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The Academic Resources listed here are university-provided tools and services that support student learning, research, and academic success. For additional information, see the Student Manual.
Academic Advisement Center
augusta.edu/advising | 706-731-7979 | academicadvisement@augusta.edu
Academic Advisement is where undergraduates begin. The centralized advisement services are designed to provide comprehensive support as students navigate their way into their respective major programs. The team of Undergraduate Academic Advisors are well-versed in the undergraduate programs and core curriculum, assisting students in developing academic plans, selecting courses, recommending actions, and connecting them with campus resources as needed.
They work closely with academic programs and support services to help students identify and confirm their academic career paths. Professional advisors offer ongoing support through various means including outreach services, personal phone calls, targeted emails, and electronic messages.
There are two convenient locations for students: (1) on the second floor of University Hall (262) on the Summerville campus and (2) in the new Science and Math Building. Offices are open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Walk-in hours for quick consultations are available. For up-to-date walk-in hours, visit the Academic Advisement Center Staff webpage. Advising appointments are required for next term advisement to ensure both the advisor and student are prepared for a productive session. Additional information can be found on the Academic Advisement website.
Academic Success Center
augusta.edu/academicsuccess | 706-667-4777 | asc@augusta.edu
Our number one goal is to see students succeed! The Academic Success Center (ASC) is home to a variety of free in-person and online academic support services. We provide peer tutoring for most subjects across the undergraduate curriculum and academic coaching is available to all AU students. The ASC is located on the first floor of University Hall at Summerville and in Greenblatt Library at Health Sciences. The ASC is open for general study. Visit us to reduce your stress and build your skill set.
Alumni Association
augusta.edu/alumni | | 706-737-1759 | alumni@augusta.edu
The Augusta University Alumni Association with its affiliate college alumni societies exists to promote the growth and welfare of Augusta University and link alumni to their alma mater. The association is composed of former students and graduates of Augusta University and its legacy institutions – the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta College, Augusta State University, Georgia Health Sciences University, and Georgia Regents University – who share a goal to build community and connection through social activities, professional networking, mentorship, service, and other opportunities to give back to the university. Together we aim, to amplify the profile and value of an Augusta University education and to strengthen the lifelong connections that our graduates have with the university. All graduates become members of the alumni association upon graduation.
Career Services
augusta.edu/careerservices | 706-737-1604 | careercenter@augusta.edu
Career Services provides career development and job search assistance to all currently enrolled students at Augusta University. Graduating seniors have access to Career Services for one full year after graduation. After this period, Alumni Services are available for a nominal fee. The office is located on the Summerville campus in University Hall, Suite 210.
Office hours are 8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with evening appointments available upon request. Career Consultants, assigned by major, are available for in person or virtual appointments to work individually with students on their specific career planning or job search needs. Additionally, Career Services offers walk-in hours that do not require an appointment. The website also offers extensive career development content and resources to assist students online.
To schedule an appointment, students may call 706-737-1604 or opt to schedule through their Handshake account.
Some of the primary activities of the office are:
Career Planning and Exploration
Students unsure of a career path or academic major are encouraged to schedule an appointment with their Career Consultant for guidance and access to a variety of career assessments and planning tools. The career planning and exploration page of our website offers several online assessments that can be used prior to a career exploration appointment.
- Steppingblocks: Online career exploration platform that includes a 3-minute personality and career assessment. Using the results of your assessment to explore majors, occupational trends, and real career paths of AU alumni. Identify skillsets needed for occupations to help you target your resume effectively.
- Traitify: Interactive, 5 minute online career assessment with your university email. No appointment is needed.
- DISC Index & Values Index: Designed to help individuals understand how their behavioral strengths and tendencies canimpact their goal achievement, interpersonal communication, job selection and optimization of their personal potential.
- Focus2: Combines self-assessment, career and major exploration, decision making and action planning into one comprehensive product.
The Hull College of Business CAP (Career & Academic Planning) Center is available to support all business majors with career advisement by calling 706-737-1560 to schedule a virtual appointment or visit their suite in Allgood Hall, N-112.
