Advising System

All entering students are assigned faculty advisors who help them plan a program of study. First-year students are assigned to members of the First-Year Advising Team. Transfer students are assigned, if possible, to advisors in their major field of study.

Faculty advisors will assist students in selecting appropriate courses and in exploring major fields, graduate study and career opportunities. Advisors will also monitor students’ progress toward completing general education requirements and major and/or minor field requirements. Although advisors assist students with academic planning, students are responsible for determining their own goals and for completion of all degree requirements that were in effect at the time of their initial enrollment.

Students who decline to accept appropriate academic advice from their advisors may be required to sign a form waiving their advisors’ responsibility for students’ academic programs. This form is available in Student Administrative Services.