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The Upperclass Deans Office, a department within the Dean of the College division,
provides support for students in the sophomore, junior and senior classes as
well as for other enrolled students. The office's main mission is to support
students in their engagement with the curriculum and in their overall
educational experience at Dartmouth.
A dean is assigned to each class, and follows the class from its sophomore
through its senior year. Although each of the class deans has specific areas of
academic and counseling expertise, they are generalists in the sense that they
support the mission of the office. Students can schedule appointments
with any of the deans even if not assigned to their class year.
The deans serve:
- as resources for academic, social and
personal advising
- as resources for improving academic performance
- as conduits of information about the College and its procedures
- as sources of support for students who have various kinds of concerns
- as sources of encouragement and information for students pursuing various
kinds of opportunities
- as referrals to other College offices, and
- as administrators of academic and conduct regulations.
Many students schedule individual appointments with their deans to consult
about various academic, personal, and social issues. These include:
- selecting courses
- identifying and structuring a major
- planning for off-campus study
- arranging for leave term opportunities
- applying to graduate programs or for fellowships and grants
- choosing a career
- securing financial resources for off-campus opportunities
- creating social/student organizations and programs
- resolving personal and family encumbrances or hardships
- maximizing the Dartmouth experience (academic and extracurricular)
Additional resources in the office are the Deans Office
Student Consultants. Student consultants are jointly trained by the
First-Year Office and the Upperclass Deans Office and are prepared to field
questions relating (but not limited) to: major courses and curriculum
requirements, D-plan strategies, internship and research opportunities,
off-campus programs, time management skills, reading comprehension and study
strategies. The purpose of the DOSC program is to provide academic peer
advising on an informative but informal level.
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