MU Advising Assistant

The MU Advising Assistant aspires to improve the advising experience at Miami University by:

• Providing students with faster, more accessible advising support.
• Enhancing decision
• making by guiding students through program requirements, scheduling, and multi
• major planning.
• The problem domain is academic advising inefficiency — students often face delays or confusion when navigating course requirements and program planning, while advisors spend significant time answering routine questions or checking reports.

The MU Advising Assistant will provide:

• A student portal with personalized recommendations, course planning tools, and a cleaner DAR representation.
• An advisor dashboard to monitor DARs, student progress, and advising interactions.
• Integrated forms to streamline advisor contact and routine administrative requests.
• Compliance with academic policies and FERPA standards.
• The system will be built with PHP/Laravel, a database of programs/requirements, and CAS authentication for student/advisor roles.