15. Academic Advising

Advising is provided in the form of academic advising, student orientation, tutoring assistance at the learning center or during faculty office hours. Student advising ensure that students receive the right guidance to complete their studies in a streamlined manner.

To facilitate students’ successful completion of their degree programs, UD has developed an Academic Advising System, which is tailored to accommodate students’ individual goals and needs. The advising objectives are as follows:

To achieve better understanding of the academic curricula;
To increase students’ awareness of their role in developing their academic study plan;
To emphasize the importance of Faculty members’ role in the academic advising process;
To facilitate academic and educational process to achieve the objectives and their intended learning outcomes;
To ensure effective and real-time study plans leading to a timely and efficient graduation.

15.1 Advising Procedures

Currently, groups of UD students are automatically assigned an advisor during registration period by the College Dean/Director. The advisor’s role is to monitor the student’s progress while the system will ensure that the courses are taken in the appropriate sequence and following the appropriate curriculum. Further, the curricula at the Colleges have been drawn in such a way that pre-requisites must be completed by students before moving on to advanced courses. Advisors must ensure a planned systematic progression of students from lower level courses to intermediate, advanced and then to major courses. This systematic progression in courses helps students in effectively learning and accumulating the knowledge in stages over time.