EED-Newsletter-Vol-2-Issue-1-2017

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New Advising Strategy
Dr. Ahmed Massoud.
Associate Professor &
Program Coordinator
of EE Program
Academic advising in College
of Engineering (CENG) is a
collaborative and guided process
to involve academic advisor,
faculty and students in
clarifying direction, establishing
goals, identifying opportunities
and challenges, and gauging
progress along the way. The
academic advisor serves as the
primary link between the student’s
academic program and
other resources available at
the university.
In order to assist students in
making informed choices about
their education and career
goals, academic advisors help
students identify available opportunities
and options while
also communicating accurate
and timely information about
academic policies and procedures,
programs, resources,
and career opportunities. Academic
advising is available to all
students. Through individual
and group meetings with the
assigned academic advisor, the
students are assisted with:
Knowledge of curricular
requirements for their
major,
Knowledge of student information
and resources
use,
Knowledge of relevant QU
rules, policies and procedures,
and
Participation in academic
support services and campus
involvement opportunities.
The academic advising office
provides students with information
about the available
Qatar University resources
and refer students to them
(Academic: Academic Departments
in the CENG, Student
Learning Support Center,
Technology Innovation & Engineering
Education Unit, The
Library) and (Non-academic:
Career Services Center, Student
Counseling Center, Special
Needs, Students Activities,
Financial aid/ Scholarship section).
New academic advising
model (Shared Academic
Advising)
As part of the Road to Student
Success initiative at QU level, a
new Piloting Shared model for
Academic Advising is implemented
in CENG. The new
Shared model requires the
faculty involvement in the advising
process as it ensures
that functions of advising are
shared between professional
advisors and faculty advisors.
Students support and success
are shared responsibility,
where all should work together
as a team to provide the
needed support and create an
environment that is conducive
to enhance students’ performance
and success. In the new
academic advising model, there
are two typical advisors, namely,
professional advisors and
academic advisors as shown in
Figure 1.
Role of faculty advisors
In this model, the faculty advisor
are responsible for Junior
and Senior students regarding
the following but not limited
to:
Help students with study
plan and course registration,
schedule (i.e., adding or
dropping courses).
Track students’ academic
progress/performance.
Inform students about perquisite
course equivalency.
Help students with their
study skills, time manage-
Figure 1. Professional and Academic (Faculty) Advisors
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