First-year Orientation Advising — Summer 2025

• Activate your UARK student account
• Change your UARK password
• Save your password somewhere besides your computer for quick access (e.g., cell phone)
• If unable to access your account even after updating password, contact the IT Help Desk
• Make sure your major is listed correctly

1. Visit myapps.uark.edu and log in with your university student account credentials. From there, locate and click on the blue Workday icon.
2. Watch the video in Student Onboarding to see how to complete this process.
3. Watch the Accept and Decline Awards and Loans video to learn how to accept/decline your financial aid.

Reminder, you must finish the onboarding process before you can enroll or see class options at the University of Arkansas. Onboarding deadline: April 11, 2025.

• If your MMR (vaccination record) is not on file, upload to New Student Center prior to your orientation date.
• The 8-Semester Degree Completion Plan Hold requires your input for removal and will be completed at your advising appointment.
• When logging in, remember your user ID is the same as your email (e.g. --------@uark.edu) and the password is the same as the one you set for your email.

You have been pre-enrolled in the upcoming semester classes by your academic advisor based on test scores, your response on the pre-advising form and previously earned credits on file:

• If you received course credit not listed in program plan, let your academic advisor know when you meet.
• Concurrent/dual credits require that you contact the institution where you earned the credits (not high school) to request an official transcript be sent to the U of A Registrar’s Office.
• AP/IB credits need to be requested from the College Board to be sent to the U of A Registrar’s Office.
• The U of A Registrar's Office explains how to submit transcripts/credit.
• On file are previous concurrent college/AP/IB classes completed that we have received.
• Specific program/degree requirements are listed through Workday Student.

Take time to review these questions prior to attending the academic advising session. Discuss as a family and write down questions you may want to address during the advising session.

• What major are you declaring? Do you plan to double major or follow a pre-professional program?
  • What is your confidence level in your intended major?
  • Many of our students are interested in careers that require graduate or professional education after a bachelor's degree. We call these pre-professional tracks. They are not majors. Are you wanting to declare one of the following?
    • Pre-Athletic Training
    • Pre-Dental
    • Pre-Chiropractic
    • Pre-Medical
    • Pre-Pharmacy
    • Pre-Physical Therapy
    • Pre-Physician Assistant
    • Pre-Occupational Therapy
    • Pre-Optometry
    • Pre-Law
• What extracurricular activities do you plan to participate in (e.g., ROTC, athletics, band/choir, club sports, Greek life etc.)?
• Are you in Honors or interested in Honors?
• What scholarships have you been awarded and what are the renewal requirements (GPA, credit-hours earned per semester/year etc.)?

The student/advisor relationship is critical to academic success over the student's academic career, but mostly as they begin through the first two years of college. We will have students attend advising sessions on their own. Parents, please empower your student with confidence as they begin their academic career. Once the advising session concludes, students will share what they learned with parents or family members.

Students will meet with an academic advisor 1:1 to review the following:

• Transcripts or test scores (if they are or are not posted).
  • IB/AP credit; SAT or ACT test score; Math Placement scores.
• Degree requirements and program specific requirements
• Be prepared to answer questions.
• Bring with you any additional questions you have written down.
• Changes to pre-enrolled classes:
  • If you know a class needs to be changed, we will discuss this during the advising portion with your academic advisor and then you will be able to adjust your changes.
  • UNIV 10051 University Perspectives is required. Some students may be pre-enrolled in a section of this, while other students may add it during their orientation session.

We offer application workshops during fall and spring semesters for students who are planning to apply to our programs. Students will be invited to attend each semester. It is recommended students attend these sessions early in their academic career, to plan accordingly. (Communication Sciences and Disorders, Education, Nursing etc.)

Each program has a specific application cycle. Most students will apply during their freshman or sophomore year, depending on their academic plans. (Communication Sciences and Disorders, Education, Nursing etc.)

During New Student Orientation, our team meets with each student one on one, but that advisor may not be the same advisor assigned for the fall. Rest assured you will be assigned to one of our professonal advisors and with your best interests in mind.

We recommend students wait to make changes until they discuss their plans and schedules with an academic advisor. During your academic advising session, your advisor will discuss with you how to add, drop or swap any classes for your schedule.

This is your preference. Our schedules have 15 minutes between classes, which is plenty of time to traverse campus. We do recommend that you consider planning a balanced schedule, meaning two or three classes a day. Try to avoid having all classes on the same day.

The College of Education and Health Professions requires you to see your advisor a minimum of once a semester. You will see an “advising hold" in Workday each semester. This is the reminder to schedule your advising appointments. However, students are welcome to schedule advising appointments as often as they would like.

Recommendations on Computers

• Processor — Intel Core i5 or Apple M1 or higher
• Memory — 8 GB
• Storage — 250 GB solid state
• Screen resolution — 1920 x 1080
• OS, Windows — Microsoft Windows 10
• OS, Mac —Mac OS 10.12 or higher
• Webcam
• WiFi, for on-campus laptop use
• Accidental Damage Insurance Coverage —for laptop
• Software — available for free download for students
  • Office 365
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
  • Symantec Antivirus
• ChromeBooks and iPads do not meet the minimum system requirements

Note: The College of Education and Health Professions is Windows-centric for faculty and staff. Mac users may encounter compatibility issues.

Computer labs are available in Peabody Hall 125 and Graduate Education Building 342.

For COEHP lab hours of operation, locations, and lab specific equipment, call 479-575-6262 or email edhptech@uark.edu.

It depends. Most major courses need to be taken at the university, however, there are times when some prerequisite or core classes can be taken elsewhere. Discuss your plans with your academic advisor first.

Pre-professional programs are intended to help students prepare for professional graduate coursework after the completion of their bachelor’s degree. As such, they are not majors in and of themselves but may be paired with a variety of majors across each academic college. The best choice of a major is an area of study that interests you and that you will do well in.

The Pre-Health Resources SharePoint is a useful resource for all students interested in pre-professional tracks.

Each of our majors in COEHP requires an internship, clinical or practicum experience. These are hands-on experiences in the field of study. Some programs will require you to find your internship site, while others will assign you. Usually, students will need to complete additional background paperwork, for clearance prior to starting these courses.

In the College of Education and Health Professions, an elective course is any course used to meet graduation requirements that are in addition to what is required for state core or major requirement courses. Some degree programs require several general electives, and other programs require minimal general electives.

You can review the list of undergraduate departments and courses in the Catalog of Studies to get an idea of what courses you may be able to take as general electives.

1. Use your advising worksheet and see what options you could take for your degree.
2. Visit your the Academic Requirements tab in Workday to find other requirements not satisfied.
3. Search one of the alternate courses your advisor listed from your advising meeting.

If you have met the requirements and are eligible for Honors but have not applied you need to reach out to the Honors College at honors@uark.edu or 479-575-7678 to confirm whether the deadline for applying to honors as a new freshman has already passed.

Yes, you can apply after completing one semester at the University of Arkansas with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5. We encourage students to join Honors as early as possible to provide for the most flexibility in scheduling your Honors courses and completing the Honors thesis/project, but you can join at any time if you have at least three semesters remaining until your graduation.