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Undergraduate Advising

1. What is academic advising and what is the requirement?

Academic advising is an opportunity to review your progress towards your degree. With your advisor, you will discuss the remaining courses you need to graduate and map out a plan for when to take them. With this, you will have an idea of when you can expect to graduate as well as the expected course load you will take each semester. Advising is also an opportunity to discuss your academic and career goals with your advisor to learn more about resources and support you can utilize to help you achieve those goals.

Undergraduate students are required to meet with an advisor at least once per year. If this requirement is not met, an administrative hold will be placed on your records automatically and you will not be able to register for classes. If your CWID ends in an odd number, your advising hold will typically be placed in the middle of the Fall semester. If your CWID ends in an even number, your advising hold will typically be placed in the middle of the Spring semester. Please plan to make an appointment with an advisor before your registration date to avoid any delays in registering for your courses in the following semester.

2. How should I plan my studies?

In general, you should try to take as many of the required MATH, PHYS, CHEM, or engineering courses that you can each semester. Our program follows a strict sequence of pre-requisites, so if you do not complete the pre-requisite courses in a timely manner, you may be locked out of taking your future courses that you need to graduate. General Education (GE) courses are good to take when you have no other options in a particular semester. Refer to our suggested BSME study plan flow chart for the suggested sequence of courses to take or make an appointment to see an advisor to plan your studies.

3. Who should I meet for advising?

For freshmen and sophomores (< 60.0 total units), you will meet with an advisor at the ECS Student Success Center. For juniors and seniors (> 60.0 total units), you will meet with a faculty advisor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. For information on how to schedule an appointment, see below.

4. How do I contact the advisors?

Please refer to our Frequently Answered Questions page first to see if your question is answered on that page. If you cannot find an answer to your question, you may contact an advisor using the information below. For all email communications with advisors, please include your CWID in the email:

5. How do I schedule an appointment with an advisor?

For advising through the ECS Student Success Center (Freshmen and Sophomores with < 60.0 total units) please schedule an appointment through the ECS Student Success Center website.

For advising through the ME Department (Juniors and Seniors with > 60.0 total units) please the ME advisors scheduling page. 

Please keep in mind:

  1. Your future appointments may be declinded if you do not show up after making an appointment.
  2. Available time slots are added regularly. If you cannot find any open slot immediately, come back and check the website again later.
  3. After you make an appointment online, you can confirm the appointment by checking your Google Calendar through TitanApps. You may not get a confirmation email, so it is important to check your Google Calendar to confirm the information about the appointment's time, advisor's name, and location of the meeting (in-person or over Zoom).

6. How do I cancel or reschedule my advising appointments in the event that I cannot make it?

For appointments made with the ECS Student Success Center, please contact them directly for cancellation and rescheduling. For appointments with the ME department advisors, you can cancel an appointment by deleting the appointment from your Google Calender through TitanApps. You can then book another appointment using the link above.