Advising FAQs
The CBE Advising Office will have walk in hours from the beginning of each term, through the add/drop deadline. These appointments are for addressing issues regarding the current term courses only. If you need to be seen for an issue outside of that current term, please email your advisor so that an appointment can be scheduled.
Once the add/drop deadline has passed, students will be seen by appointment. For students who have required advising during the fall or spring terms, you will receive an email from your Academic Advisor containing a link to schedule your advising appointment. All appointments are made through VolConnect, available via MyUTK.
If you believe that you have required advising and did not receive a link to schedule an appointment, first review the Advising Policy for UT to see if you match the criteria for a required appointment. If you do, then please contact your advisor so that a link to make an appointment can be sent to you.
Note that advising appointments will be conducted in person or through Zoom. View the advising webpage for more details.
**Please note, due to the high volume of Advising Appointments, if you are 10 minutes or more late for your appointment, you will be required to reschedule.**
- Print off and review your DARS report and Academic History, making notes of any questions you may have.
- Bring any forms with you that you may need completed during your appointment. While appointments are being conducted through Zoom, you will need to email any forms you have to your advisor at least 24 hours prior to your appointment. Co-op students need to fill out a Degree Plan and email it to your Academic Advisor for review. These plans can take a few days to review, and your advisor will contact you when the form is ready for you. At that time, if an appointment is needed, the advisor will work with you to set up a time and date.
You must fill out an Academic Plan for the remainder of your time at UT and have CBE Master Advisor Kerri Cline sign off on it. Your Academic Plan must be prepared prior to your advising appointment. It is strongly recommended that you visit the Engineering Professional Practice website for additional information regarding co-op and other internship opportunities and make an appointment with Engineering Professional Practice staff.
If you are approaching graduation, please visit the Office of the Registrar’s webpage for information about its Graduation Application Processes and Deadlines.
Remember that you must check your student profile for accuracy and make any necessary changes prior to applying to graduate.
If you’re a student seeking research opportunities, we suggest you visit our faculty page to find a professor that specializes in your research interests. Email the faculty member(s) that is conducting research in the area you’re interested in. Attach a resume that includes your current GPA in your emailed inquiry. If you don’t hear back from them within a week, feel free to stop by their office.
CBE 415 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory fulfills the university general education WC requirement.
The following minors can be earned by taking only a few extra classes with the proper selection of general education and technical electives:
Students who have achieved upper division status in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with an overall GPA of at least 3.7 and a GPA of 3.5 in CBE classes may elect to participate in an enrichment program involving small seminars and research in the department.
Students are required to register for at least one credit hour of CBE 407 Honors Seminar, which involves attendance at seminars on various topics of interest to chemical and biomolecular Engineers.
The research component may be met by registering for CBE 467, CBE 488, or CBE 498 under the direction of a faculty member. Note that CBE 488 also fulfills the senior design requirement.
An overall GPA of 3.5 must be maintained throughout matriculation to continue in the honors program. Interested students should consult the honors coordinator for details about participation.
In order to have your degree titled “BSE CBE Honors” you should use the “Honors” form of the Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS).
Specific information regarding these programs can be found at the below links:
To comply with Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 49-6-1202 and 49-7-110, a student who has not completed one unit of American history at the high school level must complete either six semester hours of American history at the college level, or three semester hours of American history at the college level and three semester hours of Tennessee history at the college level.
Effective July 1, 1978 and afterwards, all students receiving a bachelor’s degree must have completed one unit of American history on the high school level or six semester hours of collegiate American history in order to receive a bachelor’s degree as required by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee (Tennessee Code Annotated Section 49-3253).
This means that students who graduated from a high school that did not require American history must take two courses in US history at the university in order to receive their BS degree. This usually applies to international students since they frequently do not have any previous US history courses but some US students may also fall into this classification.
It is possible to obtain course credit to count against technical elective requirements for multiple co-op assignments. To do so, a student should sign up for one credit-hour of CBE 394 the semester after the co-op term was completed. This course may be repeated twice for up to 3 credit-hours of technical elective credit, thus eliminating one course from the curriculum.