Introduction
The Early Alerts Program is a program that allows faculty to enter alerts for students receiving a D/F/U in their courses for first-year seminars in Week 3 and for other courses beginning in Week 4 of each term. Early Alerts uses iAlert, a component of iAdvise, which is UIC's online platform to help students succeed by streamlining communication and integrating the advising community.
Alert information is provided to students so that they can take action to succeed. Alerts are provided to advisors so that they may intervene with the student and assist the student in navigating through issues earlier in the term so that students can improve their performance in the course.
Early Alerts is administered in a select number of 000, 100, and 200-level courses.
Instructors can elect to participate in Early Alerts by contacting the staff of OAD at oad@uic.edu.
The courses for which alerts are currently required are:
First-Year Seminars
AHS 100
AHS 101
BA 101
BIOS 102
DHD 100
DLG 120
ED 151
ENGR 100
EPSY 150
HIM 101
HN 100
HON 101
ISA 100
KN 100
LAS 110
PUBH 105
UPA 120
UPA 121
Business Core Courses
ACTG 210 and ACTG 211
BA 200
FIN 300
IDS 200, IDS 270, and IDS 355
MGMT 340, MGMT 350
MKTG 360
First-Year Writing Program
ENGL 150
ENGL 151
ENGL 159
ENGL 160
ENGL 161
Foreign Language Courses
CHIN 101 – CHIN 104
FR 101 – FR 104
GER 101 – GER 104
ITAL 101 – ITAL 104
JPN 101 – JPN 104
KOR 101 – KOR 104
LING 150, 160, and 170
POL 101 – POL 104
RUSS 101 – RUSS 104
SPAN 101 – 104
SPAN 113 and SPAN 114
Chemistry, Physics, Math, Kinesiology (Anatomy and Physiology), Nutrition
CHEM 101, CHEM 115, CHEM 122, CHEM 124, and CHEM 232
HN 202, KN 230 — KN 233, KN 251-254, KN 350, and KN 351
MATH 090, MATH 105, MATH 110, MATH 121, MATH 125, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 160, MATH 165, MATH 170, MATH 180, MATH 181, MATH 210, MATH 220, STAT 101, and STAT 130
PHYS 141 and PHYS 142
Alerts Schedule
First-Year Seminar Alerts in AHS 100, AHS 101, BA 101, BIOS 102, DHD 100, DLG 120, ED 151, EPSY 150, HIM 101, HN100, HON 101, ISA 100, KN 100, LAS 110, PUBH 105, UPA 120, UPA 121 will be entered in week 3. ENGR 100 will enter alerts during week 3 and during week 10 for students in appropriate sections.
First-Year Writing Program Alerts (ENGL 150 – ENGL 161) and Foreign Language Alerts are entered starting in Week 4 of each term and must be entered by the Monday of Week 5. Alerts are now sent through iAlert in real time to students and advisors. Once completed, alerts reports are sent to advising administrators.
For specific courses, such as PHYS 141, PHYS 142, MATH 090, MATH 105, MATH 110, MATH 121, MATH 125, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 160, MATH 165, MATH 170, MATH 180, MATH 181, MATH 210, MATH 220, STAT 101, STAT 130, CHEM 101, CHEM 115, CHEM 122, CHEM 124, and CHEM 232, alerts are actually administered based upon the results of the first examination in those courses and are sent to students and advisors in Week 4 through 8 based upon the scheduling of the first assignment, major assessment, quiz or examination.
Our Information for Faculty page provides links to entering alerts and more extensive downloadable information regarding how to enter alerts, the purpose of alerts, and the timeline for intervention.
Information for Advisors is available and provides information on the purpose of alerts, information on how instructors enter alerts, and what to expect once alerts are processed and sent to advisors.