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Chemistry Advising

last updated: November 8, 2002

If you are a Chemistry Majors you have been assigned an academic advisor. You should have been contacted by your advisor.
If you are not now a chemsitry major but wish to talk to a departmental advisor, contact any of the individuals below or ask at the department office.
- Dr. Paul Endres (endres@bgnet.bgsu.edu) Overman 152
  - has been the advisor for Chemistry majors for several years and remains available. Phone: 372-8744

Chemistry Department Phone: 372-2031

Dr. Scovell is the advisor for students specializing in Biochemistry.

Dr. Scovell is also the advisor for students who are planning a career in medicine or other health science areas

Your advisor is the point of contact for such matters as schedule planning.

Actually you have many advisors available to you--

certainly your instructor should be thought of as someone....
if you develop an interest in a specific area, you should talk to faculty in those fields
- first, feel free to introduce yourself and ask if you could talk
- (all of our faculty are willing)
- get a variety of opinions
- take the opportunity to make additional contacts
in your junior and senior years, as you try to establish what you do after getting your BS
- a research advisor will know you better than most classroom instructors and should be a valuable resource.
seek advice on graduate schools, job hunting, planning specialized courses
by all means, get into a research program

Back to the formal advisors

You should certainly meet for a session with your advisor early each spring before you register for courses for the fall semester.
- As a rule, this planning will generally address courses for both fall and spring as well as general plans for the following years.
A session in the fall, prior to registration for spring semester is recommended also.
You should also meet with your advisor when you are having troubles
- preferably as early as possible-- perhaps for advice, perhaps to see if there are ways the department can help you and to discuss alternatives (including dropping courses or requesting extensions).
Schedule planning is a relatively formal advising activity, but you should also sit down and talk about your goals and plans.
- If you are like most students, these are somewhat vague initially and there are a lot of questions.
We hope to provide a lot of information in these Web pages and we encourage you to look around.
- However, a face to face conversation with a real person is often much more informative.
- Don't rely on virtual advising.