First Year Advising from Faculty

Georgetown University believes that it is important for first year students to have access to faculty members. As a result, many courses taken by first year students are limited to 15-25 students per section. The SFS has taken this philosophy a step further by creating two courses specifically for first year SFS students, the Proseminar and Political and Social Thought. In order to insure access to the instructor, each course has a maximum of 16 students. The small size and the format of these seminars allow students to work closely with the faculty on their reading and writing skills, study habits, and the transition to college life.

Proseminar professors serve as faculty mentors to students during the first and second years. In addition to working closely with students in the classroom, these professors are available to offer advice and guidance on a variety of academic subjects, including major selection, graduate study, and future career paths. Most proseminar professors also serve on faculty field committees, allowing students to select these faculty members as major advisors and build relationships that last throughout the student?s four years at Georgetown.

All Georgetown faculty members hold office hours during the week and first year students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to not only discuss their progress in specific courses, but to form meaningful intellectual relationships with their professors.