The Department of Computer Science offers students three professional academic advisors during the undergraduate portion of a students BS/MS degree. Your advisor is assigned to you based on the first letter of your last name (see below). They will be able to answer day-to-day questions, such as figuring out what to take next quarter, dealing with a course that you are having trouble in, completing the paperwork that goes along with being a student at RIT, or just to talk with when you are feeling a bit overwhelmed.
All the undergraduate advisors are available by appointment only (please, no same day appointments). During the Add/Drop period of every quarter (week 1) only, the advisors are available for quick schedule changes in the CS Student Services Office, Monday through Friday from 11am-12noon and 1pm-2pm.
As students move into the graduate portion of the BS/MS program (year level 6) the Department of Computer Science offers two graduate advisors, one academic advisor and one faculty advisor (once a BS/MS student reaches 6th year status they should no longer be working with an undergraduate advisor).
There are graduate office hours available during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters on Monday and Wednesday from 2pm-3pm. There are no office hours during finals week and break week.
The grad advisors can answer day-to-day questions, such as figuring out what to take next quarter, dealing with a course that you are having trouble in, completing the paperwork that goes along with being a graduate student at RIT.
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Faculty Advisors
While faculty advisors can discuss both academic and personal issues and address many of the same issues as the professional advisors, the real strength of faculty advisors lies in their professional expertise. Talk to your faculty advisor about career options, choices to make in selecting Computer Science or outside electives, project or thesis ideas, or perhaps to get their opinion on several co-op opportunities that you have.
