GENERAL INFORMATION

Academic Advising

Students in the College of Engineering are assigned to a faculty academic advisor. Please check with the department secretary to obtain the name of your advisor. You should meet with your advisor periodically to ensure that the courses you take will count toward your degree, and that you will meet all university, college and department requirements. Please refer to the curriculum outlines in this document, which list all the courses required in you particular major. Individual course descriptions may be found in the publication Undergraduate Course Descriptions.

Degree Auditing Reporting Results(DARS)

Student versions of DARS reports are available on the Temple Web page. DARS is a record-keeping system that is automatically updated as a student makes academic progress, semester by semester. DARS not only reports academic history and current registration, it indicates the courses you have yet to take, both in your major and as part of the Core Curriculum.

EIT Examination

Graduates from ABET-accredited programs are eligible to take the Fundamentals of Engineering also called Engineering In-Training examination in Pennsylvania. An EIT certification is a prerequisite for licensing as a professional engineer. A Fundamentals examination preparation course is offered within the College of Engineering.

GENERAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS

• Please park bicycles on the rack outside the building. Bicycles are not permitted inside the building.
• Please refrain from smoking, eating and drinking inside classes and laboratories. The "no smoking" rule applies to all T.U. building and facilities.
• Fire tower exit doors at street level should only be used during emergencies.
• All Temple University Students and personnel entering the CoE building must show their I.D. card. All others must show some form of identification and sign in before being permitted to enter the building.
• The use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in the CoE building at all times.

Learning Communities

Learning communities provide an opportunity for students to form connections for social and academic support by taking several of their classes together as groups. Each Learning Community consists of two or three courses scheduled as a block plus, in some cases, a weekly seminar design to review course information, acquaint students with university resources, and allow students to meet with advisors. Within the structure of Learning Communities, students will find smaller classes, easier registration and fulfillment of many of the Core Curriculum requirements. In addition, as students take courses together, they will get to know each other, making it easier to work together in classes and to form student groups outside of class. Learning Communities are open to first and second-year students with fewer than sixty credits. Interested newly admitted students should inquire about Learning Communities during their scheduled orientation so that they can register for courses specifically designed for Learning Communities at that time. Other students should contact their advisor

Non-Traditional Credit

Cooperative Education and Intern Experience

Full time matriculated students who have completed a minimum of sixty semester hours (minimum of twelve hours for transfer students) and have a minimum GPA of 2.5 are eligible to participate in the Co-Op and Internship Programs. Both full-time and part-time positions are available to Temple Students. Students can earn academic credits by taking one of several courses designed to maximize the learning gained in the work experience. If interested, stop by room 326,CoE. You may register for 2-4 semester hours of Co-Op credit for a maximum of 3 semesters.

Credit for Life Work Experience (C.L.E.X.)

The College of Engineering may process C.L.E.X. credit for matriculated students whose work experience is similar to the content of a particular engineering or engineering technology course. The work experience must have been completed prior to admission to the University, and you must have already completed 30 credits within the College. C.L.E.X. forms are available in the Undergraduate Studies Office. A maximum of 12 non-traditional credits will be accepted by the College of Engineering. This includes Co-Op, C.L.E.X., Advanced Placement and C.L.E.P. credit.

Placement Testing (Math and English)

The Math and English placement tests are administered to entering freshmen and certain transfer students. The test results are used to place students in the appropriate first level for Math and English courses. Scores on the English test indicate placement in English 0040,0041(remedial)or English C050, C051 (English Composition). It is possible to test out of English C050 with a high enough placement score. In the College of Engineering, Math courses are sequenced as follows:

PreCalculus I	Math C074
Calculus I	Math C075/Math C085
Calculus II	Math C076/C086
Calculus III	Math0117/Math0127

Placement Testing (Foreign Language)

Entering students may also take a foreign language placement test in a foreign language they have studied. The score of the test indicates the level of proficiency in the language. Based on this score, you will be able to register for whichever level of the language is appropriate for you, for example, intermediate or advanced. As of the Fall of 1996, there is no university-wide requirement to study a foreign language to fulfill the Foreign Language/International Studies option of the Core Curriculum. The foreign language placement test could serve as a useful tool to determine your level of proficiency.

Student Professional Societies and Organizations

The following is a list of student chapters of several professional societies and organizations, which are active in the College of Engineering

• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• Environmental Engineering Student Association (EESA)
• General Builders and Contractors Association (GBCA)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• Minority Engineering Students Association (MESA)
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NESPE)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• Society of Women Engineers(SWE)
• Temple University Amateur Radio Club (TUARC)
• Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society)

Web/Telephone Registration

WEB/telephone registration is mandatory for all eligible Temple University students. Please check the schedule of classes for information on Personal Identification Numbers (PIN's), the Telephone and Terminal Registration Schedule, Late Registration and Schedule Revision (Drop/Add), Schedule Revision Fees, Course Confirmation and Billing. Incoming freshmen and transfer students are not eligible to use telephone registration during their first semester, but will be mailed PIN's early in the subsequent semester.

Besides incoming first-semester freshmen and transfers, the following additional groups are restricted from using telephone registration.

