Planning a Roadmap to Graduation!

Planning a Roadmap to Graduation!

You can use the tools we reviewed in this lesson to formulate a long term academic plan. Here's how:

Step 1

Use the My ESP Academic Excel spreadsheet to understand what courses you still need to complete. As an example, I've highlighted the incomplete courses in the spreadsheet below.

Screenshot of an example ESP Academic Excel spreadsheet

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Step 2

Open up the Courses page on the Program Office Website - DO NOT USE THE SCREENSHOT BELOW - to see what pre-requisites are needed for each course, and when the courses are typically offered. You'll see that especially some of the upper level (400+) courses are only offered certain semesters. See EGEE 401, EME 444 and EMSC 302 as highlighted examples below:

Screenshot of the ESP Prescribed Courses table found on the ESP Program Office.

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Step 3

Use the information to then make a "plan". Your My ESP spreadsheet contains a tab titled "Long Term Plan". Use the LONG TERM PLAN TAB to plan out the courses you'll be taking each semester. See screenshots below:

Screenshot of "Long Term Plan" page in ESP spreadsheet

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