IU-Advise: A Web Based Advising Tool For Academic Advisors and Students

Abstract

Academic advising is an important activity of an academic institution. It guides the students to explore potential careers, academic disciplines and opportunities in the college environment. An accurate and full featured advising system can be an effective tool to both students and faculty advisors. The dynamic nature of academic programs, especially in regards to changes in the general education and other degree requirements, poses a continuous challenge to faculty advisors to remain up-to-date. The goal of this thesis is to implement a web-based advising system which facilitates academic advisors in their efforts to providing quality, accurate and consistent advising services to their students. The proposed system was implemented using a set of open source software packages to create a low cost, flexible, and customizable system.