Academic Advising Directive

Article 1- Pursuant to Article 22(c) of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and Article 16 of the Bahçeşehir University Undergraduate Regulation, faculty members and lecturers are obliged to provide advising to students.

Article 2- An academic advisor is determined and appointed for each student by the student's Dean's Office/Directorate. A student's advisor is not changed unless necessary. When an advisor leaves the University for any reason, they are obliged to submit the student files they have created in accordance with Article 3 to the Dean's Office to which they report.

Article 3- Advisors create a file for each of their students. This file must contain the student's registration information, Academic Status Tracking Form, transcript, master form and the course registration forms showing the courses taken each semester. The transcript printout must be obtained after the grade entry and appeal periods have ended and before the student's course registration for the following semester begins. This information must be recorded and updated in the Academic Status Tracking Form.

Article 4- Advisors meet with their advisees on specific days and at specific times of the week and help them with the matters they need. When they identify a change in a student's information, they update the information in the file. Advisors announce their office hours to students and report these hours to the Dean's Office to which they report. Advisors must meet with their students at least once between the 5th and 11th weeks.

Article 5- Deans/Directors hold meetings with advisors at least once a month to evaluate advising services and resolve students' problems. They refer matters beyond the limits of their authority and responsibility to the Faculty/School Executive Board or the University Executive Board.

Article 6- Advisors report students' academic problems to the Office of Student Affairs using the Academic Problem Reporting Form. Other specific problems are first reported to the Dean's Office to which they report. Students' financial problems are forwarded, together with the advisor's opinion, to the Office of the Dean of Students.

Article 7- The advising services provided by advisors are evaluated by their students at the end of each academic year. The results of these evaluations are taken into account by the relevant dean/director in academic performance evaluations.

Entry into Force
Article 8- This Directive enters into force after it is approved by the University Senate.

Enforcement
Article 9- This directive is enforced by the President.