The Office of Lower Division Programs coordinates advising for IT freshmen, who are assigned to teams of approximately 80-100 students. Students in IT honors constitute a freshman team. During orientation, freshmen meet with their team advisor and plan their fall schedule. Students on each team take one or more courses together, an arrangement that encourages the formation of study and support groups. Freshmen must meet with their team advisor at least once each term and to discuss their progress and plan their schedule for the following semester.
Students also receive help from the peer advisors assigned to each freshman team.
During their orientation, transfer students meet with an IT advisor and register for classes. All lower-division students, including transfer students, obtain advising through the Office of Lower Division Programs until they are admitted to upper division. Once admitted to upper division, students are assigned to an advisor in their major department. Upon admission or at orientation, new freshmen and sophomores told what minimum GPA might be required for admission to upper division. That GPA is calculated using the grades of all courses taken, including repeated courses.