Students may also receive academic advising at the Academic Advising Center in Sage Hall. As the careet and academic plans of the student evolve, he or she may select an advisor whose interests and specializations are consistent with the student's goals. Fort Lewis believes deeply in the importance of academic advising and encourages all students to make liberal use of the opportunity to meet and confer with their academic advisors. The normal student load in a given trimester is 16 semester credits. Students should plan to spend a minimum of two hours of outside preparation per week for every credit carried during the fall and winter trimesters.
Various agencies have different regulations for full-time loads during the three summer sessions.
Full-time load for enrollment certification will vary depending on the agency concerned. Once a student has registered and confirmed a given set of courses, records are established and no courses are dropped from or added to the student's official registration except on forms provided by the Records Office. Dates, fees and other details are published in the Schedule of Courses for each term. As of 4 p.m. on the Census Day for any trimester or five-week summer session, all courses for which a student has registered will appear on the student's permanent academic record. Up through this date, all courses dropped from a student's registration will not appear on the student's permanent academic record.