Academic Advising

All students are assigned an advisor when they matriculate. Major departments and programs assign faculty to first year students who have declared a major in that area. Undeclared students are paired with faculty from the College.

All students in the sophomore, junior and senior years are assigned faculty advisors by the chair of the department in which they have their major. All freshmen enrolled in the College of Arts and Science are required to meet with their academic advisor at least twice in each semester: first, to obtain a copy of their midterm grades and second, shortly before pre-registration time for the coming semester. During this second meeting freshmen are to discuss with their academic advisor the courses to be selected for the coming semester. After this discussion the advisor will give the advisee a personal identification number to be used for pre-registration on-line. Freshmen are encouraged to meet with their academic advisor as often as they have concerns, academic or personal, that need to be addressed.