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School of CEEES | Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Academic Advising

Handbooks

Information on academic policies and procedures can be found in the EEES Undergraduate and Graduate Handbooks.

Academic Events

Caye Drapcho with student in lab

The Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences provides individualized advising services to our students throughout their academic studies. First-year engineering students are advised within the General Engineering program before being assigned an advisor in our department. Geology students begin advising within the EEES department.

Prior to your registration date, you must meet with your advisor to discuss your schedule and be cleared for registration in iRoar. Your advisor will contact you for advising appointments. You may also contact your advisor

Please review your degree progress report in Degree Works, transcript in iRoar, the appropriate curriculum plan, and the online schedule of classes in order to have a schedule in mind to discuss with your advisor.

Registration times: Students will be able to check their time by logging into iROAR, clicking on Student, then Registration. Time ticket information will show after selecting Registration Status. Students will also be able to see if they have any holds preventing them from registering.

Registrar
  • Biosystems Engineering Advisors

    Tom Dodd
    Advisor
    tdodd@clemson.edu
    864.656.3962
    440 Brackett Hall

    Dr. Caye Drapcho
    Advisor
    cdrapch@clemson.edu
    864.656.0378
    441B Brackett Hall

    Dr. Tom Owino
    Undergraduate Coordinator/Advisor
    towino@clemson.edu
    864.656.4041
    441A Brackett Hall

  • Environmental Engineering Advisors

    Dr. David Ladner
    Undergraduate Coordinator/Advisor
    ladner@clemson.edu
    864.656.5572
    On-Campus: 431 Brackett Hall
    Off-Campus: 163 Rich Lab

    Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale
    Advisor
    madale@clemson.edu
    864.656.0523
    On-Campus: 334 Brackett Hall

    Dr. Ezra Cates
    Advisor
    ecates@clemson.edu
    865.656.1540
    On-Campus: 448 Brackett Hall
    Off-Campus: 159 Rich Lab

    Dr. Kevin Finneran
    Advisor
    ktf@clemson.edu
    865.656.4202 or 864.656.4143
    On-Campus: 312 BRC
    Off-Campus: 168 Rich Lab

    Dr. Nicole Martinez
    Advisor
    nmarti3@clemson.edu
    865.656.1984
    On-Campus: 338 Brackett
    Off-Campus: 108 CETL

    Dr. Andrew Metcalf
    Advisor
    ametcal@clemson.edu
    865.656.0464
    On-Campus: 448 Brackett
    Off-Campus: 110 CETL

    Dr. Sudeep Popat
    Advisor
    spopat@clemson.edu
    865.656.5568
    On-Campus: 435 Brackett
    Off-Campus: 160 CETL

  • Geology Advisor

    Dr. Alan Coulson
    339 Brackett Hall
    864.656.1897
    acoulso@clemson.edu

  • Course Substitution

    Before initiating a form to request a substitution, the student must first discuss the requested substitution with their faculty advisor. If the advisor agrees that the substitution is warranted, the student should then seek approval from the appropriate program coordinator for their major via email. Any supporting documentation should be attached to the email.

    Course Transfers

    For transfer course credit, refer to the Clemson Transfer Course Equivalency List (TCEL) to see if the course has previously been evaluated. For coursework not listed in the TCEL, include a detailed syllabus (textbook used, topics, reading calendar) when contacting the responsible department. Once approval has been granted by both the faculty advisor and program coordinator, the student should contact the student services coordinator to initiate a form for approval of credits to be earned at another school. If the student does not follow this procedure, approval for the course will be delayed or denied by David Freedman, the department chair.

    Step-by-step Procedure - Course Substitution
    1. Contact your faculty advisor by email or in-person meeting to get approval for your course substitution.
    2. Email the program coordinator for your major or minor (listed below) to get their approval.
    3. Meet with the student services coordinator to submit the online course substitution form through iROAR. 
    Example

    Beth is an Environmental Engineering major who would like to use PHYS 4170 - Introduction to Biophysics to meet her engineering or science elective requirement. Since the course is not currently approved as an elective, Beth must fill out a course substitution form in iROAR.

    1. Beth meets with Dr. Martinez and they agree that the course meets the requirement.
    2. Beth emails Dr. Ladner, the program coordinator for Environmental Engineering, stating that she has spoken with Dr. Martinez. Beth includes her justification (written with help from Dr. Martinez) as well as a copy of the syllabus in her email to Dr. Ladner.
    3. If Dr. Ladner approves, Beth forwards Dr. Ladner's email to the student services coordinator and makes an appointment to fill out the course substitution form.
    4. Beth and the student services coordinator meet to submit the form through iROAR.