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The BMB Department advising system
Common Advising Concerns
Frequently asked students questions. Please contact your academic adviser if you have additional concerns or questions.
BMB Department Advising System
The advising system in the BMB, Biotc and Micrb majors is multi-tiered and thus provides back-up capacity. All students are assigned two advisers for the first 2 years of their undergraduate experience.
The academic adviser provides assistance with the scheduling of courses, explanations of University and department policies and procedures, and with the selection of forms required to implement various actions.
At the beginning of the junior year, the academic adviser transfers all advising responsibilities to the professional adviser who is assigned for the entire undergraduate experience. So, while serving as a back-up to the academic adviser in the first two years of academic study, the professional adviser assumes full responsibility for advising during the junior and senior years at a time when choosing electives, selecting graduate or professional schools, and investigating career opportunities begins to take center stage in the advising process.
Backing up both the academic and professional advisers is Anjuli Datta, Program Adviser and the full-time advisers in the Eberly College of Science Academic Advising Center. Thus, a student in the BMB Department never has fewer than 3 sources to turn to for advising assistance.
Advising Links:
Advising@psu.edu
Undergraduate Advising Handbook
Registrar's Website
uPort
eLion
Useful Forms:
BMB Department Advising Forms
Registrar’s Student Forms
Bluebook Undergraduate Entries:
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Major
Biotechnology Major
Microbiology Major
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Minor
Microbiology Minor
