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Why is academic
advising important?
At Millsaps College, sound advising of students about their academic
program is an integral part of our educational mission. While it
is ultimately the responsibility of each student to fulfill all
of the requirements necessary to the completion of the chosen major
or minor, the College has a responsibility to make available appropriate
assistance in course selection, in choice of major or minor subjects,
and in selecting any collateral preparation needed to enhance a
student's professional and personal potentials. Academic
advisors are mentors to their students, helping them to understand
the value of academic planning not only as a means of fulfilling
degree requirements, but also in the context of setting personal,
professional, and intellectual goals and bringing them to fruition.
Academic planning is a natural part of the liberal arts education,
empowering and enabling students to take responsibility for shaping
their own lives.
Responsibilities
of Students:
- Make timely
appointments with your advisor and keep them.
- Read and
use the information in the College
Catalog, Major
Facts, and communications from the Office of Records.
- Work with
your advisor to define your academic plan and future goals.
- Use other
services on campus such as counseling
or the Career
Center when recommended by your advisor.
- Track your
own progress in class and toward your academic goals.
- Ask your
advisor questions about majors, campus services, and professors.
- Prepare for
pre-registration meetings by studying published descriptions of
requirements, course options, and class schedules.
- Make decisions
based on accurate, verifiable information and take responsibility
for your decisions. The ultimate responsibility for meeting academic
requirements of the College belongs to you, the student.
Responsibilities
of Advisors:
- Develop a
working relationship with the student through trust, listening,
and communication.
- Assist students
in defining their academic and future goals.
- Help students
develop a schedule that serves their needs and interests.
- Encourage
your students to identify and commit to a major program of study.
- Provide
accurate information about degrees, majors, departments, and pre-professional
programs.
- When necessary,
refer students to the counselor, chaplain, or other services for
personal concerns outside the realm of academics and career preparation.
- Refer students
to other academic and career support services and activities on
campus as needed.
- Review course
changes and other academic transactions requiring an advisor's
signature and recommend appropriate action as required.
- Monitor
the student's progress in classes and toward goals.
- Help students
to investigate possible links between their academic work and
future plans.
- Allow students
to make decisions and thus have ownership of the choice.
- Keep accurate
and complete records of all students advised.
The Student
Academic Responsibility Pledge:
To emphasize the importance
of each individual's responsibility for his or her academic program,
all incoming students read, discuss and sign the following pledge
in the first meeting with their advisor during Orientation in the
fall.:
I fully acknowledge my responsibility for completing all College
degree, and major field requirements.
I affirm my responsibilities to
- decide upon
and declare a major course of study as early as possible.
- be familiar
with policies pertaining to my academic major as presented in
the Catalog.
- make and
keep regular appointments with my advisor, for which I am well-prepared.
- inform my
advisor of situations that cause me to deviate from my curricular
plan.
- seek out
faculty and staff who can assist me with academic and career planning
when needed.
- read my e-mail
and check my post office box on a regular basis.
- constantly
evaluate my interests, strengths, and weaknesses, and adjust my
plans accordingly.
- be
an engaged student while at the College.
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