Advising at Alma College/Academic Skills
Advising is central to our work as an academic community at Alma College.
Liberal arts education entails learning how to learn. We thus emphasize that advising at Alma is a relationship between students and faculty mentors through which students learn to taking increasing responsibility for their academic choices and careers.
Upon admission to Alma College, each student is matched with a faculty advisor on the basis of academic, career, and personal interests. Working with this advisor, students plan their courses and evaluate their progress. For those students who are uncertain about their interests, advisors are specially selected who can assist them in exploring and establishing a career direction through a well-developed plan of coursework and co-curricular experiences. Students' academic goals may also change during the course of their college careers. Accordingly, students may change advisors at any time, especially when an academic major is declared.
One of the most important steps for your success as a student is to get prepared! Please browse through the resources in our Advising Center to acquaint yourself with Alma College requirements, departmental advising guides, and other helpful articles about success in college.
