Advising Programs Office

This office is charged with coordinating, supporting, and facilitating academic advising programs for all undergraduates and, as such, works with students, faculty, the Freshman Dean's Office, the Houses and other Harvard College and FAS offices on all aspects of pre-concentration and concentration advising.

Sophomore Advising

For sophomores, we are experimenting with a new advising structure. Each person is assigned a faculty adviser from the board of advisers. 

Guidelines and Requirements

• Requirements for AB Degree
  A link to the guidelines for the concentration as published in the Harvard College Handbook for Students.

• Requirements for SB Degree
  A link to the guidelines for the concentration as published in the Harvard College Handbook for Students.

• SB Degree Booklet
  Concentration guidelines for the ABET-accredited SB degree in engineering sciences.

Entering the Concentration/Plan of Study

• SB Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

• AB Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

• AB Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

• AB Engineering Physics Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

• AB Environmental Sciences and Engineering Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

• AB Mechanical and Materials Sciences and Engineering Plan of Study
  Required form used to list which course will satisfy concentration requirements. It must be submitted once the concentration is declared and an adviser is assigned.  It requires the approval of the concentration adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Joost Vlassak.

Honors

• Standards for Honors
  Information on obtaining honors in the concentration.

Petition Form

• Petition Form

Contacts

Joost Vlassak
Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering
Pierce Hall 311
(617) 496-0424

Assistant Dean Marie Dahleh
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Piece Hall 111
(617) 495-2833

Ellen Holloway
Academic Programs Administrator
Pierce Hall 110
(617) 495-2833