Departmental Advising Information
(Updated October 2009 for Spring 2010 registration advising)
Undergraduate students who have not been assigned to an
academic advisor or who have questions about academic advising may contact the individuals listed below for assistance.
Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising
Advising Coordinator: Ericka Thompson
Email: arc@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2729
Location: Academic Services Building, Room 102
Undeclared majors/exploratory students should contact this office to make appointments for advising in connection with course registration or for other purposes. OAPA is the primary advising office for students who have not declared a major, including those with pre-professional goals.
Students without declared majors who are planning to apply to medical, dental, optometry, podiatry, or veterinary school should also contact the Health Professions Advising Coordinator, Ms. Christy Botdorf, for supplementary specialized advising. (See the PreMedical and PreDental Advising Office listing for details.)
Students without declared majors who plan to pursue careers in nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, physician assistant, dental hygiene, and all other allied health fields receive their primary advising and specialized advising in the Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising. OAPA advisors also provide specialized advising to students with declared majors planning careers in these fields, while primary advising for registration takes place in the student’s major department.
Acting (B.F.A. program)
Advising Coordinator: Eve Muson
Email: ebmuson@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2945
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 462
Theatre students pursuing the B.F.A. in Acting should contact Ms. Muson for an advising appointment.
Administrative and Managerial Sciences
Advising Coordinator: Jeanne St. Martin (Accounting)
Email: jeanne@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2178
Location: Public Policy Building, Room 338
Advising for the Accounting and Finance certificates is provided in the Economics Dept. Contact Ms. St. Martin for an appointment.
Advising Coordinator: Tate Redding (Management)
Email: redding@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3942
Location: ITE Building, Room 404B
Advising for the MBA Preparatory Studies and Management Science certificates is provided in the IS Dept. Contact Mr. Redding for an appointment.
Africana Studies
Advising Coordinator: Thomas Robinson
Email: trobinson@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2158
Location: Math/Psychology Building, Room 225
Students should sign up for advising appointments outside individual advisors’ offices.
Aging, Management of Aging Services
See Erickson School
American Studies
Advising Contact: Carol Harmon
Email: harmon@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-6276
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 453
Advising Coordinator: Patrice McDermott
Email: mcdermot@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2027
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 458
Ancient Studies
Advising Coordinator: Marilyn Goldberg
Email: goldberg@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2970
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 454
Anthropology
See Sociology and Anthropology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advising Coordinator: Michelle Bulger (for students with < 30 credits)
Email: mbulger@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-1718
Location: Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 140A
Advising Coordinator: Philip Farabaugh (for students with > 30 credits)
Email: farabaug@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3018
Location: Biological Sciences Building, Room 324
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology students should check their UMBC email accounts for advisor assignments and further instructions.
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
All newly declared BINF majors will be advised by Michelle Bulger until the completion of their gateway requirements has been verified.
Advising Coordinator: Michelle Bulger
Email: mbulger@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-1718
Location: Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 140A
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology students should check their UMBC email accounts for advisor assignments and further instructions.
Biological Sciences
Advising Coordinator: Michelle Bulger (for students with < 30 credits)
Email: mbulger@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-1718
Location: Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 140A
Advising Coordinator: Nessly Craig (for students with > 30 credits)
Email: craig@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2248
Location: Biological Sciences Building, Room 315
Biological Sciences students should check their UMBC email accounts for advisor assignments and further instructions.
Business Technology Administration
See Information Systems
Chemistry
Advising Coordinator: Michelle Bulger (for students with < 30 credits)
Email: mbulger@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-1718
Location: Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 140A
Advising Coordinator: Sandy Tabler (for students with > 30 credits)
Email: tabler@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2491
Location: Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 109
Students without advisors should call the department office or stop by for advisor assignments.
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
See College of Engineering and Information Technology
Dance
Advising Coordinator: Carol Hess-Vait
Email: hessvait@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2951
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 420
Students should check the list posted on the door of the department office (Fine Arts 467C) for the names of their advisors. Students should sign up for an advising appointment on the list posted on their advisor’s door.
