Office of Academic Advisement | Academic Advisement
What is Academic Advisement?
Academic Advising is an opportunity to exchange information designed to help students reach their educational and career goals. Advising is a shared responsibility between an adviser and the student. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the student to make decisions about his/her life goals by creating a plan to reach those goals.
Academic advisers can assist in this process by helping the student understand options, determine resources and, when necessary, identify alternatives.
While students are urged to keep parents and guardians informed of plans and progress, the advising relationship uniquely is between the academic adviser and the student.
Just like you have a syllabus in a course, the Office of Academic Services provides an advising syllabus which will help you understand the academic advising process and your responsibility within that process.
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All NCAS and UC-Newark Undergraduate students are assigned an Academic Advisor. Students are expected to meet with their assigned advisor at least once per academic year to ensure that they are completing all academic requirements and making satisfactory progress towards completion of degree.
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Students are encouraged to meet with an advisor once a semester to discuss interests and long term plans. Students have the ability to make and manage their academic advisement appointments with RU-N 4 Success or the Navigate Student App. Please login to either platform to schedule an appointment with your academic adviser. Your meeting will be 30 minutes in length, so arrive to your appointment prepared. In order for your appointment to be productive:
1. Be on time. Please leave adequate travel time as you may have to reschedule if you are late.
2. During pre-registration have a list of proposed courses for the next semester, with alternatives.
3. Arrive with questions for discussion. Your advisor can assist you with:
- Advice on course registration, core curriculum, majors, and/or minors.
- Discussing your academic progress this semester.
- Planning a reasonable graduation date.
- Reviewing any questions about academic policy and processes.
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Advisors are available for virtual drop-in sessions Monday-Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm unless the University is closed. If the advisor you meet with finds your questions require more time, they will recommend you schedule an appointment with your assigned advisor for a later date and time.
Click here to access our virtual office on Zoom (passcode: SASN).
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As an NCAS or UC-N student, you have an advisor in our office as well as in your major/second concentration department. If you require advising specific to your major/second concentration, you must contact that department directly.