Advisement

ADVISEMENT PROCESS

During the course of a given semester, students are encouraged to meet frequently with their faculty advisor and/or their program director (e.g.,HEOP, Academic Access) to discuss their progress towards the fulfillment of degree requirements and to explore opportunities for internships and other career-related matters. In addition, prior to the registration period, students are specifically invited to make an appointment with their faculty advisor to discuss their course schedule for the upcoming semester. Such advisement sessions are normally conducted on one of two Advisement Days, specially reserved for one-on-one meetings between students and faculty advisors. On these Advisement Days, no classes are scheduled, allowing students and faculty the freedom to meet at a mutually suitable time.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

Notwithstanding such support from qualified faculty advisors, students are expected to increasingly assume full responsibility for their own educational decisions. Student Success Advising is therefore a working partnership between the student and his/her faculty advisor, in which the advisor, who is fully grounded in the academic requirements, helps to bring clarity and logic to the student’s choices.

Working in concert with the academic advisors in the Office of Student Success Advising, faculty advisors are expected to assist students in making the best academic decisions from selecting a major to dropping a course. Equally, students are expected to work closely with their advisors to gain a clear understanding of all their degree requirements, and to make appropriate choices in order to ensure efficient completion of their degree programs.

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