undergraduate staff

For academic advising related to graduation/major requirements or enrollment, see “Academic Advising Hours.”

Faculty office hours are available to students who have questions about which courses and majors to take based on interest and abilities. Office hours are available to all students, regardless of major, based on different areas of mathematics or topics but is not limited to just those categories. All students are welcome to talk to faculty regardless of the topic of conversation. Students are also welcome to make appointments with faculty for one on one conversations if they cannot attend during the times listed below. All questions and concerns/suggestions about the majors and courses are welcome: graduate school, academic and career advising, how to be a successful math major, and much more!

Lower Division Advisor: Will Conley (wconley@math.ucla.edu)

Transfer Student Advisor: Tim Austin (tim@math.ucla.edu)

Data Theory: Deanna Needell (deanna@math.ucla.edu)

Applied and Math/Applied Science: Guido Montufar (montufar@math.ucla.edu), Marcus Roper (mroper@math.ucla.edu)

Pure Math: Peter Petersen (petersen@math.ucla.edu), Marek Biskup (biskup@math.ucla.edu)

Math of Computation: Chenfanfu Jiang (cffjiang@math.ucla.edu)

Math for Teaching: Heather Dallas (dallas@math.ucla.edu), Marcus Roper – Undergraduate Vice Chair (mroper@math.ucla.edu)

Math/Econ: Don Blasius (blasius@math.ucla.edu)

Financial Actuarial Math: Georg Menz (gmenz@math.ucla.edu)

Honors and Scholars: Richard Elman (elman@math.ucla.edu)

UPDATE (09/22/22): The Undergraduate Student Services team is offering both in person and virtual advising. If you are unable to meet during Virtual Advising hours, you can request an online (video/Zoom) advising appointment via email during our regular hours of operation.

Please email ugrad@math.ucla.edu for any questions, comments, or concerns. UCLA students, please make sure to include your UID in your email.

In-Person Advising Hours

(Priority goes to students with enrollment issues)
No Appointment Necessary
Math Sciences, Room 6356
Monday – Friday
9 AM – 12 PM & 1 PM – 4 PM

THE OFFICE/CAMPUS WILL CLOSE ON:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday: Monday, January 16, 2023
• Presidents’ Day holiday: Monday, February 20, 2023
• Cesar Chavez holiday : Friday, March 31, 2023

Virtual Advising Hours

Week 0 (Priority goes to students with enrollment issues)

Week 1 – 10 (Priority goes to students with enrollment issues)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92046006449

Meeting ID: 920 4600 6449

Find your local number: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/akEdr0gA6

We are only available for virtual meetings during the days and times listed above, but the schedule is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. If there are any cancellations or rescheduling, the status will be posted here.

In accordance with FERPA policy (https://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Faculty-Staff/FERPA), we will only speak to students directly and a picture ID may be requested.

Our department policy remains the same: All pre-major & major course requirements must be taken for letter grade only!

THE OFFICE/CAMPUS WILL BE CLOSED ON:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday: Monday, January 16, 2023
• Presidents’ Day holiday: Monday, February 20, 2023
• Cesar Chavez holiday: Friday, March 31, 2023