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Advising

The Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduates coordinates advising for the Carroll School but most academic advising is done by faculty who advise best in their areas of expertise.  Depending on the year of study within the Carroll School, students find additional advising assistance from deans and peer advisors. A student’s faculty advisor is listed on Boston College’s U-View system. 

Freshmen year:
Freshmen in the Carroll School are all invited to meet with Assistant Dean Jim Halpin, Dean for freshmen, to learn about the curricular and extracurricular options at Boston College and within the Carroll School.  Dean Halpin advises students in the first year with the goal of maximizing the academic and extracurricular resources within the university.  Dean Halpin welcomes drop-ins from the Carroll School and is open to meeting with students from any school at Boston College for advising.  Freshmen are also assigned a faculty guide and a peer advisor, who will meet with the freshmen at least three times a year.  Faculty guides are long time advisors who have been trained to assist their freshmen in class selection, choosing their concentration, as well as serve as a resource for their academic and co-curricular questions.  Along with the faculty guides, peer advisors are able to offer further assistance in mapping out their course of study and ways to get involved during their time at Boston College.

Sophomore Year:
Many decisions regarding study abroad, course of study, and how to best spend extracurricular time emerge in the sophomore year.  To help with some of these questions and angst, Assistant Dean Amy LaCombe is available to meet with sophomores and help in academic planning and goal setting for the future.  Sophomores are also assigned faculty advisors, in their intended concentration where possible, to help with course advising in particular fields of study.  We hope that students avail themselves of the resources of the faculty advisors on a regular basis.

Juniors:
As juniors begin to think more deeply about jobs, careers and vocational interests, students can take advantage of two people from the Associate Dean’s office who work together on programming and advising in this arena.  Amy Donegan, Associate Director of the Career Center works in the Carroll School three days a week and can help with resume critiques, interviewing techniques, and networking tips.  Amy LaCombe, Assistant Dean for Advising is also available by appointment to assist in this area. Amy Donegan and Dean LaCombe will run Career Launch both semesters to prepare juniors for the internship search process.  Juniors are also assigned faculty advisors, in their intended concentration where possible, to help with course advising in particular fields of study and internship guidance.  We hope that students avail themselves of the resources of the faculty advisors on a regular basis.

Seniors:
Advising for seniors is done by Associate Dean, Richard Keeley, and any of the Assistant Deans or Amy Donegan, depending on the issue or question at hand. Seniors are also assigned faculty advisors, in their intended concentration where possible, to help with course advising in particular fields of study and vocational guidance.  We hope that students will avail themselves of the resources of the faculty advisors on a regular basis.