Department	Advisors?	%	Kinds of Advising	Strengths	Weaknesses
Astronomy	yes	10-15%	select curricular track, evaluate electives outside department	flexibility; email appts; also do informal adv. in labs, group mtgs
Chemical Engineering	yes	100%	Advise on major reqs, recommend classes, career advising		had problem verifying; now require faculty signatures
Chemistry	yes	25%	tech. questions re; courses, curriculum, careers, research	multiple tiers (fac/staff/dean) works well; also do research mentoring	some faculty are not good advisors; they are relieved of advising duties.
Civil and Environmental Engineering	yes	50%	Advise on major reqs, recommend classes, career mentoring	works well: fac have relevant experience to help students with educ. and career goals	some fac do not take it as seriously as they should
Classics	yes	6% (1)	1) Advise on major reqs, 2) recommend classes, 3) career advising (in that order)	works reasonably well.	Before VERIP they had 2 fac assigned. Before clustering they had better staff advising and better coordination betw fac/staff
Comparative Literature	no	20%	issues and problems that can't be solved by staff advisor		redesigning role to have more responsibility (include R&C) and greater contact with undergrads
East Asian Languages	yes	20% (2)	career advice, evaluation of courses taken overseas for major credit.	Works well (staff helps with "nitty gritty" advice).	Would like to see more contact on a regular basis between faculty advisors and students.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	yes	66%	Advise on major reqs, recommend classes, career mentoring	Excellent. Fac are not familiar w/detailed reqs, but staff are. Fac offer advice on course and career options. Many meet in groups.
English	no	20% (8)	all of the above, but mostly #1, plus grad school advice.	(A certain # are assigned the task each year, and majors can consult with any of them during office hours.)	Lack of continuity, no ongoing relationships. But with leaves and ctte assignments, it's hard to assign advisors for more than one year at a time.

Environmental Design	no	12% (4)	primarily career directions	student response indicates it works well. Also, studio teaching gives students access to fac.
Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)	yes	50%	all of the above	perspective on discipline, job opportunities, knowledge base for discipline	lack of knowledge of technicalities of major reqs and courses scheduling
Film Studies	yes (lecturer)		course selection, internships, career advice, help with choosing thesis topic, etc.	the lecturer is knowledgeable and highly regarded.
Forestry (within ESPM)	yes	20% (2)	all three, plus job referrals and placement	works pretty well. Even students who wait to the last minute are ok, cuz reqs are straightforward	hard for faculty to keep up on TeleBears and new procedures
French	no	0% formally	fac are available for academic consultation on an as-needed basis, e.g. to advise on grad school	Chair believes that TeleBears has made advising "retroactive", and most advising is linked to technical/admin matters best handled by staff.
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research	yes	50-60%	for upper-division students, they give out advisor codes, provide advice on curric & career matters	most of the better and more extensive advising occurs outside of official advising arrangements	Student dissatisfaction evident in exit surveys. Several advisors are insufficiently accessible; not approachable; lacking in familiarity with reqs, course content and workload, and related jobs and careers.
Integrative Biology	yes	30%	all of the above, depending on need of advisees, who are encouraged to utilize fac advising re: curriculum and future goals	fac generally show interest in students' needs and goals; however . . .	often the student is trying to find expedient ways to advance to the next goal (professional school). Most students see fac advisors at most once per sem.

Insect Biology (within ESPM)	yes	all but admins and grad advisor	at a minimum, checking that reqs are being fulfilled and that areas of emphasis are cohesive.	fac have better overview than staff on the value of courses to meet career goals. Fac are more flexible than staff.	fac are often not well informed on rules and regulations and some may not be sufficiently generous with their time.
International and Area Studies Teaching Programs	no	varies	substantive intellectual issues; fine tune course selections, and help in satisfying reqs both in spirit and scope; review and approve exceptions	can speak authoritatively to the intellectual content	less adept at understanding administrative parameters of interdisc programs, mistakenly assuming they are the same as their home depts. No incentive for faculty to participate.
Molecular and Cell Biology (overall)	yes	26%	guidance towards educ and career goals; info on course content; approve exceptions; advise on research and grad school; sign declaration-of-the-major-forms.	faculty advising supplemented by staff works well: strength in options. Fac are experienced and qualified to answer questions about the field, careers, etc.	Fac advisors are inconsistent: some don't prioritize advising; the fac who care abt ug's should be assigned advising as their admin responsibility.
Molecular and Cell Biology (Cell and Developmental Bio)	yes	10% (2)	matters of professional or intellectual content; waivers for required classes	Chair would favor a system in which faculty seriously mentor a small group of students throughout their years at Cal	However, under the current system, only students working in a faculty member's lab get to know a faculty member well.
Molecular and Cell Biology (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)	yes	25%	all of the above	works very well. Strength is unique perspective and knowledge of faculty	weakness is difficulty of making unscheduled visits or appts. at mid-semester time.
Nutritional Sciences	yes	100%	schedule planning; permission for course substitutions; add-drop petitions; future career/degree goal advising	Works well. Having a faculty contact makes students more likely to pursue lab work, honors theses; one fac knows each well enough to write letter of rec.	weaknesses are minimized because fac have ready access to staff advisors, to confirm admin policies, etc.
Philosophy	yes	8%	yes to all of the above	very well, but there are always time constraints.

Political Science

no

0% formally

on an informal, ad hoc basis some recommend classes, advise on grad school, career paths, etc.

Staff says fac advising would help students feel more connected to at least one fac. , and help when they need letters of rec., etc.

Chair and staff agree that the faculty know so little about requirements that the potential for misinformation woud dramatically increase if faculty were official advisors.

Psychology	yes	100%	available to discuss academic and career issues, individually and in discussions sponsored by student organization	availability to discuss academic and career issues.	No weaknesses: faculty are not required to have a grasp of bureaucratic procedures, rules, regulations pertaining to degree.
Social Welfare	no	0% formally	most faculty serve either as thesis advisors, community-service sponsors, etc.	the current system (a staff advisor) works well because it provides continuity and an efficient use of faculty time. (this syrvey was completed by the staff advisor)
Sociology	no	4%	Each year one fac. is assigned to be UG Advisor, but majors are not assigned to him/her. This person reviews transfer courses, works on curricular improvements, and is available to meet w/students, who rarely take advantage of this.	The current system (staff and peer advisors) works well. Faculty do only informal advising, and thesis advising.	Faculty would need a significant amount of training if they were to be asked to do major advising. (this survey was completed by the staff advisor.)
Spanish and Portuguese	yes	20-25%	Staff does "check list" of requirements, but defers to fac on such things as EAP advising, transfer credit, exceptions to reqs.	works well. Students have good access to staff and fac advisors. Academic decisions are made by fac. Advising is not as burdensome for fac as it was when they handed out advisor codes, etc.	Some students never see their fac advisor--but that's their choice.
South and Southeast Asian Studies	yes	20% (1)	discuss reqs and how to fulfill them; prep for careers and grad school; help them discover relevant classes	seems to work well

Prepared by Alix Schwartz
02/19/99