Undergraduate Advising

Your advisor is available to help you make the most of your degree program. They can assist with:

• Discussing strategies for academic, personal, and professional success.
• Discuss your career goals and plans.
• Review classes, prerequisites, and schedules.
• Identify curriculum changes that may not be listed in the undergraduate catalog.
• Help you navigate administrative processes and challenges. (e.g., RAD holds, permission numbers, closed classes)
• Customize your degree requirements to complement your future educational or professional goals.
• Stay on track for graduation.
• Discover campus resources and engagement opportunities.
• Understand university policies.
• Network with future reference providers.

We seek to align your interests with the right faculty member. If your interests change, you can change your advisor at any time. Please email Dr. Kathryn Demps and let her know which faculty member you would like to have as your advisor.

Your catalog year is the academic year when you were first admitted to Boise State. So if you were admitted for Fall 2021, your catalog year is 2021-2022. That means the major requirements for that year will still be relevant regardless of changes to your major requirements. If you have questions about how changes to the catalog affect your plans, get in touch with your advisor.

You don’t have to stick with your original catalog year. You can follow any addition of the catalog – there’s a new one published every year – as long as it was in force while you’re enrolled as a Boise State student and isn’t older than six academic years at the time you graduate.

If you want to change your catalog year, complete the Catalog Year and Program Plan Update form available though the Registrar’s Office.

The second degree in anthropology is designed for those students who have already graduated with a bachelor’s degree in another discipline and are returning to get a second bachelor’s degree in anthropology. Thirty additional credits in anthropology are required. This degree assumes that you have already fulfilled the university foundation requirements. You will need to meet with the Anthropology Department Chair to create a 2nd-degree checklist specific to you.

If you are a transfer student from another college or university, please contact your Advisor to schedule an appointment for advising. It is important to bring a copy of your transcript with you to the appointment so that your advisor may assist you with determining what courses can/will apply towards your anthropology degree here at Boise State (and which courses won’t).

It is important to complete this advising appointment early in your degree program to ensure you know what courses will count towards your degree when it comes time to apply for graduation. In some cases, you may need to complete an Adjustment of Academic Requirements form in order to transfer an equivalent course from another institution.

You may find a list of commonly transferred courses and their Boise State course equivalencies by reviewing the Transfer Equivalency System (TES). TES is meant to serve as a resource and should not replace academic advising.