Ideally the UNIV 103 seminar instructors also serve as the initial academic advisors for their students. Given the varied responsibilities of seminar instructors as program coordinators, department chairs, advisors to majors in their own departments, etc., the reality is that seminar instructors will carry different advising loads (from none to everybody) for their seminar students, so advising is shared by both the seminar instructor, the director of the Exploratory program, and other faculty and staff.  Regardless of whether or not the seminar instructor is the academic advisor of record, seminar instructor recognize the importance of serving as a mentor to their seminar students and helping them to find an appropriate field of study to pursue.

For more information, please visit the Academic Advisement website.