The more questions you ask of advisers, the better informed your decisions will be. Academic advice at Miami can come from a variety of people. During Summer Orientation, faculty advisers will be available in the afternoons, at evening advising sessions, and again when you register for classes. They will answer questions about your academic program, course selections, and career opportunities in your major. After you come to school in the fall and through February of your first year, your primary academic adviser will be the first-year adviser living in your residence hall, the commuter adviser if you are a commuting student, or the resident instructor if you are in the Western College Program.
Some divisions also assign faculty advisers in the first semester.
These advisers will be able to help you throughout your first year and will assist you in the registration process for your second semester schedule. He or she will advise you about your academic program throughout the rest of the time you are at Miami. If you change majors or add a second major, you will be assigned an academic adviser in the new department. If after spring break of the first year you are still uncertain about your academic adviser assignment, you should contact your major department for clarification. Students who are undecided in the second semester of the first year are advised by advisers in their divisional dean's office until they officially declare their majors.