Undergraduate Advising

Information for contacting Academic Advisors in following areas
| BIOC Majors | | CHEM Majors | | SCED (Science Education) | Related Programs | | CHEM/BIOC minors |

 

What Academic Advisors Do

 

Advisors assist students with:

  • Understanding the respective major programs
  • General education, foundation, and major coursework
  • Schedule/course planning
  • Transfer evaluations
  • Adding majors and minors
  • First and final stop for senior degree check
  • Adjustments to UAccess advisement program requirement reports
  • Interpretation and advice of policies and procedures
  • Faculty Advisor assignments

 

Advisors also:

  • help you identify and explore career options, and help you develop a plan for reaching long term goals;
  • encourage you to take advantage of college success strategies and resources to help you reach academic goals;
  • promote exploration of experiential-learning experiences and on-campus experiences to develop interpersonal and leadership skills, and explore career goals;
  • promote your ability to think critically, solve problems, and make informed decisions about your future life plans;
  • serve as mentors by providing personal guidance, support, and advocacy; and
  • refer you to additional campus professionals who can also coach you in specific areas of development.

 

Contact an Academic Advisor

 

Current BIOC majors/minors

  • Contact the BIOC Advisor (listed in the column to the right) with questions or to schedule an appointment.
  • Faculty Advisors for BIOC majors provide advising on independent study, directed research, and senior capstone options. Faculty provide graduate school advising and transfer biochemistry course evaluation. BIOC majors are assigned a Faculty Advisor in their second year after completing BIOC 296b.

 

Current CHEM majors/minors

  • Contact the CHEM Advisor (listed in the column to the right) with questions or to schedule an appointment.

 

SCED (Science Education) CHEM Option

 

Related Programs

In addition to BIOC and CHEM programs, the following programs are available on the UA campus to students:

Pre-health Advising

What To Do To Get Admitted to Medical and Graduate School - Video presentation by Marc Tischler

Pre-pharmacy Advising

Advising Resource Center

Honors Program Advising - CBC's own Honors Track Page

 

 

BIOC/CHEM minors

  • Appointments for minors are generally not necessary. Most questions can be answered on a walk-in basis. Please check current walk-in hours. Your major advisor can add the BIOC/CHEM minor. We do not require that you meet with us to add the minor.
  • If, after consulting the requirements | online | for your catalog year, you still have questions, please email the respective BIOC or CHEM Academic Advisor (listed in the column on the right).

 

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