Year 3: Academic Goals, Focusing, Maintenance, Networking, Purpose

Student Expectations

Advisor Expectations

Establish a professional relationship with advisor

  • Continue major, career and graduation focused conversation with your advisor
  • Student is expected to drive the conversation

Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary

  • Understand the purpose of major electives, and /or general electives
  • Understand university policies, procedures and deadlines for ELR, WIC, Graduation Application, etc.)

Effectively use GPS audit and plan

  • Accurately utilize GPS plan and audit to plan for next semester courses prior to the advising appointment.
  • Discuss GPS audit and plan with your advisor

Clarifying academic, personal, and career goals and making a plan to achieve those goals

  • Begin to conceptualize plans for post-graduation.
  • Review and reevaluate goals based on your interests and accomplishments

Utilize resources and support services as needed

  • Utilize Career Exploration and Development & college resources (e.g. resume writing, internships, and mock interviews) in preparation for life after KSU
  • Maintain relationships with a faculty advisor/mentor to discuss future opportunities.

Know FERPA and maintain confidentiality

  • Understand FERPA and the importance of securing your confidential information.  

Establish a professional relationship with student.

  • Continue to develop relationship with student.
  • Review records in advance of the appointment.
  • Transition to a student-driven conversation.
  • Assist student with transition to career focused conversation. Use Pathfinder’s Major Explorer as a guide.

Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary

  • Review curricular requirements.
  • Explain university requirements (e.g. ELR, WIC, etc.).
  • Highlight deadlines for graduation.
  • Complete initial graduation review using GPS.

Create and update a GPS plan with the student

  • Review, update and revise GPS plan/audit. 
  • Review GPS audit for graduation.

Assist student in clarifying his/her academic, personal, and career goals and assist student in making a plan to achieve those goals

  • Discuss plans post-graduation.
  • Review and reevaluate goals based on interest and accomplishments

Review resources and make referrals as appropriate for the individual student.

  • Refer to the Career Exploration and Development & college resources (e.g. resume writing, internships, and mock interviews).
  • Encourage student to develop relationships with faculty advisors/mentors to discuss future opportunities.

Maintain confidentiality.

  • Stay current on issues involving FERPA and other laws relating to confidentiality. 
  • Maintain accurate, complete, and succinct advising notes on student contact in KSU Advising.