APPROVED BY PRESIDENT 1 AUGUST 1991
  A.    Policy
 
        Academic advising is available to all undergraduate
        students at the University of Maryland at College Park.
        Advising is an essential part of an undergraduate's
        educational experience.  From orientation to graduation,
        advising can provide students with the assistance they need
        to plan their programs constructively.
 
  B.    Required Advising
 
        1.  Students in the first semester of registration at the
            University of Maryland at College Park are required to
            meet with an advisor prior to scheduling their classes.
 
        2.  Students receiving an academic warning at the end of
            any semester will be urged in writing to meet with an
            advisor prior to the beginning of the next semester.
            Students who do not meet with an advisor will not be
            allowed to drop or add courses or to register for the
            following semester.
 
         3. Students dismissed from the University for academic
            reasons must, as a condition of reinstatement, meet
            with an academic advisor.  According to the student's
            individual needs, this meeting may occur before or
            after reinstatement is granted; in no case, however,
            may a reinstated student complete registration until
            the fact of this meeting has been recorded by the
            advisor.
 
         4. Students who withdraw may, when applying for
            reinstatement, be required by the Office of
            Reenrollment to meet with an advisor as a condition of
            reinstatement. The fact of the meeting must be recorded
            by the advisor before registration can occur.
 
         5. After a student has earned between seventy and eighty
            credits toward a baccalaureate degree, that student
            shall be urged in writing to meet with an advisor.  The
            meeting is for the express purpose of reviewing the
            students progress toward the degree, and,  at a
            minimum, requires the advisor to detail, in writing,
            all coursework yet to be completed in fulfillment of
            the degree requirements.  Each college and department
            shall have available one or more advisors to meet with
            these students at appropriate times.
 
  C.    Procedures for Finding an Advisor
 
         1.      College or Departmental Advising
 
            At least one person at both academic levels, college
            and department, has been designated to coordinate
            advising.  A list of these persons, providing name,
            room number, and telephone extension is published each
            semester in the schedule of classes.
 
         2.      Undergraduate Advising Center
 
            The Undergraduate Advising Center is located in 1117
            Hornbake Library.  The center has a staff of trained
            academic advisors who are able to provide the
            assistance in the following areas:
 
            a.   choosing a major
            b.   pre-professional advising
            c.   information and referral
            d.   troubleshooting
            e.   policy interpretation
            f.   Credit-by-Exam, CLEP, Advanced Placement
            g.   general assistance.