Economics and Financial Economics
Advising Coordinator: Michael Bradley
Email: mbradley@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2170
Location: Public Policy Building, Room 334
Students seeking advisor assignments will be assisted between the hours of 8:30-4:30 in Public Policy Building, Rooms 344, 338, or 343. Current majors will receive the name of advisor via UMBC email prior to each advising period. New majors should check the alphabetical allocation available in the department office. Sign up sheets for advising appointments are outside advisors’ doors.
Education
Advising Coordinator: Vickie Williams (elementary and secondary ed. admissions advising)
Email: vwilli5@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2327
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 419
Additional Advisors:
Pat Scully (admissions and ongoing early childhood ed. advising)
Email: pscull1@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2307
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 427
Barbara Bourne (ongoing advising, elementary ed.)
Email: barbara.bourne@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2308
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 426
Linda Oliva (ongoing advising, secondary and K-12 program advising)
Email: oliva@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2382
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 410
An advising appointment book is available at the front counter in Academic IV, Room 428.
Emergency Health Services
Advising Coordinator: Dwight Polk (Paramedics Track)
Email: polk@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3782
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 306
Advising Coordinator: Kurt Krumperman (Management Track)
Email: kkrum@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3775
Location: Academic IV Building, A Wing, Room 313
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Advising occurs in the offices of professional advising staff located in ITE 203-206 for students who have not yet met the gateway requirements for their major and/or are new to the university in the following majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, as well as Engineering-unspecified field. Sign-up sheets for advising appointments are posted during advance registration outside the advising offices (ITE 205-206). All students must make an appointment in order to obtain advising and clearance for registration. These advisors may be reached by telephone on 410-455-3096.
The COEIT professional advisors are:
Cathy Bielawski, Director
Email: bielawsk@umbc.edu
Bethany Spore, Advisor
Email: bethany.spore@umbc.edu
Anne Arey, Advisor
Email: annearey@umbc.edu
Students who have passed the gateway requirements and been fully admitted to their majors will be advised by faculty members in their respective departments. Lists of students and their assigned advisors are available in ENG 314 for Chemical Engineering majors and outside ENG 210 for Mechanical Engineering majors. Computer Science and Computer Engineering majors should contact their assigned faculty advisor to make an appointment. Questions from fully admitted majors about advising may be directed to the following Advising Coordinators:
Chemical Engineering
Taryn Bayles
Email: tbayles@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3428
Location: Engineering/Computer Science Building, Room 315
Computer Engineering
Yung Chen
Email: ychen@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3507
Location: not published
Computer Science
Cathy Bielawski
Email: bielawsk@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3096
Location: ITE Building, Room 206
Mechanical Engineering
Charles Eggleton
Email: eggleton@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3334
Location: Engineering/Computer Science Building, Room 205
English
Advising Contact: Patty Bach
Email: bach@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2384
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 449
Advising Coordinator: Michael Fallon
Email: fallon@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2021
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 444
Students who do not have an advisor should see Patty Bach and sign up at the front desk, Fine Arts Room 449. Students who do not remember the name of their advisor should consult the list posted on the bulletin board outside Room 449.
Environmental Science and Environmental Studies
Advising Coordinator: Andrew Miller
Email: miller@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3151
Location: Sondheim Building, 211K
Erickson School (Management of Aging Services)
Advising Coordinator: Michelle Howell
Email: mhowell@umbc.edu
Phone: 443-543-5607
Location: 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 230, Baltimore, MD 21228
Students will be contacted to be given their advising assignments and other instructions. Students should contact the department to schedule appointments with their assigned advisor,
Gender and Women’s Studies
Advising Coordinator: Jodi Kelber-Kaye
Email: jodik@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-6371
Location: Academic IV Building, Room 436
Geography and Environmental Systems
Advising Coordinator: Tom Rabenhorst
Email: tomr@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3845
Location: Sondheim Building, Room 211J
Students being advised for the first time may request to see any member of the GES faculty. Students without advisors will have one designated by staff in Room 211. Sign-up sheets for advising appointments will be on faculty office doors during pre-registration periods.
