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Advising and Registration Information
At the University of Michigan - Dearborn Registration Web Page http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/registration/ click on menu item choices on the right under Student Links and you will be able to:
  • Check the "Academic Calendar" (for the deadline to add courses, deadline to drop courses, and to totally withdrawal from all courses)
  • Check the Registration Timetable - gives dates when you can register
  • Click on the UM-Dearborn CONNECT Icon [https://web-sis.umd.umich.edu/]
    • To check the Course Offerings for the current or upcoming semester, including last-minute changes. Changes may include days or times courses are offered, pre- or co-requisites, cancellation of a course, or opening of a reserved section
    • To read the Course Descriptions
    • To get information on what holds you have
    • To get information on closed courses and closed sections of courses
    • Register on-line *after* you consult with your advisor and your hold is released
    • Check your final grades
    • Summer and Fall registration advising can be done at the same time and one hold is released for both terms
Holds
  • All CECS undergraduate students in the following fields have a "Required Advising" hold:
    • Computer and Information Science
    • Software Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Computer Engineering
    • Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • Manufacturing Engineering
    • Engineering Undecided students
  • Only Mechanical Engineering freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with up to 43 credits have a "Required Advising" hold
  • All CECS undergraduate students on probation have a separate "Academic Hold"
  • Students who have ECE department equipment and have not returned it have an "Equipment Hold"
Who is your Advisor?
  • CECS students with up to 43 credits are assigned a SRA Office advisor, in 2000 EC, (313) 593-5510.
  • CECS students with 44 or more credits are assigned a faculty advisor in the department of their major.

Your advisor is listed on a postcard sent to you by the Student Records and Advising (SRA) office two times each year, in October and February. It may be different from your previous advisor. If you wish to have a different faculty advisor, make your request at the SRA Office, 2000 EC.

Make an appointment to see your assigned advisor so your hold may be released in time for your registration date.

  • Fill out the two-page CECS "Advising Hold Release & Course Election Form" and take it to your appointment
  • Consult your advisor so your courses for the following term may be approved and the election sheet signed
  • You will get the top (white) copy of the Advising Hold Release & Course Election Form to use when registering
  • Turn in the bottom (yellow) copy to the departmental office so that your "Required Advising" or "Academic Hold" can be released by the departmental staff
  • You can then register on the web, or in person.

Course Pre-requisites and Co-requisites: You can register for a course only if you have the exact pre-requisites listed in the Schedule of Classes. If you have an approved petition for an alternative pre-requisite or co-requisite you will be able to register only if you get an electronic permit.
Details
  1. CECS Freshmen and Sophomores (with up to 44 credits) must see an advisor in the Student Records and Advising Office, 2000 Engineering Complex, for advising and to have their "Required Advising Hold" released. Call (313) 593-5510 to make an advising appointment.
  2. CECS Sophomores, with 44 or more credits, and all Juniors and Seniors, are required to see their faculty advisor in their department during the Advising Period or by pre-arrangement thereafter.
    • November is the advising period for Winter registration
    • March is the advising period for Summer registration
    • July is the advising period for Fall registration

    Consult your faculty advisor during their office hours.
    CIS Department (105 CIS) www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/
    ECE Department (206 ELB) www.engin.umd.umich.edu/ECE/
    IMSE Department (2340 EC) www.engin.umd.umich.edu/IMSE/
    ME Department (1340 EC) www.engin.umd.umich.edu/ME/
  3. ME Sophomores, with 44 or more credits, and all ME Juniors and Seniors are encouraged, but not required, to see their advisor. Although only ME freshmen and first-term sophomores or ME students on probation are required to see their advisor, we encourage all ME majors to seek advising on a regular basis.
  4. NOTE: ME majors with 44 or more credits may usually see their ME faculty advisor for registration advising during the ME advising period, which is the first week of November, the first week of March, and the first week of July.

  5. All CECS students on academic probation are required to see their assigned advisor for advising. After advising, your advisor will sign the two-page CECS "Advising Hold Release & Course Election Form". Turn in the signed form to your advisor's office to have your released.
CECS Undergraduate Student Handbook (PDF File) has very important student information, including a list of NO CREDIT COURSES.
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Remember that CECS students cannot use a Pass/Fail course for any degree requirement, not even "general electives".