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Reminders when creating four-year degree plans

Double check all pre-requisites and minimum grade requirements.

Use the helpful links listed on the degree planning tools site.

Be sure to complete your CORE requirements in a timely fashion.

Consult your advisor if you need assistance.

 

The goal of the Student Academic Success-Degree Completion Policy is to promote undergraduate student success. The policy establishes a structured framework and criteria to guide all students entering in the Fall 2005 semester or later towards completion of an undergraduate degree within a reasonable time period.

Degree Plan Templates
For assistance in building your four year degree program, please use the suggested plans (also knows as templates, in Excel format) below:

Directions for engineering students in a declared major:
Consult the degree curriculum sheets and select the appropriate suggested plan that correlates with your declared major from the menu above. 

  1. Print out a suggested plan for your declared major from the list above.
  2. On your suggested plan, list when you plan to enroll in each course.  Please take into consideration any AP, IB, transfer work, or approved substitutions that may have already fulfilled degree requirements.
  3. Consult the college and departmental benchmarks (course requirements you are required to meet by 45, 60 and 90 credits) from the benchmark menu below.
  4. Once completed, please submit a copy to your department and the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support located in 1124 Glenn L. Martin Hall.  Note that if there are any changes to your plan, you will be responsible for creating a new plan and submitting it to both offices.
  5. Students in declared majors such as: Aerospace, Biological Resources, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Fire Protection, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering will be required to submit a four year degree plan prior to registering for their third full time semester.*  

Any student pursuing a B.S. in Engineering will be required to submit the paperwork and wait for college approval prior to being admitted and pursuing the degree.

* If appropriate, the student and advisor will develop a revised plan which details the timely completion of the remaining degree requirements. It is the student's responsibility to ensure any revised plans are forwarded to the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support in 1124 of Glenn L. Martin Hall for review.  As a result of this review, a student may be required to change his/her major.

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Directions for undecided engineering students:

  1. Please visit various departmental engineering websites and explore the different majors available to you.  For assistance, please speak with an advisor in Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support.
  2. Decide on a tentative major, print out a suggested plan for your intended major from the menu above.
  3. Consult the college and departmental benchmarks (course requirements you are required to meet by 45, 60 and 90 credits) from the benchmark menu below.
  4. These sample templates presume that a student is full time and entered the major during the freshman year. If your plan deviates from the recommended plans above then indicate which semester you plan on registering for the remaining courses. Please take into consideration any AP, IB, transfer work, or approved substitutions that may have already fulfilled degree requirements.  
  5. Once completed, please submit a copy to the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support located in 1124 Glenn L. Martin Hall.  Note that if there are any changes to your plan, you will be responsible for creating a new plan and submitting it to both offices.
  6. Undecided engineering students will be required to complete a four year plan with a tentative major in mind prior to registering for their third full time semester.*

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Academic Benchmarks
The Clark School of Engineering has expectations and policies that are designed to promote the success of its students and ensure timely progress towards graduation.  Students, in consultation with College and departmental advisors, are required to develop an individual plan for timely completion of his/her degree program.  The plan will be reviewed by the student and his/her advisor on a regular basis and revised, if necessary, as individual circumstances change.  Under normal circumstances, a student is expected to complete his/her degree requirements in no more than four years.  The student is responsible to complete a specific number of courses each academic year.

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Expectation and progress towards the degree will be benchmarked at three points in a student's program: 45 credits, 60 credits, and 90 credits.  A student who does not meet a benchmark and is not making timely progress towards his/her degree, will be required to meet with his/her departmental advisor before the start of the next semester. Failure to do so may result in the cancellation of his/her pre-registration for the subsequent semester.*

*If appropriate, the student and advisor will develop a revised plan which details the timely completion of the remaining degree requirements. It is the student's responsibility to ensure any revised plans are forwarded to the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support in 1124 of Glenn L. Martin Hall for review.  As a result of this review, a student may be required to change his/her major.

 

 

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