Undergraduate Advising

ACADEMIC ADVISING

Effective October 3, 2022, the EEB Undergraduate Office will be offering appointments both in-person and via Zoom.  You will designate your preference when you schedule your advising appointment.

Effective April 11, 2024, the EEB Undergraduate Office will be offering in-person drop-in advising hours in Hershey Hall 101.

To protect the health and safety of the UCLA Community, the EEB Undergraduate Office is requiring students to follow the UCLA COVID-19 guidelines before visiting the office.

We’re pleased to offer a variety of advising / counseling services. We have drop-in advising hours throughout the week for quick questions. Additionally, academic advising/counseling services are available both in-person and virtually for more detailed and personalized advising. If you prefer a scheduled appointment, you can do so via MyUCLA. All appointments will be in 20-minute increments and conducted based on your preference and availability.

To make a departmental advising appointment, please CLICK HERE.

*Please select the “EEB-Departmental Advising” options ONLY. EEB Grad counseling is limited for M.S. and PhD students only.*

EEB Undergraduate counselors will be available for APPOINTMENTS during the following hours:

Monday – Friday:
Between 9:00AM – 4:00PM. Appointment Only

EEB Undergraduate counselors will be available for Remote DROP-IN ADVISING during the following hours (these are subject to change at the start of every quarter please review the BruinLearn page for the most updated Drop-in Hours):

FALL 2025 QUARTER:

Please review our Contact us page for our drop-in advising times.

PLEASE NOTE: if there is a sign stating “APPOINTMENT IN PROGRESS” on the front door of Hershey Hall 101 (EEB Undergraduate Office), please refrain from knocking, as it will cause a disruption to the academic advising session. Please wait in the adjacent waiting room or send us a message via Message Center on myUCLA.

Making an Advising Appointment via MyUCLA:

  1. Sign in to MyUCLA using your UCLA Logon ID and Password
  2. Click on the “Academics” tab > Find the “Advising and Academic Services” column > Click on “Appointments”
  3. Click on “Create an Appointment”
  4. Select “Ecology and Evolutionary Biology” from the “Organization” drop down menu
  5. Choose your preferred appointment, in person or via Zoom, and search through the available time slots
  6. To streamline this process, CLICK HERE

Please contact us through MESSAGE CENTER for the following:

    • Enrollment in EEB Upper division courses
      • Please allow up to 3 business days for response
    • Graduation requirements
      • Please allow up to 2 business days for response
    • Major/minor declaration
      • Please allow 10-15 business days for response
    • DARS updates
      • Please allow up to 3 business days for response
    • College Petitions
      • Please allow up to 5 business days for response
    • Departmental Evaluations
      • Please allow up to 5 business days for response
    • Course substitutions (major and minor, field quarter or alternates)
      • Please allow up to 2 business days for response
    • Contract Courses (EEB 195, 196, 198A-D, 199)
      • Please allow up to 3 business days for response
    • General Department Information
      • Please allow up to 3 business days for response

Message Center Protocol:

  • Please refrain from sending separate messages about the same subject matter.
    Receiving multiple messages will only delay the response to your message
    because messages are responded to in the order that the message was received,
    i.e., date and time.
  •  If you would like to send a follow–up message, please send via your initial
    message thread.

If you have a UCLA logon ID/you are a current UCLA student, please submit your inquiry HERE.

If you DO NOT have a UCLA logon ID, please submit your inquiry HERE.

PRE-COUNSELING CHECKLIST

Before you meet with a department counselor to set up a degree plan, please make sure to follow these steps:

  1. Download your major degree checklist.
    1. Biology 
    2. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
    3. Marine Biology
  2. Review all requirements for your major using your Degree Audit Report (DAR) and the major worksheet.
  3. Complete your major degree checklist.
  4. You will be required to show your Major Degree checklist to the counselor during your appointment.

ACADEMIC ADVISING BENCHMARKS

Freshmen admits (First- Fourth year)
Transfer admits (Third – Fourth year)

Academic Advising Benchmark PDFs:

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

UNDERGRADUATE COUNSELORS

We are here as your guides as you embark on your educational journey at UCLA. We encourage you to take advantage of all that our department and UCLA has to offer.

  • Jessica Angus
  • Wendy Ramos

The undergraduate counselors answer questions about the following:

  • Lower Division major requirements
  • Upper Division major requirements
  • Minor requirements (as applicable)
  • Course substitutions for the Major or Minor
  • Global GPA – encompasses Upper Division major requirements only
  • Academic questions about applying to graduate or professional school
  • Pre-requisites for different programs
  • Other academic issues related to graduate or professional school

CONTACT US

MyUCLA MESSAGE CENTER

If you have a UCLA logon ID/you are a current UCLA student, please submit your inquiry HERE.

If you DO NOT have a UCLA logon ID, please submit your inquiry HERE.

EEB BruinLearn

The EEB Undergraduate Office will be posting information (i.e. office hours for each week, course advertisements, internship opportunities, etc.) solely through BruinLearn and will not be utilizing the previous email listserv or CCLE site.

If students would like to receive updates from the EEB Undergraduate Office, they will need to join the course at this link: https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/enroll/8ANPYB.

Instagram

Check out our Instagram page – @uclaeeb– for updates news about the department.

MAILING ADDRESS:

UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
612 Charles E. Young Drive South
Box 957246
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7246

TELEPHONE:

(310) 825-1680

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The UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As part of a California land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.