At the heart of First Year College (FYC) are academic advisers who are centrally located on campus in Tucker Residence Hall. The students’ relationship with an adviser begins at summer Orientation and continues to develop throughout the year. The intensive advising, personal attention and concern for students’ well-being is the central feature of the FYC student learning experience. Advising is provided by experienced, knowledgeable, trained professional advisers who understand a student-centered developmental advising system. The typical number of students assigned to each adviser is between 80-100; approximately 40% of those are new freshmen.

FYC advisers provide individualized academic advising and counseling to students. In addition to this personal interaction, academic advisers facilitate and teach a first year orientation course (USC 101/102) for their FYC students each fall and spring. Not only do the students see the advisers weekly in the orientation course, they also meet with the adviser a minimum of two times each semester, for a total of four official advising meetings during the school year.

This page last updated by mmrust - January 22, 2008 3:34 PM