As an admitted student, your academic advisors are your cheerleaders and coaches during your academic journey. They will review your degree plan with you and help you select the right courses that keep you on track for graduation.
Undergraduate Online Academic Advisors
Get in touch with your academic advisor to prepare for class registration once you complete your New Student Orientation.
Graduate Online Advising
Our Online Graduate team will connect you with your program director to prepare for class registration.
Additional Guidance and Support
Your new student orientation will help acclimate you to the online learning environment at UTSA, provide you an overview of the services you’ll receive from your academic advisors, and inform you about important things to know about your major. All new students must complete this orientation prior to registering for classes.
At the end of the orientation, you’ll be given the ability to make an appointment with your academic advisor.
After you’ve been admitted to UTSA Online, you can sign up for Orientation through your myUTSA Account by clicking on the “Future Roadrunner” tab.
Obtain your UTSACard online and receive it in the mail. Please read the UTSACard policy and follow the instructions listed under “Online Instructions” on the Campus Services website.
Obtain your UTSACard OnlineGet 24/7 access to journals, e-books, streaming media, and more. Live chat with librarians for help.
Visit Online Library Services
Learn how to find your subject librarian, use the live chat, and how to start quick searching with this Library 101 guide.
Visit Online Library ServicesTutoring Services
You can take advantage of tutoring in multiple subjects like Math, Science, English and Writing, and major-specific courses. Check out our Tomás Rivera Tutoring Center and our Writing Center.
Pear Deck Tutor (Formerly TutorMe)
Pear Deck Tutor is your pathway to on-demand, individualized learning support – available whenever and wherever you need it. Hundreds of thousands of students just like you have already woven Pear Deck Tutor and the Pear Deck Tutor Writing Lab into their academic routines and habits. Here’s what they love the most:
- Tutors with the experience specific to your classes
- Live tutoring with collaborative tools in a convenient virtual environment
- Feedback on your papers before you turn them in
Student Success includes a network of resources, programs, and services designed to help students succeed at UTSA Online and beyond. Visit the Student Success web page to access these resources.
The UTSA Career Center offers online students access to multiple services!
- Log in to Handshake to connect with resources, schedule appointments, find events, and jobs
- Take the Career Explorer Assessment
- VMock provides you with instantaneous feedback on your resume
- CareerShift lets you find job opportunities from across the nation
- Interview Stream allows you to practice your interview skills from the comfort of your home.
Internships are very important to gain workforce experience in your field. You can find different types of internships at the University Career Center website.
Explore More InternshipsParticipating in a club or organization will give you the opportunity and framework to discover, build, and develop skills needed for your after-college choices, whether it be graduate school, service or work. Learn more about why you should join a student organization and how to join.
UTSA Clubs & OrganizationsMental Health Resources
If you or someone you know needs help now, call 911. Notify the operator there is a mental health emergency and ask for trained officers in crisis intervention. Here are more free mental health resources available to everyone:
TimelyCare, a Texas-based provider of virtual health and well-being resources in higher education, is available to ALL UTSA Students, including 100% online students through their mobile app (available on iPhone and Android)
The TimelyCare app provides students with access to 24/7 virtual health and well-being support. Services offered through the new program include:
- On-demand mental health and emotional support
- Scheduled mental health counseling sessions
- Health coaching
- Psychiatry services (by referral)
- Guided self-care content
- Access to free or reduced-cost community resources
If you’re in crisis and need to talk to someone, the Crisis Text Line is available 24/7 via Text and WhatsApp.
Text HOME to 741741.
Visit the Crisis Text Line WebsiteOpen Counseling is a website that provides a list of the free telephone counseling hotlines and warm lines in the United States including:
- Suicide and Crisis Lines
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Grief Support
- LGBTQ Hotlines
- Mental Health Conditions and Family Support
- Sexual Health and Pregnancy
- Specific Disorders
- State Crisis Lines
- State Warm Lines
- Trauma Survivors
- Youth and Parenting
The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer support service providing information, resource referrals, and support to individuals living with a mental health condition(s), as well as families and caregivers.
You can contact them Monday through Friday from 9 am – 9 pm CST
800-950-NAMI (6264) | info@nami.org