How is a BIS/IDIM adviser different from my CLA Student Community Adviser?
BIS/IDIM advisers help you with all issues related to the pursuit of your BIS/IDIM program. They assist you in selecting courses appropriate to your program, developing your BIS/IDIM proposal, making any needed changes in your program, completing your BIS Analytic Paper or your IDIM Senior Project, and incorporating into your program certain experiences beyond the classroom. More broadly, BIS/IDIM advisers provide information about how the CLA individualized programs relate to other programs throughout the University, and how you can coordinate your BIS/IDIM program with your liberal education requirements. On the other hand, your CLA Student Community adviser (a.k.a. “college adviser”) assists you with all issues related to earning your CLA degree except for BIS/IDIM matters. Among other things, college advisers assist students as they navigate the liberal education requirements (including the CLA second language requirement), and graduation procedures and requirements. These advisers