1. First semester non-matriculated students.
2. Students with a cumulative or semester GPA less than 2.0.
3. Students with any type of hold on their records.

Terminal registration will still be available whenever telephone registration is not accessible and can be done by the department secretary or the Undergraduate Studies Office.

TRANSFER CREDIT

We accept transfer from accredited institutions. A minimum grade of C- is required for transfer.

Initially, a transfer evaluation is done by the Admissions Office when a student is first accepted. At the time, Admissions will decide which general liberal arts courses are acceptable. Please Note The Department Chairpersons within the College of Engineering will evaluate All Engineering and Engineering Technology courses. At orientation, the college will make an effort to evaluate the technical credit for all new incoming students. However, if for some reason this does not occur, you must make arrangements with the department to insure that this evaluation is done. Although a minimum of thirty credits in residence is required for an undergraduate degree from Temple, the College of Engineering requires a minimum of twenty four credits in upper level courses in the major. Some departments have higher requirements.

TUTORING SERVICES

The College of Engineering and The University offer a variety of tutoring services. Both undergraduate and graduate students in the College free tutoring service to students who are having difficulties in subject areas such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and various engineering and engineering technology courses. Tutoring services are available at the University level through the Writing Center, and the Mathematics and Sciences Resources Center. See the Office of Undergraduate Studies.

Plagiarism and ACADEMIC CHEATING

Temple University believes strongly in academic honesty and integrity. Plagiarism and academic cheating are therefore, prohibited. The penalty for academic dishonesty can vary from a reprimand and receiving a failing grade in the course or particular assignment to suspension and expulsion from the university. The penalty varies with the nature of the offense, individual instructor, the department, and the school or college.

PROCEDURES WITHIN THE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

AUDITING A COURSE

There may be circumstances under which a student may wish to audit course (i.e.. participate in a class without earning academic credit toward a degree). The student must have special written permission from the course instructor and the Dean of the college in which the course is offered. Full tuition is charged on any audited course. Students may receive permission to audit a course up until the end of the second week of Fall and Spring semester courses and before the end of the third day during the Summer session.

CHANGE OF MAJOR

Changes of major within the College are processed at any time during the semester. Please fill out the appropriate Change of Major form available in the CoE Undergraduate Studies Office.

COURSES AT ANOTHER COLLEGE

Temple University students are occasionally permitted to take courses at other institutions once they are enrolled at Temple. Permission is restricted to those students not living within commuting distance of Temple. Students must complete the appropriate form and return it with the course description to the Undergraduate Studies Office. If the request is approved, the student must have an official transcript sent from the school where the course was taken to the Undergraduate Studies Office. The student should check with that office to ensure that the transcript was received and the credit officially transferred.

CREDIT/NO CREDIT

Certain courses outside the major can be taken on a credit/no credit basis. This option is limited to Juniors and Seniors with sixty or more credits, who have registered for a minimum of twelve semester hours and have an overall cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better. Selection is limited to an elective course each semester, with no more than four college "Credit/Noncredit" courses being allowed toward a degree. A student must select CR/NC during the first two weeks of the course.

GRADUATION PROCEDURE

Those students who have completed 90 semester hours of course work must complete a preliminary graduation plan. This form is available in the departmental offices of the college.

The graduation plan insures that each student planning to graduate has met all the academic requirements for the degree. Additionally, any deficiencies will be tagged, and the student must make arrangements to satisfy them before graduation.

Potential graduates must fill out a graduation application, available at the receptionist's desk. These forms and a receipt for the $40.00 graduation fee are submitted to the Dean's office. Mailing the student's diploma requires an additional $7.50 fee. Both fees are payable at Student Financial Services.

The following are the procedural deadlines for graduation:

• May Graduation - February 15
• August Graduation - June 1
• January Graduation - October 15

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

Students with an academic grievance should refer it to the Dean or the Ombudsperson of the College. These offices are located on the third floor of the CoE building.

INTRA-UNIVERSITY TRANSFER

Transfers to other colleges within Temple are processed during specific times each semester, the dates of which are published in the Schedule of Classes. Please fill out the appropriate Intra-University form available in the CoE Dean's Office.

READMISSION

Any matriculated student who has taken a leave of absence for more than one semester must submit a readmission application upon return. The readmission application may be picked up, completed and returned to the Office of Undergraduate Studies for processing. Also if the student has attended any college or university in the interim, an official transcript should be sent to the College for possible transfer of credit.

REPEATING A COURSE

COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL Students may take a complete withdrawal from the University by filling out an official withdrawal form and a properly endorsed Drop/Add to the Office of Undergraduate Studies. It is recommended that before students submit a notice of complete withdrawal, they schedule a personal interview with the Director of Undergraduate Studies in room 326.

WITHDRAWAL ADD/DROP

The following table is applicable for schedule revision which involves add/drop and withdrawal from a course. Students are advised to heed the timetable, especially for Summer Sessions. Exact dates are published in the Fall, Spring and Summer Schedule of Classes.

