Advisors

The History Department regards advising its majors as one of its most important responsibilities and believes that students deserve individualized attention from faculty members. To that end, the department has assigned each History major a specific faculty member as an advisor. That faculty member will be your main contact for advisement, including obtaining an advisor verification number (AVN), deciding on class schedules each semester, reviewing your degree audit, and consulting about graduate or professional school, career plans, and other academic matters. To find out who the department has assigned as your advisor, please consult your MyUAlbany page.

Preregistration and AVNs

Each semester, prior to the preregistration period (October during Fall semester, and March during Spring), students should contact their advisor to find out about scheduling an advising appointment. You should then consult History course descriptions available on-line on the department’s Web page, and arrive at your preregistration advising appointment with a copy of your degree audit, an understanding of the graduation requirements you have yet to fulfill, and a list of potential classes for the following semester. Advisors will review this information with you, then provide you with an AVN to allow you to sign up for classes once registration has begun. **Please note: you cannot receive your AVN without attending one of these advisement meetings.**

The Undergraduate Committee

Students may see their advisor at other times during the semester to discuss academic matters. Members of the undergraduate committee, who help oversee the department’s undergraduate program, are also available in this capacity They can help with matters ranging from problems with your audit, to questions about the major, study abroad credit approvals (Study Abroad Preliminary Approval of Courses form), transfer credit (Transfer Credit Permission form), the honors program, and much more. Members of the Undergraduate Committee and their office office hours are in the Spring 2012 guide below.

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISERS: SPRING 2012
Undergraduate advisers are available at the times indicated in the "Guide to Advising."
A guide to advising and Spring 2012 office hours are available here to download, save, or print.