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18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8303
Phone: (818) 677-3356
Fax: (818) 677-2034
Email:biology.dept@csun.edu
Office Location:
Chaparral Hall 5101
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 8:00am-5:00pm
Advisement
Student Advisement Center for Biology Majors
Chaparral Hall, Room 5104
Hours:
| Day | Time | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 am - 2:00 pm | Dr. Odom |
| Tuesday | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Alex Li |
| Wednesday | 9:30 am - 1:30 pm | Dr. Frank |
| Thursday | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Alex Li |
| Friday | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Dr. Maxwell |
(Posted hours, as of 1/15/10)
Degree Plans:
Four and Five Year Degree Plans
Undergraduate Advisors:
Dr. Joyce Maxwell
Dr. Daniel Odom
Contact information:
(818) 677-2675
biologyadvising@csun.edu
Health Professions Advisement Center
The HPAC assists students in their preparation for application and entrance to Medical (including Allopathic and Osteopathic), Pharmacy, Optometry, Physician Assistant, Veterinary, and Podiatry schools. We do this by offering students informal advice regarding course selection and sequencing, suggestions on school choices, review of personal statements, input regarding choosing extracurricular activities, like clinical volunteer work and research, and suggestions for improvement of overall application.
We work with undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students, as well as alumni. Students are suggested to get advisement as soon as they decide they want to attend professional school. Applications are typically submitted a year before matriculation, but clinical volunteer or paid work must begin before that in order to be competitive.
Medical Advisors:
Dr. Terri S. Richardson, M.D.
(818) 677-7305
terri.richardson@csun.edu
Dr. Richardson also does advisement for Pharmacy, Dental, Optometry, Physician Assistant, and Veterinary School.
Dr. Daisy Kuhn, Ph.D.
(818) 677-4600
Recommended preparation for admission to:
- Medical degree program
- Physician Assistant degree program
- Dental degree program
- Optometry degree program
- Pharmacy degree program
- Veterinary degree program
Our office also:
- Writes the “official” pre-health committee (aka composite) letter for each student, which many professional schools require. This letter contains a summary of the student’s performance at Cal State Northridge, highlighting their GPA, classes taken, and a little bit about their background. We usually also take excerpts from all other letters (giving credit to the authors), compiling all of this information into one complete letter.
- Transmits letters of recommendation to professional schools that have been submitted to us by on- or off-campus references via our centralized letter collection service.
In the last few years, CSUN students have been accepted to:
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Western University of the Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
- Western University of the Health Sciences-School of Pharmacy
- Rosalind Franklin University-Chicago Medical School
- Harvard School of Dentistry
- University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
- Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
- Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nevada
- Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, California
- Lake Eric College of Osteopathic Medicine-Pennsylvania
- University of Vermont College of Medicine
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University
- St. Georges University School of Medicine