Resources

For Advisors & Faculty

Advising Manual

Advising

Placement Tests 

GERs 

Registration 

Academic Standing 

Advisor's Toolkit 

Financial Matters 

Writing Course Transfer Equivalency Appeal Guidelines 

Useful Websites

For Students

I Need To...: Do you need to know how to add/drop a course, discover your major options, change or declare your major, meet your advisor, or plan your future schedule?  If so, the Undergraduate Advising Center can assist you.

DegreeWorks: DegreeWorks is a tool which allows students to monitor their academic progress toward degree completion, plan out multiple semesters in advance, and share their plan with their academic advisor(s). Visit your Cyberbear student portal and click on the DegreeWorks link to access this resource, or click on the link above to learn more. 

Academic Standing: Academic standing is based on a student’s overall grade point average (GPA), exclusive of transfer work.  This provides an explanation of UM's policy and possible outcomes/processes that a student may need to consider.

Cyberbear: The online interface through which students register for courses, review and pay their tuition, access specific financial aid information, and update contact information.

General Education Requirements: General Education Requirements (GERs) are the backbone of a liberal arts education.  This provides an explanation of each section.

Mansfield Library: Access UM's Mansfield Library catalog and academic journals, review and renew checked-out materials, request an interlibrary loan, and reserve study rooms.

Placement Tests: Students may be required to take a placement test before enrolling in certain math, writing, and chemistry courses.

Tutoring: There are numerous tutoring services on the mountain campus. Please refer to the tutoring resources webpage from The Office for Student Success for more information and specific hours/locations.

UM Course Catalogs: Catalogs house all official academic requirements (general education requirements, degree requirements) for graduation for any given academic year.

UMOnline & Moodle: UM offers online courses and traditional courses that have online supplements. Moodle is the online interface (also called a learning management system) though which students access their courses and its resources, assignments, etc.