Advising

Welcome! Advising is offered on a drop-in basis via Zoom (no appointment necessary).

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ADVISING CALENDAR AND ZOOM LINKS: Click on day/time for details.

Spring Advisors:

• Steven Osuna
  
• Nancy Martin
• Esa Syeed
  

** WELCOME Back & Welcome New Students **

• The first two weeks of the semester are busy times for advising; be ready with quick questions.  Please hold any questions about adding major/minor or discussion of graduation school and/or careers for after the registration period.

The sociology department offers advising to assist undergraduate students with academic and career-related issues:

• Short and long-term class planning
• Graduation requirements
• Post-graduate options and opportunities
• Other matters related to your sociology career here at CSULB

ADVISING CALENDAR 
Click on a date and time to find the Zoom link. Join the Zoom session anytime during the scheduled advising window. You will enter a waiting room where you will wait for your turn to speak with the advisor. We look forward to meeting with you. We are here to help! 

[NOTE: during registration periods, there may be long wait times.]

RESOURCES for Class Schedule Planning:

• Sociology Major Checklist
• Sociology Minor Checklist 
• Sociology Ready to Register Presentation Slides
• HOW TO Enroll guide: Register for Classes in Your Student Center
• VIDEO: How to Search Upper Division GE classes in MyCSULB
• Guide: How to Search for Writing Intensive classes in MyCSULB
• Review your Academic Requirements Report (ARR) regularly. This ARR guide from Enrollment Services will show you how to access and understand your ARR. 

ADDITIONAL ADVISING TIPS & RESOURCES:

• Information about Academic Standing, Academic Probation/Warning, and Disqualification. 
• Sign up for the GPE. Be sure to sign up for the GWAR placement exam (GPE) by your first semester as a junior.
• Explore MINORS: College of Liberal Arts;  College of Business; Health and Human Services; and New: Equity & Education Minor (flyer). 
• Take a class at a community college while enrolled at CSULB: Supplemental Credit for Current CSULB Students. See “Other Ways to Earn Credit as a CSULB Student” on the Supplemental Credit site. Remember: a maximum of 70 community college units may be used toward the 120 units required for graduation.
• Take an online class from another CSU while enrolled at CSULB: CSULB Fully Online
• Information about Withdrawing from a Class.
• The College of Liberal Arts Advising ATLAS web site has lots of useful information and resources. See the Freshman Mandatory Advising page for How-to Videos.
• It is never too early to check out the Career Center. 
• Thinking about graduate school? The Graduate Center has many resources to help you.
• General advising/policy questions may be emailed to Sociology.Advising@csulb.edu. Questions that require an advisor to review your record will not be answered by email. See us through drop-in instead.