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Advisor Tools
Advising requires a range of tools and resources to support students in achieving their academic and personal goals. This list highlights helpful tools to support the advising experience. While not exhaustive, it offers a starting point for identifying resources that promote effective, student-centered advising.
The Degree Audit for Students (DARS)
An academic audit that matches a student’s academic history with their degree requirements. The DARS report is essential to advising.
How to access your advisee's DARS and more:
humboldt.edu/faculty-center-help
Review the audit with the student. If you and your advisee think the audit is not accurate, contact the Office of the Registrar. Ask for a Transfer & Graduation Counselor.
The DARS Degree Planner is a useful tool that students can use to build a degree plan for graduation humboldt.edu/registrar/plan-your-degree/dars-planning-tools
Videos:
- Getting Started: How to Create a Plan
- The Basics: Build Your Plan
- Manage and Maintain Plans
- Planning for Minors and Double Major
Schedule Planner is a tool for generating class schedules based on the students planned classes in their DARS Degree Planner humboldt.edu/registrar/dars-schedules-student-user-guide.
Faculty Center Help:
Learn to run advisor reports, make DARS exceptions, remove advising "Holds" and more at https://www.humboldt.edu/faculty-center-help.
Transferable Courses Tool:
assist.org is a database maintained collaboratively by the CSU, UC and California Community Colleges to help advisors and students determine the transferability of classes.
Class Scheduling Tools:
The Class Schedule website provides a wealth of information to help select the best classes. Visit https://www.humboldt.edu/registrar/register/class-schedule to find the following resources and more!
- Links to Special Class Listings like double-count classes, special topics and partial terms.
- Descriptions of Class Meeting Modes (Example: In the schedule, TBA typically means To Be Asynchronous!)
- Class Schedule Table View helps to quickly identify classes with reserved seats and up-to-the-day reserve numbers.
- Archived Schedules.
Using the interactive Class Schedule to find classes - Tips:
Search for classes using the drop-down search criteria:
- Mode of Instruction can be used to search for online classes, or in-person classes, only.
- Additional Search Criteria (GE, Sustainability, Zero Cost Materials, Service Learning) is particularly helpful for finding general education courses being offered in a particular GEAR area.
- Class Days and Times helps students find classes that fit into their busy schedules.
- Class Unit Values lists one-unit classes.
Under Construction
CAL-GETC - GEAR Requirements Changing Fall 2025:
Recent changes to GEAR (General Education and All University Requirements) at the
Chancellor's Office are being adopted by all CSUs for Fall 2025. The quick gist:
- Revised naming conventions: “Areas A through F” now “Areas 1 through 6”.
- Arts & Humanities (now Area 3A&B) decreased from 9 to 6 required units.
- Physical & Bio Sciences (now Area 5) increased to 7 units, to include 1 unit lab.
- Lifelong Learning & Self-Development (formerly Area E) is discontinued.
Visit General Education & All-University Requirements in the 25/26 Catalog for details.
This guide, developed by the Equity in Advising Committee, offers actionable practices for faculty and staff to integrate culturally responsive advising into their work. It includes reflection prompts, session strategies, and campus resources.