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Though the advising system' | Though the advising system' | ||
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- | The formal structure of the system is a little complicated, | ||
- | - We recognize that good advising is not always at the top of everyone' | ||
- | - Over the years, the system has been tinkered with a lot, and we're still experimenting and trying to develop a system that works well for every BADgrad and Adviser((It' | ||
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- | It may be obvious, but it's important to note that while the department has a formal advising system, " | ||
The advising system breaks down as follows: | The advising system breaks down as follows: | ||
- | * The **Mentor** is an older graduate student who provides advice to younger graduate students, from before they arrive in Berkeley | + | * The **Mentor** is an older graduate student who provides advice to younger graduate students from before they arrive in Berkeley. |
- | * Each graduate student has an **Academic Adviser**, a faculty member who provides non-research advice. Student-specific Academic Advisers are assigned before the beginning of students' | + | * Each graduate student has an **Academic Adviser**, a faculty member who provides non-research advice. |
- | * Each class of BADgrads has a **Class Shepherd**, a faculty member who is responsible for tracking the progress of the students in that class throughout their graduate careers. | + | * The **Graduate Student Grandmentors** are BADgrads who manage the mentoring program for a year. They are currently (Spring 2022) Kishore Patra and Bryan Brzycki. |
- | * The **Mentor Masters** are BADgrads who manage the mentoring program for a year. | + | * The **Head Graduate Adviser** is the faculty member (currently |
- | * The **Head Graduate Adviser** is the faculty member (currently | + | |
* It is hoped that your **Research Adviser** is a valuable source of advice for non-research matters too, but Research Advisers intentionally have no formal responsibilities in this system. | * It is hoped that your **Research Adviser** is a valuable source of advice for non-research matters too, but Research Advisers intentionally have no formal responsibilities in this system. | ||
* The **Annual Progress Report** is a way for the department to monitor students' | * The **Annual Progress Report** is a way for the department to monitor students' | ||
- | ===== Mentors and Mentor Masters | + | ===== Mentors and Grandmentors |
The BAD mentoring system is described on the [[mentoring]] page. It's an entirely informal program, with the only departmental support coming in the form of funds for a few meals. We hope that younger BADgrads will find their mentors to be helpful and that most of their " | The BAD mentoring system is described on the [[mentoring]] page. It's an entirely informal program, with the only departmental support coming in the form of funds for a few meals. We hope that younger BADgrads will find their mentors to be helpful and that most of their " | ||
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===== Academic Advisers ===== | ===== Academic Advisers ===== | ||
- | Every BADgrad has an Academic Adviser, a faculty member who is not the student' | + | Every BADgrad has an Academic Adviser, a faculty member who is not the student' |
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- | The assignment of Academic Adviser is //not permanent// and can be changed whenever the student so desires. If a particular pairing isn't turning out to be very helpful, there' | + | |
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- | The Department Chair runs the introductory Astro 290A course in which all first-year students are required to enroll. Sessions of this class may be used as group advising sessions. | + | |
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- | **Responsibilities**. (1) Students should meet with their Academic Advisers one-on-one at least once a semester. The content of these meetings is entirely open. It can include research progress; classes; job hunting strategy; and even---believe it or not---science! The Annual Progress Report can serve as a natural launching point for discussion for the Fall meeting. (2) Academic Advisers should help students meet the formal deadlines for their Prelim exam (which must be taken before the end of the second year) and Qualifying Exam (which must be taken before the end of the fourth year). | + | |
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- | ===== Class Shepherds ===== | + | |
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- | Every class of BADgrads has a single Class Shepherd, a faculty member tasked with keeping track of the class as a whole. The Shepherd for a class is assigned by the Head Graduate Advisor shortly after the completion of the first year. Usually the Class Shepherd is selected from the instructors of first-year classes, since they will have been acquainted with the students. (The Department Chair serves as de facto Shepherd for first-years since he/she is the Academic Adviser for the whole class and sees them regularly in 290A.) | + | |
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- | The Class Shepherd for the 4th (monster@astro) and 3rd years (juicy@astro) is Eugene Chiang. The Class Shepherd for the 2nd years (gaggle@astro) is Geoff Bower. | + | |
- | **Responsibilities**. | + | **Responsibilities**. (1) Students should meet with their Academic Advisers one-on-one |
- | In general, Class Shepherds should keep tabs on the entire class and notify the right people (Mentors, Academic Advisers, the Chair, Research Advisers) as problems arise. | ||
===== Head Graduate Adviser ===== | ===== Head Graduate Adviser ===== | ||
- | The Head Graduate Adviser (HGA) is a faculty member responsible for overseeing the entire advising system. The current HGA is Eugene Chiang (filling in temporarily for Dan Weisz). | + | The Head Graduate Adviser (HGA) is a faculty member responsible for overseeing the entire advising system. The current HGA is Dan Weisz (as of Spring 2022), and Raffaella Margutti is a second Graduate Advisor who will be taking on the role of HGA for the Fall 2022 semester. The HGA has weekly office hours, or can be contacted via email to set up a meeting. |
- | **Responsibilities**. (1) The HGA is on-call to dispense | + | **Responsibilities**. (1) The HGA is on-call to dispense of advice to all students. (2) Improving adviser-student relations, and identifying and defusing problem situations, are tasks very much shared between the HGA, the Academic Adviser, the Research Advisers, and the Chair. (3) The HGA solicits feedback and ideas for improving the advising system, and implements changes to the system, in consultation with other faculty as necessary. (4) The HGA maintains |
===== Annual Progress Report ===== | ===== Annual Progress Report ===== | ||
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* It is an opportunity to celebrate accomplishment---either in research or teaching, including outreach. Write down your bibliography! | * It is an opportunity to celebrate accomplishment---either in research or teaching, including outreach. Write down your bibliography! | ||
- | ====== Effective Advising ====== | ||
- | How do we get the most out of the small amount of time that we devote to advising? Googling for " |