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Advising

Find your counseling faculty advisor at UL Lafayette, learn how group advising works each semester, and plan your degree from COUN 500 to graduation.

You're assigned a faculty advisor when you enroll. Our curriculum is straightforward, and your elective choices depend on your interests, so most advising happens in groups each semester. If you need to talk with your advisor about anything else during the program, faculty are available during office hours.

Program Policies and Graduation

Find program requirements, procedures, and policies in the Department of Counseling Student Handbook. The Graduate School has the forms and graduation guide you'll need as you finish your degree.

Preparing for Advising

  1. In ULink, open your Student Profile in Banner.
  2. Find your advisor's name in your profile.
  3. Click your advisor's name to see their contact information.

If you don't have an advisor listed, call the Department of Counseling at 337-482-1963.

In COUN 500, Orientation to Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Counseling, you'll build a degree plan that guides you and your advisor in setting a timeline for your studies. Bring it to every advising session.

Advising takes place each semester during a two-week period before registration opens for the next term. The academic calendar lists the exact dates.

Advising and registration: You're required to meet with your advisor every semester. Your advisor lifts your advising hold after your session, and the hold must be lifted before you can register for classes.

  • Your degree plan from COUN 500
  • Your Degree Works audit, on your device or printed
  • Your list of preferred and backup courses for next semester
  • Your questions

  • Am I on track to finish when I planned?
  • Which courses are offered only in the summer, and when should I take them?
  • Which electives fit my interests, such as family counseling, play therapy, crisis counseling, or group counseling?
  • When will I begin my practicum and internship, and how do placements work?
  • When should I take the comprehensive examination?
  • Should I consider adding a second concentration?

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