Advising in the Senior Year

Columbia offers students a multiple-source advising system, combining one-on-one advising with a variety of supplemental outreach resources and services. To this end, the following resources are provided:

General Advising

Advising Centers - Class deans in the advising centers advise CC and SEAS students on various topics, including general academic progress and other opportunities both within Columbia and beyond.

Major Advising

In most departments, a faculty advisor is assigned to majors and concentrators in their junior and senior years. This faculty advisor can answer questions related to the requirements of that major or concentration. For more information, please visit the Columbia College bulletin and the Fu Foundation for Engineering and Applied Science bulletin.

Web resources

Advising Resources @ Columbia web site - This site presents a vast amount of information that will help students locate the right kind of adviser and/or resource for a particular kind of question. The site also includes a "major comparator" tool, which analyzes all majors in terms of the same set of basic questions, so that students can compare academic programs in detail as a prelude to talking to advisers about particular majors.