Director of Undergraduate Studies

About the Director of Undergraduate Studies

The Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) has a number of responsibilities related to advising students, particularly around making decisions on petitions regarding degree requirements, APAS issues, transfer courses and ECE policy. Decisions reflect degree and university integrity, ECE policy and meeting ABET regulations. The DUGS is also able to support students with ECE specialty and technical knowledge regarding degree options, technical electives and career planning.

The DUGS is available to meet with students as and when needed or suggested by the ECE Academic Advisor; some students may never need to work with the DUGS, while others may require greater interaction.

Schedule an Appointment with Professor Jim Leger (ECE DUGS)

Scheduled Hours

Make an Appointment with Professor Leger

Mondays 12:00 to 2:00 pm

Tuesdays 8:30 am to 10:30 am


Drop In Hours

Professor Leger is not currently holding drop in hours

Email

Please email Professor Leger at leger@umn.edu with your question or to schedule a meeting if you are unable to book an appointment here.

The DUGS can meet with students to support a range of needs including

  • APAS, class or course exceptions, substitutions, waivers

  • Examining and evaluating upper division transfer courses

  • Querying degree requirements and exceptions to them

  • ECE policy explanations, understanding and implications

  • Petitions for degree related issues

  • Technical electives information, insight and exploration

  • Technical, specialty and career areas within ECE - future exploration or similar

  • Exploring academic research versus working in industry

  • Faculty Guidance and Mentoring appointments

DUGS Specialty and Research Areas: Modern Optics including Lasers, Fiber Optics, Image Science, Diffraction and Medical Optics. Queries related to these areas encouraged!