Your official UCI email serves as the only communication path from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering regarding the mandatory Faculty Advising Process, as well as other program matters. You are solely responsible for regularly checking your UCI email and responding as appropriate. No other media options are currently used.

The advising process was implemented for several practical reasons. Our program requirements evolve so regular meetings with students are the best way to provide information on current programs and planned changes. In this regard, faculty advising complements but does not replace annual meetings with Samueli School of Engineering (HSSOE) counselors to develop a Plan of Study. The faculty advising process also provides an opportunity for students to discuss a range of issues with program faculty, whether involving degree issues, specialization choices, career opportunities, or even professional practice. It provides a good deal of potential opportunity at a very low cost.

Many academic programs assign first year students to advisors, faculty who will remain in that capacity as the student proceeds through the program. This fixed reference point is a benefit to many students who have questions throughout the year. We have chosen to assign freshmen to a group of faculty advisors, providing a fixed group of advisors for the same group of students over the entire time that they are in the degree program. Each advising cohort has a faculty member from each research area (structures, transportation, and environmental or water). Your faculty advisors will continue to advise you as long as you are in our UG programs.

Note: For 2024-2025, Faculty Advising for continuing students may be either in-person or virtual. Advising slides and videos are available on Canvas. Individual faculty advisors can be contacted during their in person or Zoom Office Hours.

The faculty advising process is mandatory for all undergraduate students in the Samueli School of Engineering's Department Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). Faculty advising involves meeting with a faculty member in group and/or individual advising sessions. Faculty advising is in addition to the advising you receive from Samueli School of Engineering undergraduate counselors.

First-years and Transfers: Please note that the advising process for first-years and transfers begins in the Fall quarter. Please review the First-years FAQs. Transfer students who have completed their freshman year should also join the winter advising process corresponding to their year in their degree program.

The formal process for sophomores, juniors, and seniors usually begins in the Winter quarter, although students are encouraged to see a faculty advisor at any time. A schedule will be announced at the start of each academic year. Individual sessions, as an option to group sessions, must be individually scheduled directly with a faculty member from your advising cohort.

To avoid missing communications with the department regarding advising or other matters, always check your official UCI e-mail regularly. This is the best way for us to effectively communicate with our students.

There are two components to the process: group advising and individual advising.

Group Advising provides students an overview of campus, school, department, and degree program policies, programs, and opportunities. In-person sessions will include a summary of the degree programs, an overview of the ABET accreditation process, and information on academic honesty, research and professional opportunities, graduate school, and achieving professional engineering registration. Group sessions are of particular importance for freshmen and transfers, or for students not following the typical plan of study or meeting annually with an HSSOE counselor.

We have introduced a Canvas site for Faculty Advising. In lieu of in-person group sessions, CEE students may access this site 24/7 to view short Faculty Advising videos or to download pdf copies of the advising slides.

Individual Advising sessions provide each student the opportunity to meet with a CEE faculty member to discuss career paths, research opportunities, and a variety of other topics related to civil and environmental engineering. Individual sessions are often more useful than group sessions for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Each student must be advised by a program faculty member at least once each year, in either a group in-person, virtual group, or individual session, otherwise, a hold may be placed on your registration for the next fall quarter (see below).

1. Group Advising: You may choose to complete either Group Advising or to schedule a session with an individual faculty advisor from your advising cohort. Continuing students in good academic standing may choose to opt-out of faculty advising but you need approval from an HSSOE UG Counselor or their UG Program Advisor. Approval requires that you view the Faculty Advising videos (at Canvas) and have a current Plan of Study on file with the HSSOE UG Office.

   First-years and Transfers are strongly encouraged to complete the advising process in Week 1 of Fall Quarter. This may prevent you from making registration mistakes that could delay your progress toward graduation.

   You do not need to register for an advising session, but you must attend one.

   In Fall 2024, the First-Year Student group sessions are:

   1. CEE First-years Session 1: Monday, September 30th, 10am-12pm [ ISEB 1010 ]
   2. CEE First-years Session 2: Monday, October 7th, 10am-12pm [ ISEB 1010 ]
   3. CEE First-years Session 3: Wednesday, October 9th, 10am-12pm [ EH 2430 ]
   4. CEE First-years Session 4: Friday, October 11th, 5pm-7pm [ ISEB 1010 ]

   Sophomores, Juniors, and Returning Seniors should start the advising process no later than the Winter Quarter. You can complete the virtual advising process or schedule an individual Faculty Advising session. Continuing students in good academic standing may choose to opt-out of faculty advising but they need approval from an HSSOE UG Counselor or their UG Program Advisor.