Health Administration and Policy
Advising Coordinator: Joyce Riley
Email: riley@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2342
Location: Public Policy Building, Room 220
Students should sign up for advising appointments on sheets posted on the bulletin board outside the HAPP office.
History
Advising Contact: Carla Ison
Email: ison@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2312
Location: Administration Building, Room732
Advising Coordinator: James Grubb
Email: grubb@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2091
Location: Administration Building, Room 717
Students with assigned advisors should meet with them during office hours. Students not yet assigned should call the advising contact or check with the departmental secretary.
Honors College
Advising Coordinator: Maureen McMormick
Email: mccormic@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3720
Location: Library, Room 216
Honors College students who have not declared a major are advised in the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising and should also be advised in the Honors College with respect to Honors College requirements and opportunities. Honors College students who have declared a major should first see an advisor in their major department(s) and then consult with an Honors College advisor to ensure that they maintain their membership in the College. Students should contact the Honors College to make appointments.
Information Systems
Advising Coordinator: Tate Redding
Email: redding@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3942
Location: ITE Building, Room 404B
The IS department assigns students alphabetically to faculty advisors based on the initial of the student’s surname. The assignments and the appointment schedules are posted outside the faculty advisors’ offices during advance registration, Students should sign up for appointments with their assigned advisors.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Advising Coordinator: Carrie Sauter
Email: csauter@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2037
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 546
Students interested in the INDS major should view the website (www.umbc.edu/INDS), then email inds_info@umbc.edu for an appointment, Current majors should schedule an appointment with their INDS advisor.
Judaic Studies
Advising Coordinator: Jonathan Finkelstein
Email: finkelst@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3712 or 410-455-2427
Location: Physics Building, Room 329 or Math/Psychology Building, Room 336
Students should call or e-mail for an appointment.
Management of Aging Services
See Erickson School
Mathematics and Statistics
Advising Coordinator: Yoon Song
Email: song@math.umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-5731
Location: Math/Psychology Building, Room 234
Students should come to the Math/Statistics office in Math/Psyc 410 to check on their assignment to a faculty advisor. They should then make an appointment with their assigned advisor, Requests for a particular advisor can usually be accommodated. Contact Yoon Song if you have questions about advising.
Media and Communication Studies
Advising Coordinator: Jason Loviglio
Email: loviglio@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2041
Location: Academic IV Building, Rooms 214-215
Modern Languages and Linguistics
Advising Coordinator: Elaine Rusinko
Email: rusinko@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2153
Location: Academic IV Building, B Wing, Room 128
Students should sign up for an advising appointment on the list posted on their advisor’s door. Students who do not have an advisor or do not know to whom they have been assigned for advising should call or visit the departmental office in Academic IV Building, B Wing, Room 146 (tel. 410-455-2109).
Music
Advising Coordinator: Nancy Beith
Email: beith@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2942
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 020
Students who are declared Music majors who have passed the audition process should sign up for advising appointments with Nancy Beith on the door of Fine Arts 020. Students who have not passed the audition process should be advised in the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising (contact 410-455-2729). Information about the audition process and requirements may be obtained from the Music department office, Connie Bailey, at 410-455-2942 or baileyc@umbc.edu, Fine Arts Building, Room 509.
Philosophy
Advising Coordinator: Roye Templeton
Email: rtemplet@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2155
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 526
Students should check the list posted on the door of the department office (Fine Arts 539) for the name of their advisor.
Physics
Advising Coordinator: Robert Reno
Email: reno@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2530
Location: Physics Building, Room 316
All newly declared Physics majors (freshmen, transfer students, ongoing students new to the major) and any students without a departmental advisor should contact the department’s advising coordinator, Robert Reno (contact information above), Other Physics majors should contact their assigned advisors to make an advising appointment. Students may learn or be reminded who their advisors are by referring to the master list posted outside Room 217 or by contacting Robert Reno.
Pre-law Advising
Pre-law advising is provided by Jason Higgins and George LaNoue in the Department of Political Science. Contact Jason Higgins (higgins2@umbc.edu) for additional information.
