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Student and Advisor Responsibilities
Students in the college are expected to assume responsibility for planning their academic program in conjunction with their academic advisor and in accordance with college rules and policies and with departmental major requirements. Any questions concerning these provisions are to be directed to the student's academic advisor or to the Academic Advising Center in Woodbury 109.
The college cannot assume responsibility for problems resulting from students failing to follow the policies stated in the catalog or from incorrect advice given by someone other than an appropriate staff member of the college.
All new students are required to attend a special orientation, advising, and registration program on campus before enrolling. Academic advisors are assigned at that time.
What a Primary Advisor Helps You With
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Review your academic records and any MAPS deficiencies.
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Review degree requirements. Students are responsible for knowing degree requirements.
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Review transfer credit issues.
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Discuss your goals and interests and develop a strategy for achieving your academic and future career goals.
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Discuss courses for upcoming semester. Student should come prepared with a list of potential courses.
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To discuss your progress and performance.
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To discuss academic difficulties, how to prepare for final exams, etc.
Remember that your Primary Advisor has several hundred students and therefore it is necessary for you to plan ahead and schedule your appointment in advance of your deadlines (to register, etc.).
Advising
Academic advising is an integral part of undergraduate education. The goal of all academic advising is to help students make responsible decisions as they develop educational plans compatible with their potential and with their career and life goals. Advising is more than the sharing of information about academic courses and programs; it includes encouraging students to formulate important questions about the nature and direction of their education and working with them to find answers to those questions. Advisors confer with students about alternative course schedules and other educational experiences, but students themselves are responsible for selecting the content of their academic program and making progress toward an academic degree.
As students progress through their academic program, their questions and concerns change. CU-Boulder offers a system of faculty and professional academic advisors to address these ongoing and multifaceted concerns.
Academic advisors assist students in clarifying their interests, values, and goals and help students relate these to academic programs and educational opportunities. As students work with their advisors, the advisors help students develop a coherent and balanced program of study that fulfills graduation requirements and assists students in identifying and integrating into their programs educational experiences outside the classroom that enhance their personal, intellectual, and professional development. Academic advisors also assist students in understanding academic policies, requirements, procedures, and deadlines.
The Academic Advising Center provides comprehensive advising services to students who are undecided about their major or are thinking of changing major to another CU-Boulder college or school. Open option majors are assigned primary advisors in the Advising Center who are familiar with the courses and degree requirements for all majors offered at CU-Boulder and who assist students in exploring all of the degree programs related to the students' interests. While students are exploring majors, open option advisors assist students in designing programs of study that meet graduation requirements while providing them with the academic flexibility to pursue whichever degree program they ultimately choose. Open option students general advising questions may call the Academic Advising Center at 303.492.7885.
The Advising Center also provides preprofessional advising for all students who are preparing to pursue the study of medicine, law, or other professional fields. Students may call the Preprofessional Advising Office at 303.735.3000.
Students are referred to college, school, and departmental advising materials for specific details on their advising programs. Within the advising system on the Boulder campus, both students and advisors have responsibilities.
Working With Your Advisor
The relationship between you and your advisor is one of shared responsibility. Though you are ultimately responsible for the choices you make in college, we realize that in order to make informed decisions, you need the mentoring and advice of academic advisors and others in the University community. Your primary advisor is your primary resource regarding academic issues, opportunities, and programs. If you keep him/her informed about your interests, progress, concerns, and decisions, your advisor can assist you in researching academic programs and opportunities and in making your own decisions.
Advisor Responsibilities
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To clarify university policies, regulations, programs, and procedures about which you may have questions.
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To be available to meet with you each semester - if you respond promptly to your advisor's invitations to schedule meetings.
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To help you to explore your interests, abilities, and goals and to relate them to academic majors.
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To offer advice on selecting courses and to assist you in developing an academic plan that satisfies degree requirements.
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To be knowledgeable about career opportunities and to refer you to Career Services as needed.
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To be a responsive listener and to refer you to appropriate support services within the university when needed.
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To discuss with you your academic performance and the implications of your performance for the undergraduate programs, graduate programs and professional programs you desire to pursue.
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To offer you the opportunity to participate in a mentoring relationship which will help you to become more independent and self-directed.
Student Responsibilities
Advisors can help you understand fully all of your options and avoid needless mistakes, but only if you take the initiative to seek their advice. Your responsibilities in the advising relationship are:
- To seek sources of information which will assist you in making academic/career decisions.
- To keep your advisor informed about changes in your academic progress, course selection, and academic/career goals.
- To be familiar with the requirements of the major(s) which you are pursuing, and to schedule courses each semester in accordance with those requirements.
- To be aware of the prerequisites for each course that you include in your semester schedule and to discuss with your advisor how prerequisites will affect the sequencing of your courses.
- To follow university procedures for registering courses and for making adjustments to your class schedule.
- To observe academic deadlines.
- To carefully review each course syllabus, noting rules, regulations, and policies for each class.
- To participate fully in the courses for which you are registered by completing assignments on time and attending class.
- To understand the information provided to you by the university, including your grade reports and degree audits; and to know what to do in case you have a missing grade or one that you think may be incorrect.
- To understand academic performance standards, academic probation, academic dismissal, and to know GPA requirements.
- To change your address on the PLUS system whenever your address changes and to read your university mail, including e-mail.
- To inform your advisor or the Dean's Office immediately whenever a serious problem (medical, financial, personal) disrupts your ability to attend classes or interferes with your ability to focus on your education and to perform your best work.
- To organize official university documents (Undergraduate Catalog, Schedule of Classes, Degree Audits, etc.) in a way that enables you to access them when needed. If you misplace your copy, they are available through the CU-Boulder Homepage and/or CU-Connect system.
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