2. Individual Advising: All students have the option of meeting with an individual faculty advisor (see cohort lists) instead of group or virtual advising. If you choose this option, then you must directly arrange to meet with a faculty advisor to schedule and complete, in-person or virtually, the advising requirement.

Your cohort of faculty advisors is determined by your year in our academic programs. There are different faculty cohorts for First Year ("Frosh"), Second Year ("Sophomores"), Third Year ("Juniors", and Fourth Year ("Seniors"). Please note that CE and EnE UG Program Advisors do not serve as individual faculty advisors).

1. First Years include students taking typical first year classes, primarily first year math & science courses and CEE81A, regardless of the total number of UCI credit hours completed to date. Freshmen are planning to take sophomore courses in the next academic year. If you are a freshman, please see FAQs.
   
   
2. Second Years include students taking typical sophomore classes, including second year math courses as well as courses such as CEE30, 20, 11, 81B, and 21, regardless of the total number of UCI credit hours completed. Sophomores are planning to take junior courses in the next academic year. You will be part of the winter quarter advising process and will attend a group session designated for "Sophomores".
   
   
3. Third Years include CE students taking courses such as CEE121, 150, 170, 130, 151A, 171, and 110, and EnE students taking courses such as 150, 170, 130, 110, 160, and 162. You are planning to take senior courses in the next academic year. You will be part of the winter quarter advising process and must attend a group session designated for "Juniors".
   
   
4. Fourth Years include students who are taking the CEE181 Senior Design course sequence as well as specialization and engineering electives. Seniors who are graduating at the end of the current academic year are not required to complete the formal advising process. However, if you are planning to take any courses to fulfill degree requirements in the next academic year, then you must complete the advising process this year.
   

It is recommended that transfer students (from outside of UCI or from other UCI degree programs) attend a freshmen group session in the fall quarter of their first year in the program and then complete the appropriate Sophomore, Junior, or Senior requirements in the winter and in subsequent years.

No. You are free to follow any of the options or to see any of the faculty members in your advising cohort. You can choose virtual or in-person advising and change your choice each year. For in-person advising, you may continue to see the same advisor or you may change at any time. If you wish to be advised by a faculty member not in your faculty cohort, please check with the CE or the EnE UG Program Advisor.

If you do not complete the annual Faculty Advising process, then a hold may be placed on your registration for the following Fall quarter. Any courses in which you are registered will be dropped if you do not satisfy this requirement. One to two hours in an in-person or virtual session, or 15 minutes in an individual session, will be well worth the investment.

Each undergraduate program has a designated UG Program Advisor who can be consulted on any issues but in general do not serve as individual faculty advisors. There is also a CEE Student Affairs Coordinator. For the 2024-2025 Academic Year, these contacts are:

Professor M.G.McNally [on-leave Winter 2024] CE Undergraduate Program Advisor Civil and Environmental Engineering Office: AIRB4048 / 949-824-8462 <mmcnally@uci.edu>	Professor Diego Rosso EnE Undergraduate Program Advisor Civil and Environmental Engineering Office: ET 844F / Tel: 949-824-8661 <bidui@uci.edu>
Jennifer Miller Student Affairs Civil and Environmental Engineering 949-824-5333 <jmiller8@uci.edu>	Professor Jean-Daniel Saphores Department Chair Civil and Environmental Engineering 949-824-5333 <saphores@uci.edu>

• Who/what/where are the HSSOE UG Counselors? The Undergraduate Student Affairs Office offers academic advising by both academic counselors and peer advisors in the School's Student Affairs Office, 305 Rockwell Engineering Center. Counselors are full time HSSOE staff whose role is to advise students on program requirements and to develop a Plan of Study that serves as a roadmap for completing your degree. Meetings with counselors can be scheduled as 30 minute appointments. Peer Academic Advisors are generally available for walk-ins at some point each day. Their office hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office closes between noon and 1 p.m. for lunch. Feel free to contact them at (949) 824-4334 or via email (ugengr@uci.edu).

• What Is My Plan of Study? A Plan of Study is simply a four year schedule of planned courses that will facilitate your completion of your degree program on time. You should meet with an HSSOE UG Counselor once per year to develop you Plan of Study for at least the current and following year. This Plan will include all program required courses as well as General Education options.