Advising sessions help students pick their courses, survey and plot their academic progress, and can be used to obtain advice of all kinds.
New Students
Advising for new, incoming students is conducted by the Faculty of Science during the summer and fall for Fall or Winter admissions. The Faculty provides advising for all new science students through Science Academic Services.
Continuing & Transfer Students
The Department of Chemistry provides two online tools for students in Chemistry and Biochemistry as starting points to orient them to either the information they need, the online resources they need, or contact with the UPD for email or in-person advice.
Students in certain situations can most often get the help that they need using the Progress Monitor tool:
- students in Chemistry and Biochemistry degree programs preparing to graduate
- students thinking of changing their degree program can see how well their courses would fit
- students looking to improve their gpa can test various gpa scenarios as to how best to do this when considering repeating courses or adding new courses
Going through the Personal Advisor tool will either address the situation directly or, as appropriate, will direct you to the UPD by email or by appointment. The kinds of situation can involve:
- students experiencing certain difficulties with enrollments
- students with complaints or difficulties in getting their needs addressed
- students considering taking courses elsewhere
- students transferring from other institutions or from other degree programs (the online request to transfer to Chemistry or Biochemistry should already have been filed)
- students on exchange programs from abroad or looking to go abroad on an exchange
- students needing help in choosing their degree program or in selecting courses
- students with special needs or circumstances
- students in some academic trouble
Book an Appointment
Note: If you want to talk about your academic progress, academic planning, changing degrees or course selection, please book a 30-minute Academic Advising appointment, then please also generate an Academic Progress Report using the Progress Monitor and make sure to save it with a copy to the UPD (the copy will reach the UPD by email). This will make it very much easier and faster to get you the answer that you need.
Note: You should only book one appointment at a time. If you book more than one, the earlier one(s) will be cancelled to make room for other students.
Note: Please note that all advising sessions will be over Zoom for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with appointments will be sent a link by email shortly before their appointment.
Academic Advising appointments are about 30 minutes long. If more time is needed, we can go into overtime.
To Book an appointment; first select an advisor.
Click on one of the highlighted days, choose a time slot from the list that appears on the right, fill in some required details, confirm and you're done. You'll get an email confirming your appointment, and another one reminding you a few hours ahead of your appointment. Both email messages give you the opportunity to cancel with a simple click. Please be courteous if you end up cancelling: free up the time slot for someone else as soon as you decide that you cannot come, and keep the confirmation email for that possibility.
In cases where none of the available appointment times are suitable for you, you can always ask about additional availability by email to chemupd@yorku.ca, but please allow at least 24 h for confirmation.