Your relationship with your faculty advisor is a critical component of your education at Penn, so
your advisor ideally should be the faculty member who best knows you and your work.
Beyond being the person who signs off on your major, your advisor can be one of your best
resources for selecting courses, concentrations, and even second majors.
Choosing Your Advisor
You and the Undergraduate Chair will agree upon a faculty advisor for you when you officially declare the major. Whenever possible, your advisor will be a professor with whom you have taken, or are now taking, a course.
Which Advisor to Choose?
Ideally your advisor will specialize in the area of study that interests you most, but this is not a necessity. Choose someone who is not already overburdened.
Changing Your Advisor
If at anytime you wish to change your advisor -- or if somehow you find yourself without one -- please call Janel McCaffrey immediately at 746-3537.
Keeping in Regular Contact
You should meet with your advisor at least during every pre- registration period. If you have simple questions in between meetings, stay in touch with your advisor by e-mail. |
