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While at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, you have access to academic advisers who have different skills, expertise, and levels of authority. Your academic advisors can help you succeed academically by providing timely, accurate, and coherent information about University regulations and program requirements and by working, as appropriate, with other University services and resources to help support you throughout your degree. All conversations with your academic advisers are confidential. The main types of advisers are described below. You should refer to your faculty's section of this publication for additional advising information specific to your degree program and to the Advising website for more general information. Note that some academic matters require approval of more than one adviser, e.g., the faculty adviser and the department/school academic adviser.
Faculty Advisers are normally located in the Student Affairs Office of each faculty and are available throughout the calendar year (Contact Information for Student Affairs Offices).
Faculty advisers:
Department/School Academic Advisers are normally located close to the offices of professors in your program and may only be available during specific times of the year (e.g., prior to registration for the next session or during the add/drop period) or during regularly scheduled office hours. If you are completing a major or minor in more than one unit, you will likely have an adviser in each unit. The departmental academic adviser may be either a professor or a member of the administrative staff. You should contact your department's administrative office to determine the identity and availability of your academic adviser. You should check your progress with your departmental academic adviser from time to time—and certainly before your final year.
Departmental academic advisers:
Professors/Lecturers may act in a voluntary capacity to mentor you as you progress through your program. The faculty adviser or department/school academic adviser may be able to help you identify a good resource person in your program.
Professors/lecturers:
Peer Advisers are students who have been trained by faculty advisers or department/school academic advisers. They normally offer drop-in hours for advice on University life and will help you find the information you need in this publication or through other University resources. Peer advisers are only available in some faculties or departments.
For a full list of services available to undergraduate students, please refer to Student Services – Downtown Campus and Student Services – Macdonald Campus.
Ask an Advisor (www.mcgill.ca/students/advising) is an advising and referral resource for undergraduate students in all faculties. If you don't know who to contact with your advising questions or what your next step should be, Ask an Advisor can help by sending you to the right person or place the first time.
Campus Life & Engagement (CL&E) (Brown Student Services Building; www.mcgill.ca/firstyear) can help new students navigate their way through this publication and the information provided to new students; see www.mcgill.ca/accepted. The CL&E staff are always available to provide advice and referrals to the many support mechanisms at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ.
Counselling and Mental Health Service (Brown Student Services Building; www.mcgill.ca/counselling) has professional counsellors and psychologists who are available to discuss personal, academic, and career goals or problems. They provide individual counselling, therapy, psychoeducational workshops, and crisis intervention. A walk-in service is available.
Career Planning Service (CaPS) (Brown Student Services Building; www.mcgill.ca/caps) provides career education, guidance, and individual advising to help you in your search for permanent, part-time, or summer jobs and internships.
Service Point (3415 McTavish Street, Montreal QC H3A 0C8; 514-398-7878; www.mcgill.ca/students/servicepoint) is the student-facing customer-service arm of Enrolment Services, which provides administrative services and assistance related to official documents, student records, tuition and fees, and student exchanges.
On the Macdonald campus, information is provided by the Student Affairs Office, Laird Hall, Room 106; www.mcgill.ca/macdonald.