UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

WHOM SHOULD YOU SEE?

About the Staff

The Office of Undergraduate Studies is responsible for the oversight of the academic advising, activities, progress, and performance of undergraduate students in Case Western Reserve University. Any questions regarding academic regulations, standards, policies, or programs should be referred to this office.

The following guidelines are provided to indicate whom you should see or what you should do for various kinds of concerns in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, (216-368-2928).

Remember, your faculty advisor is the primary point of contact for discussing courses, scheduling, progress in the major, and other academic concerns. If you need to discuss a matter with a dean in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, please call and schedule an appointment. If you had prior contact with a dean in the office, it is best to continue to see that person.

NEW STUDENTS

• First year students, see:
• Dean Amon
• Transfer or binary students, see:
• Dean Anderson
• Information about arrival of transcripts/credit evaluation, see:
• Ms. Cadette
• Information about AP/International Baccalaureate/A-Level Credit, see:
• Staff
• Cross-registrants or transient/visiting students, see:
• Dean Hamel
• Case employees, see:
• Dean Hamel

RETURNING STUDENTS

• Returning after separation or voluntary withdrawal, see:
• Dean Hamel
• Returning from Junior Year Abroad, see:
• Dean Anderson
• Information about arrival of transcripts from work elsewhere, see:
• Ms. Cadette
• Non-declared, seeking advice and schedule approval, see:
• Dean Anderson, or
• Dean Pieri, or
• Dean Hamel
• Premedical/predental advice, see:
• Prof. Buder Shapiro (If your last name begins with A-0)
• Dean Pieri (If your last name begins with P-Z)
• Prelaw advice, see:
• Prof. Jackson
• Approval for overload (>19 hours):
• First Year Undergraduates, see: Dean Amon
• Second Year Undergraduates, see: Dean Hamel
• Transfers, see: Dean Anderson
• Upper-class student, see: Dean Pieri
• Submitting major/minor declaration forms:
• hand in a yellow copy at front desk
• keep a copy
• Submitting RPT (repeat) forms:
• hand in both copies at front desk
• Submitting appeals/petitions for exceptions to regulations, see:
• Dean Wolcowitz
• Seniors submitting applications for graduation:
• hand in at front desk
• Case employees, see:
• Dean Hamel
• Declared majors, seeking advice and schedule approval or drop/add approval (no overload), see:
• major departmental advisor, or
• department chair, or
• department representative (list posted outside the Office of Undergraduate Studies and in the Handbook for Undergraduate Students)