Department Major Advising Students should contact the department offices of the subject areas of their interest. Some departments sponsor pre-registration discussion periods, enabling students to meet professors and inquire about the content and requirements of departmental course offerings. Notice of these sessions is usually published in The Daily Pennsylvanian or distributed in student mailboxes. Since notice distribution is sometimes limited to declared majors, students who have not declared majors should contact the departments that interest them. After students declare their majors, they select a faculty member as their advisor, or one is assigned by their department.
Advisors assist in formulating programs and fulfilling major requirements.
Since each department has its own policy for the assignment of major advisors, students should contact departmental offices to determine the appropriate courses of action. EPAC also sponsors social events for advisors and advisees as well as more formalized programs intended to impart greater knowledge about the Engineering School, its majors, and engineering careers. Peer Advisors are selected each March from non-graduating applicants of all years in the Engineering School. For more information, please contact Katherine Becht in 109 Towne Building, or at 898-7246. Advising Created in 1987, Wharton Peer Advising is one of the most beneficial tools available for incoming freshmen and transfer students.