Advising

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Professional Courtesy & E-mail Etiquette 
First and Second Year Advising
Advanced Placement and Transfer Credits
Rowan Core / General Education Requirements
Academic and Student Services

Rowan Engineering programs have college-level professional advisors for first- and second-year students. During their third and fourth years, students are matched to ECE faculty members, who provide educational guidance and assist students with planning their class schedules, electives, and future career plans.

You can find your advisor by checking your Banner Self-Service or simply stopping by Ms. Stein's desk in Engineering Hall 346.

For answers to some of the most commonly asked questions for ECE, please see the ECE Frequently Asked Questions.

 

Professional Courtesy & E-mail Etiquette 

First things first: Throughout your studies (and professional life, for that matter), there will be many occasions in which you will need help from faculty, staff and university administrators. Always treat everyone with courtesy and respect. The more courteous you are, the more people will be willing to go the extra mile to help you. Conversely, the ruder you are, the less likely people will want to help you. When you are seeking help in person, always use a kind greeting with a warm smile, make sure to knock on doors, and don't forget to address people with their professional titles (or at least as Ms. / Mr. if you do not know their titles). In many cases, however, you may need help using e-mail. Remember that e-mail is a professional communication tool, and requires certain etiquette. An e-mail to professors, staff, administrators is not a text message to your friends! Make sure to read this helpful E-mail Etiquette for general guidelines on how to write a professional e-mail.

 

First and Second Year Advising

To meet their transitional needs, first-year students are assigned to a College-level professional advisor, who continues to advise them through the first semester of Sophomore year. The First and Second Year Program Advisors for our College are Mr. Gabriel Garcia and Ms. Patricia Dashefsky, who are your first resource for general Engineering and University inquiries, and can provide institutional information related to the following:

  • Course Sequence
  • College and University Policies
  • Registration Issues
  • Information Related to Campus Resources

Please also make sure to review the following documents:


Mr. Gabriel Garcia can be reached at EH 147, 856.256.4815, garciage@rowan.edu. Ms. Patricia Dashefsky can be reached at EH 146, 856.256.5837, dashefskyp@rowan.edu. General advising inquires should be sent to engr-advising@rowan.edu. For more specific advising needs, you may schedule an advising appointment with Mr. Garcia or Ms. Dashefsky via the Starfish/Rowan Success Network (RSN)/, http://www.rowan.edu/rsn. Please make sure that you visit Mr. Garcia or Ms.Dashefsky first for all other first-year advising issues, and then Dr. Gina Tang and/or Dr. Robi Polikar if additional questions remain.

From the second semester of sophomore through senior year, students rely on the expertise of faculty to provide guidance on discipline-specific coursework that relates to career goals. ECE faculty provide information on curriculum and career planning, preparation for graduate study, employment, internships and work experience in the field. The name of your faculty advisor can be found by accessing your DegreeWorks report through Banner Self-Service (www.rowan.edu/selfservice), or by contacting Ms. Stein in Room 346. 

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Advanced Placement and Transfer Credits

If you are interested in applying AP and/or credits from other institutions toward program requirements, please refer to the registrar's web page for information on transferring credits: Credit Transfers If you wish to take credits at community colleges or other schools, please refer to the course equivalency page to determine if courses are equivalent to Rowan courses. The web page can be found here: Course Equivalents. Please note that if you are taking classes at other institutions, you must obtain an official transcript from that institution and submit to the Rowan registrar so the credits you earned can be noted on your Rowan transcript.

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General Education Guidelines and Requirements:
Rowan Core and Rowan Experience 

Rowan University's general education requirements are grouped under two categories, Rowan Core and Rowan Experience. These requirements apply to all first-year students starting in Fall 2018 or later and are described below in detail.

The Rowan Core Model 

The Rowan Core is based on six literacies (ability to think, understand, and effectively work with information in the given domain) that reflect contemporary priorities while maintaining a strong
liberal arts foundation. The literacies are:

  • Artistic Literacy
  • Global Literacy
  • Quantitative Literacy
  • Communicative Literacy
  • Humanistic Literacy and
  • Scientific Literacy

Communicative, Quantitative, and Scientific Literacy requirements are fulfilled by the prescribed courses in your program of study (i.e., Composition I, Sophomore Engineering Clinic I and II, Calculus, Chemistry, Introductory Mechanics, etc.) and are already integrated into the ECE and EET curricula.

The Artistic, Global, and Humanistic literacies are fulfilled by general education elective courses you select. These are designated as Rowan Core Elective (or just General Education elective) in the curriculum.

Rowan Experience - The Rowan Experience requirement consists of Rowan Seminar (RS), Writing Intensive (WI), and Broad-Based Literature (LIT). 

  • Rowan Seminar – fulfilled by First-Year Engineering Clinic I
  • Writing Intensive - fulfilled by Senior Engineering Clinic  / Senior Technology Clinic II
  • Broad-based Literature – fulfilled by an elective. You can either take a dedicated Literature course, or you may also take a Rowan Core elective that also has the Literature attribute. 

This means that you are required to take a minimum of three Rowan Core Electives, as well as the broad-based literature requirement (may be met by one of those three Rowan Core Electives, or by another class). The current ECE curriculum includes 4 general education classes, so make sure that the courses you take collectively meet the Rowan Core requirements. 

For additional details, and currently available classes, please Rowan Core Guidelines and Electives. The most current list of Rowan Core courses can be found at the Rowan Core Master Course List.

 

Academic and Student Services, Accessibility Services

A wide spectrum of academic and other student services are available to all Rowan students. Student Success Programs provides placement testing, tutoring, and disability assistance services, among others. For disability resources and accessibility services, please visit Accessibility Services. To contact Student Success Services and their offices, please see their contact information. 


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