Advising Tools

DegreeWorks is used to help students' track their academic progress towards degree completion. Departments manage the requirements for all majors and minors and are in charge of submitting exceptions to DegreeWorks if needed. The advising office can submit exceptions for the General Education block.  The University Catalog and Curriculum Worksheets are helpful resources to review requirements for majors that are not scribed in DegreeWorks and/or to reference the typical 4-year plan for a major.

DegreeWorks Guide for Faculty Advisors

DegreeWorks Exceptions:

• For Major courses, minor courses, or Integrative Learning courses, the student should speak to the department chair or Program Director for the major or minor. 

• For Language Placement updates, students should reach out to the chair of the Language and Linguistics Department (MCLanguages@sju.edu)

• For Math Placement issues & all other GEP courses, students may email sjuadvising@sju.edu for assistance.

• View a list of your assigned advisees

  • Use the filters to view/email specific subgroups of advisees (e.g., first-year advisees, primary majors, etc.)

    • Use this Knowledge Base article to make sure GMail is your browser's default email client so emailing advisees through the Nest works properly

• You may view your advisee’s PINs on their Advising Profile in the Nest.  You may also download a list of all advisees and PINs.  To obtain a list of all advisee PINs:

• Click on Faculty tab in the top navigation bar in the Nest

• Click on Advisees PINs/Emails under Advising Resources

• Overview of the Student Advising Profile

• How to view Student's Midterm Grades

• Faculty/Staff Starfish Guide - Scroll to Starfish for Faculty

• Used for student alerts and flags 

• Can be linked to Google Calendar to assist with student appointment scheduling