Certificate in Academic Advising
The Certificate in Academic Advising was developed in 2007 by Elizabeth Sproston and Amber Fetner, two professional advisors in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. In 2009, the Academic Advising Coordinating Council (AACC) began directing the Certificate in collaboration with Career Development and Training.
Participants may register for CAA courses through the UGA Professional Education Portal: https://pep.uga.edu/
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Certificate In Academic Advising
(CAA) Requirements
Complete 2 Core Courses + 4 Elective Courses
Anatomy Of A Uga Degree (Core)
This course will provide an understanding of the core curriculum, UGA and Board of Regents graduation requirements, minors, certificate programs, double majors, dual degrees, interpreting transfer credit, and graduation.
Advising Theory & Practice At Uga (Formerly Excellence In Academic Advising) (Core)
This course provides a detailed look at the UGA student population, academic advising theories that can be used to assist them, advising ethics, and strategies for taking advising notes.
Introduction To Degree Works
(FOR CURRENT DEGREEWORKS USERS ONLY) This course will train you on how to maneuver within DegreeWorks, how to read the audit, and provide an overview of additional functionality within the system. This course is taught by the Registrar's office.
Choose Four Elective Options:
- Advising Allied Health Professions at UGA.
- Advising Double Dawgs Students
- Advising International Students
- Advising Student Veterans
- Advising Transfer Students
- Attributions for Academic Success at UGA
- Career Center Connections for Academic Advisors
- Degreeworks: Plans Workshop
- Demystifying Student-Athlete Advising
- Disability Awareness for Academic Advisors
- Education Abroad 101 for Advisors
- EL 101 for Advisors
- Excel for Advisors
- Global Education 101 for Advisors
- Identifying & Referring Distressed Students
- Legal and Pre-Law opportunities for UGA Students
- Legal Issues in Academic Advising
- Non-UGA Study Away Programs for Advisors
- Pre-Health Advising: Pre-Medical & Pre-Dental Students
- Resources in the Division of Academic Enhancement
- SAGE Training for Academic Advising
- Student Financial Aid: What Academic Advisors Need to Know
- Understanding & Supporting Student Athletes at UGA
- Using Career Assessment for Parallel Planning
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are the certificate classes open to non-advisors?
All of the CAA classes are open to all UGA employees.
Do I need to be in the certificate program to take the courses?
No, you may take as many or as few classes as you like. If you choose to complete
the certificate later, you may include the classes you have already taken.
How do I know when I have completed the certificate?
To discover what classes you have completed and track your certificate progress, please
refer to the Learning and Development PEP website.
You will then refer to the “My Transcript Section”. After this, in the left hand side there is a drop-down box, select “Completed”. Once you do this, it will bring up the last 5 years of courses.
With this new feature through Learning and Development, we will no longer be hand tracking course and certificate completion. Please use this self-tracker to track your progress toward completing the requirements for the Certificate in Academic Advising (CAA). You may also contact advisingcerts@uga.edu once you have completed the CAA or if you have any other questions or concerns.
How will I receive my certificate?
Participants who complete all of the certificate requirements will be recognized at
the fall advisor workshop. Look for an e-mail each fall, inviting CAA participants
to this event.
Please e-mail advisingcerts@uga.edu to propose a class, apply to be an instructor or ask any other questions about the program.