Undergraduate advising

Your departmental (major) academic advisor can answer questions and advise students on major degree requirements, department procedures, engagement opportunities, and general questions about your experience as an undergraduate student.

Students who are admitted to a computer science degree program, prospective students, lower division students, and students pursuing the computer science minor are welcome to meet with any of our advisors.

Schedule an Advising Appointment

Advising appointments are offered both virtually and in-person. All advising appointments can be scheduled online through csci.appointments.umn.edu. Appointments must be made for long-term planning, degree audits, and complex issues, probation or suspension conversations, including paperwork requiring a signature.

Drop-in Advising

CS&E offers drop-in academic advising meetings to address quick or time-sensitive questions. Drop-in advising offers five-minute meetings with rotating on-duty advisors. No appointments are required; advisors meet with students in the order they arrive. 

Students should schedule a full appointment if they will need more than five minutes with an advisor. Quick or time-sensitive questions can also always be sent to your assigned departmental advisor if you're in the major, or email [email protected] if you are not admitted to our major programs.

There are limited drop-in advising spots each day. Once they are filled, you cannot book time with an advisor that day. You can check in 15 minutes before the start of each drop-in advising session.

  • Mondays: 2 - 4 pm (Daliya) | ONLINE ONLY -  Online Check-in
  • Tuesdays: 9 - 11 am (Jacquelyn) | ONLINE ONLY - Online Check-in
  • Wednesdays: 12 - 2 pm (Dametrius) | ONLINE ONLY - Online Check-in
  • Thursdays: NO DROP-INS AVAILABLE
  • Fridays: 2 - 4 pm (Kelly) | IN-PERSON ONLY - Check in at Lind 324 using our self-service kiosk

No Drop-In Advising is available on the following dates: 

Meet the advisors

*If you're a student admitted to one of our Computer Science major programs and you haven't been assigned a Departmental Academic Advisor or you wish to change your Departmental Academic Advisor you can use this form to request an update.

Undergraduate advising and mandated reporting

In the Computer Science & Engineering (CS&E) department, confidentiality is important to us, and most of your conversations (including email) with CS&E staff are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). However, University policy, state, and federal laws place some limits on confidentiality and may require CS&E staff to release information, without your permission, to designated authorities.

We are required to report if you:

  • Report a credible and imminent threat of danger to yourself or another person(s)
  • Report or describe, or we suspect, any physical abuse, neglect, mental injury, or sexual abuse of children within the last three years (this includes the occurrence of abuse or neglect to yourself if you were under age 18 at the time of the abuse)
  • Report sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, relationship violence, and/or related retaliation. In this case, a report will be made to the Office for Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, which will reach out to you to share resources for personal support and information about how to initiate an investigation process or other responsive action if you choose.

In the case that we must report, our practice is to notify you either in-person or through email that the information you shared with your advisor has been reported to the EOAA office. If you have any questions, please contact[email protected].