An academic advisor is assigned to each student upon admission to the School of Public Health-Bloomington. Because the advisor-student relationship is so beneficial to the student's academic progress and career planning, each student in the school is required to meet with his or her assigned School of Public Health-Bloomington academic advisor each term before registering for classes. During these meetings, a student and advisor identify the courses in which the student will enroll for the following term.

Students seeking certificates, baccalaureate degrees, and master's degrees may use online academic advisement reports and degree requirement tab sheet summaries as effective tools to track academic progress. Academic advisement reports (AAR's) are available to admitted Indiana University students at https://one.iu.edu. AAR's allow Indiana University students to view their completed and enrolled course credits in a context that shows completed academic program requirements, as well as those requirements that remain unfinished.

In addition, requirements for each degree program are summarized on Course Requirement Summaries, available  at https://uisapp2.iu.edu/confluence-prd/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=510820884, or in printed form in the School of Public Health-Bloomington Records Office in SPH 123. The Course Requirement Summary for each academic program specifies the total credit hours required completion of the degree, courses to be taken, GPA requirements, suggested electives, and other information. These advising tools are used by students and their academic advisors to guide the selection of courses and monitor progress. Adhering to stated requirements is the student's responsibility.

A doctoral student will have coursework individually prescribed by the student's faculty advisory committee.  Doctoral students must meet with their academic advisors to determine the sequence in which to enroll in the prescribed courses.