Academic Advising

Check out our list of advisors, see their walk-in hours and what they can help you with.

College of Science Office of Student Services

For academic advising related to your major, please contact the advisor from the table below. Please note that advising locations are specific to the major/department.

Student Services Office; Gould-Simpson 1017; 520-621-8128; science@email.arizona.edu

We assist students on a walk-in basis with:

Help with general and medical petitions
Requesting a schedule change after the posted deadlines
Extension of Incomplete grade
Questions regarding academic probation, academic recovery, academic disqualification or dismissal
Requests for SCI 195a enrollment, U-TURN program, Making the Grade workshop
Peer Advising program in the College of Science
Questions about Leave of Absence/ Back 2 UA
Questions about Second Start and/or Academic Renewal
Help with general questions regarding deadlines, policies, procedures, or other questions/issues not handled in your major department

Walk-in Hours and Advisors for fall 2019 (except for priority registration dates)

Monday thru Friday 9am to 12pm & 1pm to 4:30pm (closed at 5pm)

Monday: Rachel Ridlen (NSCS)
Tuesday: MEgan Cunnington (BIOL/EEB)
Wednesday: David Smith (PHYS/ASTR)
Thursday: Debra Armand-Cade (CHEM/BIOC)
Friday: Andrea Palacio (SLHS)

Robin Rarick, Senior Director, Academic Advising

(520) 621-8128; rrarick@email.arizona.edu

Tharini Wijeweera, Assistant Director, Academic Advising

(520) 621-8128; raini@email.arizona.edu

Major	Advisor	Phone	Office	Email
Astronomy	David Smith	626-1231	Phys/Atmo Sci 261	dlsmith1@email.arizona.edu
Bioinformatics *AND* Biology *AND* Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Last names A-L	Megan Cunnington	626-8456	Life Sci. South 223	mac990@email.arizona.edu
Last names M-Z	David McGuiggan	621-5329	Life Sci. South 229	dmcguigg@email.arizona.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry
	Debra Armand-Cade	626-0605	Chemistry 210	darmandcade@email.arizona.edu
	Christine Gronowski	626-7908	Chemistry 210	christineg@email.arizona.edu
Computer Science
Last names A-G	Rene Garciaguirre	621-2594	Gould-Simpson 917	advising@cs.arizona.edu
Last names H-O	Alonso Minjarez	621-4632	Gould-Simpson 917	advising@cs.arizona.edu
Last names P-Z	Alex Hernandez	621-0483	Gould-Simpson 917
Hydrology & Atmospheric Science
Hydrology sub-plan	Martha Whitaker	621-9715	J.W. Harshbarger 226a	mplw@hwr.arizona.edu
Atmospheric Science sub-plan	Brittany Ciancerelli	621-6619	J.W. Harshbarger 226a	bciance@email.arizona.edu
Geoscience	Shawna Matteson	621-4845	Gould-Simpson 214	smatteson@email.arizona.edu
Mathematics/Statistics
Majors only	Laurie Varecka	626-9837	Mathematics 217	mcenter@email.arizona.edu
Majors only	Michelle Ort	621-5106	Mathematics 221	mathcenter@math.arizona.edu
Molecular & Cellular Biology
	Kara Dyson	621-1073	Life Sci. South 248	kdyson@email.arizona.edu
	Justin Schneider	621-4342	Life Sci. South 248	jmschnei@email.arizona.edu
Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
Last names A-K	Alex Samoy-Alvarado	621-0384	Gould-Simpson 626	asamoy2@email.arizona.edu
Last names L-Z	Rachel Ridlen	621-3337	Gould-Simpson 628	rachelyoung@email.arizona.edu
No Major Selected or Undecided in Science	Tharini Wijeweera	621-8128	Gould-Simpson 1017	raini@email.arizona.edu
Physics	David Smith	626-1231	Phys/Atmo Sci 356	dlsmith1@email.arizona.edu
Psychology AND Psychological Science
AZ ONLINE ONLY	Melanie Lipton	621-7439	Psychology 312	melanielipton@email.arizona.edu
Last names A-F	Randy Yazzie	621-7439	Psychology 312	yazzier@email.arizona.edu
Last names G-M & all Honors	Keri Bishop	621-7439	Psychology 312	kerib@email.arizona.edu
last names N-Z	Shelley Bernstein	621-7439	Psychology 312	shelleyb@email.arizona.edu
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences	Andrea Palacio	621-6680	Speech Building 220A	apalacio@email.arizona.edu

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