Advisement in The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development is decentralized, and works best when both the student and the advisor are active participants in it. Students are assigned an academic advisor in their program / department, who ideally will be their advisor throughout their study. Prior to registering for courses, students meet with their advisors to plan and discuss progress towards their degree, and the upcoming semester's selection and schedule of courses. The advisor's signature on the registration worksheet indicates that the schedule of courses has been approved and that students may register for their courses through Albert. Registering for courses, which have not been approved by your advisor, may not count as part of your degree requirements.

Advisement in NYU Steinhardt is integral to the academic experience, and is organized departmentally and by program. Advisement begins with orientation and will continue throughout undergraduate or graduate study. Both student and advisor are expected to be active participants for advisement to work effectively. The Student Advisement Worksheet is both a reminder of the expectations we hold for advisement and a self-evaluation of particular areas that may need discussion. Use the Worksheet as often as you like, but certainly at the beginning of each advisement period. Your advisor, too, has a Worksheet, to guide advisement and self-evaluation.