Academic Advising

The most important thing to remember about a student’s place in the advising system at Hood is that he or she must take ultimate responsibility for academic planning—of each semester, of each academic year and of degree completion.

Students are encouraged to explore various subjects or disciplines during their first year at Hood. During that time they are advised by the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Group, a designated group of faculty and staff who have expressed interest in working with students before they declare a major. Students must declare a major by the end of their sophomore year by completing the appropriate form with the Office of the Registrar and may declare as early as the beginning of the sophomore year.

Transfer students who declare their major upon entering Hood are assigned an academic advisor in their major field. Transfer students who have not declared a major are assigned to a faculty advisor in the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Group.