ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

All the registered students of Nigde Omer Halisdemir University have the right to benefit from the academic counseling service by the medium of academic guidance advisors. With assisting the students in education related matters being in the first place, academic counseling aims at helping the students with the problems they might come across, providing advice for the professional life, guiding, getting them adopt lifelong learning as a habit, informing them of the facilities of the university and faculty/ school/ vocational school of higher education together with the ones of the environment, keeping track of their performances and giving support in case of failure and helping them elect their courses. The lecturer assigned as the advisor carries on with the guidance until the guided registered student graduates.

Tasks of Academic Advisors

1. Providing guidance for the students about the subjects related with education and learning processes and informing the students of the facilities of the university and faculty/school/vocational school of higher education/department together with the ones of the environment
2. Making sure the online course registrations of students on the automation system are completed by the students and the forms prepared by the university and faculty/ school/ vocational school of higher education/department are filled out.
3. Informing the students of and giving them detailed information about the courses and helping them select their courses
4. Informing the students of Regulation of Education and Examinations.
5. Keeping track of the students’ performances and probing the reasons in case of failure and informing the students of these reasons
6. Guiding the students about their career planning
7. Helping and leading them adopt lifelong learning as a habit
8. Assisting the students to get counseling from the Psychological Counseling and Guidance Service if necessary and informing the head of department of the unresolved problems
9. Carrying out the consultancy programmes determined by the head of department on a weekly basis
10. Making sure that the student representative of the class is elected
11. Attending the consultation committee and bringing the problems of the guided students and precautions to be taken to the attention of the head of department at the end of each semester