Welcome to the ESP Advising page. Here you will find the advising schedule, faculty contact info, and tips to guide you through the enrollment process.
Tentative Beginning Dates for Enrollment:
Enrollment appointment times are based on projected levels.
Students who have declared and are established in Department of Environmental Studies must make an advising appointment with a Department faculty advisor. Make your appointment early for the best selection of times! Please bring your ARTS form to your advising appointment.
Freshmen and sophomores who are just entering the major or are undeclared but interested in Environmental Studies are strongly recommended to attend a group advising session being offered by Heidi Hulse, the Department Academic Advisor. Contact Heidi (hhulse@ku.edu) to make an appointment to attend a session. The group sessions will take place in the 256 Snow Conference Room. They are scheduled as follows:
Heidi Hulse, Advising Specialist
* Please note that in order to obtain a Major Certification form, students must make an appointment with Heidi Hulse.
Contact: hhulse@ku.edu
In addition, the faculty may be contacted as well to set up appointments. Sign up sheets are posted outside the doors of each faculty advisor:
It is strongly recommended that students visit either the departmental advisor, Heidi Hulse, or one of the Environmental Studies faculty advisors. Our program is going through a number of significant changes and our advisors can provide the most up-to-date information about these changes.
Prior to enrollment, make sure you do not have any holds on your account. Check Enroll & Pay to see if you have any holds.
Also, make sure you have declared the major. If you have 90 or more credit hours on your transcript(including current semester enrollment), you will not be allowed to enroll unless you have declared a major. Your ARTS form should indicate whether or not you have declared the actual major, or have only declared "interest," which is not the same thing.
Declaring an environmental studies major is easy and will avoid lots of hassle during the enrollment period. Stop by the Environmental Studies office in 252 Snow, or the CLAS office in 109 Strong, for a major declaration form, complete it, and turn it in at the front desk.
Be sure to bring your Advising ARTS form with you to your appointment. This, along with a course advising chart, will help both your advisor and you in determining which courses to take, and when. Also, please review the curriculum requirements prior to the appointment. The forms outlining the B.A., B.G.S. and B.S. core requirements are available for download on our Curriculum page.
If you cannot make your advising appointment, please be courteous and contact the advisor with whom you have made the appointment, preferably at least a day in advance. This will benefit faculty and other students who also need to make advising appointments.
Your feedback on the advising process is very important! Please fill out an Advisor Evaluation Form and submit this after your advising appointment. Your anonymity is guaranteed, but most importantly, your contribution to improving our services will benefit all majors in Environmental Studies!