Charting Your Course at FCLC!

In keeping with the Jesuit spirit of cura personalis, we believe the development and care of your whole self is vital to thriving academically. Throughout your time here at Fordham, your advisors partner with help you to explore your academic, career, and life goals, as well as help identify the courses, enrichment activities, engagement opportunities, and resources best suited to working towards those goals. At FCLC and FCRH, we are determined to make all your academic dreams come true while also building connections to a supportive, nurturing community. How will we do this, might you ask? Here goes!

First Year

• Your Fordham academic journey begins just as high school ends. You will be assigned an academic advisor in the summer months to support you through registration and serve as a connection to resources across our campuses.
• Upon your arrival, we are so excited to immediately welcome you into our community at our academic orientation. Your advisors are so excited to meet you there too!
• You have a transition coordinator! During your transition to college life, your advisor serves as a point person for any academic concerns, sharing ideas, and as a connection point to other resources. 
• Explore the core curriculum! It’s here to surprise you, help you develop soft and transferable skills, as well as spark new paths or confirm ones that you had in mind.
• Encourage connections with faculty and dean’s office staff, as we all want in on the joy of being with you too! 
• Wait a second! Do you feel like your academic dreams aren’t quite covered? Please reach out to your advisor. We’ve got this! Did you know you could create an independent major personalized to your academic interests? 
• There are so many opportunities for learning outside of the classroom here or around the world! Ask your advisor for more information about community-engaged learning, fellowships, study abroad, and undergraduate research, for example.

Sophomore Year

• You will have the same advisor who continues to serve as a point person for any academic concerns, sharing ideas, and as a connection point to other community resources. 
• Continue to explore the core curriculum! Your soft and transferable skills will be noticed as you seek more opportunities.
• Connect with faculty and the dean’s office staff!
• Discern different major options, and when you are ready, we’ll help you declare. Events will be held throughout the year to share more information with you.
• Wait a second! Do you feel like your academic dreams aren’t quite covered? Please reach out to your advisor. We’ve got this! 
• Check out those awesome opportunities to learn outside of the classroom here or globally. Ask your advisor for more information about community-engaged learning, fellowships, study abroad, and undergraduate research, for example

Junior Year

• As a junior, we aim to give you the best of both worlds with an academic advisor focused on core completion and professional development, plus a faculty advisor in your major(s)!
• Your first and second year advisor will miss you, so please keep in touch!
• Faculty advisors are here to guide you on future applications and opportunities, networking, you name it!
• As our rising student leaders, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the dean’s office with your ideas! We love this!
• Check out those awesome opportunities to learn outside of the classroom here or globally. Ask your advisor for more information about community-engaged learning, fellowships, study abroad, and undergraduate research, for example

Senior Year

• How did the time go by so fast? Now you have a senior class dean who makes sure you are ready to roll and get that diploma in May!
• Faculty advisors are here to guide you on future applications and opportunities, networking, you name it, this year and beyond!
• As our student leaders, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the dean’s office with your ideas. By now, we hope you are here all the time already.
• Enjoy every moment of this special year, and please know that by mid-year, it really starts to hit us. It never gets easier to see you go, but then we get to start a new chapter with you as your colleagues and life-long Fordham family. Sssssh, many of us become deans just to hang out with you during senior week.