Advising Partnership

Synopsis: Grinnell College affords each student the opportunity to largely define their own educational experience. Advising plays a critical role in shaping that experience. This requires a partnership between you, the student, and me, the faculty member, for crafting an experience that prepares you for the challenges and joys of life after Grinnell College.

Contacting Me

How and when to get in touch.

Overview

All about our advising partnership - motivation and responsibilities.

Resources

Links to essential documents and offices on campus.

Timeline

Some of the major milestones in our partnership.

Activities

There will be many opportunities for us to work together.

Drafting a Four-Year Plan

Designing your educational program. (For Tutees)

Declaring a CS Major

Placing your studies in context.

Curricular Journal

Explaining and keeping track of your personalized curriculum.

Registration

Thoughtfully navigating this busy, critical time with ease.

Add/Drop

Justifying changes to your schedule.

Caution

A final word.

Other Principles

Other information on my philosophy of advising.

Graduate School?

Why might you go? What should you know?

Registering S/D/F

Why it may not generally be a good idea.

Advice from Students

Tips from students who have overcome early challenges to find academic success.

This entire page/document is available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). With thanks to many who helped influence many parts of this document: Karla Erickson, Chris Hunter, Sam Rebelsky, Dan Reynolds, Laura Sinnett, Joyce Stern, John Stone, and Henry Walker. The Two-Way Arrow Image is by Don Knuth: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/diamondsigns/arrows.html. Copyright © 2010, 2012 Jerod Weinman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us.