Your departmentally assigned undergraduate academic advisor is your most important source of guidance for your journey through civil engineering. Your advisor is your primary source of information with regard to the curriculum. Your advisor will aid you in your selection of non-technical, and technical electives, as well as provide general advice about careers and graduate school in civil engineering. Also, your advisor is the only person who may initiate waivers (waivers must be approved by the advisora as well as the Department and/or the Engineeering School as appropriate) for example, a course replacement due to the availability of a required course, etc..
Prior to, and as a condition for, enrollment in classes each semester you will meet with your academic advisor. Your progress towards degree will be reviewed using the Degree Checkout Form provided below. This form provides all key information regarding the civil engineering degree and should be studied closely by students. Prior to meeting with your advisor you should develop, usign the Degree Checkout Form as a guide, a preliminary plan of classes. This plan will be reviewed and modified during your meeting with your advisor. After this meeting your advisor will record that the meeting was conducted, and then "release your hold" on ISIS so that you may complete your online registration. Students should be aware that no faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering may release a hold on ISIS unless they have had a face-to-face discussion with the student regarding course planning and their progress towards degree as represented in the Degree Checkout Form.
In some cases it may be useful to also meet with the engineering school-wide academic advisors. These professional staff advisors, unlike your academic advisors, are more connected to some of the broader school services avaiable for health and wellness, tutoring, extra-curricular programs outside of the department, direct help with the registrar, etc. Additional information is available at WSE Engineering Academic Advising.
Semester Sign-off Form
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2011 and later » TBD
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2008 to Fal 2010 » pdf | .xls
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2006 to Fall 2008 » pdf | .xls
Degree Checkout Form (Required for graduation)
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2011 and later » pdf | .xls
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2008 to Fall 2010» pdf | .xls
For Students Entering JHU Fall 2006 to Fall 2008 » pdf |.xls
Ethics
Personal and professional ethics and integrity are important cornerstones of both your academic and professional life. As a student your role in ensuring academic integrity is important for your education and your fellow students' education; the university provides additional information on academic integrity at http://www.jhu.edu/advising/ethics.html. As a professional, ethics and integrity will rarely be a simple manner. As civil engineers you will often design for the betterment and safety of society, but the efforts may be led and funded by private development or government with more complicated motives. Considering ethics in civil engineering requires understanding the broader context of your efforts, and discussions are ongoing in all the professional societies (ASCE, SEA, etc.). For an example of a civil engineering code of ethics see http://www.asce.org/inside/ethics.cfm.