Undergraduate Advising Overview

Academic advising staff are available in the Bioengineering Student Affairs Office to provide advice and answers to questions about the Undergraduate Programs in Bioengineering. In addition, answers to FAQs (see various sections) have been prepared for common questions.

By consulting with advisors and the FAQ listing, current students can obtain answers to policy and procedural questions on a variety of topics, including the following:

  • Admission to the Undergraduate Majors
  • Credit for Advance Placement (AP) Courses
  • Major Requirements and Courses
  • Planning Quarterly Course Schedules
  • Education Abroad and Bioengineering
  • Clearance to Enroll in a Course
  • Petitions
    • Incompletes
    • Course Substitutions
    • Course Equivalents for Community College Transfer Courses
  • Application to the 5 Yr BS/MS Program

Upon admission to the major, students are required to meet with an undergraduate advisor in the Bioengineering Student Affairs Office to plan a program of study. The program plan may be revised in subsequent years. However, revisions involving curricular requirements require approval of an undergraduate advisor and the Undergraduate Studies Committee. As the department may make course and/or curricular changes periodically, it is important that students consult with an undergraduate advisor on an annual basis.

Pre-Bioengineering majors can also obtain programmatic advice from the Student Affairs Office.

Students should obtain technical and professional advice from their Bioengineering faculty. A faculty advisor is assigned to each student upon admission to the major.