In other cases courses may be reused to satisfy more than one set of requirements within the major. At the end of traversal an audit result is computed. The engine then sends its results and corresponding data to a flat file. First it establishes a relationship between students and the faculty or staff members authorized to advise them and second it specifies the authority the advisor has within that relationship. At the University of Maryland each college establishes how they wish its students to be advised.
Some colleges take the traditional approach and assign students to individual faculty advisors.
Other colleges assign groups of students to teams of professional advisors. While still others will use a mix of both techniques. It is also common for a student to have more that one advisor. Students taking double majors may have an advisor for each, and students in special programs like athletics, pre-professional, and honors may also have special advisors. In addition to assigned advisors, departments and colleges always have a number of administrators who may advise any student within their unit.