Although each student has the ultimate responsibility for becoming familiar with and meeting graduation requirements, the seminary believes that conscientious and well-informed advising on an individual basis is an important part of the academic program. Each student is assigned an advisor from the faculty whose responsibility it is to help plan and supervise the student’s academic program and to be available for consultation on other matters. An academic advisor approves the student’s schedule of courses at registration and should be consulted with regard to any subsequent changes.

The advisor will be the normal channel of communication between the faculty, acting as a body, and the student. The faculty advisor, in consultation with the coordinator of academic affairs, is responsible for notifying the associate dean for academic affairs of any advisee whose grade point average is in danger of falling below the required minimum.