Academic Advising

Advising

Academic Advising

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

College of Science Office of Student Services

For students in majors within the College of Science, please see below.

  • Major-specific questions? Please follow your major department's procedure for contacting your academic advisor during the break.
  • General (non-major specific) questions? Please email science@arizona.edu. Include your name, ID number, and major when emailing.
  • LATE DROPS or SCHEDULE CHANGES after the posted deadline: If you need to make a schedule change (i.e. withdrawal or other change after UAccess is no longer available for these requests): 
    • Use the Online Change of Schedule Request through the Registrar's office: https://www.registrar.arizona.edu/cos
    • Your request will get routed to your professor as well as the College of Science for approval. The Registrar's Office will notify you if your request is approved. 
      Note: Please avoid waiting until the last day of the course to request a change, as the procedure involves a few steps that take time for processing!

Drop-in advising for the Spring 2024 semester begins on January 10, 2024. Please work with your major academic advisors, or email raini@arizona.edu if you have an urgent matter.

The College of Science will not host drop-in advising during Spring Break from March 4-8. We will resume normal hours on Monday March 11th. If you have an urgent advising matter, please email raini@arizona.edu.

Academic Advising Hours:

  • Monday-Thursday: 9:00am-12:00pm | 1:00pm-4:00pm
  • Friday: 9:00AM-12:00pm

In-person Advising: Bartlett Academic Success Center, Room 417 

Virtual Advising: join via zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/my/science1017 | Or you may enter Meeting ID: Science1017

Spring 2024 Drop-in Academic Advising Monday-Friday: 9:00am-12:00pm | 1:00pm-4:00pm

Our advisors can assist with the following topics:

  • General Petitions 
  • Late Change Petitions and Change of Schedule Requests
  • Academic Renewal 
  • Questions regarding academic eligibility
  • Questions about Leave of Absence/Back 2 UA
  • Readmission & Second Start questions
  • Extension of Incomplete Grade (if beyond one year)
  • General questions and referrals to campus resources  
  • Degree Audit Worksheets for MATH and HAS majors

Contacting Your Advisor

For academic advising related to your major, please contact the advisor from the table below. Appointments with advisors are being held virtually through email, phone, and Zoom. Be sure to check your advisor's Trellis for details on availability

If you need assistance and cannot reach your Academic Advisor, please email science@arizona.edu and we will respond within 24-48 business hours.

Contact us

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

Advisor Directory

Major Advisor Phone Office Email
Applied Physics        
  David Smith
(Professional Advisor)
626-1231 Phys/Atmo Sci, Room 264 dlsmith1@arizona.edu
Astronomy        
  David Smith (Professional Advisor) 626-1231 Phys/Atmo Sci, Room 264 dlsmith1@arizona.edu
  View list of Faculty Advisors      
Bioinformatics AND Biology 
AND Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
       
Main Campus
(Last Names A-E)
Whitney Kaster 626-2137 Life Sci. South, Room 233 whuffman@arizona.edu
Main Campus (Last Names F-Q) David McGuiggan 626-8456 Life Sci. South, Room 233 dmcguigg@arizona.edu
Main Campus (Last Names R-Z) Kendra Salkowski 626-0859 Life Sci. South, Room 233 ksalkowski@arizona.edu
AZ Online Only
(Last Names A-K)
Jill Hewins 626-2856 Remote only jhewins@arizona.edu
AZ Online Only
(Last Names L-Z)
Stephanie Maxwell 626-1885 Remote only samaxwel@arizona.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry        
Last Names A-L Hibram Sanchez Garcia 621-6354 Chemistry, Room 314 sanchezgarcia@arizona.edu
Last Names M-Z Carleen De Armon 626-7908 Chemistry, Room 314 carleen@arizona.edu
Computer Science        
Last Names A-E Samantha Morrow 621-2594 Gould-Simpson, Room 917 sam.morrow@cs.arizona.edu
Last Names F-L Matthew Emory 621-0483 Gould-Simpson, Room 917 mdemory@cs.arizona.edu
Last Names M-Q Debra Armand Cade 621-3926 Gould-Simpson, Room 917 darmandcade@cs.arizona.edu
Last Names R-Z Aidan Clevinger 621-4632 Gould-Simpson, Room 917 aidanclevinger@cs.arizona.edu
Geoscience        
  Uphaar Dooling 621-4845 Gould-Simpson, Room 210A udooling@arizona.edu
Hydrology & Atmospheric Science        
Environmental Hydrology & Water Resources sub-plan Martha Whitaker 621-9715 Harshbarger, Room 226A marthaw@arizona.edu
Atmospheric Science sub-plan Brittany Ciancarelli 621-6928 Harshbarger, Room 324C bciance@arizona.edu
Mathematics        
Majors and minors only
(not for placement)
Laurie Varecka 626-9837 Mathematics, Room 217 mcenter@math.arizona.edu
Statistics & Data Science        
  Laurie Varecka 626-9837 Mathematics, Room 217 mcenter@math.arizona.edu
Molecular & Cellular Biology        
  Kara Dyson 621-1073 Life Sci. South, Room 248 kdyson@arizona.edu
  Justin Schneider 621-4342 Life Sci. South, Room 248 jmschnei@arizona.edu
Neuroscience & Cognitive Science        
Online and Main Campus (Last Names A-L)  Jacquelyn Valenzuela 621-3337 Gould-Simpson, Room 626 jacquelyng0615@arizona.edu
Online and Main Campus (Last Names M-Z) Collin Stout 621-0384 Gould-Simpson, Room 628 collinstout@arizona.edu
Online and Main Campus
No Major Selected or Undecided in Science
Raini Wijeweera 621-8128 Virtual raini@arizona.edu
Physics David Smith (Professional Advisor) 626-1231 Phys/Atmo Sci, Room 264 dlsmith1@arizona.edu
Psychology AND Psychological Science        
AZ ONLINE ONLY
(Last Names A-L)
Kat Bujard 621-7439 Remote only katbujard@arizona.edu
AZ ONLINE ONLY
(Last Names M-Z)
Jamie Ellsworth 621-7439 Remote only jellsworth@arizona.edu

Main Campus

Pre-Psychological Science and Psychological Science Majors only

Ryan Smith 621-7439 Psychology, Room 312 ryancsmith@arizona.edu
Main Campus
(BA PSYC Last Names A-D, F, G)
Rani Metz 621-7439 Psychology, Room 312 rmetz@arizona.edu
Main Campus (BA PSYC Last Names E, H, I) Melanie Lipton 621-7439 Psychology, Room 312 melanielipton@arizona.edu
Main Campus (BA PSYC Last Names J-M) Randy Yazzie 621-7439 Psychology, Room 312 yazzier@arizona.edu
Main Campus
(BA PSYC Last Names N-Z)
Alan Truong 621-7439 Psychology, Room 312 atruong96@arizona.edu
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences Alex Hernandez 621-8444 Speech/Hearing Bldg., Room 214 ahernandez@arizona.edu
Online and Main Campus
Science BS & BA
Raini Wijeweera 621-8128 Virtual raini@arizona.edu