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Academic Planning for Student Success

Academic Planning for Student Success

Important information to get you underway

This page provides essential resources to support your academic journey. Find course guides to help plan your schedule, an advising syllabus outlining expectations for academic advising, and information on the first-year seminar designed to ease your transition to college. Explore these tools to build a strong foundation for success. 

Some of these links will take you to our Canvas site to review information. When you finish reviewing all the information, return to the HHD NSO page to complete the next section.

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