Pre-medical, Pre-dental, Pre-optometry, Pre-podiatry, Pre-veterinary Advising
The PreMedical and PreDental Advising Office provides specialized advising to students who plan to pursue admission to medical, dental, optometry, podiatry, or veterinary school after graduation from UMBC, regardless of their undergraduate major.
UMBC Health Professions Advising Coordinator: Christy Botdorf
Email: botdorf@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-8068
Location: University Center, Room 116
Pre-health students have two advisors—an assigned academic advisor in their declared or undeclared major department and Ms. Botdorf, their pre-health advisor. For pre-health students without a declared major, the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising serves as the “major department” for purposes of advising and registration clearance.
Pre-health students with declared or undeclared majors will receive major course planning and registration clearance by their major departments, whereas The PreMedical and PreDental Advising Office will assist students with their pre-professional prerequisite course planning and broader career issues related to the professional school planning process.
The PreMedical and PreDental Advising Office maintains sign-up sheets for advising appointments at the front desk in University Center 116. Weekly walk-in hours are also posted at the front desk.
The Health Professions Advising Coordinator also serves as Chairperson of UMBC’s Health Professions Evaluation Committee, a faculty committee which evaluates the credentials of students applying for medical, dental, etc. programs and provides a letter of recommendation from the university if appropriate.
Note that students who plan to pursue careers in Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Physician’s Assistant, Dental Hygiene, and other allied health fields receive specialized pre-professional advising in the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising. (See the OAPA listing for more information.)
Pre-nursing, Pre-pharmacy, Pre-physical therapy, and other Allied Health Field Advising
See Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising
Political Science
Advising Contact: Jason Higgins
Email: higgins2@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2063
Location: Public Policy Building, Rooms 357 and 311
Students already assigned to faculty advisors should sign up for appointments outside individual advisors’ offices. Students without faculty advisors may contact the department office or stop by to be assigned to an advisor. Also, students may learn to which faculty member they have been assigned for advising by referring to the master list on the bulletin board outside Room 357.
Psychology
Advising Coordinator: Debra Wolff Sanford
Email: dsanford@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2366
Location: Math/Psychology Building, Room 321
All newly declared Psychology majors (freshmen, transfer students, ongoing UMBC students who just declared the major) need to meet with the Psychology department advisor, Debbie Wolff Sanford (Math/Psyc 321) to be advised for the upcoming semester. Other students are assigned to a faculty advisor based on the first letter of the student’s last name. Faculty advising assignments are posted throughout the department and sign-up sheets for appointments are posted outside each advisor’s office.
Religious Studies
Advising Coordinator: James Grubb
Email: grubb@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2091
Location: Administration Building, Room 717
Students should call to make an advising appointment.
Social Work
Advising Coordinator: Carolyn Tice
Email: tice@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2144
Location: Academic IV Building, B Wing, Room 322
Students with advisors should sign up for advising appointments outside their advisors’ offices or contact them directly. Students without advisors should call or visit the departmental office in Room 322 to be assigned to an advisor.
Sociology and Anthropology
Advising Coordinator: Janet Burgee
Email: jburgee@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-3979
Location: Public Policy Building, Room 252
Theatre
Advising Coordinator: Alan Kreizenbeck
Email: kreizenb@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2948
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 339
Students with advisors should sign up outside their advisor’s office or contact them. Students without an advisor should call or visit the department office (Fine Arts 467) to be assigned to an advisor. Students pursuing the B.F.A. in Acting, see separate listing for Acting.
Visual Arts
Advising Coordinator: Melanie Berry
Email: mberry@umbc.edu
Phone: 410-455-2219
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 108A
Current Visual Arts majors should contact their assigned advisors for appointments. Advising assignments are posted in Fine Arts, Room 108 and emailed to students. Students who are undeclared majors or Visual Arts majors who have not yet passed the portfolio review need to contact the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising (410-455-2729) to make an advising appointment. Prospective majors may contact the Visual Arts Department to find out about information sessions and studio tours that may be of interest.
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