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Every student in the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences is assigned an academic advisor who is available to help sort out the many choices and decisions that students are confronted with in college. The offices are located on the 7th floor of the Humanities building. Office hours are 9:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Thursday, and 9:00am to 5:00pm on Fridays during the academic year. Please call Joan Pierre, Secretary to Academic Advisement, at 718-488-1121 to make an appointment.
Academic counselors assist students in the following ways:
- Selecting appropriate courses required to receive a degree
- Registering for classes each semester
- Helping to understand University policies and procedures
- Dropping and/or adding a class
- Taking a course (electives only) on a pass/fail basis
- Deciding whether or not to repeat a course
- Helping with the decision to change or add a major or minor
- Discussing academic and career goals
- Clarifying a student’s academic status (the requirements to be in "good academic standing")
- Evaluating transfer credits
- Discussing any problems encountered with classes
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