Advising FAQ

Each student is assigned a primary faculty advisor upon entry into the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This assignment will remain the same through graduation unless the student chooses to change advisors for advice related to a particular specialty. Advisor assignments are made in March and October and are posted on the department's website.

Electrical Engineering students are assigned Electrical Engineering faculty advisors. Computer Engineering students are assigned Computer Engineering faculty advisors. Advising assignments are made based on faculty availability; as students graduate, advisors are assigned additional advisees.

If a student changes from EE to CpE or from CpE to EE, he/she will be assigned an advisor from the new major. If a student wants to change advisors, that student should speak with the Undergraduate Student Services Coordinators in 104 Riggs to be reassigned.

You can also use iROAR to access DegreeWorks. Your advisor's name will be listed at the top of your DegreeWorks audit. Additionally, you can download the Clemson Guide application for your smartphone. The guide's features include appointment scheduling, viewing your class schedule, using the official academic calendar, and much more.

Each student is assigned a registration time ticket. You may check your registration time ticket in iROAR by clicking on Student > Student Profile > Registration Notices.

In iROAR, visit Student > Student Profile > Holds. You should contact the office that initiated the hold to find out how to clear it.

The ECE Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator or the ECE Registration Coordinator may change a student's class and/or lab section at any time. Students may be moved to a different section if the need arises as a result of sections being canceled, section times changing or new sections being created, for example. If you are moved to a class that conflicts with a sports, band or ROTC commitment, please contact the Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator.

Prior to the start of each semester, a pre-requisite check is run. If a student does not have the required prerequisites or the required GPA, he/she will be dropped from ECE courses. 

ECE CURRICULUM: For specific questions about which curricula you should follow, please see the Undergraduate Student Services Coordinators in 104 Riggs Hall. For general questions about the curriculum requirements, please see the Undergraduate Curriculum page.

GENERAL EDUCATION: In addition to completing coursework in the major, all students are to complete coursework in general education. The general education requirements must be from the same curriculum year in which the student is completing his/her engineering program. For example, a student on the 2006-2007 engineering curricula will also follow the 2006-2007 general education curricula while a student on the 2008-2009 engineering curricula will follow the 2008-2009 general education curricula. The courses that meet the University requirements for graduation are found for each curriculum year in Undergraduate Announcements on the registrar's page.

A minor consists of at least 15 semester hours, with no fewer than nine credits at the 3000 level or higher. A student cannot major and minor in the same field. Courses used to fulfill general education requirements may be counted toward the minor. Students are encouraged to contact the department offering the minor for advising. A student may specify one completed minor on the graduation application to be recorded in his/her academic record.

A minor can be declared at any time, and changed at any time up until a student applies for his/her diploma in the final semester. A list of minors, requirements and additional information can be found in the Undergraduate Announcements on the Office of the Registrar's Web page.

3rd Attempt (Appeal to Remain in Major)
Variance – GPA< 2.0
Variance – Miscellaneous

Independent Study: ECE 4050 Approval Form
Design Projects: ECE 4920 Approval Form
Honors: ECE H4910 Approval Form
Research in Electrification of Transportation: ECE 4980 Approval Form

A student wishing to take a CI course should first meet with the ECE faculty instructor to discuss the scope of the project and what faculty will expect of the student over the course of the semester. Faculty and student should also decide upon which course number will be used (ECE 1990, 2990, 3990, or 4990) and how many credits the course will be taken for (1-4).  

After this meeting, the instructor will issue an override so that the student can sign up for the course in iROAR.

Course signups must be completed by the last day to add a class.

The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is a measure of minimum competency to enter the profession. Students in their final two semesters before graduation are eligible to take this examination which is the first step to earning the designation of PE - professional engineer. Employers hiring recent engineering graduates often look to see if the applicant has successfully passed the FE exam.

Passing the exam also demonstrates how serious you are about your engineering career. The NCEES [National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying] prepares the national FE exam for all licensing boards. This exam is a valid measure of minimum competency related to the educational training received in an engineering degree program.

The Undergraduate Student Services Coordinators in 104 Riggs Hall can sign these forms.