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Advising Letter

March 14, 2022

Fall 2022 Advising Letter

Dear ME Student,

This letter is to raise your awareness of the courses being offered next fall, changes to the ME Program curriculum, and opportunities you may find with the new curriculum. But first, listed below are some ‘realities’ for Fall 2022 to smooth the road towards your ME degree.

Important Deadlines

  • Repeats: if you have repeated a course and need to take it a third time, you must complete the “Request to Exceed Maximum Course Registration” and have it signed by the department chair. See the criteria on the department website’s Repeat Policy and note the maximum number of repeats (6) including ‘Ws’.
  • The last day to add a course without a permission number for the fall 2022 term (provided space is available) is Friday, August 26, 2022.
  • The last day to withdraw from a course without a “W” in the fall semester (2022) is Friday, September 2, 2022.
  • If you plan on graduating in the fall semester, you must apply for graduation by the end of the first week of the semester, Friday, August 26, 2022. See the checklist and other graduation info on the registrar’s website.

New admission to ME process

Beginning Spring 2022, pre-mechanical students must fill out the Admission to Mechanical Engineering form to apply for admission to the Mechanical Engineering major. This application should be completed in the same semester you are finishing the ME Core Courses. The application deadline for Spring 2022 is April 15, 2022.

Capstone Design

Note that in the new curriculum Senior Design (ME 481 and ME 483) will be replaced by new courses (ME 487 and ME 489) which require prerequisite design courses (ME 287 and ME 387). Therefore, your course plan must either have you attending ME 481 on or before Spring 2022, or attending the prerequisite courses required to begin Senior Design in Fall 2022 or later.

Certificates

While you are planning your next semester, you may want to consider adding a certificate to your plan. Certificates offered include: Biomedical Engineering, Computational, Energy/Environment, HVAC/Building Systems, Industrial Processes, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Materials, Mechatronics, Solid Mechanics, and Thermal Fluids. The requirements for each certificate can be found at the page How do I earn a Certificate?.

Declaring your intent to obtain a certificate will help faculty plan ahead and ensure the associated courses will be offered in the coming semesters. Instructions on how to declare can be found at Change My Major Instructions.

Scheduled courses

As you plan your next semester, be sure to refer to the department’s advising pages and study the 4-year course plan for your catalog year.  The flow charts and 4-year plans show prerequisites indicating course sequences and the time necessary to obtain a degree. Your advisor can help you answer questions and solve problems in planning your schedule.

Required Courses

The ME program offers courses required for the BS in Mechanical Engineering both Fall and Spring semesters. You can see how these courses fit with other required courses at What’s my schedule?

Elective Courses.

The list of Fall 2022 course offerings are posted at Fall 2022 Electives

Resources

To aid in your course planning you may find the following links useful:

Wishing you the best of luck in the fall and for the remainder of the spring.

Sincerely,

The MBE Advising team