Undergraduate Academic Advising

A comprehensive and proactive advisement program, coupled with a flexible assessment system, is essential to ensuring top academic quality and scholarly excellence in the CNSE undergraduate programs while best serving the educational and career interests of its students.  Upon enrollment into a CNSE undergraduate program, students will be immediately assigned an academic advisor for consultation on selecting and scheduling coursework.  

Periodic communication and evaluation of progress will be implemented for each admitted student and will center on individual advisor/student interactions to ensure timely completion of the program of study.  Students will meet with their academic advisors regularly to:

• Review progress
• Solicit guidance
• Identify opportunities for advancement. 

Upon completion of the equivalent of 4 semesters of residency within the nanoscale engineering or nanoscale science program, each student will be assigned a research advisor for coordination of research involvement leading to the Capstone Undergraduate Research/Design Project (for more information visit the Requirements section).  As part of this research training, undergraduate students will be required to participate in and contribute to,

• Scientific papers
• Technical reports
• Presentations at national and international conferences, seminars, and symposia. 

Furthermore, undergraduate students enrolled in the undergraduate programs will be strongly encouraged to participate in onsite and offsite private sector and government laboratory fellowship and internship programs to develop their technical expertise, team participation skills and professional networking abilities. Every student will have access to UAlbany's student support services for advisement needs outside the CNSE academic and research advisors or the CNSE Office for Student Services.