Job Search Preparation and Assistance
Once enrolled at Augusta University, students have access to a variety of career preparation resources including:
- Handshake: Career Services online one-stop shop for job search, career event registration, and appointment scheduling. Students seeking jobs can view full-time, part-time on- and off-campus opportunities, internships, and seasonal hiring needs. Students can use the same online portal to schedule career consultant appointments and register for Career Services events.
- Resume, cover letter, and personal statement reviews with feedback usually provided within 1 business day
- Mock interviews for employment or graduate/professional school
- Tips on networking, using social media in the job search and business etiquette
- Researching employers, competitive salaries and salary negotiations, job fairs, and employer panels
Cooperative Education
Cooperative Education is an academic program that provides an excellent means to develop marketable skills in the workplace that complement a student’s educational experience in the classroom. Co-op positions are paid and structured to enhance the curriculum and expand the knowledge of the student. Students receive documentation of the Co-op experience on the academic transcript as a non-credit course. There are three Co-op plans for student participation. Under the Parallel plan, students work part-time and attend school concurrently. The Alternating plan allows students to rotate between semesters of full-time work and school. The Co-op Intern program is a paid, career-related work experience for one semester only.
To apply for the Co-op program, the candidate must be a full-time student with a declared major, a minimum overall GPA of 2.5, a minimum of 24 credit hours earned, have completed at least one full semester of coursework at AU, and be willing to work at least two academic semesters in a Co-op assignment (Co-op Intern excluded from two semester commitment). Call the office at 706-737-1604 to schedule an appointment to discuss qualifications.
Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
augusta.edu/curs | 706-729-2094 | CURS@augusta.edu
The Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS), located in the Summerville Research Suite (AH E-325-330), fulfills part of the AU mission toward high impact engaged student learning. CURS aims to build and improve the culture of research through inclusive and collaborative relationships between undergraduate students and research mentors across all colleges. Students can find research opportunities through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Portal and receive advising on registering for research courses. CURS sponsors a variety of programs, such as workshops on how to get started in research and presenting research in a public forum. CURS also provides grants for supplies and travel and a Summer Scholars Program to assist students in real word learning through research.
Center for Writing Excellence
augusta.edu/cwe | 706-737-1402 | cwe@augusta.edu
The Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) offers free in-person and online tutoring consultations for students, faculty, and staff working in all majors and disciplines with the goal of improving written, oral, and multimedia communication skills. Friendly and non-evaluative, the staff empowers writers to make well-informed decisions about their texts while helping them to develop individualized writing processes. Trained writing consultants assist writers at any stage in the writing process, including brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing. The center also offers professional development for faculty who teach writing in their courses and in-class writing workshops for students to support the teaching of writing across and in the disciplines. The CWE uses best practices in composition pedagogy to inform its instruction. The center has two locations: Allgood Hall room E158 on the Summerville campus and Greenblatt Library room 1203 on the Health Sciences campus. Hours of operation vary by term and are available on the website. Appointments can be made by visiting the website; walk-ins are also welcome dependent upon consultant availability.
Distance Educaton
Augusta University offers a variety of distance education programs and courses designed to help meet the evolving learning needs of students who prefer the online format or require more flexibility in their coursework. These courses are designed for students who may not be able to attend a class at a specific time, day or place due to balancing their career, family responsibilities, travel, and/or physical challenges.
Currently, Augusta University offers degree programs and courses through non-traditional delivery methods via the Internet utilizing synchronous and asynchronous technologies. The courses utilize the Desire2Learn learning management system and other online educational tools such as Echo360 lecture viewing, Cisco WebEx synchronous audio and video chatting, Video Conferencing, various online testing systems, among additional technologies.
These courses are usually asynchronous and electronically interactive, but may use a combination of live chat rooms, threaded discussions, electronic bulletin boards, email and/or interactive Web pages. Some courses are delivered via synchronous video conferencing with a professor in one site delivering live two-way video instruction to another site, generally through Cisco WebEx or Echo360 Streaming service.
Augusta University has procedures in place to verify identification and to protect the privacy of students who participate in distance learning activities and students are informed of any additional charges associated with distance learning courses at the time of registration.
