How Can I Meet With an Academic Advisor?
Degree and certificate seeking students at Mesa Community College can connect with an academic advisor via live online chat, email, or pre-schedule appointment. The below information will help guide you to the correct service so you can connect with the academic advising expert to help you with your specific need!
How To Meet With an Academic Advisor:
- Pre-Scheduled Appointments
- Live Online Chat
- New Students
- Nursing and Pre-Nursing
- Additional Resources
- Other Specialized Advising
Schedule an Advising Appointment
Advising appointments are one-on-one meetings with an academic advisor and are the perfect venue to meet with an advisor to discuss degree planning, graduation pathway mapping, or complex questions and situations.
Advising appointments are 30-45 minutes in duration and are scheduled in advance. Due to the demand for academic advising appointments, and their one-on-one nature, it is common for appointments to be booked up to one week in advance.
New Students
Are you a new student at MCC and need to complete your initial academic advisement?
Click the above button to make sure you are "advising ready" and connect with an academic advisor to complete your New Student advising.
Specific Majors and Academic Programs
Current students pursuing a specific academic program should meet with an academic advisor specializing in their academic program's Field of Interest.
Graduation requirements can be complicated and meeting with the appropriate Field of Interest academic advisor ensures the advisor you meet with will have the expertise necessary to ensure you are on the right academic path!
Click the above button to find the Field of Interest for your academic program and schedule an appointment with an appropriate academic advisor.
General Degrees & Exploring Major Options
Are you following one of our general degrees not tied to a specific field of interest program?
Are you still deciding what academic program or major you want to complete at MCC?
Click the above button to access our General Degree and Exploring Major Options advising.
Connect with an Advisor
Chat With an Advisor
Do you have a quick or urgent advising question that doesn't necessitate a dedicated one-on-one appointment? Academic advisors are available via live online to help answer your quick and urgent questions!
Click the button above to connect with our academic advisors via live online chat during the below hours:
Monday - Thursday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Friday
10:00am - 4:30pm
*The below cannot be accomplished via live online chat and will be referred to the appropriate resource:
- Nursing Advising
- Music Performance Advising
- New Student Advising
- Pathway Mapping and Degree Planning
- Complex Issues Beyond the Scope of Chat Advising
Email the Advising Team
Do you need to connect with an academic advisor outside of normal department hours? Click the above button to send an email to our academic advising team!
*The below cannot be accomplished via live online chat and will be referred to the appropriate resource:
- Nursing Advising
- Music Performance Advising
- New Student Advising
- Pathway Mapping and Degree Planning
- Complex Issues Beyond the Scope of Chat Advising
Specialized Advising
Nursing & Pre-Nursing
Click on the above button to connect with specialized academic advisors for the Nursing programs.
Nursing and Pre-Nursing students must meet with specialized nursing advisors.
Music Performance
Click on the above button to send an email to the director of the Music Performance programs, Craig Peterson, D.M.A.
All Music Performance students recieve academic advisement directly from the program chair.
Specialized Populations
Additional Resources
Transfer College Credit to MCC
Click on the button to see a Step by Step guide of how to transfer your course credits from another institution to MCC.
Pre-Requisite Registration Overrides
Click the above button to submit
You will need the below to submit your override request:
- Unofficial transcript, testscore, or record showing successful completion of the required pre-requisite
- Course subject prefix/number and unique class # from the Class Search for 2-3 enrollment options
Overrides cannot be approved for full classes, time conflicts, or pre-requisites that have not been met. Please contact the respective course instructor directly for these types of inquires.
Apply for Graduation
Click the above button to submit your Graduation Application.
Are you enrolled in your last class necessary to graduate? Make sure to submit your Graduation Application by the respective deadline to ensure you are awarded your degree or certificate!
- Fall Deadline: November 1
- Spring Deadline: March 1
- Summer Deadline: June 1