Smart Start explains how to prepare for your summer advising meetings and assists you in crafting a course preference plan before you meet with your academic advisor for Fall registration.
Smart Start Schedule & Bonus Session
Smart Start prepares you to launch into Summer Advising, which runs June 18-July 2. Sure, there is a lot to learn about Knox, but Smart Start will ease you into it. On Thursday, June 12, 2025, all new students must attend online informational sessions to help them prepare to meet their academic advisors in the following weeks.
Informational sessions will provide an overview of what academic advising is and help you navigate all of the options in front of you. Sessions will include opportunities to learn about:
What is Academic Advising?
Course Preferences for Fall Term
Pre-Professional Programs
Arrival in Fall and New Student Orientation
Academic Success Programs
Smart Start Bonus Sessions
"Health professions" includes medicine (MD/DO), physician assistant, nursing, dentistry, public health, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and more. Connect with Knox’s prehealth advisor, Lisa Harris.