ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT SERVICES
Advisor Responsibilities – What You Can Expect
You can expect your advisors to:
- Understand and effectively communicate the curriculum, graduation requirements, and university and college policies and procedures
- Encourage and guide students as they define and develop realistic goals
- Encourage and support students as they gain the skills to develop clear and attainable educational plans
- Provide students with information about and strategies for utilizing the available resources and services on campus
- Assist students in understanding the purposes and goals of higher education and its effects on their lives and personal goals
- Monitor and accurately document students’ progress toward meeting their goals.
- Be accessible for meeting with advisees via office hours for advising, telephone, e-mail, or web.
- Assist students in gaining decision making skills and skills in assuming responsibility for their educational plans and achievements.
- Maintain confidentiality
- Assist students in working closely with their professors.
Advisee Responsibilities – What You Are Expected To Do
As an advisee, you have clear responsibilities in the advising partnership in order to be successful:
- Make regular contact with advisor at least once each semester
- Come prepared to each appointment with questions or material for discussion
- Be an active learner by participating fully in the advising experience.
- Ask questions if you do not understand an issue or have a specific concern
- Keep a personal record of your progress toward meeting your goals.
- Organize official documents in a way that enables you to access them when needed.
- Complete all assignments or recommendations from your advisor
- Gather all relevant decision-making information
- Clarify personal values and goals and provide advisor with accurate information regarding your interests and abilities.
- Become knowledgeable about college programs, policies, and procedures
- Accept responsibility for decisions and meeting all degree requirements
- Students will utilize the resources and services on campus to assist them in achieving their academic, personal, and career goals.
- Students will make use of referrals to campus resources as needed.
Assistance With Issues Involving Disabilities
The University of New Mexico is dedicated to providing equal opportunity and access for every student. It is important that if you feel you need accommodations for a learning or physical disability that you make your advisor aware of these accommodations. In some cases, your advisor may refer you to the Accessibility Services Office (277-3506) for assistance. The staff of Accessibility Services Office provides a broad range of supportive services in an effort to ensure that the individual needs of each student are met.
Advisement Hours
The College of Fine Arts Advisement Office sees students on a walk-in basis. Please keep in mind that walk-in advisement hours are subject to change as the advisors are occasionally called into meetings, are out ill, etc. You may call the Advisement Office at 505-277-4817 to verify walk-in hours.
