CEE Juniors:

I hope that your spring quarter registration is going well. Your spring quarter registration should be pretty simple if you are “on track.” You should have the remaining two 300-level CEE courses and CEE 456 (if you are interested in structures) or a graduation requirement or elective. Please run your degree audit and review your progress.

You need not worry too much about senior year planning at this point. You will do this with faculty mentors in the month of April. We will provide you with more information about this after all students have registered for spring quarter. In the meantime, here is an overview:

Senior-Year Planning Session with Faculty Mentors — In April

• During the month of April, faculty from the various areas (Transportation, Structural, Construction, etc.) will schedule group sessions to meet with CEE majors to help you learn about their field and to help you select appropriate upper-division coursework and prepare for post-graduation. We will advertise these session widely, and post the meeting time on the CEE Advising Calendar.
• After you attend the group session of your choice, you can follow up with individual faculty members of our choice to discuss your specific interests and goals, and to talk about appropriate coursework and preparation for post-graduation for you.
• It is extremely important for rising seniors to attend sessions to meet faculty, to hear about preparation for senior year from faculty (not staff advisers), and to get to know faculty members–and to have them get to know you– so when you return in the fall of your senior year, you have people you can approach for reference letters and/or to be your mentors and supporters.
• Enter your intended courses on MyPlan, print out a copy, and have a faculty member sign anywhere on the sheet (Note: Please be sure to print the print-friendly version of your 4-year plan which will include your name and UW ID number, not a screen shot of the MyPlan page, which omits student name and ID number).
• Turn the signed copy into Brian or Mariko’s mailbox in More Hall 201 by the end of spring quarter. This will be considered your “graduation plan”. Your graduation plan can be modified, but it is important to plan your senior year coursework in advance, accounting for core courses and university requirements.

“Preparing for Graduate School” Session (April 8, 2:30-4pm, Room TBA)

• CEE Chair Greg Miller, faculty representatives, and undergraduate and graduate advisers will host this event to provide a broad overview of the timeline and considerations for pursuing graduate school.
• Preparation for pursuing graduate education begins 9-12 months before the quarter you wish to enroll. If you are interested in going to grad school, attend this session to learn how to prepare for graduate school applications

FE Exam/EIT Registration

• Students will typically sign up for the EIT/FE exam by June. Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam will allow registration as an Engineer in Training certification. For more information, see WA Department of Licensing.

Additional Important Notes

• Last day to exercise your Annual Drop or change to Satisfactory/Non-Satisfactory (S/NS) grading option is this Sunday, February 21. (Satisfactory credits cannot be used to satisfy any major or general education requirements. They can only be used for general electives
• Apply for 2016-2017 CEE Scholarships. The Online application is open between April 1 and May 1. Decisions will be announced by the end of spring quarter.
• If you have transfer credits and you have not yet forwarded your updated transfer transcript(s) to the UW Admissions Office, please do so now.