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Me too, and that’s the only part I think is really problematic. I think it’s reasonable to tolerate re-scheduling from your advisor, but I don’t think no-shows are okay at all.</p>
<p>I see where the department is coming from on the “you’re responsible for knowing the requirements” bit. Some of the requirements for a degree are complex, like the HASS requirement, and it’s important for students to realize that they are ultimately responsible for taking the correct courses to graduate on time. I agree that the advisors should be basically familiar with requirements in the major, but I see the point in reminding students that the final responsibility lies with them.</p>
<p>As a graduate student, I see this as common-sense advice for dealing with my advisor and with members of my dissertation advisory committee. But it surprises me, too, that it would be up in such bald-faced terms as advice from a department for its undergraduates.</p>