Academic Advising

Academic advising is available to all graduate students in the department. We understand that navigating your program can be complex, and we’re committed to helping you succeed. We will always do our best to guide you and point you toward the right resources, whether within the department or across the university.

Along with your academic advisor the ECE Grad staff can assist you any questions that you have related to the program.

Walk in advising is offered Monday Friday 9am-5pm or you can send an email to ecegradoffice@ncsu.edu with your questions.

Virtual advising by appointment only – email ecegradoffice@ncsu.edu

Zoom Link – https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/99382595206

You will be placed in the waiting room and we will admit you to the meeting when ready.

Course Registration

ECE Graduate students are generally able to enroll in any ECE graduate-level course pertaining to their program, as we do not strictly enforce prerequisites. If you encounter an error and are unable to enroll in a ECE course, please email our office. Advising is not required prior to enrolling in courses.

  • We cannot enroll/swap you into any non ECE course
  • ECE 600 is a mandatory 1 credit hour course for all graduate students enrolled in the MS CNE, CPE and EE programs.
  • ECE 801 is a mandatory 4 credit hour course for all doctoral students enrolled in the PhD program.
  • Students generally must enroll in 9 credit hours to be considered full-time, and 4.5 credit hours to be considered half-time.
  • International students must be enrolled full-time
  • Students receiving departmental financial support (TA, RA) must be enrolled full-time

Hold on account

The ECE Graduate Office can only release Advising Holds. If you have a financial hold on your account, you must contact the Cashier’s Office to clear your hold before you will be able to enroll.

Course overlap = Two courses are being held at the same time

Seats reserved = Some courses or sections may reserve some or all seats for certain populations. Seats may be reserved by special programs, declared major or minor, student groups, career/classifications or other designations.

Instructor Permission Required = Some courses require additional permissions to enroll, so you should contact the instructor and forward approval to the ECE Graduate office.

Wait List Full = The wait list for the course is full

Maximum term load = Please keep in mind that graduate students are only allowed to enroll in 13-credits (max) per semester

Degree Planning

All graduate students can view how their courses meet degree requirements on their degree audit electronically through MyPack Portal

> Student Homepage > Planning & Enrollment tile > Graduate Degree Planning > Graduate Degree Audit).  

A worksheet to help students determine how their coursework meets degree requirements can be found in Appendix E.  Future courses can be added with the Graduate Planner.