Freshman Faculty Adviser
Your freshman faculty adviser is a Yale faculty member or administrator affiliated with your residential college who has volunteered to talk with you about your academic interests and aspirations. You will meet him or her in your residential college on the Tuesday before classes begin. Initial meetings with your freshman faculty adviser should focus on general conversation about course selection in freshman year. More specific information about course levels and content, or details about academic requirements, is available through departmental advisers and publications or your college dean. However, your freshman adviser can offer guidance about constructing a sensible overall schedule for your first year, help you think through larger questions and plans, and direct you to relevant resources. Your assigned adviser may or may not share your academic interests, but his or her areas of expertise need not limit the value of your conversations. The point of the dialogue is for you to get general advice and become acquainted with members of the faculty affiliated with your residential college. As you develop your program of study during freshman year, your faculty adviser can continue to serve as a conversation partner. |
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