Advising

Where To Go When you Need Help

The academic advising staff is available to provide advice and answers to questions about the Undergraduate Program in Sociology. In addition, answers to FAQs have been prepared for common questions. Additional information including specialization requirements (degree checks) can be found under Major/Minor Information.

Please contact Assistant Student Affairs Officer, Christy Earley, for answers to questions on topics, including:

  • General Student Advising

  • Major Requirements and Courses

  • Clearance to Enroll in a Course –Freshman & Senior Seminars, Concurrent Enrollment (Extention Studies)

  • Incompletes & Grade Changes

Please contact our Undergraduate Coordinator, Shannon Goodison, for answers to policy and procedural questions regarding major and minor requirements and topics, including:

  • Student Advising

  • Adds/Drops

  • Planning Course Schedule

  • Petition Processing

  • Transfer Coursework

  • Education Abroad (EAP & OAP)

  • Honors Program

  • Graduation

Walk Ins Welcome

8am-12pm and 1pm-3:30pm

Students may leave material to be placed in an instructor's or TA's mailbox with the front desk in the Sociology department main office.

Problems with grades should be discussed with the instructor of the class or TA of the section. If you are having a serious conflict with an instructor, please bring your situation to the attention of the undergraduate coordinator. You must speak with the undergraduate coordinator before you make an appointment with the department chair.

If you are a junior or senior considering graduate school, you may want to contact a graduate school career adviser in the Career Services Center or if you have some questions about our own Ph.D. program, you may contact, Manny dela Paz the graduate adviser in our department.