Accessing BOA
Who has BOA access?
All undergraduate academic advisors (major advisors and college advisors) as well as non-advisor users of CalCentral/SIS Advising Notes are automatically granted BOA access. Full BOA access, including the ability to create and view advising notes, is limited to staff with the SIS Co-Curricular Advisor or Curricular Advisor role. Users with Advisor View access can access BOA, but do not have access to advising notes.
SIS/BOA advising tool access can be requested at: https://sis.berkeley.edu/system-access by selecting the appropriate role in the “Academic Advisor” section. BOA access is automatically updated nightly to add or remove users as needed.
If you cannot log in to BOA and expect to have access, please email boahelp@berkeley.edu for assistance.
Searching in BOA
The BOA search field also allows you to look up individual students, courses courses, and the text of advising notes.
You can click ☰ (the three-line icon to the right of the Search button) to restrict your search to student name/SID, classes, and/or advising notes.