Advising
ES Undergraduate Advisor: Laurel Currie
If you are an ES student or are interested in Environmental Studies and have any questions, contact Laurel! Email to arrange a virtual or in-person advising appointment.
For any and all admissions information, please contact Admissions at studentsupport@uvic.ca or contact your admissions assistant or student recruiter.
For questions regarding overall UVic requirements or to declare your majors, please contact the Academic Advising Centre at advising@uvic.ca or 250-721-7567 ext. 6.
Our Undergraduate Advisor can help you with:
- Course selection - choosing your courses
- Course planning - sequencing your courses
- Degree planning - reviewing your program and degree requirements and preparing a roadmap or worksheet to help navigate your program
- Registration help - help finding course codes or numbers, any issues with registration errors or restrictions
- Directed Studies - guidance for Directed Studies
- Prerequisite and other registration overrides - directing you to seek instructor approval where required (prerequisite waiver form)
- Transfer credits - evaluation for fit with ES, advice regarding Letters of Permission and other requirements to take courses at other institutions
- Connecting you with other resources and supports on campus, for example:
- Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
- Co-op & Career Services
- Academic advising
- Student support services
- Counselling
- Sexualized violence prevention and support
- Forms from Academic Advising, such as the program declaration form
- Forms from the Office of the Registrar, such as course change forms
Learn how the Restoration in Natural Systems program can work for you: the RNS program has many courses that may be transferable to your ES program. You can also complete a diploma in RNS at the same time as your program! Many students have found the combination of theory and application stimulating and helpful in career planning.