Advising
Liberal arts requirements vary within the individual degree programs on campus. Therefore, it is important that students carefully plan their liberal arts program to meet their specific degree requirements. Academic advisors are available daily in the College of Liberal Arts’ Office of Student Services, located on the second floor of the Liberal Arts Building, to provide assistance in planning and selecting appropriate liberal arts courses. Through this office, the college provides liberal arts advising and audits for each degree program to help students maintain records of progress toward their degree.
The College of Liberal Arts faculty recommends that students who wish to pursue their liberal arts studies beyond the minimum general education requirement consider any of the following options:
- the additional courses needed to complete a liberal arts minor,
- the additional courses needed to complete a second liberal arts minor,
- the additional courses needed to complete a liberal arts double major,
- a 500-level seminar course,
- at least one multicultural or international/global studies course,
- additional courses that feature writing,
- courses that complement or add depth to professional studies,
- courses that respond to personal interests - even if immediate ties to professional studies are not apparent, or
- the study of a foreign language to facilitate study abroad or professional development.
- Marcia Beattie (mabcce@rit.edu) provides liberal arts general education advising to students in the College of Science, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Gleason College of Engineering, and National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
- Jonathan Ntheketha (jxngla@rit.edu) provides liberal arts general education advising to students the Saunders College of Business, College of Imaging Arts & Sciences, and College of Applied Science & Technology.
- John Smithgall (jssgla@rit.edu) provides liberal arts advising to students in the College of Liberal Arts.
