Students and advisers use the Degree Audit Reporting System in planning students' academic careers. DARS is a sophisticated enhancement to the Integrated Student Information System which shows students' progress toward their degrees, enables them to explore academic alternatives, and gives detailed and accurate information.
Academic advisers give students timely information about program requirements and University policies and procedures. Advisers assist in selecting courses and programs of study in accordance with students' interests, abilities, academic progress, and goals. An adviser may be able to aid a student in the initial exploration of long-range occupational and professional plans, helping to synthesize academic pursuits with lifetime goals and vocational aspirations. The adviser not only guides the student in the selection of required courses but also in choosing from the large number of elective courses those which best fit into the major. Advisers aid students in the use of all of the departmental and support services of the institution.
Academic advisers attempt to avoid errors when advising students about their program requirements, but schools and colleges cannot assume liability for errors in advising. Therefore, students must assume primary responsibility for knowing the requirements for their degree and for acquiring current information about their academic status.
Each school, college, and campus of the University offers a full component of academic advising for students. For locations and specific information, students should contact the office of the Dean of the College in which they are enrolled, or consult the list below. For many academic actions, the approval of an academic adviser or of the student's dean's office is required.
FACULTY
Temple University faculty members keep regular office hours, apart from class meeting times, when they are available to meet by appointment with students. Many instructors notify classes of their office hours at the beginning of each semester. Departmental offices also may be consulted for instructors' office hours.
DEANS' OFFICES
Each of Temple's undergraduate schools and colleges has a member of its Dean's staff whose responsibilities include those relating to students' academic concerns. These individuals know the University and its resources. They are familiar with the academic programs within their units and can respond to many of their students' needs. For those persons' names, see the Faculty/Administration listings at the end of each school and college's material in the next section of this Bulletin.
Academic Resource Center
- Main - Curtis Hall, Room 113 (215) 204-2500
Allied Health Professions, College of
- Communication Sciences - 110 Weiss Hall (Main) (215) 204-8402
- Health Information Management - Jones Hall (HSC) (215) 707-4811
- Nursing - Jones Hall (HSC) (215) 707-4686
- Occupational Therapy - Jones Hall (HSC) (215) 707-4813
Architecture Program
12th and Norris Streets
Architecture, Room 907 (215) 204-8813
Art, Tyler School of
Beech and Penrose Avenues
Elkins Park, PA 19027
- Art and Art Education - 311 Anderson Hall (Main) (215) 204-7191
- Art Education - 304 Hall (Tyler) (215) 782-2730
- Art History - 8th Fl, Ritter Annex (Main) (215) 204-7837
- Crafts - 305 Penrose Hall (Tyler) (215) 782-2868
- Graphic Art and Design - 302 Penrose Hall (Tyler) (215) 782-2869
- Painting, Drawing, Sculpture - 303 Penrose Hall (Tyler) (215) 782-2870
- General & Transfer - Registration and Records, 201 Penrose Hall (Tyler) (215) 782-2751
Liberal Arts, College of
- Main - First Floor, Sullivan Hall , advisor@blue.vm.temple.edu , (215) 204-7971
- TUCC - First Floor, 1616 Walnut Street (215) 204-1509
Ambler
Meetinghouse Road off Butler Pike, Administration Building, Third Floor (215) 283-1237
Business and Management, Fox School of
- Main - 101 Speakman Hall (215) 204-7672
- Ambler - 14 Library (215) 283-1399
- TUCC - First Floor 1616 Walnut Street (215) 204-1182
Communications and Theater, School of
- Main - 300 Annenberg Hall (215) 204-5273
- Ambler - Administration Building, Third Floor (215) 283-1597/1237
Continuing Education, Office of
- Main - Curtis Hall, Room 113 (215) 204-2500
- Ambler - Administration Building, Third Floor (215) 283-1237
- TUCC - Information Center, Academic Advising, 1616 Walnut Street, First Floor (215) 204-4358
Education, College of
- Main - Ritter Annex, Room 238 (215) 204-8011
- Ambler - Administration Building, First Floor (215) 283-1597/1237
- Kinesiology - Pearson Hall, Room 135,140 (215) 204-8713, 1953
Engineering, College of
- Main - 12th and Norris Streets
- Environmental and Civil - (215) 204-7814
- Electrical - (215) 204-7597
- Mechanical - (215) 204-7808
- Ambler - Bright Hall, Room 207 (215) 283-1513/1237
Landscape Architecture and Horticulture
- Ambler - Administration Building, Third Floor (215) 283-1597/1237
- Ambler - Cottage Hall, Room 14 (215) 283-1292
Liberal Arts, College of
- Main - First Floor, Sullivan
Hall , advisor@blue.vm.temple.edu
(215) 204-7971 - TUCC - First Floor, 1616 Walnut Street (215) 204-1509
Music, Esther Boyer College of
- Main - Presser Hall, Main Office (215) 204-8301
- Dance - Vivacqua Hall, Room 309-E (215) 204-6281
Pharmacy, School of
3307 North Broad Street
- HSC Office of Admissions - (215) 707-4900
- HSC Office of Student Services and Alumni Affairs - (215) 707-2429
Science and Technology, College of
Barton Hall, Room A306 (215) 204-2890
Social Administration, School of Temple University Center City Tourism and Hospitality Management, College
of Tutoring at no charge is available in the following schools, colleges,
and departments: Accounting Allied Health Professions, College of Ambler Campus Economics Engineering French Kinesiology (formerly Physical Education) Mathematics and Sciences Resources
Center (MSRC) Pharmacy, School of Russell Conwell Educational Services Statistics Social Administration, School of Art, Tyler School of Other Tutoring Sources Karl Horvath, Director Academic Computer Services has facilities West of
Broad Street to assist students in their studies. Computer and Media
Services (CMS) include a computer laboratory in Vivacqua Hall, media design services, and
an instructional support center. Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) See the College of Allied
Health Professions section of the Bulletin.
