Academic advisement at Georgia College is a faculty-based system that assures you contact with a faculty member who can guide your course selection and assist in career preparation.
Students who have not yet decided upon a
major are advised by professional advisors
in the Advising Center in 227 Lanier Hall.
The Advising Center provides resource
materials and academic advising assistance
to all advisors on the campus. Such
assistance is intended to provide all
students quality advisement through the core
curriculum, as well as provide career
exploration opportunities for students to
assist them in making sound choices about
majors and career directions. Students
who have not designated a major may remain
with their advisor through the completion of
30 hours of coursework. At that point
students will declare a major and work with
a faculty advisor from their academic
department through completion of their
degree program. If a student is not
informed who their advisor is, he or she
should contact the department of their major.
Students have the option to change advisors
at any time during their college career.
Students and advisors should note that while
advisement can occur at any point during the
term, the registration period for classes
usually occurs around the mid-point of the
semester and lasts for approximately one
month. During that time students can go
on-line and register for classes, provided
they have met with their academic advisor to
plan coursework for the upcoming term and
had the Advisor Hold lifted from their file.
Traditionally seniors and graduate students
have access to the registration system for
the first few days of the registration
period, then the process opens on a rolling
basis during the remainder of the first week
for juniors through freshmen. A final opportunity for schedule adjustment occurs during the first five days of the new term in a period referred to as drop/add. Schedule adjustments made during this five-day period have no bearing on the number of attempted hours for the HOPE
scholarship. Should a student elect to drop a course after the five-day period, however, these hours are considered attempted hours and will be counted toward assessment of eligibility for the HOPE scholarship.
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