Advising & Academics
At Oakes College we seek to provide our students with the highest quality education. To us this means not only preparing students for university-level coursework, but also providing them with the skills to lead thoughtful and productive lives and to work with people of other backgrounds who may hold different values.
Advising
Your advising team is here to help you navigate your academic path, explore your interests, and plan for what’s next. Connect with us whenever you need support or have questions.
Mentoring
Looking for guidance as you start your journey at Oakes? The Oakes College Mentoring Program connects first-year students with trained peer mentors who offer support, resources, and advice for adjusting to college life.
Courses at Oakes
College courses connect you with Oakes College’s theme and community while helping you explore ideas, build skills, and prepare for your academic journey.
Academics at Oakes
In the Oakes College core course, Communicating Diversity for a Just Society, we explore the interconnections between our personal histories and our educational experiences and how such relationships shape our learning as well as our personal identities. Using these concepts, Oakes students are able to view their university experiences through a lens of diversity and equality.
- The Oakes core course is just one of the courses offered at Oakes!
- Oakes offers support to students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
- Oakes offers a certificate in service-learning and social justice.
- Oakes students excel in academics as well as extra-curriculars! Check out a history project website!
- Oakes provides student scholarships (for individual and collaborative projects) in the areas of (1) academic research; (2) creative initiatives; (3) artistic endeavors; (4) special events.
- The Westside Writing Center (WWC) offers writing consultation services and tutoring designed to teach and support undergraduate students in all aspects of scholastic writing for students at Kresge, Oakes, Porter, Rachel Carson College, College Nine, and John R. Lewis College.