| At the start of every academic year, USP faculty members are assigned as advisors to a group of incoming USP students. They keep these students as advisees for the four years that the students are in USP. The USP advising system is based on the premise that students are responsible for making the final decisions about what modules they take and when. However, advisors help students to (1) articulate their personal and intellectual interests; (2) see connections between USP modules and these interests; (3) strategically plan a course of study to maintain high academic standards, so that USP students will stand a good chance of achieving honours; (4) complete their studies in a timely manner; and (5) find resources to resolve academic and personal problems.
Here is a Brief Guide to Advising Students, designed as a resource to help USP faculty members perform their roles as advisors to students under their care.
The online USP Advisory System allows all staff to view the profile of individual USP students.
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