There are several offices within the School that work together to provide the engineering student with academic advising services. It is to the engineering student's advantage, as well as his or her responsibility, to be aware of and access the academic advising services offered by the various offices. Students are able to seek advice from faculty, departmental advisors, and Office of Student Affairs advisors.
Faculty Advising
Faculty members are a valuable academic advising resource for students. Most faculty are willing to meet with students throughout the academic year to discuss any of the areas listed below. The student should identify a faculty member in the engineering area of interest by consulting upper division students, the department undergraduate office and the department chair's office or by perusing the Faculty Bios website, which lists faculty members' areas of expertise. The student should then make an appointment to meet the faculty member during his or her office hours. This type of advising should be done several weeks in advance of the University advising period.
Faculty members can provide advising in the following areas:
- Career Opportunities
- Course Selection
- Graduate School
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Research Opportunities
- Specific Areas of Interest
- Technical Electives
- Technical Option Areas
Departmental Advising
All Engineering students are required to have their designated departmental advisor approve the set of courses they will register for each semester. Students may also visit with their department advisors for the following:
- Advising Bar Removal
- Initiation of degree audit
- Application to take fewer than 14 hours
- Initiation of major sequence application
- Application to take more than 17 hours
- Maintenance of departmental folder
- Degree plans
- Registration advising
- Initiation of application for graduation
- Registering for department courses
- Initiation of application for graduation
Office of Student Affairs Advising
SAO provides a variety of different services to students. They represent the Office of the Dean in student matters and serve as a clearinghouse for information about the School and the University. Academic Advisors and SAO staff are available to assist students in the following areas:
- Adds/Drops/Withdrawals
- Application to take less than 14 hours
- Application to take more than 17 hours
- Concurrent Enrollment Approval
- Correspondence Course Approval
- Course Selection for New Students
- Crisis Intervention
- Degree Holder/Non-Degree Seeker
- Engineering Loans
- Engineering Undeclared
- Extension Course Approval
- Final Degree Evaluations
- Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs)
- General Engineering Courses
- Grade Change Processing
- Graduation
- Honors Program
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Internal Transfer Application
(Change of Major) - Major Sequence Application
- New Student Orientation
- Probation and Dismissal
- Prospective Student Visits
- Recruitment
- Resource Referral
Engineering Student Advising Centers
The Cockrell School of Engineering, in collaboration with the Office of Residence Life, has created two academic community centers in Jester and Kinsolving Residence Halls. The goal of the centers is to create a supportive student environment for advising and learning in order to enhance academic success. The Jester and Kinsolving offices are staffed by professional academic advisors from the Office of Student Affairs. Quality academic support is offered with free small group and individual tutoring on a nightly basis in Jester and Kinsolving.