Advising

1. Go to your MyBU Student Dashboard
2. In the red column on the left side of your screen, select Advising > Appointments.
3. Click the ‘New Appointment’ button.
4. Select ‘CAS UGRD Math & Statistics’ from the ‘Department’ drop-down menu.
5. Select your Meeting Type (i.e., General Major/Minor Advising, In-Depth Advising, Registration).
6. Select your Advisor
7.  Select the Meeting Mode (Zoom or In-Person).
8. Write a brief summary of what you’d like to discuss. The more specific you are, the better we can prepare for your appointment!
9. Use the calendar to select a day/time that works for you. We schedule up to two weeks in advance, so if you cannot find any appointments, please check back in the next day or two, as more show up.
10. Once you’ve selected a time and mode, click ‘Schedule.’

Holds require the student to go over their plan with the advisor before registering for classes. First years and transfer students may have an advising hold on their account which will be posted on your My BU Student account under holds. If you do please plan to meet with your advisor before registration time to have the hold removed. 

At this time no other years have advising holds from the math and stats department but please review our registration emails (sent out before registration each semester from mathadvising@bu.edu) to see if this changes in the future as we adjust to the new My BU system. 

Advising codes are no longer used in the new My BU System.

If you are completing a dual degree (i.e. one major in CAS and one in another BU school or college) you will be assigned to an academic advisor in our department. Advisors are typically able to answer questions pertaining only to their specific department or program, so we recommend that you contact the appropriate advisor based on the topic of your question. Your academic advisor must sign off on your application for a dual degree with a mathematics/statistics major and can be reached through the department email mathadvising@bu.edu. 

If you are pursuing a joint degree (e.g. in Mathematics and Computer Science) or a double major you will be assigned an advisor based on your academic year and an advisor in their joint/additional major program. 

CAS Advising can help you regarding general BU or CAS policies that are not specific to any particular department or program. For example, they can answer questions regarding the BU Hub, graduation requirements, and external credit and transfer course evaluations. You can contact CAS advising using this form.

It helps to keep in mind that advising in an active process; the more you put in yourself the more you get out of it. Try to come prepared to any advising meetings having thought in advance about your goals, interests, and priorities. Consider doing research on your own into any questions you may have in order to more efficiently use your time during your meeting. We will do our best to help you!