Your advisor can help you learn the rules and requirements for graduation. Learn everything you can about the requirements of your degree program. It is helpful to keep an updated and organized file folder containing all of your advising and degree program information. Your advisor can help you explore problems, seek solutions and also refer you to other valuable sources of information and assistance across the campus and community. It is also helpful to prepare a tentative list of courses which you would like to take and jot down any questions that you want to ask.
Different majors have different course and semester hour requirements.