FACULTY HANDBOOK 2008-09

Student Advising

OFFICE HOURS

Faculty are expected to have at least two office hours, which should be posted and kept regularly. Office hours should be open to students without prior appointment. Office hours are important for addressing problems related to the course, and also for allowing students to develop personal relationships with faculty.

DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORS

Students sometimes turn to faculty for general advice and guidance on a variety of subjects such as what are useful electives to enhance their career, or how to improve their chances of getting into graduate school. Dispensing this type of informal advice is encouraged and of great assistance to students. However, for specific questions regarding scholarship, major, and degree requirements, faculty should not attempt to answer these questions unless they feel certain they have correct information. Please contact the departmental advisors for assistance in such matters. The advisors listed below serve both the music and ethnomusicology departments.

Al Bradley, Undergraduate Advisor, 825-4768, abradley@arts.ucla.edu
Sandra McKerroll, Graduate Advisor, 825-4769, sandram@arts.ucla.edu

FACULTY ADVISORS (Ethnomusicology)

The Director of Undergraduate Studies (Tara Browner, tbrowner@ucla.edu) and the Director of Graduate Studies (Helen Rees, hrees@ucla.edu) complement the work of the staff advisors by handling career development advice.

CAREER ADVISING

The Career Center, Strathmore Building (501 Westwood Plaza), 825-2981, offers a broad range of programs including career planning, internships, job referrals. The Career Center’s Educational Career Services assist those interested in a teaching career.

PERSONAL ADVISING

Student Psychological Services has available psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists provide assistance for a wide range of psychological problems at two campus locations:

4223 Math/Sciences, 825-0768

The campus Ombudsperson can inform students of their rights, suggest solutions to problems, and can sometimes mediate a dispute between students and campus offices.

105 Strathmore Building, 501 Westwood Plaza, 825-7627.

Staff in the Student Legal Services office will meet with students on a walk-in basis between 9:00 am and 12:00 noon. 70 Dodd Hall, 825-9894.

INDIVIDUALIZED TEACHING AND TUTORING

Academics in the Commons

Letters & Science Counseling provides walk-in advising for new and continuing students at Covel Commons. Also offered are a variety of workshops are to improve study skills, time managment skills, note taking, choosing a major, getting admitted to graduate or professional schools and more. Degree Progress Reports are available upon request.

203 Covel Commons, 825-9315.

Mon-Thurs 1:00-6:00pm and Fri 1:00-5:00pm

Academics in the Commons also provides assistance with:

Writing and ESL (228 Covel Commons, 206-1491); and Math/Science (230 Covel Commons; 206-6965).

The Center for Academic and Research Excellence (CARE) offers enrichment opportunities in the sciences for students from “educationally or socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.” See website: www.care.ucla.edu.