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Undergraduate Advising Handbook 
Advising
Best Practices for Academic Advising
Good advising is a collaborative effort between advisee and advisor.
Students are ultimately responsible for their academic and personal success. The following guidelines help ensure that students achieve to the best of their abilities.
- Acquire the information needed to assume final responsibility
for course scheduling, program planning, and the successful
completion of all graduation requirements.
- Obtain a list of the graduation requirements and standards for the chosen
major(s) from the advisor and use it.
- Meet with academic advisor at least once per semester well
in advance of next semester's course registration period to
plan a suitable schedule of classes for that semester.
- Self-monitor progress toward fulfilling degree requirements.
- Seek help before a situation becomes a crisis.
- Know the advisor's office hours.
- Inform the advisor of changes in plans which directly affect
academic performance and educational goals.
- Be familiar with the relevant academic and administrative
policies, procedures, and rules of the college and academic
program.
- Follow up on referrals made by the advisor.
- Consults regularly with academic advisor to monitor progress
toward graduation and other general issues.
- Prepare for academic appointments.
- Activate and use the SJFC e-mail account.
- Actively explore career options and expectations in a timely
manner.
- Research internships and experiential opportunities in a
timely fashion.
Academic advisors support their advisees' efforts to realize their full potential. The following best practices serve to inform students and reinforce students' responsibilities in the advising process.
- Build an effective working relationship with each advisee.
- Inform the advisee of advisor's and advisee's responsibilities
in the process.
- Help the advisee to understand and navigate the academic
and administrative processes of the college.
- Understand each advisee's particular concerns affecting
academic progress.
- Be knowledgeable about the program(s) and standards of which
he/she advises.
- Be familiar with published academic rules and regulations.
- Inform the advisee of degree requirements.
- Communicate and emphasize the advisee's responsibility for
satisfying degree requirements.
- Discuss with the advisee academic performance and its implications.
- Empower advisees to advocate appropriately for themselves
in all arenas.
- Help the advisee plan a course of study and give advice
about courses and the adjustment of course loads.
- Inform the advisee about the prerequisites for subsequent
courses in the advisee's program.
- Establish, post, and maintain adequate office hours throughout
the semester, with particular emphasis given to orientation,
registration, and drop/add periods.
- Maintain an up-to-date academic advising reference file.
- Participate in advisor training sessions to keep informed
and current.
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