BAEM Advising Guide

Year Specific Advising Instructions

The following specific advising instructions apply directly to students who are completing the four-year BAEM program on schedule. If you are taking longer to complete the degree you should also check the information for the other years as it may also apply to you.

On line APAS Reports can be used to help you plan the courses you will take and ensure that you will meet all the graduation requirements.

All Students

AEM 4332W is no longer required for the BAEM degree and will no longer be offered.
You must take AEM 4303W (not 4303) to get the two required WI courses in the major.

Seniors during 2008-9

The new degree requirements become effective Fall 2008, which no longer require AEM 4332W, the second design course. Your APAS reports will not be correct until this program change is effective.

If you took 4303 (no W, spring 2007 or earlier) please contact your adviser immediately. You will have problems meeting the WI requirements.

Available technical electives are listed on the summary of course offerings. Consult the restrictions on technical electives while you are choosing these courses. Note that it is possible to minor in Astronomy by taking AST 2001 as one of your technical electives.

To check that you have fulfilled all the requirements for the degree get an On-line APAS Report.

Graduating seniors need only fill out an electronic Application for Undergradute Degree with the Registrar's office. This form is due early in the semester in which you plan to graduate, so make sure you get it in on time, see the degree application deadlines. There is no separate form that needs to be filed with the Department.

Juniors during 2008-9

There are no scheduling changes that require a deviation from the standard program for students in their junior year. Be sure to get the EE courses done in the Fall semester and don't worry if you took FORTRAN instead of C; you won't be the only one who did so. AEM 4601, Instrumentation Lab, will give you enough background in C programming to allow you to do the labs.

Transfer students should take AEM 2301 in the Spring instead of AEM 4303W. Flight Dynamics and Control, AEM 4303W, can then be taken during your senior year without causing any prerequisite problems.

Students wishing to graduate with Latin Honors are required to do an Honors thesis. You should have worked out a plan to do your thesis with a faculty advisor by the end of your junior year in order to leave enough time to complete your thesis. Additional information on the Latin Honors can be found here.

Sophomores during 2008-9

You should be sure to take AEM 2301 and AEM 2012 in the spring, as these are prerequisites for junior level courses.

If your GPA is high enough (depends on your entrance year) you can apply for upper division once you are registered for AEM 2012. Please do so to get into the advising system for BAEM Majors.

Remember that you must take the separate Statics (AEM 2011) and Dynamics (AEM 2012) courses. If you took the combined course (AEM 2021) you will be required to also take either AEM 2011 or AEM 2012 (your choice).

Last Modified: 2008-02-29 at 12:33:41 -- this is in International Standard Date and Time Notation