Each student in the School of Humanities and Sciences is assigned an academic adviser. In addition to the help provided by individual advisers, assistance is available from the Academic Counselor in the H&S Advising Office, Muller 220. After seeking help from your own advisers, students are welcome to bring questions to the Advising Office staff and the Exploratory Program Office in Muller 220 or phone 607-274-1375.
ADVISER RESPONSIBILITIES:
A meeting at the beginning of the year to get acquainted.
Availability during posted office hours and the opportunity for individual appointments.
Assistance in helping advisees find academic information, including information on majors, minors, general education requirements, and other academic policies, procedures, and deadlines.
Referrals to appropriate people and offices if he or she cannot provide the necessary assistance.
A meeting each semester, prior to course registration, to help with course selection and academic planning, and to approve your academic schedule for the next term.
Assistance in understanding the purposes of academic requirements and their relationship to a liberal arts education and career plans.
Assistance in helping you to learn how to make academic decisions, how to discover the range of options available to you, and how to think through the consequences of choices.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Accept responsibility for making your own decisions. (Your adviser will provide advice, not make your decisions.)
Come prepared for appointments. During the advising period for registration, come with:
After the initial appointment, YOU must initiate contact with your adviser.
Contact your adviser to schedule appointments. If not possible, make an appointment by seeing your adviser before or after a class (see the department administrative assistant for your adviser’s class schedule).
Come to appointments on time and cancel appointments if you cannot attend.
Make an appointment to discuss mid-term grades, if necessary.
Discuss important decisions or questions about your education (e.g., choice of major, change of major, change of school) well before the registration period.
Follow through on referrals made by your adviser (e.g., a visit to the Office of Career Services) and be willing to discuss suggestions made by your adviser.
Understand that your adviser is advising a number of students for whom different regulations apply. Therefore, you are ultimately responsible for knowing the academic regulations and requirements that apply to you. Refer to the Ithaca College Undergraduate Catalog for this information and use CAPP (the College’s degree audit software) to monitor your progress toward completion of your degree. CAPP is available to you through your HomerConnect account, where the link is called "Degree Evaluation."
Statement of Responsibilities for Advisers and Advisees