I am critically pissed at the Art Department’s advising system. It is
absolutely terrible for several reasons. The department switched my advisor
several times, and I had someone new each year. None of them were ever able to
help me with classes. They would tell me what I was required to take, but then
they would inform me that I would not be able to register for a class because
it wasn’t offered that semester or there was a waiting list. Then they would
tell me that there was not anything they could do. I would often have to go
straight to the head of the department (who is no longer the current department
head) because he was the only one who could offer some direction. He was also
the only one who actually knew what he was talking about. Also,
pre-registration in the Art Department is a joke. For those of you who are not
familiar with the process, you are lucky. I would stand in a line for an hour
to manual sign up for core classes. Seniors would have a time slot; juniors
would have a time slot, and so on. Then within the class rank, those who had
the most credits would get to go first. We would all stand in line during our
time slot until it was our turn to write our name on the sign-up sheet for the
classes that we wanted to take. This whole process should be done online.
Technically, those who have more credits get to sign up on WINS first anyways,
so there is no reason why we should have to wait in line to sign up in person.
I found most of my advising from the Communication Department (I have a comm minor). Even for my major, which is a visual emphasis in the Art Department, they were more willing to help me than the actual Art Department advisors. The Art Department should take notes from the Communication Department. Everyone over there was nice and willing to help. They know me by name and say “hi” to me when they see me. Those in the Art Department come across as not wanting to be there. Trust me, I don’t want to go to advising either but it is a requirement to sign up for classes. A change needs to happen over there, and the crabby professors need to go.
I found most of my advising from the Communication Department (I have a comm minor). Even for my major, which is a visual emphasis in the Art Department, they were more willing to help me than the actual Art Department advisors. The Art Department should take notes from the Communication Department. Everyone over there was nice and willing to help. They know me by name and say “hi” to me when they see me. Those in the Art Department come across as not wanting to be there. Trust me, I don’t want to go to advising either but it is a requirement to sign up for classes. A change needs to happen over there, and the crabby professors need to go.
They are bad at advising because they are artists.
ReplyDeleteI've had the same issues too. I had to figure out an entire new system by myself when I transferred in. I've had some professors give me good advice here and there, to get full 'help' you have to ask every single professor about every little thing, get 5 + different answers. Trial and error is how I'm graduating out of this terrible program. None of them even the head board member can tell me if I am required to have a senior show or not with just a BA. I'd rather not have a senior show, I've had such a hard time with the department why should I waste my time? I'm in the process of switching majors I'm just finishing up one BA and going to a different college for another. Goodbye art, hello Agriculture/Science! Out of all my professors the ones who have helped me most were those who were really blunt (seen them make students cry cause they couldn't handle negative feedback)
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