No. While faculty and staff academic advisors have a role to help answer questions and guide students, students will ultimately be responsible for making sure they are taking courses that apply to their program of study for the receipt of financial aid.
NEW 10/12/22
Prior to registration, you can tell which credits will and won’t apply to CPOS for your advisees by using the "What-If" and "Future Classes" features on the New Degree Works Dashboard. Here's how:
After registration, the courses in the current or future semesters that do not apply to CPOS will also appear in your advisees’ Degree Works header.
The CPOS process will be run administratively after registration. After CPOS is run, the courses in the current or future semesters that do not apply to CPOS will also appear in your advisees’ Degree Works header.
NEW 10/12/22
UPDATED 03/10/23
If a specific topics course or experimental course will meet a requirement for students in one of your programs, let the Registrar's Office know in advance, so we can code Degree Works accordingly.
NEW 10/12/22
In the Faculty Advising Toolkit (on the portal), there are instructions for using Degree Works. If you need additional training, please contact academic.advising@wheaton.edu.
NEW 03/10/23
Employee tuition benefits are managed by the Wheaton College Human Resources office and are not affected by CPOS.
NEW 3/10/23
No. CPOS eligibility will be determined for all students based on their registrations at the end of the add/drop period for the full semester, which is the end of the second week of the semester. This means that all DRs need to be received by the Registrar’s Office on or before 4:30 pm on the semester add/drop deadline date.
NEW 4/19/23
Ultimately, it is the students’ responsibility for knowing if they need to follow CPOS guidelines for the receipt of financial aid and following those guidelines. However, if students have questions for you, we recommend these action steps:
NEW 4/19/23