Students are normally assigned an engineering advisor as they enter their freshman year and a departmental faculty advisor for the AE program during their sophomore year. Although students may also have other advisors at the university, it is important that they maintain regular contact with their departmental AE advisor to be certain of satisfying graduation requirements. Engineering students are urged to see their AE advisor prior to registration each semester. All engineering students are encouraged to take advantage of advisement offered by the SEAS Office of Student Services in 410 Bonner Hall. Individual appointments and dates and times for advisement sessions may be obtained from that office. Entering freshmen are also offered a wide range of special advisement opportunities and academic help sessions by the Office of Student Services. In addition to regular advisement, all students must see their advisor for a compulsory advisement session one year before their expected graduation date to plan their senior year programs. This compulsory advisement period usually takes place prior to pre-registration in April of each year. The main purpose of advisement is to provide help in choosing and scheduling required and elective courses to facilitate program completion enhance the learning experience at UB using suitable electives. It is, however, the student’s own responsibility to see that overall program requirements are met. A second purpose of advisement is to build a relationship with someone to consult for more general advice concerning types of jobs, the possibility of graduate school, and other career decisions. Advisement   discussions are most productive when students carefully review this manual and prepare their own tentative course plan before seeing their advisor. The Undergraduate Catalog, published annually by the University can give you additional information about our Department, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the undergraduate programs and courses at the State University of New York at Buffalo.