BS/SE Program Schedule

• Sample schedule for students who place into MATH 113
• Sample schedule for students who do not place into MATH 113
• Sample schedule for transfer students
• Sample schedule for students in the Honors program

Course Prerequisites and Co-requisites
Course prerequisites or co-requisites state requirements for student entry into courses and reflect necessary preparation for attempting the courses. It is the students responsibility to meet the pre-and co-requisites of their courses. Students not meeting these requirements will be dropped from the course.

A diagram of prerequisite sequences for required courses in the SE program is available in PDF format. Prerequisites for technical elective sequences vary with the specialization and the specific electives chosen. It is essential for students to complete their mathematics and physics courses as soon as possible because many later courses have these courses as prerequisites.

Advising and Plan of Study
All systems engineering students are assigned a faculty advisor. Students should meet with their advisors to determine an appropriate set of classes to take each semester. Students must also complete an approved plan of study, which constitutes a proposed schedule and learning plan for completing the degree program. The following requirements apply to the plan of study:

• The plan of study must be approved and signed by the student's advisor. Once the plan of study is approved by the advisor, the plan must then be signed by the Department Chair. The Chair has the final say regarding whether or not the plan of study is approved. The plan of study is then placed on file in the department office.
• The plan of study must be updated and signed at least once per year. This applies even if the updated plan is identical to the previous plan. This requirement is enforced in SYST 101, 210, 220, and 330; students in these courses who do not have a current plan of study on file receive an incomplete grade at the end of the semester; final letter grades are given once a current plan of study is filed.
• A student can change his or her plan of study at any time. However, all changes must be re-approved by the student's advisor and by the Department Chair, via a signature on the plan of study. Approval for a new plan of study should be obtained before taking classes from the new plan. Without prior department approval, there is no guarantee that classes taken outside of the approved plan of study will count toward the degree.

Students should finalize their class schedules early. Classes cannot be added after the first week of classes. Also, students must attend the first meeting of any lab in which they are enrolled or they may be dropped from the class - even if the class is composed of a lecture in addition to the lab.

The following policies apply to repeated courses: Students may attempt an undergraduate course taught by the Volgenau School of Engineering (VSE) twice. A third attempt requires approval of the department offering the course. This policy does not apply to STAT 250, which follows the normal university policy for repeating undergraduate courses. No math, science or VSE course required for a major may be attempted more than three times. Those students who do not successfully complete such a course within three attempts will be terminated from the major. For more information, see the "Termination from the Major" section under Academic Policies in the Mason catalog. Within the SEOR major, if a student fails a technical elective course (either offered by SEOR or another department) three times then the student will be asked to take another technical elective sequence. In this case the student will not be terminated from the major. The SEOR department will not consider withdrawn "W" courses as an attempt toward the count of three. The UG committee in the SEOR department will discuss any such termination cases and provide recommendation to the Chair.