Academic Advising and Career Exploration Center
Undecided Student Advising

An undecided student is a student that has not decided on what they would like to major in, but is wanting to seek a degree. All undecided students are advised in the Academic Advising and Career Exploration (AACE) department. They work with the AACE department their Freshman and Sophomore years taking General Education requirements in order to stay on track for graduation and a major. The General Education program is a 55 hour program. When students reach their junior year (60 hours) or are finished with their General Education requirements, they are encouraged to decide on a major. During the freshman year, AACE will assess students awareness of themselves by helping them explore their interests, abilities, values, and personality preferences. The sophomore year is exploration and learning about careers. What careers relate to my interests, abilities, values, and personality preferences? To learn more on how to decide on a major visit our Career Exploration web site.

Undecided On-Campus Student

There are many steps that an undecided students needs to take in order to stay on track to graduate with a degree. The following steps are what need to be done for an undecided on-campus student before you visit with an advisor from our office.

1. Submit an application to FHSU by clicking the following link http://www.fhsu.edu/admissions/information/application.shtml.
2. Send high school transcripts, college credit transcripts, and ACT/SAT scores to the Registrar’s Office. The address is:

Fort Hays State University
Registrar’s Office
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601

You can contact the Registrar’s Office at 1-800-628-FHSU.

3. Once you have done steps one and two, contact Admissions at 1-800-628-FHSU to set up an appointment to visit Fort Hays State University and register for classes. Fort Hays State University has Tiger Registration days set up for you to visit and register for classes as well. Take advantage of this opportunity. When you set up an appointment with Admissions, they will set up an appointment with AACE so that you will meet an advisor in our office.
4. When you visit an advisor from our office, you will learn information about Fort Hays State University, policies, procedures, software, and you will register for your classes.
5. To help you decide on a major, you can take EAC 100 Career Planning and Development course. It is a one hour elective offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.

AACE is here to assist you until you decide on a major.

Undecided Virtual Student

Our Virtual College offers several undergraduate programs. You are limited to choosing from one of these distance education degree programs. A list of the programs we offer can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/program.shtml.

To help you decide which of the virtual degrees you would like to pursue, you can take the EAC 100 Career Planning and Development course. It is a one hour elective offered virtually in the Fall and Spring semesters.

If you are still Undecided follow these steps for Undecided Virtual students:

1. Submit application to the virtual college by clicking the following link http://www.fhsu.edu/admissions/information/application.shtml.
2. Send high school transcripts, college credit transcripts, and ACT/SAT scores to the Registrar’s Office. The address is:

Fort Hays State University
Registrar’s Office
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601

You can contact the Registrar’s Office at 1-800-628-FHSU.

3. Once you have done step one and two, contact our office, Academic Advising and Career Exploration Center at 1-800-628-FHSU (wait to speak to an operator to transfer you). Our office will serve as your academic advisor since you are undecided. Once you declare a major you will be assigned another advisor within that department.
4. When you contact us we will assess your transcripts and ACT/SAT records to help you enroll in general education requirements.
5. Once you have registered for classes our office will send you an email with your schedule and other important information a virtual student needs to know.