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Academic Advising

Director: Thelma I. Schroeder
Location: SAC, Room 2225
Department website: http://advising.gallaudet.edu/

The Academic Advising Office provides academic and career advising for pre-major students and walk-in service for any other students. Upon arrival at Gallaudet University during New Student Orientation, each student is assigned to a professional advisor in the Academic Advising office. Pre-major academic and career advising includes individual and group advising for new students, interviews, academic planning meetings, course registration, interest and personality testing (Self-Directed Search, SDS) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, computerized career guidance programs, and assistance in selecting an academic major that best matches the student's values, interests, personality, and skills.

Academic advisors work extensively with academic departments on academic policy, procedure, and curriculum. They are available to faculty for information sharing and other academic and career advising concerns. Academic advisors also work closely with other student support offices to enhance students' academic performance and general welfare.

Advisors use their knowledge of Gallaudet and its resources to help students select courses and plan their educations and careers. The same advisor remains with a student until the student declares a major or requests another advisor. When the student declares a major, the student transfers to a faculty academic advisor within the department of the major.