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 |