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ICS Student Affairs Live Chat is an online live chat service available for students to ask general advising related questions. Academic Advisors/Peer Academic Advisors in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences are available to answer general questions related to the following:
- Policies and Procedures
- Degree Requirements for ICS Majors
- Change of Major Requirements for ICS Majors
- Prerequisite Information/Prerequisite Clearance
- Enrollment Issues
- Excess Unit Request
- Course Offering Information
- Referral to campus services
Live Chat is intended for questions that can be answered quickly. Questions/advisement requiring more time should be emailed to ucounsel@uci.edu. NOTE: Live Chat is NOT intended to answer questions related to:
- Fall courses and/or transcript evaluations for prospective students (these topics will be covered during summer orientation)
- Career Counseling
- Admissions Counseling
- Transcript Evaluation
- Graduation Checks
- Creating a Study Plan
- Academic Probation or Disqualification
- Personal/Crisis/Mental Health Counseling in lieu of the UCI Counseling Center
Live Chat is not available for Personal/Crisis/Mental Health Counseling. UC Irvine students in need of these services should contact the UCI Counseling Center directly: http://www.counseling.uci.edu/
A list of all campus wellness resources can be found here: https://shc.uci.edu/wellness-resources.
Live Chat Summer Schedule
WEEKDAY HOURS MONDAY 1 - 3:30pm TUESDAY 1 - 3:30pm WEDNESDAY 1 - 3:30pm THURSDAY 1 - 3:30pm FRIDAY 1 - 3:30pm Although the chat system will allow you to sign in for a chat after 11:30am in the morning and after 3:30pm in the afternoon, students will NOT be seen if they sign in past the hours listed above due to the high volume of chats.
NOTE: the Live Chat is NOT meant for prospective students to get advising on fall courses or transcript evaluations. These topics are covered in our summer orientation.