Undergraduate Advising & Scheduling

We have reserved 210 seats in ROB 101 for incoming First Year Engineering students. First Year students should register in the following lab sections (you are automatically enrolled in the appropriate lecture section when you register for the lab): 

In Person: ROB 101 – 012

Remote: ROB 101 – 883

These sections are exactly the same—same instructor, meeting times, locations, etc—as sections 011 (in person) and 882 (remote) except that all seats are reserved for First Year Engineering students. If you are NOT a First Year Engineering student, please join the waitlist for one of the other sections of ROB 101. Once first year students have a chance to register, we will admit as many other students as we can to fill the class! ROB 101 is offered in fall and winter terms.

For more information on ROB 101 please see the course webpage.

• Meet with an Undergraduate Advisor through the Engineering Advising Center
• Consider ROB 101 in F-24. We also plan to offer ROB 101 in WN-25.
• Consider ROB 102 as a means to meet your ENGR 101 requirement
• Be aware that there is a section of ENGR 100 called Robotics Mechanisms

Let’s assume you have completed ENGR 101 or ROB 102, ENGR 100, Calc I and Calc II, and PHYSICS 140.

Our suggestions are: 

• Plan on ROB 204 for W-25
• Over F-24 and W-25 semesters,
  • Complete one of (IOE 265, BIOMEDE 241, EECS 301) 
  • Complete one of (MECHENG 240, BIOMEDE 231) . Note that MATH 216 (or equivalent) is required for MECHENG 240.
  • Complete one of (EECS 215, BIOMEDE 211, EECS 270). Note that MATH 216 (or equivalent) is required for EECS 215 and BIOMEDE 211.
  • Complete EECS 280
  • Complete one of (ROB 101, MATH 214, MATH, 217, MATH 417, MATH 419)
• This will set you up for all of our 300-level classes. Of course, you are not required to take all of them, only three in fact. Hence, by studying the prerequisites more closely, you can be prepared for a subset of the 300-level courses, but not all of them.

Schedule an advising appointment with Robotics to discuss your degree plan. If you can’t find an available appointment that fits in your schedule, please email robotics-sso@umich.edu to inquire about additional times.

For many students, it will be difficult to complete the undergraduate program in a total of 4 years with a switch in majors at this time point, but the Robotics degree could be completed with additional term(s) depending on previous course credits. It may be more appropriate to be targeting an MS degree in Robotics.

Before attending office hours, please review the Undergraduate Program Guide. It would be helpful to bring along a list of the requirements and prerequisites that you’ve already met with your previous coursework. Please also note that while in startup mode, the Undergraduate Committee will consider individual students’ petitions to waive certain prerequisites.