming in Python* (4 credits)
• CPSC 1060 - Introduction to Programming in Java* (4 credits)
• CPSC 1070 - Programming Methodology* (4 credits)
• CPSC 2070 - Discrete Structures for Computing (3 credits)
• CPSC 2120 - Algorithms and Data Structures (4 credits)
• CPSC 2150 - Software Development Foundations (3 credits)
• CPSC 2310 - Introduction to Machine Organization (4 credits)
• CPSC 2910 - Seminar in Professional Issues I (1 credit)
• CPSC 3720 - Software Engineering (3 credits)
• CPSC 4910 - Seminar in Professional Issues II (3 credits)

*Alternative courses may satisfy this requirement or specific departments may require alternative courses. Please see the requirements for each major or consult an advisor.