Summer B 2025 Drop/Add Advising Information and Updates
Welcome to the start of the Summer B 2025 session! Please review the following information about Summer B drop/add week advising availability and other updates.
Message contents:
- Drop/Add dates and deadlines
- Academic advising availability
- Holds preventing registration
- Changing your major
- COSSPP major course lists
- Late applying for graduation
- Course drop, withdrawal, and academic reinstatement petitions
Students on the Panama City and Republic of Panama campuses:
Information in this email specifically refers to advising services and deadlines on the FSU Tallahassee campus. Please refer to advising information on your own campus for additional or more local information.
Drop/Add Dates and Deadlines
Summer B 2025 Drop/Add opened at 12:01 am ET on Saturday, June 21 and will close at 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, June 26.
Students who register for Summer B classes but who did not have at least one (1) Summer (A, B, or C sessions) credit hour registered prior to 12:01 am ET on Monday, June 23, will be charged a $100 late registration fee. Questions about tuition and fees must be addressed to the Office of Student Finance.
Schedules are final, and students are both grade and fee liable for any courses on their schedule after drop/add ends.
If you receive an error message (a red X) when attempting to register, the course may be reserved for students in specific programs. You must contact the academic department that teaches that course with any questions.
Academic advising availability
Academic advising for all undergraduate majors in COSSPP is conducted through the Office of Academic Affairs advising office.
Previous advising reports can also be found in Campus Connect.
Join our virtual drop-in advising Zoom call
All COSSPP advising services will be available via a moderated open Zoom call. Due to time and space constraints, there are no in person drop-ins or scheduled appointments.
- Join at https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98152034131
- Sign in to speak with an advisor from 8:30 am – 11:30 am ET and 1:00-3:30 pm ET each day.
- You must be signed into Zoom through your FSU account to access the call. See the “Authentication issues” section on our Drop/Add information page for assistance.
- There may be an extended wait time before being admitted to the drop/add Zoom call depending on how many students are in line.
Who is my advisor?
All advising for majors, graduation, progress checks, and final graduation clearances for COSSPP students is conducted through the Office of Academic Affairs.
While students may consult other faculty and staff in the College for information about their major, they should not rely solely on information sources outside our office (including FSU faculty and staff, family, or friends) to confirm any remaining degree requirements and graduation timeline.
Days with limited advisor availability
Due to New Student Orientation advising throughout the week, there may be very limited advising availability at the following days and times. Students are strongly encouraged to speak with an advisor outside of those time frames.
- Tuesday, June 24, all afternoon
- Thursday, June 26, all morning and into early afternoon
- Friday, June 27, all morning and into early afternoon
Holds Preventing Registration
Click on the hold and read the description to see how it can be lifted. Academic advisors cannot lift holds from other departments/offices on campus.
- The SS Progress Check Ready Note does not block registration.
- The Summer Waiver Requirement to-do item does not prevent registration, but should be completed and submitted with an justification (e.g. “Additional summer coursework will delay my graduation timeline.”)
- The University Academic Progress hold is cleared by the student – follow the instructions in the hold details.
- Questions about Mapping holds from the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy should be sent to COSS-admissions-mapping@fsu.edu or you can attend the advising zoom call above.
Changing Your Major
To change your major into the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy (see the list of COSSPP majors) you must meet with a COSSPP academic advisor and be on track for the major. Being on track includes registering for needed courses.
To change to a major in another college, you must speak with an advisor for that program.
COSSPP Major Course Lists
Course lists of majors in our college are found on the course lists page of our website.
Late applying for Graduation
The Summer 2025 graduation application through Student Center was open May 19-30, 2025.
Your must apply for graduation during the open application period regardless of which summer session (A, B, or C) in which you take classes.
If you did not apply during the open application period, you must meet with a COSSPP academic advisor to first verify you are on track to graduate this semester. The advisor will initiate and you will need to sign the undergraduate late add to graduation form through DocuSign.
To apply, you must at minimum be on track to have 120 earned, unduplicated credit hours at the end of Summer 2025.
Course Drop, Withdrawal, and Academic Reinstatement Petitions
Students seeking retroactive course drops or semester withdrawals must first submit a petition through our online petition form.