Advising
Undergraduate Group Advising
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has adopted a Group Advising process starting Fall 2008. This is a result of strong input from our students and other stakeholders. The administrative steps required to advise and prepare you for on-line enrollment will all be done at a single session. During your 1-on-1 interview, you will be able to select and be advised into next semester's courses and be cleared by William Student Service Center (WSSC) to enroll in the appropriate time-window. There will be preparation necessary on your part to make this happen.
Advisement activities can be divided into two key parts: 1) Determining the direction you wish to take your career preparation, and 2) Implementing that plan with current course schedules and following the required administrative process. Group Advising will focus on making the second step as efficient as possible. Our Group Advisors are experts in handling curriculum alternatives and assisting you with resolving administrative problems. Meeting career objectives requires you to research the impact of specific elective choices in rounding out your educational portfolio. Family, friends, potential employers and others can assist in this dialogue. The ECE faculty may well be your best advisors for this question. They are prepared to assist you during their office hours, prior to your advisement session.
A successful Advising session is assured if three things are in place:
- that you clearly understand your progress toward graduation in the curriculum "pattern",
- that you have formed alternatives and preferences for Electives,
- that our Degree Navigator (MY DN record) correctly reflects credit for all courses you have taken.
Additional considerations might include:
- Making application for Upper Division courses according to Enrollment Management guidelines;
- Applying to enter the accelerated BS/MS track
- Completing Grad-Check activities with WSSC and conforming to the requirement to immediately repeat any course not passed with a C-or-better.
- Immediately visiting with ECE Faculty to discuss your Elective and/or Internship alternatives during their office hours. Complete this activity before your Advising session.
When Does Group Advising Happen?
Each semester, ECE Staff will send out a notification email with the schedule and instructions for group advising.
What to Prepare for Advisement?
As final preparation for Advising, you should follow these steps:
- Print out the ECE Applicable Flowchart (PDF), your "Degree Pattern", as indication of your curriculum progress by crossing out all classes you have or are taking and circling your prospective choices for next semesters classes (writing in specific course numbers for Electives anticipated in the next year)
- Log into degree.ou.edu, go to "My DN Record" and, on the ECE flowchart printout:
- Cross out or highlight your completed courses.
- Circle prospective courses for next semester.
- Set prospective courses for next semester in Navigator using "search/courses" tab.
- Verify the courses appear under the "Selected Courses" list in the right hand pane.
- Log into enroll.ou.edu
- Prepare a Trial Schedule of these classes to assure that there are no time conflicts with your perspective classes.
- Print the completed Trial Schedule
What to Bring to Advisement?
- Completed Flowchart with prospective courses circled and completed courses marked.
- Trial Schedule from enroll.ou.edu