Advising

The Center for East Asian Studies is committed to providing academic advising in support of graduate student scholarly and professional development. When most effective, this advising relationship entails collaborative and sustained engagement by the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. Both the advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity.

Faculty advisors guide students in critical areas such as selecting courses, designing and conducting research, and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways. Program administrative staff are available to advise students on program policies, degree requirements, and course selection.

Graduate students are active contributors to the advising relationship; they should proactively seek academic and professional guidance, take responsibility for informing themselves of policies and degree requirements for their graduate program, and remain aware of all program-specific and University-wide deadlines.  

At or before the start of graduate study — generally at the beginning of autumn quarter — each student is assigned an advisor: a member of the program’s faculty who provides research advice and guidance in course selection and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways. Usually, the same faculty member serves as a program advisor for the duration of the master’s study; however, formal advisor change requests are possible in consultation with CEAS staff.

Coterminal Students: The university requires that the graduate advisor be assigned in the student’s first graduate quarter even though the undergraduate career may still be open.

CEAS students must meet with their advisor at least once per quarter and submit advisor meeting forms opens in a new tab to the program office. 

See Graduate Advising for a statement of university policy on graduate advising. Academic advising by Stanford faculty is a critical component of all graduate students’ education, and additional resources can be found at Advising Practices & Resources opens in a new tab.