FALL/SPRING	Summer
Schedule Revision Add/Drop 1-2 wks.	1- 3 days
Withdrawal on Demand 3-6 wks.	4-14 days
Withdrawal with Permission 7-12 wks	15 - 25 days
No Withdrawal Permitted 13-14 wks.	26 -30 days

ACADEMIC STANDING

DEAN'S LIST

To be placed on the Dean's List you must be a matriculated full or part-time student. Full time students must have completed 15 semester hours with no grades of "I"" or less than "C". Part-time students must have completed at least 12 credit hours during the Fall and Spring semesters. Both classes of student must have a GPA of 3.20.

WARNING

Academic warning is given when the semester GPA falls to less than 2.0. The total number of academic credits is also considered when giving academic warning.

WARNING IN THE MAJOR

Academic warning in the Major is given when the GPA in the major is less than 2.0.

PROBATION

A student is placed on academic probation when his/hers cumulative GPA is less than 2.0. A notice is placed in the student's academic records. A reduction in academic load for the next semester is recommended. If upon completion of this semester, the student's GPA is 2.0 or higher the student is removed from academic probation. A notice to this effect is placed in the student's academic record.

DISMISSAL

Dismissal occurs when a student's cumulative GPA is less than 2.0 and it is determined that progress is not being made toward completion of a degree. The student may petition the Dean for reinstatement. If reinstated, the "hold" is removed from the student's academic record. The student is reinstated to academic probation.

THE CORE CURRICULUM

The Core Curriculum is divided into categories based on academic subject areas. They are summarized in the list below. For more detailed information about The Core Curriculum, the student is advised to consult the University Undergraduate Bulletin.

• Composition(3 credits)
• Intellectual History(6 credits)
• American Culture(3 credits)
• The Arts(3 credits)
• The individual and Society(3 credits)
• Foreign Language/International Studies(3-6 credits)
• Quantitative Reasoning(6-8 credits)
• Science and Technology(6-8 credits)
• Library Orientation(0 credits)
• Three additional writing intensive courses (as needed)
• One Studies in Race course (may be combined with others)

Note: Each course must be completed with a grade of C- or higher

Beginning in the Fall of 1998,Temple University instituted The Core Curriculum. The College of Engineering began participating in the Core with the Freshmen entering in the Fall of 1989. Beginning in the Fall of 1991,transfer students were included in this group. The Studies in Race requirement came into effect with freshmen who matriculated in the Fall of 1993. As of the Fall of 1994,this requirement went into effect for all new matriculated students as well as new transfer students.

LANGUAGE/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REQUIREMENT

Students who plan on continuing with the language they have previously studied must complete the third level (generally numbered C061) of the course in order to fulfill this requirement. They should begin with the placement level indicated by their scores in the placement tests in that language. If it is a language not previously studied, students must complete two courses (generally numbered 005 and 0052). Students whose native language is not English may fulfill this requirement by virtue of taking English as a foreign language; to qualify in this area, for whatever reason does not yield academic credit.

The student may choose the "international studies" option to satisfy this core component by completing two courses from the approved list in the Temple University Undergraduate Bulletin. At least one course must be non-Western or Third World. The student may substitute an approved study abroad experience for one or both of the "international studies" courses. If interested in this option the student should talk to your advisor or the Office of Undergraduate Studies of the college.

LIBRARY ORIENTATION

LIBRARY SKILLS WORKBOOK

All students who are under the Core Curriculum will be expected to complete a Library Skills Workbook before the end of the first year of study. The intent of the workbook is to acquaint the student with the University Library System. In order to complete this requirement; the student must tour the library to become familiar with it's various collections, the reference section, Microfilm Dept. etc. The student can complete this requirement by performing the following:

• Completing the exercises on a terminal at Paley Library.
• Typing your answers into a computer terminal at Paley Library.
• Returning the computer printout of your score to a location indicated in the workbook instructions. The completion of this requirement can then be recorded in the Registrar's Office.

STUDIES IN RACE REQUIREMENT

This requirement applies to Temple undergraduates who matriculated as Freshmen in Fall 1993(having completed fewer than 15 semester hours before then) and after, and to all transfer students matriculated as Temple undergraduates in Fall 1994 and after. This requirement applies to Temple undergraduates who matriculated as Freshmen in Fall 1993(having completed fewer than 15 hours before then) and after, and to all transfer students matriculating as Temple undergraduates in Fall 1994 and after. To fulfill this requirement, students must select one three credit course from the approved list. Some "Studies in Race" courses may fulfill other Core requirements. Some of these courses will be writing intensive. "Studies in Race" courses will have course numbers with an "R" prefix.

WRITING INTENSIVE COURSES

The ability of students to write properly, effectively and persuasively is one of the University's major concerns. For this reason, writing is an integral part of the Core Curriculum. Upon successful completion of English C050,students must complete five writing intensive courses before graduation. Intellectual Heritage X051 and X052 are two of these five courses. An advanced course in the student's major will be a third course. The remaining two courses can be from an elective category or another course in the major. It also may be another core course which is writing intensive. For Transfer students who enroll in Temple, no matter how much credit has been transferred, at least two writing intensive courses must be taken at Temple University.