Academic Advising
Students must take ultimate responsibility for academic planning—of each semester, of each academic year, and of degree completion.
First-year students enter the College as undeclared and are encouraged to explore various subjects or disciplines. During that time, they are advised by the instructor of their First-Year Seminar course. Students in some programs may be assigned to a staff advisor, or to a faculty advisor within the major of interest. 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 end of the first semester.
Transfer students declare their major upon entering Hood and are assigned an academic advisor in their major field.