Augusta University authenticates that the student who registers in a distance learning course is the same student who participates in, completes the course, and receives the credit, by verifying the identity of the student using the following methods:
- Requiring unique usernames and secure passwords on which students’ access to all secure online and network campus resources are based. These online campus resources include, but are not limited to, access to the student information system (Banner), learning management system (Desire2Learn) through which students access their online coursework, electronic mail, as well as some course-specific systems. Passwords must be changed every 180 days and must adhere to certain complexity requirements. These procedures are outlined in the Acceptable Use Policies.
- Requiring identification in the registration process including social security number during application process and photocopy of student driver’s license or some other form of identification. A photocopy faxed copy will be acceptable if student is a distance-learning student and cannot travel to campus.
- Some online courses require students to travel to an approved testing site for proctored exams. At each testing site, the proctor is required to check the identity of the student against an official form of ID (state-issued driver’s license, passport, or student ID).
- Some online courses utilize high stakes electronic exam software to administer examinations. These systems require students to log on to the Learning Management System with their unique ID and password and lock down the student’s computer during the testing process.
For students enrolled in distance education courses, the last date of attendance for federal financial aid is calculated using one of the following methods:
- Last date an assignment was completed
- Last attempt at a exam, text, or quiz
- Last interaction on a discussion post
- Last interaction with the instructor of record via email regarding the course
These are the four areas that suffice for eCore as decided on by the USG auditors.
Augusta University Online
Augusta University Online brings the tight-knit community experience found on campus to students across the country. Small class sizes, engaged professors, strong relationships with a multitude of professional organizations and valuable input from subject matter experts across industries allow our graduate degrees to provide students with individualized attention and practical, real-world skills. One of the country’s top universities for improving economic outcomes for low- and moderate-income graduates, Augusta University Online gives students a truly transformative degree experience that allows them to make a profound impact on their lives. Visit online.augusta.edu for more information and a list of available programs.
Online Tuition
Students are informed in advance of any additional charges associated with distance education degree programs and/or courses at the time of registration. All tuition and fee schedules are publicly available on the Augusta University website, including the costs associated with online courses so that students are notified in advance of registration of any additional expenses.
Professional and Continuing Education
augusta.edu/pace | coned@augusta.edu
The Division of Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) sets the PaCE in distance learning and provides learning opportunities for the community, state, region, and nation. AU offers various online training programs on multiple topics, from professional certifications to personal enrichment. The online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared for adults with busy lives.
PaCE provides access to innovative, flexible, and responsive continuing education opportunities supporting learners of all ages seeking to grow professionally, personally, and culturally. Whether you desire to acquire new workforce skills, upgrade current skills or seek personal enrichment, we offer something for you. Search the professional and personal enrichment courses on our website to learn new possibilities of inspiration in your life. There are no academic admissions requirements to enroll in PaCE courses.
Study Abroad Office
augusta.edu/studyabroad | 706-729-2306 | studyabroad@augusta.edu
The Study Abroad Office (SAO) offers a variety of credit-bearing study abroad and away programs, both internationally and domestically. These programs typically range from 1 to 5 weeks and are designed to help students earn core curriculum or major-specific credit in an immersive, hands-on learning environment. Although most programs are first-come, first-served, some do require prerequisites or faculty approval. Program offerings vary year to year, with some departments offering recurring programs. Current programs actively recruiting students are promoted each summer on the Study Abroad website and Instagram (@aug_studyabroad).
SAO partners with USG Goes Global, a consortium offering summer study abroad programs open to students across the University System of Georgia. These programs are a great way for Augusta University students to take courses led by faculty from other USG institutions while exploring destinations like Spain, France, or Ghana. We also have an affiliation with CIS Abroad, a third-party provider offering programs for the summer, semester, or academic year. Through CIS Abroad, students have access to global internships (both in-person and virtual) in addition to the variety of academic offerings and locations.
In addition to faculty-led programs, we support independent student travelers, students who are participating in academic study abroad programs not directly led by Augusta University. Our office assists with the approval process, ensures students meet risk management and insurance requirements, and helps them stay connected to Augusta University while they are abroad.
The staff is here to help students navigate their options and find the program that best fits their academic goals, budget, and interests. Whether students are looking for a short-term spring or summer program or a semester-long adventure, the Study Abroad Office is committed to helping them make the most of their experience.
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