The Computer Engineering Technology Department offers academic advising for students enrolled in any of our two programs, EMT and CET. Incoming students (first semester in the program, including transfer students) must get advising at the New Students Center located in the Namm building (Namm Hall 104). During the second semester, each student is assigned to an academic advisor, a fulltime faculty member. The assigned faculty member would be the academic advisor during all the time a student is enrolled in a Department’s program. This will help to get know each other better establishing a collaborative student-advisor relationship.

We encourage new students to meet their advisor as soon as possible to decide about their courses and create a practical academic plan. To find the list of the Academic Advisors and their offices hours for this semester, click here.

CET Academic Advisement Resources (Quick Start)

• Six Steps Instructions for CET Academic Advisement
• CET Academic Advisement Form
• My Academic Career Planner - Associate Degree
• My Academic Career Planner - Bachelor Degree

Take advantage of all the City Tech's academic advising resources, it will enhance your educational experience.

Who is an Academic Advisor?

An academic advisor is a student's principal point of contact for academic issues that impact progress toward the degree. An academic advisor can assist a student with course planning, registration, academic counseling and can assist in several other capacities.

What is Academic Advisement?

The academic advising’s objective is to help the student reach his/her educational and career goals. This a shared responsibility between an academic advisor and the student. However, it is the responsibility of the student to make decisions about his/her life goals by creating a plan to reach those goals. Academic advisors can assist in this process by helping the student understand options, determine resources and, when necessary, identify alternatives.

Student Responsibilities

• Make advising appointments in advance, especially during busy registration periods.
• Come to appointments on time, and cancel if you cannot attend.
• You can drop by the advisor office during office hours. Find what your advisor office hours are for the current semester, click here.
• Use Degree Audit, which you can access through the CUNY Portal, to review your degree options and requirements. Review requirements you have already completed and plan for those not yet fulfilled.
• Make sure you bring the following items to the meeting with your advisor:
• CUNYFirst ID (or EMPL ID) number
• A printed copy of your Degree Audit
• A printed and filled up copy of the CET Advisement form. Get the form from the Department’s front desk
• Come prepared for appointments by writing down questions/concerns in advance. The last two listed documents above can help you to decide.
• During the advising period for registration, also come with a list of courses you are interested in taking the following semester. Check the following:
• Flexible Core Courses
• Writing Intensive Courses
• Interdisciplinary Courses
• An advisor may provide advice, not make your plans or decisions for you.
• Define a primary plan to achieve your goals but also have an acceptable alternative.
• Become an educated consumer so you can make well informed decisions; ask for guidance and advice from reliable sources, get advice from multiple sources, and when the advice you receive does not meet your goals or "feels" wrong, get a second opinion. Ultimately, all decisions are yours.
• Read all CITY TECH correspondence sent to you via the US mail and email. Respond if required.
• Take advantage of CITY TECH resources that will improve educational experience.

Advisor Responsibilities

• An advisor may provide assistance in helping a student learn how to make practical academic plans and decisions, how to discover a range of options available to the student, based on the student’s stated goals, and how to think through the consequences of the student’s own choices.
• Assist in development of an academic/career plans consistent with student’s stated goals, interests and abilities.
• Provide accurate information about policies, procedures and requirements.

Expected Outcomes of Academic Advising

• Students will know how and where to access accurate information about both CITY TECH and Department policies, procedures and requirements.
• Students will be encouraged to make decisions that support their goals, abilities and aspirations.
• Students will have a suggested practical academic plan to achieve their goals.