Current electrical and computer engineering students can find essential tools for academic planning, advising, and student success to support their journey at George Mason.
Academic Planning and Advising
Find resources to help plan your degree, connect with advisors, and stay on track academically.
Undergraduate Advising
Incoming freshmen and new transfer students are assigned a full-time advisor during their first year. At the end of the year, students transition to a faculty advisor and will receive an email with assignment details.
For advising, course planning, and program requirements, declared freshmen, sophomores, and new transfer students should contact:
Melanie Holmes
Academic Advisor
Email: mholme2@gmu.edu
Office: Engineering 3250
Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
Drop-in advising on Mondays, and Tuesday - Friday by appointment
The department offers additional support for information about the undergraduate programs, adding a minors and second major, the Bachelor's-to-Accelerated Master’s program, and student opportunities through:
Smriti Patwardhan
Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies and Advising
Email: skansal@gmu.edu
Office: Engineering 3917
Office Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. by appointment
Students interested in changing their major to Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering should meet with the CEC undeclared/undecided advisor or seek university advising and declaration information.
The schedule of classes provides information about the date and time as well as other scheduling details.
Forms and Documents
Access student forms, handbooks, and program-specific documentation for undergraduate and graduate students.
Graduate Advising
Master's Advising
Master’s student are informed of their faculty advisor’s name in their admissions letter. Faculty advisor offices and office hours are displayed in the departments main office, Engineering 3100. Master's students should contact their advisor each semester to discuss their plan of study and other academic/career planning-related issues.
For more information about faculty advisors and office hours, contact the department.
Doctoral Advising
Upon admission to the program, each PhD student is assigned a faculty advisor for guidance on coursework and the qualifying exam. After passing the qualifying exam, the department chair appoints a dissertation director as the advisor.
For more information about doctoral advising, contact the department.
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Student Support
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