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.

Information for Spring 2025's Mandatory Advising requirement will be added soon.

• If you have a hold from Spring 2024, click here to find out what you need to do to get your hold removed.

• Psychology and Cognitive Science Majors:
  To clear this hold, you must watch the recording of our group advising workshop and complete the post-workshop quiz with 5 out of 5 questions answered correctly. You do NOT need an advising appointment, and drop-in advising will not meet the mandatory advising requirement.

  Philosophy and Science & Technology Studies Majors

  1. Make and attend an advising appointment with a major advisor.     
  - Drop-in hours will not meet the mandatory advising requirement.    
  - Peer advisors cannot clear this hold.     
  - If you need support scheduling an advising appointment, please email us: ycadvising@ucdavis.edu

  2. Before attending your appointment, please update your degree worksheet with completed and in progress major classes, and update your academic plan to include all major requirements for graduation.

  Planning to switch majors?

  If you are planning to switch majors outside of Psychology, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, or Science & Technology Studies, please notify us via email at ycadvising@ucdavis.edu, and we’ll clear your hold. We also recommend that you communicate with your intended major’s advising office for further academic planning.

  Your hold will be removed within 1 week of completing the Mandatory Advising steps.

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 1) track progress toward your major requirements, 2) create a balanced academic plan, and 3) connect to resources and opportunities.

Information on Winter 2025's Mandatory Advising requirement will be added soon.

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).

Most appointments and workshops have ended for Fall quarter, so we've put together a list of videos you can choose from for you Post-Graduation Preparation Activity. If you still need to complete this requirement , you can select one video from this playlist to watch and fill out the Google Form to complete this requirement.

• 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.