1616 Walnut Street, First Floor (215) 204-4358
103 Pearson Hall (215) 204-6297, 8706
387 Speakman Hall
(215) 204-8196
HCOP provides tutorials
1316 Ontario St
Jones Hall, Room 518
(215) 707-8214
Tutoring arranged in a variety of subjects
(215) 283-1237
877 Ritter Annex
(215) 204-8880
Walk-in tutoring for all Engineering students in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and
introductory engineering courses.
Engineering and Architecture Bldg. Room 323
(215) 204-7818
Anderson Hall, 5th Floor
(215) 204-8266
Tutoring is available to students enrolled in C100 or C101,
Anatomy and Physiology.
(215) 204-1947
Walk-in basis, no appointments necessary
Curtis Hall, Room 17
(215) 204-8466
Web Site: http://www.temple.edu/MSRC/
GCOP provides tutorials.
3307 N. Broad Street, Room 150
(215) 221-8214
Tutoring in many classes is made available to Temple students. Group or individual
tutoring sessions are available, depending upon demand.
202 Vivacqua Hall
(215) 204-1251
203 Speakman Hall
(215) 204-8144
Ambler Campus, Library 14
(215) 283-1399
New Career Ladders in Social Work
521 Ritter Annex
(215) 204-7611
William Thompson Communication Skills Instructor
650 Ritter Annex
(215) 204-6029
Office of the Academic Coordinator
207 Tyler Hall
(215) 782-2780
Assistance is available with writing and mathematics.
Pearson Hall, Room 219
(215) 204-8730
The Russell
Conwell Educational Services Center
Norma Arnold, Director
202 Vivacqua Hall (215) 204-1252
The primary function of the Russell Conwell Educational Services
Center
is to provide Temple students with specialized academic support
services.
Throughout the academic year, specialized assessments, educational
workshops,
tutorial services, academic counseling, and supplemental academic
course
work are provided to students. These services, which enhance
retention and
graduation, are available to all students (including adults)
regardless
of college, matriculation status, or year of admission.
In addition to the academic year program, the Center provides a
six-week
summer pre-matriculation program for entering freshmen through its
"Freshmen
Referral Programs" described below. The Center also provides
incentive
and preparatory services to pre-graduate students at Temple through
its
McNair Program (see below) as well as to Philadelphia high school
students
aspiring to attend college through two Temple Upward Bound programs.
FRESHMEN REFERRAL PROGRAMS to the Conwell Center [Act 101, Student
Support
Services, and Educational Services Component]: These three
programs
are devoted to access and retention services for Pennsylvania high
school
graduates who have demonstrated potential for achievement at Temple.
[The
main distinctions between the program are set by state or federal
funding
requirements--the programs differ somewhat in their focus.] Students
admitted
by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and assigned to these
programs
for services are notified of the need for their mandatory
participation
in a six-week Summer Bridge Program before their fall semester of
enrollment.
They are then matriculated as University students in the fall
semester and
receive academic year support services as indicated earlier. The
Summer
Bridge Programs provide academic skills preparation in mathematics,
language
arts, computer usage, and library skills, along with academic
counseling
skills relating to the transition from high school to college.
PRE-GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM: [Ronald E. McNair Faculty-In-Training
Undergraduate
Program]: This pre-graduate school program for undergraduates
(funded
by the U.S. Department of Education) is designed to mentor and teach
30
low-income, first-generation college juniors and seniors aspiring to
graduate
education and the professoriate. In addition to living in the
residence
halls during the summer program and receiving stipends, the students
receive
academic skill development workshops (including one summer assisting
a faculty
member teaching a course in "Intellectual Heritage" and
one summer
doing an individual research project with a professor/mentor).