Bryn Mawr College

Major Advising for Faculty

 

 

** Faculty Guide to on-line Major Work Plan for class of 2015 **

 

Current Major Advisors

 

To help students choose a major,

• the Dean’s Office arranges conversations with sophomores to talk about the issues to keep in mind when choosing a major, and
• the faculty hold major teas during the four weeks that follow fall break and the four weeks that follow spring break to meet with prospective majors.

The Sophomore Planning Process, which includes the creation of a Major Work Plan and a meeting with a major adviser, opens in mid-September and closes in early April. Major advisers might expect to see prospective majors throughout this period and should keep in mind the following deadlines for completing the Sophomore Planning Process:

• November 26 (for students who plan to study abroad during the junior year at a non-approved or year-long program);
• February 1 (for students who plan to study abroad during the junior year at an approved program);
• April 5 (for students who plan to remain at Bryn Mawr for the junior year).  Majors declared after this deadline are unlikely to be taken into consideration for lotteries.

Faculty who agree to sponsor an independent major should advise students and submit letters of support

• by the first Friday of the spring semester (for students who want to study abroad), or
• by the fourth Friday of the spring semester (for students who plan to remain at Bryn Mawr for the junior year).

Once the major has been declared, major advisers should expect to see their advisees in person and sign off on their registration forms at the following times.  Please note that the Dean’s Office collects forms but does not track student compliance.  Instead, we urge major advisers to keep track of students and to follow up with them directly.

• during November preregistration for the spring semester, and
• during April preregistration for the fall semester, and
• during the first week of each semester if the advisee has dropped or added any courses in their major or the advisee was away from the college during preregistration.