Frequently Asked Questions

Wilson Business provides two types of advising assistance to business majors - faculty advising and professional advising. All business students are assigned a faculty advisor from their major department. The faculty advisor provides career information and information regarding the major.

The Wilson Business professional advisors, located in CBB 5, provide more curricular and technical advising assistance. Professional advisors help business majors develop individual academic plans of study, provide assistance during registration and scheduling, change, add, drop business major(s), and minor(s). Your advisors display on your Student Center in the Advisor box. Professional Academic Advisors information.

You can set up an appointment with a Wilson Business professional advisor online or by contacting our office at 319-273-2144. You can also stop by the Office for Professional Distinction in CBB 5 to schedule an appointment.

A Student Request form must be completed to request an exception to University or College policy. Students should review the Student Request form to understand the specific policies and how to get the exception approved. Please work with your Academic Advisor to submit the form.

For information on Academic Alert and Academic Probation visit the Registrar's Office.

Your registration date displays on your Student Center in the Enrollment Dates box. Click the details link for more information, such as the specific time and date you are eligible to register.

For information on registering for classes visit the Registrar's Office.

For information on the shopping cart visit the Registrar's Office and look for the bullet points labeled "Shopping Cart" and "Enroll"

If the desired section of a course a student needs is closed, the student should self-register for any open section of the course. Students should place the desired section of the course in their shopping cart, and monitor it daily to see if any seats in the course become available. If seats in a desired section of a course open, students may swap themselves out of their currently registered section, and into the desired section of the course.

If all sections of the course are full, and the course must be taken during the upcoming semester, students should fill out an Add/Drop form, and gain approval from the instructor of the course, and head of the department in which the course is offered, and return the approved Add/Drop Slip to the OPD for processing.

There are a number of reasons you might be having issues enrolling. You may have a hold on your student record, you may not have fulfilled the pre-requisites for the course, or it is a course section designated for non-business majors. Students should clear any holds on their student center prior to registration. To find out information about course pre-requisites or designations, students can click on the class description in the class search.

An Add/Drop slip is a form used to enroll students into a course after it has been closed. Students should self-register for open courses when possible. If there is an extenuating circumstance in which a student can only take a closed course, the student should get an Add/Drop slip signed by the instructor of the course and the head of the department of which the course is offered.

Departments will determine the number of students allowed into courses, therefore approval into a closed section of a course may not be guaranteed. Students should be aware of specific dates set by the Office of the Registrar for registration policies.

If you are dropping a class after it has started, you need to go to the Registrar's Office in Gilchrist Hall to drop in person.  This will be a W grade after the first two weeks of classes up to the middle of the semester.  Please refer to the Registrar's Office calendar for the exact date each semester.

Students wishing to take more than 18 credit hours during a semester must complete a Student Request form. Students should provide justification as to why this would be beneficial, and why they believe the request should be granted. This form should be signed by the head of the department of the student's major, and by a Wilson Business Advisor. If the Student Request form is approved, the document should be sent to the Office of the Registrar for processing.

To transfer a course to UNI, students should request an official transcript sent to UNI Admissions. To ensure the course will transfer as a direct equivalent to a course at UNI, students should consult the transfer equivalency page. Please consult an advisor before you register for a class to verify the class will transfer.

View the transfer equivalency website, or: go to uni.edu, type "transfer equivalency" into the search bar, and choose the top option.

A 2.20 UNI Cumulative GPA and a 2.20 Major GPA, UNI (this includes all business classes taken at UNI) are needed to graduate with a Wilson Business major.

Wilson Business students should review their academic requirements report to verify graduation eligibility. Students should email the Record Analyst for Wilson Business in the Office of the Registrar for an official graduation check the semester before applying to graduate. Please make an appointment during Senior Graduation Check Week with an advisor.

In order to walk at the Spring Commencement Ceremony you will need to fill out a "Commencement Reply" for the Spring Commencement, but fill out the "Application for Graduation" for the Summer Graduation.  For more details visit the Registrar. Follow the step-by-step guides for locating and filling out the forms click on the respective links under the sections labeled "Commencement Reply" and the "Application for Graduation".

Please note the dates to have the forms completed by.

In order to graduate you must complete a "Commencement Reply" as well as a "Application for Graduation" for the semester in which you plan to graduate.  For more details visit Registrar and click on the semester in which you will be graduating.  Then follow the step-by-step guides for locating and filling out the forms click on the respective links under the sections labeled "Commencement Reply" and the "Application for Graduation"

Please note the dates to have the forms completed by.

Typically, Wilson Business courses are not offered online. There may be select courses that are offered online variably. You may check the schedule of classes each semester to determine if any courses are offered online.

Students unsure of which specific business major they'd like to pursue are encouraged to explore their interest in each major. Click here to view the requirements of each business degree.

Students are also encouraged to speak with a Wilson Business advisor or front desk staff if they have additional questions regarding business majors.

To find more information about potential career options, please visit the Wilson Business website specific to each business major. Look under Academics>Majors, Minors, & Certificates.

Not all Wilson Business majors require an internship experience. However, internships are highly suggested for Wilson Business students. Students interested in participating in an internship should contact a Career Services representative located in the Wilson Business office at CBB 5. Click here for more information about internships.