Questions about courses -- who do you contact?

Each department has counsellors to answer your questions about courses, such as:

  • Course prerequisite permission (taking a course without the prerequisite)
  • Problems with course registration (example: a course is full, timetable conflicts) PLEASE NOTE: The basic medical science departments do not usually grant permission to override priorities to access courses. See Accessing Courses.
  • Course equivalency -- can a course taken at another university be used in place of a UWO course? See Course Equivalencies

Departmental Counselors

Faculty of Science

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
(Basic Medical Science Departments)

Biology

Ms. B. Beretta, NCB 301A
Email: bberetta@uwo.ca
Richard Gardiner, Biotron 105E
Email: rgardine@uwo.ca

Chemistry

Email: chemcounselling@uwo.ca
Website: www.uwo.ca/chem/undergraduates/counselling.htm

Mathematics

Email: math-inquiry@uwo.ca or see in-person counselling schedule

Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Jeff Hutter
Email: jhutter@uwo.ca

Stats/Actuarial Science

Website: www.stats.uwo.ca/ugstudies/default.htm

 

For other Science departments
please visit the Faculty of Science.

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Dr. Martin Sandig, DSB 00075
Email: martin.sandig@schulich.uwo.ca

Biochemistry

Dr. Derek McLachlin, MSB 349
Email: biochemcounselling@uwo.ca

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Dr. Mark Speechley K100
Email: mark.speechley@schulich.uwo.ca
Web: http://www.uwo.ca/epidem

Medical Biophysics

Barb Citton MSB 407
Email: barb.citton@schulich.uwo.ca
Dr. Abbas Samani MSB 402
Email: asamani@uwo.ca

Medical Sciences

Mrs. J. Estabrooks, MSB 138
Email: medsci@uwo.ca

Microbiology/Immunology

Dr. J. McCormick SDRI 133
Email: mni-counsel@uwo.ca

Pathology

Dr. C. Gibson, DSB 4042
Email: candaceg@uwo.ca
Dr. Zia Khan, DSB 4011
Email: zia.khan@schulich.uwo.ca

Physiology/Pharmacology

Tom Stavraky, DSB 2010B (Physiology)
Dr. M. A. Cook, DSB 2025A (Pharmacology)
Dr. James Hammond, MSB 266 (Pharmacology)
Email: physpharm-counselling@uwo.ca