Biological Sciences Advising
Students should schedule a session with an academic advisor as soon as possible. The academic advising office is located in the Bayou Building; office 3611, email cseadvising@uhcl.edu; phone 281-283-3711.
The faculty advisors assist the students by:
- Approving elective course selections
- Determining foundation courses students need
- Approving the CPS
- Evaluating the students' academic records, if necessary
- Helping students set up an individual study plan
- Offering advice on course selections
- Offering advice on requests to waive courses
The academic advisors help students by:
- Helping them set up draft CPS
- Approving the CPS
- Partially evaluating their academic records
- Advising undergraduate students on all lower-level courses as well as some upper-level courses
- Processing requests for lower-level course waivers
- Assigning a faculty advisor to every student
Before meeting with the faculty advisor, students should:
- Select their elective courses
- Bring all transcripts to help their faculty advisor determine whether they need foundation courses
The current faculty advisors for undergraduate Biology:
- Dr. George Guillen 281-283-3950 (Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology)
- Dr. Cindy Howard 281-283-3745 (Toxicology and Ecology)
- Dr. Ron Mills 281-283-3773 (Biochemistry)
- Dr. Richard Puzdrowski 281-283-3750 (Anatomy, Physiology, and Neuroscience)
- Dr. Bazlur Rashid 281-283-3756 (Molecular Biology)
- Dr. Larry Rohde 281-283-3743 (Genetics and Developmental Biology)