Appointments
Academic advising appointments are scheduled through Patriot Connect. Instructions are below for current graduate student advising, advising for students not currently enrolled in one of our programs (e.g., prospective applicants from other departments), and advising for current George Mason undergraduates who are interested in or already participating in our BAM pathway for Criminal Justice.
*Please note that Brielle only provides virtual appointments via Zoom. To see her appointment availability in the scheduling system, you must choose the virtual modality option.
- Log into Patriot Connect.
- Select your advisor's name under the "Success Team" heading on the home page.
- Click "Schedule Appointment."
- Select the most relevant appointment topic and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred modality (in-person or virtual) and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred day.
- Click on the dropdown menu next to your advisor's name to view available appointment times.
- Select the appointment you wish to reserve and click "Next."
- Provide a brief explanation of what you wish to discuss, any additional information you want your advisor to know, and upload any relevant files that may be helpful to review before/during the appointment (e.g., forms).
- Confirm how you want to receive appointment notifications:
- Email is the default option and will be sent to your George Mason email address.
- You can enable text messaging by checking the "SMS" box as a secondary option or to replace the email reminder.
- Click "Confirm" to reserve the appointment.
- Both you and your advisor will receive an appointment confirmation. Review this information for important details about the session. A quick summary of your upcoming appointment will display on your Patriot Connect dashboard once you have completed the scheduling process.
- Log into Patriot Connect.
- Click "Schedule Appointment" on the home page.
- Select "Graduate Academic Affairs" and click "Next."
- Select one of our graduate programs from the list and click "Next." Applicable graduate programs in our department are:
- Criminal Justice, MS
- Criminology, Law and Society, MA
- Criminology, Law and Society, PhD
- NOTE: You can type the program name into the 'type to filter' box as a quick search feature.
- Select the most relevant appointment topic and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred modality (in-person or virtual) and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred day.
- Click on the dropdown menu next to the advisor's name to view available appointment times.
- Select the appointment you wish to reserve and click "Next."
- Provide a brief explanation of what you wish to discuss, any additional information you want the advisor to know, and upload any relevant files that may be helpful to review before/during the appointment (e.g., forms).
- Confirm how you want to receive appointment notifications:
- Email is the default option and will be sent to your George Mason email address.
- You can enable text messaging by checking the "SMS" box as a secondary option or to replace the email reminder.
- Click "Confirm" to reserve the appointment.
- Both you and the advisor will receive an appointment confirmation. Review this information for important details about the session. A quick summary of your upcoming appointment will display on your Patriot Connect dashboard once you have completed the scheduling process.
Our department offers a Bachelor's-Accelerated-Master's (BAM) pathway for our Criminal Justice program. Students who are interested in this program should first review the program information and eligibility criteria with their undergraduate advisor. For inquiry meetings about the graduate program and/or classes during the BAM pathway, interested students are encouraged to schedule an appointment with our BAM Graduate Advisor, Brielle DeMatteo.
- Log into Patriot Connect.
- Click "Schedule Appointment" on the home page.
- Select "Graduate Academic Affairs" and click "Next."
- Select "Criminal Justice, MS" from the program list and click "Next." NOTE: You can type the program name into the 'type to filter' box as a quick search feature.
- Select "BAM advising (MS only)" and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred modality (in-person or virtual) and click "Next."
- Choose your preferred day.
- Click on the dropdown menu next to the advisor's name to view available appointment times.
- Select the appointment you wish to reserve and click "Next."
- Provide a brief explanation of what you wish to discuss, any additional information you want the advisor to know, and upload any relevant files that may be helpful to review before/during the appointment (e.g., BAM pre-acceptance advising form).
- Confirm how you want to receive appointment notifications:
- Email is the default option and will be sent to your George Mason email address.
- You can enable text messaging by checking the "SMS" box as a secondary option or to replace the email reminder.
- Click "Confirm" to reserve the appointment.
- Both you and the advisor will receive an appointment confirmation. Review this information for important details about the session. A quick summary of your upcoming appointment will display on your Patriot Connect dashboard once you have completed the scheduling process.
Appointment types
Graduate-level advising appointments in our department can be made for the following services:
• BAM advising (MS only)
• General graduate student advising
• Graduate assistant awards, fellowships, and/or travel
• Graduate exceptions and leave requests
• Graduate registration and curriculum questions
• Graduate transfer of credit requests
• Graduation and degree conferral questions/issues
• Prospective graduate student advising/inquiry meetings
*Please note that Brielle only provides virtual appointments via Zoom.
Appointment policies and expectations
• Appointments must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the selected start time.
• Students are expected to join the appointment promptly at the scheduled time.
• If you are 10 minutes late for your scheduled appointment, you must reschedule - no exceptions.
Need to cancel?
If you need to cancel your appointment, please do so with as much notice as possible. You should cancel and/or reschedule your appointment via Patriot Connect.