Read below for important information regarding your Mandatory Advising hold.

Our objective is to help you achieve your personal and academic goals. Mandatory advising is one of the ways that your major and college advisors can ensure that you get the most out of your experience at UC Davis. Please review the instructions below for your specific mandatory advising requirements.

All first-year students in our majors will have their mandatory advising requirement with the College of Letters & Science during their first year at UC Davis. Please check your email for further information on the hold and how to remove it.

Second-year students will have their mandatory advising requirement in Spring quarter. The goal of Sophomore Mandatory Advising is to ensure that you know how to 1) track progress toward you major requirements, 2) create a balanced academic plan, and 3) explore resources and opportunities.

When your hold is placed in early April, you will need to select one of the following options to complete:

• Request a major degree check - that’s it! A staff advisor will upload it to your OASIS record within 2 weeks.
  OR
• Make and attend an appointment with a Yellow Cluster staff advisor to discuss your major progress/academic plan.
  OR
• Visit Yellow Cluster drop-in advising to discuss your major progress/academic plan with a peer or staff advisor.

• Completing just one of the options above is required by June 6, 2025.
• If you do not take any action, the hold will become active on June 12, 2025, preventing you from making any changes to your Summer or Fall registration.

Once you have completed one of the options for mandatory advising, an academic advisor will remove your hold. This may take up to 1 business week. This hold will not impact your Fall 2025 Pass 1 Registration.

First-year transfer students will have their mandatory advising requirement in Winter quarter. The goal of mandatory advising for new transfer students is to ensure that you know how to connect to resources and opportunities that can help you with your post-graduation plans.

An academic advising appointment with our office, or the Dean's Office, will not clear your hold. When your hold is placed in early January, you will need to complete the following steps:

1. Participate in one “Post-Graduation Preparation Activity” (see below) to help you prepare for your post-graduation plans. 
   • The activity must have taken place during Winter quarter or later (after January 3, 2025).
2. Submit a response to the Google Form to let us know what you did. All questions must be answered fully for the response to count.
   • Your response must be submitted after you complete the activity. If you submit the form prior to completing the activity, you will be asked to resubmit.

Since we are at the end of Winter quarter, options for workshops and appointments are limited. If you still need to complete your Post-Graduation Preparation Activity, we've put together a list of videos you can choose from to complete this requirement. You only need to watch ONE to fulfill the requirement.

• These steps are due March 7, 2025 to allow time for staff advisors to review the Google Form responses and remove holds before they become active.
• The hold will become active on March 21, 2025 if the steps above are not completed.

 Once you have completed both of the mandatory steps above, an academic advisor will remove your hold. Your hold may take up to 1 business week to release. Please note: This hold will not affect your Spring Quarter 2025 Pass 1 registration.

Seniors will have their mandatory advising requirement in Fall quarter. The goal of this mandatory advising is to ensure that you: (1) are on track to graduate, (2) plan for your transition out of college, and (3) finalize your next steps towards your professional goals.

An appointment with our office will not clear your hold. When your hold is placed in early October, you will need to complete the following steps:

Mandatory Requirements (complete both):

1. Submit an academic plan in OASIS with all of your remaining major requirements.
   • Title it: Senior Academic Plan
   • Submit to your major only. Please do not submit it to the College of Letters & Science.
2. Participate in one “Post-Graduation Preparation Activity” (see below) to help you prepare for the transition out of UC Davis, and submit the Google Form about your experience.
   • The activity must have taken place during Fall quarter or later (after September 23, 2024).

• These steps are due December 1, 2024 to allow for time for staff advisors to remove holds before they become active. 
• The hold will become active on December 13, 2024.

Optional (but recommended):

• Request a degree check from the College of Letters and Science Undergraduate Education & Advising Office. It is strongly recommended to get a degree check from the College of Letters and Science to ensure you are completing all university and college requirements, which include things like: overall unit minimum (180), upper division unit minimum (64), General Education requirements, foreign language (for A.B. majors) or Natural Science & Math units (for B.S. majors), and more.

Once you have completed both of the mandatory steps above, the academic advisor will remove your hold. Your hold may take up to 1 business week to release. Please note: This hold will not affect your Winter Quarter 2025 Pass 1 registration.