Academic Advising All students enrolled as degree candidates at Hood have an academic adviser to assist them with their academic plans and progress.
Faculty members serve as advisers to degree candidates.
Freshmen and sophomores are not assigned to a major field adviser, but instead are advised by a special group of faculty who have expressed interest in working with students at the pre-major level. Once majors are declared in the spring of the sophomore year, students are reassigned to an adviser in the major discipline. Transfer students who declare their major upon entering Hood are assigned an academic adviser in their major field. Upon entering the College, freshmen and transfer students who have not declared a major are assigned to a faculty adviser in the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Group. Students are encouraged to explore various subjects or disciplines during their first year and a half at Hood.