Senior, junior and sophomore level students with a declared major receive advisement in their degree department. Sophomore level engineering students that have not yet declared a major receive advisement in Academic Services. Freshmen level students receive advisement from their Foundations advisor. Advisement Students receive mandatory advisement and have available to them voluntary sources of advisement for academic progress and career counseling. Mandatory advisement and approval of course work occur at the upperclassmen degree course work level and for the senior thesis project.
All students receive mandatory advisement if their academic progress or performance is insufficient.
Students have opportunity for a personal faculty advisor, a mentor, a professional counselor, chaplain, or a corporate manager to act on their behalf as circumstances may require. Academic Advisement - Foundation Advisors All new students are assigned a volunteer Kettering academic advisor prior to their arrival on campus. The mission of the Foundations Program is to guide freshmen and transfer students in the clarification of their academic goals and in the development of educational plans and skills necessary for realizing those goals. The Academic Services Staff provides advisor orientation support and matches students with advisors. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are assigned faculty curriculum advisors within their degree department.