Academic Advising
Each student is assigned an academic advisor, usually a full-time faculty member, upon arrival at Franklin. The academic advisor’s role is to assist students in developing educational plans that are compatible with their life goals and to help students take responsibility for their own education. In this on-going process, the advisor helps coordinate a student’s learning through curriculum planning and review of the student’s academic progress, and by referring students to campus resources as the need arises.
To ensure that this interaction takes place between advisors and their advisees, the advisor’s signature or on-line approval is required during important moments in the student’s academic career, including course registration, course changes, and declaration of academic program. However, the final responsibility for selecting courses and meeting degree requirements belongs to the student. When a student declares a major, the student is automatically reassigned to an advisor in that academic area. If the student’s advisor is already in that academic area, the advisor is confirmed.