The Office of the Registrar maintains the official academic records of all students and course registrations for currently enrolled students. Official student information is retained in the Office of the Registrar. Students are encouraged to contact the Office of the Registrar with questions concerning academic policies and procedures of their current registration, enrollment, or academic records. Registration dates are published in the Academic Calendar.

ACADEMIC ADVISING
The University of West Florida is committed to quality academic advising to assist all students in attaining their educational goals. The University Advising Center advises all lower division students upon their first semester of enrollment. All students are encouraged to seek academic advising on a regular basis.

University Responsibilities:
The faculty, administration, and staff share a responsibility to provide accurate information and effective advice. The Division of Enrollment Services is responsible for providing students, faculty, and other advising staff with accurate information in the Catalog, registration guide, and other publications.

The academic advisors in the College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Professional Studies, and the Undergraduate Advising Center are responsible for acting as an information and referral resources to provide students with timely and accurate information on university wide requirements, policies, procedures, and referrals to appropriate services.

College and Department Responsibilities:
The dean of each college and chairperson of each department ultimately are responsible for ensuring that academic advice is available and accessible to all students within the college or department.

Student Responsibilities:
Students ultimately are responsible for knowing and fulfilling all university, college, and major requirements for graduation.

Student Technology Requirement
UWF prepares students for current and future business and life applications using basic technology. Each UWF student is expected to:

• Activate a UWF ArgoNet e-mail account
• Access e-mail two to three times a week
• Have basic word-processing knowledge

Instructors should ensure that basic assignments can be completed using software packages currently available in the ArgoNet labs. Students should expect that instructors may request any assignments completed on the computer be turned in via e-mail rather than printed.