Advising

Click on the links below to make an appointment either an “Individual Advising Appointment”  or  “New Major/Minor Session” 

Book an HDEV Advising Appointment

General Information

Advising in Human Development (HDEV) is available to all students interested in a major, minor, or a special major combining Human Development with another major. Students are strongly encouraged to see the Undergraduate Advisor Dr. Rachna Soni (Rachna.Soni@csulb.edu) at an early stage in the major and throughout the development of their programs. Program Planners (also known as graduation checklists) should be filled out with the advisor in the semester before the semester of planned graduation and before the deadline for filing a Request to Graduate (For deadlines, see Schedule of Classes). Students should bring fully completed worksheets to the Undergraduate Advisor at which point the advisor will fill out a graduation check by reviewing the student’s unofficial transcripts and HDEV Major’s Worksheet.

Spring 2024

In-person and virtual advising is offer on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (see below). Advising will not be offered during Spring Recess (April 1-7) and Final Exams Week (May 13-18).

In-Person Advising

  • When: Tuesdays
    • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM for current majors/minors
    • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM for new majors/minors
  • Where: HDEV Advising Office (LA3-202A)

Please note: Appointments are approximately 20 mins for declared majors and minors and 30 mins for new majors/minors.

Virtual Advising

  • When: Wednesdays
    • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM for current majors/minors
    • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM for new majors/minors
  • Where: Zoom, phone, or email

Please note: Appointments are approximately 20 mins for declared majors and minors and 30 mins for new majors/minors.

Additional Notes for Virtual Advising

For Virtual Advising, please read the following instructions carefully

  1. First, students will need to make advising appointments at least 48 hours in advance on the Human Development website:

        http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/hdev/advising/

  1. Second, students will email advising questions to the Advisor (rachna.soni@csulb.edu ) 48 hours before their advising appointment. Please include your phone number as well in case the advisor needs to contact you via phone.

Students should be prepared to be on their computer or phone at the time of the appointment in case the advisor needs to communicate with the student either through email, zoom or phone.

ONLINE ADVISING: will be done primarily via EMAIL the predominant advising mode for online advising will be through email.  Students will email advising questions to the Advisor (rachna.soni@csulb.edu) 48 hours before their advising appointment using their CSULB student email account; otherwise, the student email will go into the junk folder.  The advisor will respond via email either before or during advising appointment time. 

PHONE ADVISING: If phone advising is needed the advisor will contact the student. The call will be made during the appointment time.

VIDEO CONFERENCING – ZOOM ADVISING:  If online advising is made and if zoom advising is needed for more complicated questions, it will be also be done during the appointment time. The advisor will send a link to the student via email to invite the student to join the zoom meeting.

Note: Phone and Zoom advising appointments will be set up at the advisor’s discretion

Additional Resources:

Enrollment and Registration Information

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