School of Engineering Registration Instructions

Registration Policies

Rising sophomore, junior, and senior students will be advised by an assigned Academic Advisor in their department. EE students may choose any full-time departmental professor as an advisor. BSE students should contact Associate Dean Savizky (ruben.savizky@cooper.edu) for program advisement and approval. If you did not, please consult the administrative assistant and chairs below:

ChE, CE, CS, EE, and ME - Robyn Fitzsimmons (robyn.fitzsimmons@cooper.edu)
BSE (General Engineering) - Betsy Quitugua (betsy.quitugua@cooper.edu) 

Chairs:          

ChE: Professor Davis (ben.davis@cooper.edu)
CE: Professor Tzavelis (cosmas.tzavelis@cooper.edu)
CS: Professor Keene (samuel.keene@cooper.edu)
EE:  Professor Fontaine (fred.fontaine@cooper.edu)
ME: Professor Baglione (melody.baglione@cooper.edu)

You must communicate with your advisor for approval of your program and discussions of your options as necessary. See your advisor early. Do not wait until the last minute! Only your advisor is allowed online access to your program for approval.

View the current class schedule to see spring, fall, and summer courses. We will also have the following courses available over the summer: Ma 111, Ma 113, Ma 223, Ma 224, and Ch 110.

View the requirements and policies to see more information about your particular major, including the curriculum.

Prerequisite Waivers for Classes
Please note that if you intend to register for a class in Spring or Fall that requires a prerequisite waiver, you should submit the waiver form at least one week prior to registration to ensure it is processed and approved before your registration window opens.

If a Spring course has a Fall course as a prerequisite, failure of that fall course will cause you to be removed from the Spring course, unless you obtain an approved prerequisite waiver in January (once grades are finalized and course failure is confirmed). If you are in danger of failing a fall course, please discuss this situation with your advisor.

Course Overload An overload in the first year consists of a credit total greater than the standard load for that semester in a student’s respective program. A student having a grade point average of 3.0 or better may take an overload of one course in any given semester with the approval of the freshman academic advisor and the written approval of the dean or associate dean. In all other cases, overload is any credit load over the designated load for that semester in the student’s program curriculum and requires approval of the student’s academic advisor(s). Overload beyond 21.0 credits also requires the written permission of the dean/associate dean and no overload is permitted for students with a prior semester G.P.A. of less than 3.0 or a cumulative G.P.A. of less than 3.0. Requests for overloads must be submitted to the dean/associate dean during the add period of that semester together with written advisor’s approval, and only after all grades from the previous semester(s) have been entered.

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