Academic Counseling and Services
If you’re experiencing academic challenges, you’re not alone. Many students find the demands of coursework to be overwhelming or need guidance on a specific area related to their studies.
Counselors can help students learn concrete strategies and tools for improving their academic performance. It’s important to know what kind of help you need when visiting the counseling center. Counselors often meet with students who are looking for three related – yet distinct – types of help: academic advising, academic counseling, and academic services.
Types of Academic Help and Where to Find It
Academic Advising
Your academic advisor works within your college or major. They help you choose the courses you need to earn a degree; give you permission to register for classes; and can offer advice on a wide range of other related issues, such as how to change your major or the consequences of dropping a course.
Our role: No one at the Counseling Center can offer expert advice about the courses you are taking or should take. Talk to your academic advisor if you need help selecting courses or want to know more about the consequences of dropping a course or withdrawing from a semester.
Academic Counseling
Academic counseling focuses on general concerns that may include test anxiety, time management, study skills, improving grades, and many other issues that are common in college.
Our role: Any counselor at the Counseling Center can provide academic counseling. To make an appointment, get started.
Academic Services
Some – but not all – course load changes require help from a counselor. Those changes may include current semester course drops and retroactive term withdrawals.
Our role: An academic counselor can guide you through the course drop or term withdrawal process. We can also help you explore other options for resolving academic problems. Call the Counseling Center during Academic Services Hours to initiate academic services.