Advisors provide resources, mentor, teach, and guide students in their decision making as they develop their educational and career goals. Admitted undergraduate students should meet regularly (i.e. once a semester) with an academic advisor to discuss academic programs, educational goals, and career plans. With their advisors, students plan academic programs to meet the general university degree requirements and specific requirements within their major fields. It is the student’s responsibility to read the university catalog and know and fulfill the requirements of a specific baccalaureate degree. To assist in the advising process, Mason provides a computerized degree evaluation. Students may access their individualized reports through Patriot Web. S-CAR's undergraduate program also offers an advisory seminar, CONF 314.
Each student should meet with his or her advisor before registering for classes. The student and advisor should discuss the student's interests, long-term goals and special needs. The student and the advisor should develop a tentative course of study including all of the courses the student will take. The student is not bound by this plan. However, this plan will assist the student and advisor in selecting courses in future semesters.
Advising Appointments
For advising hours or to set an appointment, please contact:
 | Leslie Durham |
 | Sarah Kincaid Academic Advisor Northeast Module II, Room 102 Phone: 703-993-9803 Email: [email protected] |
 | Jane Walker |
Upon entering the degree program each student will meet with an advisor to review University General Education and S-CAR Level Requirements. The student and advisor will determine which requirements need to be met and which courses the student will use to meet them by reviewing the student’s degree audit accessed via Patriot Web. Directions on how to access your degree audit can be found on the Registrar's website. Because Conflict Analysis and Resolution is an inter-disciplinary program, some general education requirements may be met by major requirements.
Degree audits can and should be accessed by the student for use in his or her individual academic planning, but questions about the accuracy of the audit should always be confirmed with the student’s advisor within the major or minor from which the question stems. Questions about whether courses can fulfill both general education requirements and S-CAR level requirements or both major and minor requirements would be examples of discussions to have with an academic advisor. Each student should meet with his or her advisor at least once per semester to review and update their course of study.
Activate your Mason email account as soon as possible and check it regularly. Mason and the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution will only communicate with you through you Mason account. It is essential that you routinely check messages. You do not have to register for the S-CAR undergraduate weekly news bulletin. We will automatically include your email in the distribution. If for some reason you do not begin receiving the online newsletter within 2-4 weeks of registration, you should send an email to [email protected] stating that you are a new student and are not receiving emails. These emails are important as they will keep you up to date on speakers, School events, study abroad opportunities, important dates and deadlines, conferences, internship and job opportunities, and much more. Please bookmark the S-CAR website as it provides important program and contact information as well as the latest updates on events.
S-CAR students are encouraged to utilize University resources to their fullest and take advantage of every opportunity possible while working toward their undergraduate degrees. Students should initiate contact with their professors during office hours. They should become involved in student organizations on campus, assume leadership positions when appropriate, make use of clinics and training offered by the University Career Services office, and use learning service resources when needed. Students are also encouraged to consider if University 100 and subsequent courses in the series would enhance their experience at Mason.
Students in the Honors College should review the following planning sheets to assist in incorporating major requirements with the Honors College curriculum: