Fred Terry's Unofficial BSEE Advising Aids
Updated 8/18/06
On this page I am posting some additional aids for BSEE
students for course planning. These are unofficial documents and do not
replace regular advising, but will hopefully help you with course planning.
Please remember, you should see an advisor at least once a semester and your
should see the chief advisor if you have special problems or concerns.
- Excel Spreadsheet for self-diagnosis on graduation.
If you download the Excel
workbook file at this link, you can run an unofficial graduation audit for
yourself. Try doing this, print the result, and bring it to your next advising
session. To use it, find the worksheet tab that describes your program. There
are 4 programs depending on when you declared as an EE: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006. You
should know the program for which you declared, otherwise consult the EE
advising center. For the 2001-2004 programs, there are separate worksheets for each program depending on
whether or not you are taking EECS 401 or Math 425. For 2006, EECS 401 is
required and Math 425 is not an option. If you think you are
ready for graduation but you have negative numbers showing in any of the
"difference" columns, then you may have a real problem and this is a warning
that you really need to see an advisor. Again, even if this checks out
fine, you should see an advisor to verify your course selections.
Worksheet Updated 4/15/06
- You need to plan head for taking your Major Design
Experience class (MDE). All our MDE's have substantial prerequisites and many
are offered only one semester/year.
The linked
document diagrams some of these issues for the EE-approved MDE's. Please
see an advisor and see the chief advisor if you have special issues. {NOTE:
This is not yet updated to reflect the new program changes}
- A lot of students have difficulties with time and/or money
issues. Please see
this link
for ideas on these issues and links related to financial aid and
scholarships.