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LS&A Student Academic Affairs serves students, the College, the University, and the larger society by contributing to the intellectual and personal growth of students in the liberal arts tradition. Our staff shares with teaching faculty and other academic departments the task of facilitating the student's academic path through the College. In achieving its mission, LS&A Student Academic Affairs:
- Assists students in defining educational goals and in designing a plan to meet these goals.
- Guides students in assuming responsibility for their education.
- Teaches students to appreciate the values of a liberal arts and science education.
- Provides accurate and accessible information to assist students in making informed decisions.
- Articulates the standards of the College and assists students in meeting these standards.
LS&A students are encouraged to be actively involved in shaping their own undergraduate experience. To help them accomplish this, the College provides academic advising support to students for reaching their academic goals and objectives. Students are expected to meet with academic advisors to discuss course selections and the wider issues of educational planning. The Comprehensive Studies Program, the Honors Program, and the Residential College Academic Services are responsible for academic advising and, in the latter two units, for academic actions and academic auditing for students admitted to their respective programs, and each of these programs is described separately in Chapter VI.
LS&A Student Academic Affairs provides the following services: Academic Advising, Academic Standards and Opportunities, Academic Auditing, Advising Technology, Central Files, and the Office of the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs. Student Academic Affairs is responsible for helping undergraduates achieve the expectations and rewards of the liberal arts and science education afforded by the College. A liberal arts and science education, first and foremost, is a natural forum for an inquiring mind, and the staff of Student Academic Affairs serves students and contributes to their intellectual and personal growth by encouraging informed decision making, self-assessment, and the assumption of self-responsibility.
LSA Student Academic Affairs Administration
Directors and Associate Directors within Student Academic Affairs
Office of the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs
The Assistant Dean of LS&A Student Academic Affairs is responsible for the overall administration of the student academic affairs division.
Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center
The Academic Advising Center serves LSA undergraduates by:
Helping them make informed decisions about educational goals and LSA curriculum.
Furnishing them an opportunity to explore the purposes of a liberal arts and science education,...
Academic Standards and Academic Opportunities
A major function of the Office is the interpretation of academic policies, established by the faculty of the College, that govern LSA students.
Academic Auditors
The Academic Auditors check for the completion of all LS&A degree requirements once audit forms are submitted, inform students of their progress toward graduation, and authorize graduation.
Office of Advising Technology
Staff in the Advising Technology area support the conduct of academic advising both within the LSA Advising Center and across the College.
LS&A Peer Academic Advising Office (PAAO)
The LS&A Peer Academic Advising Office, staffed completely by undergraduates, offers a unique, comfortable atmosphere in which to obtain relevant academic information.
Student Records
Access to individual student advising files is restricted to official college academic advisors, members of the Academic Standards Board, and clerical staff who assist in carrying out official advising or Academic Standards Board functions.
Comprehensive Studies Program
The Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) is a Michigan Learning Community that is an academic unit within the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and which offers a variety of academic support services, including...
LS&A Honors Program
LS&A Honors students receive academic advising from the Honors Program. Honors students go to Honors advising when registering for courses, adjusting their course schedules, submitting petitions to the Honors Academic Board, and applying to graduate.
Residential College Academic Advising
RC Advisors are RC faculty members and are available to meet with students to discuss RC and LS&A requirements, possible concentrations, graduation requirements, etc.
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