Attention Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science Majors:

It’s time to start thinking about registration for Spring 2014. All students must meet with an academic advisor for pre-registration advising.Pre-registration advising appointments for Spring 2014 begin Monday, October 14, 2013.

Beginning on Tuesday, October 8^th, sign-up sheets will be posted on the bulletin boards outside the advising offices ITE 202-206.

This year, you will see that both individual and group advising appointments are available.

Individual appointments require approximately 30 minutes of your time and give you the opportunity to discuss any questions or concerns individually with your advisor. Students who attend an individual appointment will be cleared to register during their appointment.

Group advising appointments require approximately 30 minutes of your time and give you the opportunity to review your registration plans with multiple advisors and a group of students pursuing the same major. Students who attend group advising will be cleared to register during the group advising session. So bring your friends, and plan your courses for next semester together! 

If you attend group advising, you may still sign up to meet with an advisor individually to address any additional questions or concerns you may have. However, an individual appointment is not required.

For the week of October 14^th, group advising sessions are offered at the following times:

            Monday, October 14^th: 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm

Wednesday, October 16^th: 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm

Friday, October 18^th: 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am

In order for this process to go as smoothly as possible, we ask all students to come to the hallway outside ITE 202-206 to sign up for group advising or for an individual advising appointment.  Sign-up sheets will be available beginning on October 8^th. You will be asked to write your name, intended major, and student ID number on the sign-up sheet. Please make a note of the date and time of your appointment.

Prior to your appointment:

1. Please review your scheduling options by looking over the schedule of classes available on the UMBC website HERE.
   
2.  Review your degree audit – major and general education/foundation requirements, so that you are aware of the courses still needed to complete your degree requirements. Learn more about your degree audit HERE.
   
3. Review the sample 4-year plan for your major to determine where you are in the recommended sequence of courses.
   
4. Check the Gateway requirements for your major and determine where you are in relation to the completion of this requirement.
5. Come prepared to your appointment with a list of courses you intend to take in Spring 2014.

After your advising appointment, you will have clearance to register for classes. However, you will not be able to register until your assigned registration appointment time. Your registration appointment time is not your advising appointment. Instead, it is the earliest date and time that you may register for classes. For information about registration appointment times, please go HERE. If you have not been advised in either group or individual advising, you will not be able to register when your registration appointment time occurs.

Please come to the hallway outside ITE 202-206 to sign up for your advising appointment. Beginning on Tuesday, October 8^th, sign-up sheets will be posted on the bulletin boards outside of the advising offices ITE 202-206.

Please note: Students who have completed the gateway requirements for their major and are not in their first semester at UMBC generally have faculty advisors. If you are assigned to a faculty advisor, you should contact your advisor to schedule an appointment. If you are unsure whether you have a faculty advisor or not, you may come to the hallway outside ITE 202-206 and review the list of students with faculty advisors.

UMBC is co-sponsoring a GEM GRAD Lab (Preparation for Graduate School) mini-conference at UVA on Saturday, September 28, 2013. We are sponsoring a bus to go to UVA and would like to have a large number of UMBC's STEM majors attend.

Please see the link below for more information about the event.