PRIDE Advising at Springfield College is Personal, Reflective, Intentional, Developmental, and Empowering.  
Advising is not a transactional experience, it is a conversation! 
 

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 curriculum and sequencing guides for undergraduate majors
  • 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
 
Academic Advising Center
Location:
Administration Building Room 108
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Email:
AcademicAdvising@springfield.edu
Phone:
413-748-3379