Advising Information for Summer and Fall 2008

Advising and course selection for Summer and Fall 2008 starts March 24, 2008. Official registration begins March 31, 2008. The Spring 2008 Schedule of Classes is available online: Schedule of Classes, then select the desired semester.

Final Exam Schedule for Fall 2008

Advising Procedure

The ECE Department will be following the same advising procedure as in previous semesters. You will need to stop by your advisor's office and schedule an individual appointment. Some advisors will have appointment time blocks posted outside their offices where you can sign up for the time that fits your schedule, while other advisors will use email to schedule appointments.

Don’t know who your assigned advisor is? Please consult the list on the Advisors bulletin board across from the ECE main office, 610 Cobleigh Hall.

BEFORE COMING TO YOUR ADVISING SESSION, PLEASE PREPARE THE FOLLOWING:

• The list of courses you are currently taking this semester (SP08).
• The tentative list of courses you plan to take next Fall (FL08) and/or Summer.
• The estimated semester in which you expect to graduate.

At the end of your advising session, your advisor will sign an advisor evaluation form for you to complete. You will need to bring that signed form to the ECE office in order to pick up your PDF form for course registration.

Special notes:

• As of the Fall 2007 semester, EE 391 (1 cr.) is no longer being offered. The replacement course is ENGR 310R Multidisciplinary Design (3 cr). To compensate for the change in total required credits, the EE program has been modified to make I&ME 325 (Engineering Economy) an elective course rather than a required course, resulting in one additional elective credit for EE majors (new total of 17 elective credits). The CpE program will absorb the additional two credits of ENGR 310R by reducing the elective credits by two (new total of 17 elective credits).

Students in the BSEE program who have already taken EE 391 will be unaffected, and should continue with the existing catalog requirements (including taking I&ME 325). Similarly, BSCpE students who have already taken EE 391 will be unaffected.

Current students in the 06-08 (or earlier) catalog who have not already taken EE 391 must now plan to take ENGR 310R the semester prior to taking EE492, and advisors must submit a substitution form explaining the change in requirements, at least until the 08-10 catalog appears this year.

• New students and current students who switch to the 2008-2010 catalog requirements should be aware that there is now greater flexibility in the choice of the 3 credits labeled "COE Core." These 3 elective credits are selected from either the approved Professional Electives listed in the catalog for each major (EE or CpE), or from the list of courses approved by the MSU Core 2.0 committee in the W, A, H, S, D, N, or Contemporary Issues in Science (CS) categories (all but the US or Q categories).

• If you plan to graduate between now and the end of Spring Semester 2009, please meet with your advisor to fill our your Application for Baccalaureate Degree. You may pick up the Application for Baccalaureate Degree and instructions in the display rack outside the ECE Office, 610 Cobleigh Hall. Students graduating in Spring 2009 must turn in the application to the ECE Department by Friday, April 18, 2008. Note that applications for Summer and Fall 2008 graduation were due in February: if you have not submitted your application yet, please do so immediately!

• Please be aware that if you plan to graduate Fall 2008 or Spring, Summer, or Fall 2009, you are required to take the FE Exam before you graduate. You may take the FE Exam either the semester of graduation or the semester prior to graduation, but keep in mind that the FE Exam is offered only two times per year: in April and in October. The FE Exam is NOT OFFERED during the Summer Session. You must register for ENGR 499 (Fundamentals of Engineering) the semester you plan to take the FE Exam.
  

NOTE: If you are graduating in December 2008 or May 2009, you may take the exam in the fall of 2008.  If you are graduating in May 2009, you may wait until spring to take the exam. You must take the exam no more than one semester prior to the semester you will graduate; therefore, if you plan to graduate after May 2009, this exam opportunity does not apply to you.

The application packet for the October 2008 FE exam will be available for you to pick up in the ECE office (Cobleigh 610) starting Monday, March 31.  You need to return the completed application packet to the ECE office by Friday, April 18.

 

Questions: ECE Department, 610 Cobleigh Hall, 994-2505. Office hours: 8AM-noon and 1PM-5PM.