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Who is my Advisor?

Current students may log into their myLSUA account and click on the 'Student' tab your advisor will be listed in the myAdvisor section.

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Your advisor may be serving in the LSUA Advising Center as a Professional Advisor or as a Faculty Advisor. Professional Advisors work full-time as advisors on the LSUA campus while Faculty Advisors are full-time faculty members at LSUA. Both, however, are advising diverse populations of incoming freshman at LSUA. Once you are assigned an advisor in the Advising Center at LSUA you will continue to meet with him/her until he/she determines that you have made a successful transition to LSUA. After making a successful transition to LSUA students are transferred to their respective departments to be advised by departmental faculty advisors.

Professional Advisors

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First Steps

After applying to LSUA students will receive a letter indicating their admission status. “Provisionally admitted” simply means that students need to submit additional documentation before they can be fully admitted.

The steps for enrollment in courses at LSUA are as follows:

1. Meet with your financial counselor. Contact: (318)473-6423
2. Meet with your academic advisor.
   • All transfer students and re-entry students, who have received letters regarding admission status, will need to call their academic departments and arrange to meet with their advisors.
   • All new freshmen students, who have received letters regarding admission status, will need to contact the Advising Center, (318) 767 – 2604, to make an appointment to meet with their advisors.
3. Retrieve your username and password. Directions can be found on our Username/Password directions[pdf]
4. Attend Orientation. This is optional for re-entry students but required of all transfer and new freshmen students. Contact the Advising Center, (318) 767-2604, to sign up for an orientation session that meets your needs. See details below.
5. Register for classes online. This is usually addressed during orientation but students who have addressed all of the above steps and are experiencing technical difficulties may contact IET, (318) 473-6475, for additional assistance.
6. Pay fees. Call accounting: (318)473-6407, for more details.

Orientaion

Orientation is designed to help students become familiar with the LSUA campus, LSUA policies and procedures and the many LSUA resources available to students.

There are several types of orientation programs available to students.

• Early Orientation is a ½ day of activities to help students become acquainted with the process for obtaining student IDs and parking decals, the fee payment process, available Student Services, available tutoring services and software, Desire2Learn (the course management software), and the online registration process. Each student will leave this orientation with a parking decal, a username and password, and registered for classes recommended by his or her advisor. Early Orientation sessions are available at several times throughout each semester after registration is open to new students.
• Early Start is a series of five consecutive ½ days of orientation which addresses the same topics addressed in Early Orientation as well as how to study and take notes, personality types, learning styles, and choosing a career. This course is generally available the last full week in May and the last full week in December before the Christmas break. Successful completion will earn new freshman students credit for University Studies 1001.
• Campus Connection is a full day of activities, during the summer semester, for new freshmen. This orientation addresses the same topics addressed in Early Orientation and provides students with the opportunity to develop a rapport with current students and other new students.
• Late Orientation is a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the topics addressed in Early Orientation. This type of orientation is not recommended for new students and therefore is only available to students participating in late registration.

Suggested Courses

When selecting classes, new students should check their academic degree plan. To ensure a successful college experience the Advising Center recommends the classes listed below. Prior to registering for classes students will see an academic advisor for professional input on class selection.