Advising

Your faculty advisor, the undergraduate admin, Ms. Weiss and the program advisor Prof. Powell are your advising team.

• Your faculty advisor is there to help you plan your classes, and to give you career advice. Because you meet with them each semester, we hope you form a good relationship with them. If this is not the case, contact Ms. Weiss, and she will assign you to another advisor.
• Ms. Weiss is your first point of contact, and can help with many issues: how do I enroll in a class, can I get an override for a class, how do I apply for a pre-graduation audit, etc.
• Prof. Powell can answer questions about double-majors, scholastic standing issues, and any other question your faculty advisor or Ms. Weiss is not sure about. If you are dealing with physical or mental health issues, or are otherwise feeling like the semester is particularly difficult for you, he can often work with your professors and the College staff to help you get on track.

The new curriculum differs from the old in three elements:

• There is a new required course, Aero 350 (Fundamentals of Aerospace Computing)
• 9 credits of technical electives are required (vs 7 in the old curriculum)
• Several courses have been reduced by one credit, in large part to make space for the
  other changes

In general, you graduate under the rules that were in place when you declared Aero as your major. Students who declared starting in W21 are officially under the new curriculum. However, if you have taken 2 or fewer of these courses – Aero 215, Aero 225, Aero 315, Aero 325, Aero 335 – you may want to graduate under the new rules. Contact Prof. Powell if you are not sure. If you are an old-curriculum student, you may still want to consider taking Aero 350 as a technical elective; the faculty strongly believe that a firm foundation in aerospace computing for today’s job market and graduate programs.

You should bring your Academic Requirements Checklist pdf. You can access it in the Student Center of Wolverine Access, via My Academics > View my advisement report > Checklist report pdf

You also may want to work with your advisor to set up an online Aero Advising Worksheet. The templates, which are Google Sheets, are here:

• New curriculum students
• Old curriculum students

In the past, advisors have kept these on paper in your student folder. This semester, we are moving them online. Make a copy of the template, give it the name myuniqname-Advising-Worksheet, and share it with your advisor and Ms. Weiss (lweiss). You can then work with your advisor to mark courses you have completed, and which semester you plan to take the other courses. If you want to try out different course plans for the rest of your degree, you might want to try this tool.

The idea behind the requirement is that there are other engineering disciplines that are useful for Aerospace graduates to be familiar with. We have designed the requirement to allow you an opportunity for breadth, or for depth (including pursuing a minor). The requirement is:

1. 1. All students must take ME 240, preferably during the sophomore year, and
   2. Students must take any two courses from this list: MSE 220, MSE 350; EECS 215, EECS 216; EECS 280, EECS 281

Some notes:

1. • Students who are undecided may want to take MSE 220 and EECS 215. This gives you a grounding in materials science, and electrical engineering.
   • We accept EECS 314 as substitute for EECS 215 for students having difficulties enrolling in EECS 215. Please note that EECS 314 cannot be used towards technical electives.
   • The computer science minor rules limit the number of courses double-counted with the major to one course (EECS 280) for aero students. Other courses required for the CS minor (3 more courses will be counted as general electives.
   • All other minors, including physics and math minors do not limit the number of courses that can be double-counted.

1. All students must take an advanced (300-level or higher) math or science course. The most useful courses for most aero students are linear algebra (Math 419), numerical methods (Math 371 or 471 or Aero 423), or statistics (Stats 412).
2. Including the advanced math/science class, you must take at least 7 (old curriculum) or 9 (new curriculum) credits. Anything technical – which includes most math, science or engineering courses – at the 300 level or higher counts.

Almost anything. If you have 128 or more credits toward program (CTP), you have automatically satisfied the general elective requirement.

Please visit our SUGS program page to learn more about the eligibility and application process.

• College of Engineering Bulletin—The official source for all College rules
• LSA Course Guide—LSA Course Guide
• Aerospace Course Guide—Official listing of Aerospace Courses
• Intellectual Breadth Requirement—Yeah, we have to look it up, too!
• ECAS Resources—Engineering Center for Academic Success – list of resources
• CARE Center—Genuine and practical support, in and out of the classroom