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Every member of the instructional staff is expected to establish and maintain regular office contact hours at convenient times each week in order that she or he may be readily available to ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs and other staff members and will strive to be available at other times by appointment as well as by e-mail. Faculty are encouraged to add Tuesday or Thursday contact hours for the convenience of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs who cannot make Monday-Wednesday-Friday hours. Office hours must be stated on the course syllabus, announced to ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in the staff member's classes near the beginning of each term, posted on the office door and reported to the department administration (who will keep a schedule posted for each faculty member each semester.)

All members of the full-time instructional staff serve as academic advisers to ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs who are assigned them by the department. Students usually remain with their adviser throughout their undergraduate career so long as they continue a major within the division and department of the adviser.

Besides advising ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs on immediate academic problems and long-term academic programs, advisers also discuss with them the vocational and career opportunities and opportunities for graduate study in the field of their major, as well as the scholarships and fellowships available to them. In addition, faculty advisors should be proactive in identifying ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs’ need for counseling on any of a variety of personal issues, and should refer ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs to university support units when advisable.

Advising also comprises regular service on graduate thesis committees as a reader or chair. (See 5.3.1.a.)