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Advising Information

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Do you have questions about your course selections? Do you know which courses to take to stay on the right track for your major? Do you need help with planning out your major courses? Meet with the undergraduate advisers or peer advisers by going to our advising calendar!

Do you have questions about field study? Do you have questions on how to create your resume? Are you wanting to apply for a spring internship? Are you interested in seeing what professional development opportunities we offer? Email econintern@ucsc.edu for field study advising.

Do you want to speak with an advisor? Economics offers advising by four undergraduate advisers, one field study & professional development coordinator and a team of trained student peer advisers.

We offer an abundance of drop-in remote advising and limited in-person advising available by appointment. Please go to our advising calendar to make an appointment for in-person advising and find links to drop-in remote advising.

Economics Advising Availability

Please go to our advising calendar. (Works best with Chrome)

Undergraduate Economics Virtual Advising hours by Drop-in and Appointment. Virtual advising hours are Monday-Friday. Please go to our advising calendar to check for times and to make an appointment or drop-in.

Remote advising is also available by email and phone during the advising hours listed above. Please click on the advising calendar to make an appointment or drop in to a remote-advising meeting.

In-person Advising Appointments

In-person advising is available by appointment.
Students make an appointment via Navigate Slug Success for in-person advising, arrive to their appointment on-time and present their photo ID. Please reschedule your in-person appointment or appointment modality if you are sick. Masking is welcome in shared spaces. Please visit Slug Strong for COVID saftely compliance. Appointment instructions and links are on our advising calendar below.
Sorry, in-person "drop-in" advising is not available.

Meet and Connect with Our Peer Advisers!

Title	Name	Contact
Staff Undergraduate Adviser ¹	Benjamin Hernandez	econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu
Undergraduate Programs & Advising Director ¹	Lisa Morgan	econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu
Staff Undergraduate Adviser ¹	Catherine Newcomb	econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu
Staff Undergraduate Adviser ¹	Cheyenne Tanner	econ_ugrad_coor@ucsc.edu
Professional Development Coordinator ²	Sheila McKnight	econintern@ucsc.edu

¹The undergraduate advisers are responsible for resolving all issues related to academic advising including the following:

determining the acceptance of transfer courses
satisfaction of major requirements
determining honors in the major
handling curricular matters

²The professional development coordinator is responsible for resolving all issues related to the following:

field study orientations
field study applications
resume/cover letter review
basic career advising (job search strategy, mock interviews, etc.)

Professional Development/Field Study Advising hours by appointment, email econintern@ucsc.edu.
*Note: academic advising is not provided by the professional development coordinator.

Trained student peer advisers are available to assist student peers with:

personal academic plans
general questions about the majors and courses
major declaration assistance
Study Abroad Department approval forms

Please see the calendar below to join a Zoom advising meeting!

Title	Name	Contact
Faculty Undergraduate Programs Director & Chair	Carlos Dobkin	cdobkin@ucsc.edu
Faculty Business Management Programs Director	Carlos Dobkin	cdobkin@ucsc.edu
Faculty Economics Programs Director	Carlos Dobkin	cdobkin@ucsc.edu
Faculty Global Economics Program Director	Carlos Dobkin	cdobkin@ucsc.edu
Faculty Accounting Path Director	Kevin Jones	kekjones@ucsc.edu

The program directors are responsible for resolving all issues related to advising including the following:

connecting students with independent research and senior thesis opportunities
advising for graduate school preparation
matching courses with personal and career interests

Economics Calendar

Our advising calendar below presents our advising schedule and instructions on how to access our trained student peer advisers, professional advising staff by appointment (required for in-person advising) and drop-in remote advising over Zoom. We offer an abundance of drop-in remote advising M-F and in-person advising available by appointment.