Students entering their first semester at UB normally receive advisement from a senior academic advisor in the UB Engineering Office of Undergraduate Education, 410 Bonner Hall. In addition, most students receive a faculty mentor their freshmen year or a departmental faculty advisor 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 ME advisor to be certain that they satisfy departmental graduation requirements. Engineering students are urged to see their ME advisor prior to registration each semester. During their academic career at UB, engineering students are also encouraged to maintain contact with a senior academic advisor in 410 Bonner Hall. Our senior academic advisors provide assistance with general University requirements as well as UB Engineering requirements. Entering freshmen are also offered a wide range of special advisement opportunities and academic help sessions by the Office of Undergraduate Education.

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 normally takes place at specific announced dates during pre-registration in the Spring semester of each year. This mandatory advisement process allows students to verify that they will be able to graduate as expected.

The main purpose of advisement is to provide help in choosing and scheduling required and elective courses – facilitating program completion and the best use of flexibility in the ME program. 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 (and available on the web at http://undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu/) also provides additional information about our Department, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and undergraduate programs and courses at the University at Buffalo.