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Dr. Knopf's Advising Info

COMMUNICATION & MEDIA STUDIES

Famous Communication, Media, and Rhetoric Students throughout History

ADVISING RESOURCES

Things your advisor can do:

  • Help you find resources and information you need.

  • Help you identify the people or offices you need to contact to ask certain questions or resolve certain issues.

  • Help you to understand your degree requirements.

  • Help to make sure you're on the path you want to be on.

  • Help you identify appropriate electives.

  • Make suggestions about what courses to take & when.

  • Discuss career options or graduate study options.

Things your advisor usually cannot do:

  • Handle financial issues.

  • Lift holds on your account.

  • Reserve or open seats for you in classes.

  • Get you into full classes.

  • Change your registration date/time.

  • Override course restrictions (like program requirements or prerequisites) that prevent you from taking a class.

  • Create your schedule of classes for you (though I can and will help with that)

  • Register for classes for you.

  • Change the degree requirements for you.

 

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