Preregistration Meeting for the

School of Mechanical Engineering

Kristin Deckard DawsonAssociate Director of ME AdvisingSchool of Mechanical Engineering

Office: ME 2008Email Contact: kedeckar@purdue.edu

Web: http://www.purdue.edu/ME/Undergrad/

Key People and Places

Rm 2008B – Prof. Jim Jones, Assoc. Head

Rm 2008A – Tarri Brickler, Director of Advising

Rm 2008D – Kristin Deckard-Dawson, Associate Director of Advising

Rm 2008C – John Haller, Academic Advisor

Rm 2008 – Helen Kendig, Administrative Assistant

Rm 2058 – Jerry Matthews, Dir., Office for Industrial Experience

Rm 3061G – Prof. Chuck Krousgrill, Co-op Coordinator

Rm 2007A – Dr. Anil Bajaj, Head of Mech. Engr.

Outline

Introduction

Three Main Points ME Admission & Graduation Requirements

ME Policy and Procedures

ME Program Overview (ASSIGNMENT)

Plan Your Electives

Concluding Thoughts

Open Question & Answer Period

ME Admission Requirements

Successfully complete all FYE engineering courses with required grades for the program.

Earn an Engineering Admissions Index (EAI)of EAI > 3.2. and a Cumulative > 3.2 GPA.

* The EAI is based on all CORE FYE Engineering courses (except CGT 163). It also does not include remedial courses (e.g., MA 151, PHYS 149) or other extra courses (Band, Gen Eds., ROTC, etc.)

First-Year Engineering Requirements

MATH 165*, 166* (or 161* &162*) 8-10 hrs

CHEM 115* 4 hrs ENGL 106*/108*, COM 114 6-7 hrs PHYS 172* 4 hrs ENGR 131/ENGR 132* 4 hrs Science Selective* 3-4 hrs CGT 163 (Not Required in FYE) 2 hrs=====================================Total Hours Required 29 hrs-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * EAI Courses You must complete CGT 163 and COM 114 by the end

of your first semester in ME.

Graduation Requirements Graduation (Cumulative) GPA > 2.0

(Includes all courses taken while at Purdue) Core GPA > 2.0 (Note On-Line Core GPA Calculator &

your MyPurdue Plan) (Core courses includes all required soph. &

greater engr., math and science core courses) Non-Core GPA > 2.0

(Includes all other Non-Core required courses)

==================================== If Core GPA falls below 2.0

One semester grace period allowed to bring up Core GPA > 2.0

ME Policies and Procedures

Scheduling Problems Read Your Purdue E-mail Regularly. Always keep your local and home address information

on MyPurdue current. Start an Academic Program file Register Math (MA) courses first if they are a co-req. for

another course taken in the same semester Policy on Schedule Changes

See Curriculum Notes, page 3 All courses required for the BSME degree must be taken for

a grade. However, extra courses may be taken Pass (P)/No Pass (NP).

Repeating Courses(Remember the 2.0 Core GPA Requirement)

Core courses 300 level and above (plus ME 290 and ME 263) MUST be taken at the W. L. campus.

If you receive a: F, you MUST repeat the course C- or lower, you MAY repeat the course (Strongly

Recommended) C or better, you CANNOT repeat the course

You CANNOT concurrently repeat a course and take the follow-on course.

You CANNOT repeat a course if you have taken the next course in the sequence.

You MUST successfully complete each course within three attempts.

Professionalism(Treat your class as you would a job)

Arrive to class on time and ready to participate. Chronic tardiness/absenteeism is unprofessional. If you are ill or need to be absent from class (e.g., for a plant trip), inform you instructor prior to class.

Treat faculty and staff with respect. Passively disruptively behavior (e.g., talking during lecture, sleeping, texting, reading a newspaper, working on other coursework, leaving class without permission, etc.) is unprofessional.

Be honest and ethical in all assignments.

Take care of and pride in your ME facilities.

Seven Most Common Errors in POS

Select Any Unspecified Elective Courses for the UPCOMING SEMESTER (e.g., FREE, ECON, WAC, GE-1, GE-2, GE-3, GE-4, PE-1, PE-2, PE-3, PE-4, RE-1, RE-2).

RETAIN LABELS for Elective Courses After a Specific Course is Selected (e.g., ECON 252 (ECON), PSY 120 (GE-2), CSR 342 (Free), etc.)

Name, PUID, GPAs, Date, Email missing.

Insufficient credit hours (128 crs. req. for grad.). Transfer Credit, AP Credit, Test Out (e.g., Languages)

Loads too heavy (see POS worksheet) or unbalanced.

Prerequisites not met.

ME 463 should be in your final semester

Remember. The POS is your responsibility.

Other Information

Use Schedule of Classes to verify a course is offered. You can find your time ticket on MyPurdue.

Specify upcoming semester elective courses – You don’t have to specify future electives.

ME Ugrad Homepage – Has links to Schedule of Classes and Course Catalog.

Foreign Lang.Test – Apr. 8 – 10th at 6pm in SC 231. Permission form required (avail. in ENE or ME). Foreign language is NOT required If you choose to take a Foreign Language course, must have

at least 6 credit hours of that language if you plan to use it as a degree requirement. (i.e. If you take GER 101, must take GER 102 to even use GER 101 as a General Education Elective.

Registration Process(March 23rd – March 26th)

Prepare your POS. Be sure you avoid the “Seven Most Common Mistakes in POSs”.

Sign up for a registration time using the link that is emailed to you tomorrow morning. (You will need to put in your username & password, then fill out your first name/last name & select a time that works with your schedule & click register.)

Bring a hardcopy of your POS with you to your appointment.

If changes to your POS are requested, complete those ASAP to avoid delays in scheduling.

Check your courses on MyPurdue.

Concluding Thoughts

Recognize the ME Admission and Graduation Requirements

Know the ME Policy and Procedures

Plan your ME Program (POS ASSIGNMENT)

A John Doe POS is not acceptable

Some courses are available On-Line

Use elective courses to specialize your background.

Read your Purdue Email regularly.