Academic Advising

Your first-year seminar instructor is looking forward to meeting you in the fall and talking with you about your academic choices and aspirations. Even before you arrive on campus, though, members of the faculty and staff are available to advise you on course selection, answer your questions about requirements and give you tips about areas of study that you may want to explore. Listed below are names and schedules of faculty members available to take your calls during the two weeks of summer registration. You can also find helpful information about academic requirements, advanced placement, and other areas you want to know about by going to Welcome Entering Students home page and clicking Academic Information.

Summer Faculty Advisors

207-786-6071 Clarisa Peréz-Armendáriz, Assistant Professor in Politics

207-786-8391 Lisa Maurizio, Associate Professor in Classical and Medieval Studies

207-786-8205 Margaret Imber, Associate Professor in Classical and Medieval Studies and Faculty Technology Coordinator

207-786-6184 John Kelsey, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

207-786-6439 Karen Palin, Lecturer in Biology

207-753-6958 Eric Towne, Mathematics Assistant in Instruction (math questions only)

Registration I advising hours: select and enter 3 courses and a first-year seminar (see below for details)

Monday, July 15
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Maurizio
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Palin
9-11 a.m. Towne (math questions only)
2-5 p.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
4-9 p.m. Kelsey

Tuesday, July 16
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Palin
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
3-7 p.m. Kelsey
5-7 p.m. Towne (math questions only)

Wednesday, July 17
8-11 a.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Maurizio

Thursday, July 18
3-6 p.m. Kelsey

Friday, July 19
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
4 p.m. Registration I closes “randomization” is run (see below for details)

Registration II: review “randomization” results (see below for details)
Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21

Registration III advising hours: add and drop courses, adjust schedule (see below for details)

Monday, July 22
9-11 a.m. Towne (math questions only)
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Palin
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lisa Maurizio
3-5 p.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
4-9 p.m. Imber

Tuesday, July 23
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Kelsey
9-11 a.m. Peréz-Armendáriz
12-4 p.m. Palin
4-9 p.m. Maurizio
5-7 p.m. Towne (math questions only)

Wednesday, July 24
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Imber
5-8 p.m. Imber

Thursday, July 25
4-7 p.m. Imber

Friday, July 26
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Kelsey
12-3 p.m. Imber
4-7 p.m. Imber
11:59 p.m. Registration III (add/drop) closes until September 3

Also available during much of the summer will be Holly Gurney, Associate Dean of Students and Ree Russell, Administrative Assistant, at 207-786-6220, firstyearstudents@bates.edu. Registration advice is available as well from the Registrar at 207-755-5949, registrar@bates.edu.

Registration II – review “randomization” results
July 20– 21, 11:59 p.m. (EDT)
Some Bates courses have limited enrollment or seats as listed under “cap” in Garnet Gateway’s Schedule of Courses. After Registration I closes, the Registrar’s Office will randomly assign students into the seats in limited courses. We call this “randomization.” Look at your “Register or Add/Drop Courses” page in Garnet Gateway to view the results of randomization and see which courses you are now registered for.

Registration III – adjust your schedule (add/drop)
July 22, 10:00 a.m. (EDT) — July 26, 11:59 p.m.
If, after randomization, you don’t have 4 courses for the fall semester or have changed your mind, you can now make changes. Select new courses yourself or call a summer faculty advisor. Enrollment during Registration III (add/drop) is on a first come, first-served basis.

Add/Drop will again open for all students on Tuesday, September 3, 7:00 a.m. so you will have a chance to make adjustments then or after meeting with your First-Year Seminar advisor later that day.

Go to www.bates.edu/entering/registration-overview to learn how to register.