CCI Advising and Academic Services

Academic advising is one of the most important services you will receive at Kent State University. The relationships you build with your academic adviser and faculty adviser are essential in helping you navigate the university's academic systems and requirements as well as learn about yourself and your goals as a student.

Academic Adviser Responsibilities

• Help students explore possible majors
• Help students examine academic goals, values and talents and link to possible majors
• Prepare requirement checks
• Evaluate transfer credit
• Review KAPS reports with students
• Interpret college policies and procedures
• Provide support services for students on academic probation
• Make appropriate referrals for campus resources including tutoring services
• Develop class schedules for upcoming semesters
• Help students process necessary paperwork
• Aid students in applying for graduation
  
• Aid students in understanding the Catalog, the FlashLine and curriculum requirements
• Provide instruction for registration activities
• Inform students of semester and yearly deadlines

Student Preparation for Advising Appointments

• In order to receive the support and guidance you need from an advising appointment, it is extremely important that you prepare in advance.  Some suggestions for the steps you might take in preparation for meeting with an advisor are listed below:
• Develop a sense of what you need to accomplish in your advising appointment.  Remember, you can see an advisor more than once each semester, so you don't need to accomplish everything in one meeting.
• Develop a list of questions that will help you accomplish your goals for the appointment.
• READ. Before meeting with your advisor, read the section of the Catalog that pertains to your college (CCI), school, and major.
• If semester scheduling is what you want to accomplish, develop a list of classes you want to take for the next semester incorporating necessary prerequisites.  This may make it necessary to plan more than one semester at a time.
• Meet with your advisor early in the semester.  The closer you are to registration or the end of the semester, the harder it is to get an appointment with your advisor.
• Keep your appointment.  If you must cancel, do it promptly and courteously.

Faculty Adviser Responsibilities

• Evaluate transfer credit in the student's major, minor or Kent Core classes required by number
• Discuss academic and career goals pertinent to the student's major
• Provide information regarding the student's field of study, including career information
• Aid in the development of internships
• Suggest appropriate substitution or waivers in curriculum when necessary