It is the responsibility of the student to know if projects are approved by the professor. If you are unsure, please consult with the professor while you are enrolled in the class. Students should not contact advising to help determine if project work can be used or not. Final review and approval of the portfolio will be coordinated by advising and the faculty program chair. We do not offer a "pre-review" of portfolios.

Students are added to a Portfolio canvas course during their graduation term after the graduation application deadline for the given semester. If the graduation application deadline has passed and you are not added to the canvas course, please email advising.

You need to submit the portfolio as close to the deadline as possible. We will hold your portfolio until grades are posted and verify that you receive a grade of “B” or better in the course.

Yes. All students must submit a completed cover sheet to indicate which courses you are using for your portfolio and the instructor of the course. Portfolios submitted with incomplete cover sheets will not be accepted. 

You are not required to obtain Dr. Yau’s approval as they have blanket approval if they were taught by Dr. Yau.

You are not required to obtain Dr. Zhao's approval for CSE 546 as this class has blanket approval.

 You may attempt to contact the professor. If you are having difficulties note this on the coversheet

Most professors do forward the list of approved projects directly to the advising office; however, students are encouraged to attach verification of faculty approval to the coversheet. Please do not contact advising to ask if your name is listed as it is expected for students to be aware if project work is approved or not.

Yes. The email approval(s) must be submitted with the cover sheet as one attachment.

Please give a faculty member at least three weeks to review your request. If you have not heard back, you may send a follow-up email and/or visit during their posted office hours. Document all attempts at communication. If the deadline for the portfolio submission approaches and you have not heard back from the faculty, please submit the project as part of your completed portfolio along with ALL documented communication attempts.

The results will be reflected on your iPOS.

Yes. Please monitor the canvas and ASU email.

 The portfolio deadline is set so the Advising Staff and the Program Chair have enough time to review and process your portfolio so you can graduate during your anticipated term.  Understand that there may be over 300 portfolios that need to be processed each term, so it is very important to adhere to the deadline. We will accept portfolios after the deadline, but any portfolios submitted after the deadline run the risk of not being processed in time for graduation. HOWEVER, we are going to do our ABSOLUTE BEST to help you graduate as planned. If you are going to miss the deadline, submit the portfolio as close to the deadline as possible and document the reason(s) for missing the deadline.  

 It is not uncommon to have a high percentage match on your portfolio report if you had previously submitted a project through Turn-It-In in a previous class. As long as you are not being flagged for anything outside of your own work, it will not cause any issues.