Undergraduate Academic Advising

You can schedule an appointment with your advisor via Patriot Connect (connect.gmu.edu). Use it for appointment scheduling and to get easy access to select student support services like academic advising, student success coaching, and learning services. You can use Patriot Connect to:  

• Find your Success Team and access student support services—Connect with your assigned academic advisor, student success coach, program coordinator, and/or access support services, like learning services. 
• Schedule appointments—View available time slots and book with your Success Team or support services.  
• Access appointment notes and complete tasks—Review a running record of meeting notes captured by your advisors and support staff and complete any assigned tasks, such as scheduling and completing your referral appointments.

This service is only available to current Mason students. Appointments are available both in person and via Zoom. Appointments are available:

• Monday and Thursday from 9:30 am - 7:00 pm
• Tuesday from 9:30 am - 11:30 am and 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Wednesday and Friday from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 

If you will be participating in a virtual advising session:  

Because you will need to access your Degree Audit and may need to share screens during your appointment, we highly recommend using a laptop or desktop computer. We also recommend using headphones if you are not able to attend the meeting from a private place. Due to safety and privacy, meetings will be ended if you attempt to connect:

• While you are in class, actively working, or in another meeting 
• While you are driving or traveling 
• If you are in a public space or otherwise preoccupied.  

No appointment is needed for drop-in advising sessions. For Summer 2025, drop-ins are available both in-person in Enterprise Hall suite 008 and via Zoom (Mason Login Required).

Available drop-in hours are as follows (unless otherwise indicated):   

• Monday and Thursday from 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm  

Additional drop-in advising may become available during peak registration days.  To see any changes or additions to the drop-in schedule, please see the banners at the top of this page.

If you will be participating in a virtual advising session: 

Virtual drop-in advising sessions Meetings are conducted through Zoom and should be between you and an advisor. Because you will need to access your degree audit system and may need to share screens during your appointment, we highly recommend using a laptop or desktop computer. We also recommend using headphones if you are not able to attend the meeting from a private place. Due to safety and privacy, meetings will be ended if you attempt to connect  

• While you are in class, actively working, or in another meeting  
• While you are driving or traveling  
• If you are in a public space or otherwise preoccupied.  

Use this link to connect to the Costello College of Business Undergraduate Advising page in Canvas. Then click ZOOM on the left side of that page. If you are asked to sign in, use the SSO option with your George Mason University netid and password.   

If you are not able to access the zoom space, we are likely not hosting drop-in advising at that time.  You can find any drop-in schedule changes at the top of this Undergraduate Academic Advising page.  

Connect to the Virtual Drop-In Session 

If a class is closed or full, you will need to register for another open section or place yourself on the waitlist. Costello College of Business faculty members cannot grant permission or issue overrides for students to register for a closed class. 

If it is your last class in your last semester, please visit our Policies and Procedures page about our Force Add policy. 

This means you are missing a C or higher in a required course before you can take the one you are trying to register for, or you have not earned the credits needed for the class standing requirement. This is called a prerequisite. If you are registered for a Costello College of Business class without meeting the required prerequisites by the time the semester starts, you will be dropped from the class. If you already have credit for required prerequisites but are still getting the error, please email masonbus@gmu.edu.

Common Prerequisites:

• ACCT 303 and FNAN 303 = You MUST complete MATH 108, ACCT 203, and BUS 210 prior to these courses and have at least 30 EARNED credits prior to registering for these courses.
• BUS 303 = You MUST complete BUS 103 and have at least 30 EARNED credits prior to registering for this course. If you have a waiver for BUS 103, please contact your academic advisor to receive a registration override.
• BUS 310 = You MUST complete BUS 210 prior to this course. 
• MGMT 303, MKTG 303, MIS 303, BULE 303 = You MUST have at least 30 EARNED credits prior to registering for these courses.
• ENGH 302 = You MUST complete ENGH 100/101 and Literature prior to taking this course.

No. Prerequisites are established and voted on by faculty, they are also in the catalog. The Costello College of Business does not waive prerequisites. 

The Admissions office may not have your final transcript yet or they have not evaluated the course yet. You can find more information on transfer credits here: https://go.gmu.edu/1m90. If you feel credits are not being counted, please email masonbus@gmu.edu.

This error code means you are trying to register for a course that is part of the Costello College of Business three attempt termination policy. Once a student is in a second attempt and they need to register for the third and final attempt, they must meet with an academic advisor before registering for the course. Information on the Costello College of Business termination policy may be found under the “Termination from Major” section here: https://go.gmu.edu/2r0o.

BUS 498 Capstone course is reserved for graduating seniors. The student must have completed 90 graded credit hours for registration and a C or higher in ACCT 303, BULE 303, BUS 303, BUS 310, FNAN 303, MGMT 303, MIS 303, MKTG 303, and OSCM 303. If you do not currently have 90 graded credits, you will need to wait until final grades for current courses are posted to register or place yourself on the waitlist. There are no overrides for earned credits.

If all sections of a class are full, you may put yourself on a waitlist. Putting yourself on the waitlist allows us to know how many students need a course and if we should open a new section. If another section is available and open, the student will need to register for that section – citing work or other personal conflicts is not a reason to be force-added into a closed section. If the course is still closed prior to the first week of class and the student has an active graduation intent on file for that semester they may e-mail busreqst@gmu.edu and request a review for a force-add, however force-add approvals are not guaranteed. Additional information regarding this policy can be found in the “Force-Add” section here: https://go.gmu.edu/4rvw

You will get this error if a lecture recquires a recitation! if a lecture requires a recitation you must register for both at the same time. Recitations are required components of the course. Here are the steps to register for a linked course: https://go.gmu.edu/epmo

If you are unable to register for ENGH 302 due to the three-attempt policy or prerequisite error you will need to contact Dr. Wooten at cwooten3@gmu.edu in the English Department. Freshman are not eligible to enroll in ENGH 302.

The Costello College of Business requires a C or higher in most courses and a B- in some courses. A grade of "C-" or lower in a Costello College of Business course will not count and the student will need to repeat the course.

You may be trying to register for a section of the course that is reserved for a Learning Community. Only students within that community can register for those sections, so you will need to register for a different section of that class.