Mission Statement
Within the context of a liberal arts education, CASSAS assists students to clarify their life and career goals, develop meaningful educational plans, and prepare for productive lives, enlightened citizenship, and life-long learning.
Welcome to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Colleges of Arts & Sciences Student Academic Services (CASSAS) Advising homepage. Quick links to our most often referenced programs and services are listed to the left for your convenience.
Our Service Counter is located in the Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services #113. We are open all year around, Monday through Friday from 8:15 am to 4:00 pm, with the exception of state and federal holidays.
The Colleges of Arts & Sciences is comprised of four colleges: Arts & Humanities; Languages, Linguistics & Literature; Natural Sciences; and Social Sciences, and offers four degree programs (BA, BS, BFA, BMus) in more than 60 different majors. We also offer minors and certificates in over 20 academic areas. Each Arts & Sciences degree program dictates that candidates satisfy a unique combination of UHM general education ("core"), graduation, and A&S college program requisites in addition to specific major requirements.
CASSAS Advising offers many avenues for promoting student understanding of these requirements, and provides support to students that allow for thoughtful educational planning and successful completion of a university experience that provides a solid foundation for life after graduation. Select your class standing from the tabs above to get started in the right direction. Navigate through the rest of our site to learn more about the services we offer and resources available to students.
The CASSAS Advising Partnership
UHM students have an exceptional amount of freedom in crafting their own college experience, choosing from over one hundred academic fields, and fulfilling degree requirements using a wide range of course offerings. This freedom invites students to explore connections between fields, engage in co-curricular activities, and develop unique combinations of majors, minors, and certificates.
To meet the responsibility inherent in this freedom, students must be active partners in the advising process. This responsibility includes researching curricular and co-curricular opportunities, creating educational plans, and presenting those plans to an advisor.
Advisors do not make decisions for students. Rather, they discuss options, both supporting and challenging plans in order to encourage rigorous critical thinking, self-assessment, and in-depth reflection. Advisors also help students connect with the campus community and the broad array of resources throughout the UH system.
Student peer mentors, who work closely with advisors, enrich the advising dialogue and offer their own perspectives on students’ educational choices.
This collaborative advising partnership provides students the opportunity to create a transformative college experience in which they discover their unique potential, imagine new goals, and are inspired to share their rich and diverse backgrounds with others.
Contact Information:
University
of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Colleges of Arts & Sciences Student Academic Services
2600 Campus Road
QLC 113
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808.956.8755
Fax: 808.956.9796