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Departmental Advising

The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at UBC is a friendly place that is dedicated both to student education and to research. Undergraduate students are encouraged to get involved in all aspects of the department by participating in ongoing research projects, on departmental committees, and in department club activities.

Getting Help to Solve Problems or Plan a Program

Departmental Program Advisors: Majors EOS | Geol Sci | Geol Eng | Geophysics | Oceanography | ATSC | Env Sci | Co-op
Career Planning: Geol Sci | GeoEng

Special notes

  • The Annual EOS Advising Meeting is held every year at noon on Thursday during the first week of classes in September, in the EOS-Main Museum area. Every undergraduate student in the department is invited, and you should attend to get the latest information on all of the EOS degree programs, meet the advisors, and learn about departmental scholarships and student clubs.
  • Please do not expect to find advisors in their office at all times on every day; you should phone or email ahead to make an appointment or confirm availablity.
  • Admission to any of our Honours programs requires the permission of the relevant Honours program advisor. Normally this would occur prior to registration in the summer following year 1 or, for transfer students, before you first register for courses at UBC. Early contact with an Honours advisor is strongly recommended. If you have to register for courses before you can meet with an advisor, register in the Majors EOS program (specialization code 0223) but pick the courses that would be required for the Honours program of choice. Then see an advisor ASAP!
  • The Majors program in EOS is very flexible, and therefore program advising is important. (This is especially true if you plan to register as a Professional Geoscientist with APEGBC.)

Admissions-related Advising

Questions about admission to UBC, either directly from secondary school or from another post-secondary institution, and questions about transfer credit should be directed to the Admissions Office in Enrollment Services.

UBC Enrolment Services Building Room Phone
Admissions (website) BROCK HALL 2016 822-3014


Faculty Level Advising

For Faculty-level matters such as degree program eligibility (e.g. eligibility for Honours programs), registering in Combined Honours (CHN) programs, registering in Combined Majors or Double Majors or Minor programs, changing faculties (e.g., Arts to Science), Faculty-level course requirements including first-year courses, removal of registration blocks, registering and the Freedon of Information Act, permission to take more than 33 credits, Academic Concession, and Standing Deferred, contact the appropriate Faculty Office directly. Students are strongly urged to read the Advising, Academic Regulations, and Degree Requirements sections under the listing for their Faculty (Science or Applied Science) in the UBC Calendar.

Faculty Building Room Phone
FACULTY of APPLIED SCIENCE (website) CEME 2053 822-6556
FACULTY of SCIENCE (website) CHEM/PHYS Annex 150 822-3820


Advising for Majors EOS Program

Program Advisors Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
  Roger Francois EOS-Bios 1452 822-6355 rfrancois
Mark Jellinek EOS-South 257 822-3765 mjellinek

Advising for Honours Geological Sciences Programs

Program Advisors Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
Year 3-4 and EXCG (term 1) Lori Kennedy EOS-South 259 822-1811 lkennedy
Year 3-4 and EXCG (term 2) Stuart Sutherland EOS-South 153 822-0176 ssutherland
Years 1-2 Mary Lou Bevier EOS-South 156 822-4655 mbevier

Advising for Geological Engineering Program

Program Advisors Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
Roger Beckie EOS-South 261 822-6462 rbeckie
Ulrich Mayer EOS-South 256 822-1539 umayer

Advising for Honours Geophysics Programs

Program Advisor Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
  Elizabeth Hearn EOS-East 128 822-2655 ehearn

Advising for Honours and Combined Honours Oceanography Programs

Program Advisors Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
  Evgeny Pakhomov EOS-South 364 822-5564 epakhomov

Advising for Honours and Majors Atmospheric Sciences Programs

Program Advisor Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
  Phil Austin EOS-South 157 822-2175 paustin
  William Hsieh EOS-South 162 822-2821 whsieh

Advising for Honours and Majors Environmental Sciences Programs

Program Advisors Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
  Douw Steyn EOS-South 155 827-5517 dsteyn
  Kristin Orians EOS-Bios 1454 822-6571 korians

Advising for CO-OP programs

Field of Interest Name Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
All Science programs in EOS Javed Iqbal 6221 University Blvd 170 822-2465 iqbal@physics.ubc.ca
Geological Engineering Roger Beckie EOS-South 261 822-6462 rbeckie


Geological Sciences - General/Career Planning Resource People

You can seek general advice on career opportunities and planning from the faculty members listed next. These should not be pursued for day-to-day advising (unless they are also listed as regular advisors above), but regarded as 'resource persons' representing various specializations (or 'streams' as described under the Honours Program section of this guide).

Speciality Stream No. Resource Person Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
Environmental Geology Stream 1 Roger Beckie EOS-South 261 822-6462 rbeckie
Les Smith EOS-South 254 822-4108 lsmith
Sedimentary Geology, and Geobiology Stream 2 Marc Bustin EOS-South 258 822-6179 mbustin
Paul Smith EOS-South 102a 822-6456 psmith
Kurt Grimm EOS-South 260 822-9258 kgrimm
Crustal and Mantle Processes Stream 3 Greg Dipple EOS-South 351 822-2624 gdipple
Kelly Russell EOS-South 161 822-2703 krussell
Maya Kopylova EOS-South 160 822-0865 mkopylova
Jim Mortensen EOS-South 354 822-6208 jmortens
Mineral Deposit Geology Stream 4 Ken Hickey EOS-South 264 822-3765 khickey
Dick Tosdal EOS-South 251 822-5149 rtosdal

Geological Engineering - General/Career Planning Resource People

You can seek general advice on career opportunities and planning from the faculty members listed next. These should not be pursued for day-to-day advising (unless they are also listed as regular advisors above), but regarded as 'resource persons' representing various specializations.

FIELD OF EXPERTISE Resource Person Building Room Phone Email ...@eos.ubc.ca
Fuels and Mineral Exploration Marc Bustin EOS-South 258 822-6179 mbustin
Jim Mortensen EOS-South 354 822-6208 jmortensen
Geophysics Doug Oldenburg EOS-South 124 822-5406 doldenburg
Environmental Ulrich Mayer EOS-South 256 822-1539 umayer
Leslie Smith EOS-South 257 822-4108 lsmith
Geotechnical Erik Eberhardt EOS-South 356 827-5573 erik
Oldrich Hungr EOS-South 253 822-8471 ohungr
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