Welcome Back!!!!!!

Things to Know!!!!

1)    Classes begin August 22, 2016

2)    Drop/Add week is 8/22-26

3)    Grad Check for  Fall 2016 Commencement  

4)    ECE Student Service Office location and hours

5)    EGN4912 and EEL4905 paperwork due (If you have not submitted already)

6)    EEL4948 and 4949 paperwork due (If you have not submitted already)

7)    Graduating with Honors

8)    EEL3834- Programing in ECE

9)    Internship & Coop Policy change

     I hope your summer was stress-free and enjoyable.  The fall semester begins August 22^nd and the Drop-Add week is August 22-26.  Please have your schedule finalized before August 26^th.

·     If you are planning to graduate Fall 2016, please read the email that was sent on 8/5/16 on the steps to completing the graduation check by August 25, 2016.

·    My office is located in ECE Student Services Office (SSO) in Larsen Hall room 230 (LAR 230). The SSO is open from 8 am to 5pm and closes for lunch from 12-1 every day. My walk-in advising hours are 10-12 pm and 1-4 pm. If there is change in the schedule, the change will be posted on the EE Blog and/or sent to the EE Listserv. 

       

Email address: nicolet@ece.ufl.edu

EE Blog: http://ufece.blogspot.com/

For the week of Drop/Add ONLY (8/22-26) my walk-in advising hours will 9:30-12 and 1-4 ONLY!!!!

·     For EEL4905, EGN4912, EEL4948 and EEL4949 paperwork it must be submitted to my office by August 25, 2016 by noon.

·        Graduate with Honors

·        There are three levels of honors at graduation and the requirements for them are as follows:

o   To graduate with cum laude (i.e., with distinction) requires a 3.3 GPA on all courses taken at UF beginning the semester after accumulating 60 credits.

o   To graduate with magna cum laude (i.e., with great distinction) requires a 3.5 GPA on all courses taken at UF beginning the semester after accumulating 60 credits and an honors thesis (an approved research project or creative work). See Blog post from August 5, 2016

o   To graduate with summa cum laude (i,e., with the highest distinction) requires a 3.8 GPA on all courses taken at UF beginning the semester after accumulating 60 credits and an honors thesis (an approved research project or creative work). See Blog post from August 5, 2016

·        EEL3834-Programing for ECE- UPDATE

o   EEL3834 can only count for the Computer Programing requirement as of Fall 2016.  It cannot count as EE Technical Elective per ECE Department.

·        EEL4948 and EEL4949 Internship and Co-Op policy

o   With departmental approval, a student can receive practical industry work experience under supervision. One credit hour per semester, for a total of 3 hours (Internship & Co-Op combined for total of 3 credits) by submitting internship/co-op paperwork and completing the employer evaluations and student work report each report must be satisfactory.