| Do Engineering-Unaffiliated students have to attend faculty advising? No, unaffiliated students do not need to attend a mandatory session. Unaffiliated students may want to attend the sessions for the majors they are considering changing into. It's also important to meet regularly with your academic counselor to ensure you are making proper progress toward your major of choice. Remember that you need to declare a major by the time you attain 90 units. Look at www.due.uci.edu for change of major requirements. Students that are interested in an engineering major might consider signing up for Engr 1: Introduction to Engineering. Engr 1 is a one unit course introducing students to the engineering fields and the profession. |
| Do I need to attend faculty advising if I'm planning on changing my major? Since you are technically still in the major, it is best to attend faculty advising or you may get a hold on your record. If you change your major out of engineering prior to your advising date, then you don't need to attend. If you change to a different engineering major, plan on attending the session that you were originally scheduled for unless you get a notice to the contrary. |
| I missed faculty advising, what do I do now? Students that miss faculty advising should check the Student Affairs homepage and their email for news of any make-up sessions. Students that miss make-up sessions will need to contact their undergraduate representative directly to schedule make-up advising. Students should be aware that missing faculty advising will result in a hold on their academic record that will prevent them from adding or dropping classes, enrolling in future classes, or paying their fees. Holds will be lifted after students present confirmation that advising has been completed. |
All engineering students are required to meet with a faculty advisor each year. Students must complete faculty advising per the above schedule or have a record hold placed. A record hold will prevent you from registering for classes. Student Affairs will be tracking all student participation.
Students will need to submit a half-sheet Faculty Advising Confirmation form with your name, Student ID, and the faculty signature or stamp to the Student Affairs Office. Your attendance will then be registered. The form will be provided at the advising session or you can get one in the Student Affairs Office.
Students can check, at any time, their advising schedule and their attendance status by signing into this site by selecting 'Sign In' to the right. If you have submitted a completed form to Student Affairs and after 48 hours it does not report 'You have completed faculty advising', please contact Student Affairs in the event that there was a problem processing the paperwork.
Biomedical Engineering: Premedical will not need to attend, and will instead attend a workshop created specifically for premedical students, to be announced later.
Contact Karen Stephens, BME Educational Programs Coordinator, (949) 824-3494, kstephen@uci.edu if you have any questions.
Sign-up sheets for the group advising will be available in EG E4128 (Student Affairs office, room next to the homework box area). If you have any questions regarding the advising session, please call Lorrie Aguirre at 824-2120 or email at <llaguirr@uci.edu>.
Seating is limited to the first 80 students per session.
If none of these times work for you, your professor will allow you to miss class as they are aware of this policy. If you have further questions, contact Jeffrey Coviello at 824-2396 <jcoviell@uci.edu>