Freshmen include students taking typical freshmen classes, primarily first year math and science courses as well as courses such as EECS 10 (or other programming course), regardless of the total number of UCI credit hours completed to date. Freshmen are also planning to take sophomore CEE courses in the next academic year.

Depending on the program from which you are transferring, transfer students could be freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors. However, if you are new to our CE and EnE programs this year, you should attend a fall Freshmen and Transfer Group Advising session. Transfers will then be assigned to the appropriate cohort of faculty advisors depending on completion level of program requirements.

Yes, you are required to complete this process each and every year. Faculty advising is required of our degree program accreditation and, more importantly, it provides channels for communication with program faculty. It complements, not replaces, advising from counselors in the HSSOE undergrad office (with whom you should also meet annually).

Freshmen must attend a Group Advising Session in the fall quarter. The details of the individual process will be discussed at the group session. If you do not attend a group session in the fall, you must contact the CE or the EnE UG Advisor to arrange to fulfill this requirement (a hold will be placed on your registration if you do not comply).

In subsequent years, as a sophomore, junior, or senior, you will be advised in the winter quarter via mandatory group and individual sessions. As long as you will be continuing with courses at UCI in the next quarter, you must fulfill the advising requirement.

If you are planning on transferring to a different major, you still must attend the CEE advising process or a hold will be placed on your registration. If you are planning on transferring into CEE, you are encouraged to participate.

There are two components to the process: group advising and individual advising:

Group Advising provides freshmen an overview of campus, school, department, and degree program policies, programs, and opportunities. Scheduled sessions will introduce you to your advisors and will include a summary of the degree programs, an overview of the ABET accreditation process, and information on how to achieve success in the program. In subsequent years, information will be presented on program changes, research and professional opportunities, graduate school, and achieving professional engineering registration.

Individual Advising sessions provide each student the opportunity to meet with a CEE faculty member to discuss career paths, research opportunities, and a variety of other topics related to civil and environmental engineering. Each student will select a faculty member from the advising cohort and will schedule a meeting. Sessions may be individual meetings or small groups. It is recommended that freshmen meet with an advisor at least once each quarter, but at a minimum you need to meet with an advisor at least once in fall quarter, otherwise, a hold will be placed on your registration for the following year (see below).

In Civil and Environmental Engineering, we have implemented a 2-phase advising process for freshmen:

1. Group Advising: You must attend a scheduled freshmen group advising session. You do not need to register for an advising session, but you must attend one.

   In Fall 2011, the Freshmen and Transfer group sessions are:

   1. Civil Engineering Freshmen & Transfers Session 1: Thursday, September 29th, 2-3:30 pm
   2. Civil Engineering Freshmen & Transfers Session 2: Thursday, September 29th, 3:30-5 pm
   3. Environmental Engineering Freshmen & Transfers should attend one of the civil sessions.
      During the last 30 minutes, EnE faculty will address questions regarding the EnE program.

   All sessions will be held in McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA).

   At the end of the Group Session, you will sign and submit a form recording your participation.

2. Individual Advising: At the end of the group advising session, sign-up sheets for individual advising session will be available. These individual sessions will be scheduled over a few weeks following the group session. You can schedule an advising appointment based on faculty expertise (listed on the sign up sheet) or whatever fits your schedule.

   We strongly recommend that you schedule an individual session immediately following the group session to fulfill the annual individual advising requirement.

   We also recommend that you meet with a faculty advisor at least once each quarter during your freshman year. However, sign-upsheets for pre-scheduled sessions will only be available for the sessions in the fall. If you do not take advantage of these pre-scheduled sessions, then you'll need to contact a faculty advisor independently to schedule an appointment.

   At the end of your individual Session, your faculty advisor will sign a form recording your participation -- you must return this form to the CEE Office in Engineering Gateway.

No. You are free to see any of the four faculty members in your advising cohort. You may continue to see the same advisor or you may change at any time. If you wish to be advised by a faculty member not in your faculty cohort, please check with the CE or the EnE UG Advisor.

If you miss the group session, you must contact the CE or the EnE UG Advisor. You will likely need to schedule a meeting as well as to review and summarize the group advising slide presentation. Fulfilling this requirement will prevent a hold from being placed on your registration.

It is recommended that freshmen meet with a faculty advisor each quarter of the freshman year. The schedule provided at the group session makes it easy to arrange this first meeting. If you do not sign up, you may contact a faculty advisor to arrange for a meeting or simply go to one of their posted office hours. If you do not meet with a faculty advisor every quarter, there will be no penalty. However, you must meet with a faculty advisor at least once in the fall quarter.

You should meet with an HSSOE UG Counselor every year, but this does not replace the requirement to complete the faculty advising process. If your degree program Plan of Study (developed with and filed in the HSSOE UG Office) is not up to date, then you should arrange to meet with a counselor prior to participating in the faculty advising process.

If you do not attend a Group Session in the fall or if you do not meet with a faculty advisor at least once during your freshman year, you will have a hold placed on your registration for the following quarter. You will be dropped from all courses for which you have registered. An hour in a group session and 15 minutes in an individual session will be well worth the time investment.

A copy of the Freshmen group advising slides will be available after the group sessions are completed.

Each undergraduate program has a designated UG Advisor who can be consulted on any issues but particularly those issues not associated with the faculty advising process. There is also a CEE Student Affairs Coordinator. For the 2011-2012 Academic Year, these contacts are: