Where to get help for physics students at Cal.

What do you need help with?

• I'm having trouble with my classes.
• I don't know what classes to take next.
• I need to find a research project.
• I'm stressed out!
• I don't know what to do after college.
• Someone I know is having a problem with inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment.
• I need help with a problem not listed here.

I'm having trouble with my classes.

• Form a study group.
• Go to your GSI's office hours.
• Go to your professor's office hours.
• Go to the the Astronomy Learning Center (TALC).
• See if anyone's working on homework in the course center, the physics reading room (251 LeConte),the astronomy lounge (661 Campbell), or the 7th floor astro lab.
• Find a tutor through SPS, PSP, the Student Learning Center, your residence hall, or the physics Student Services Office (368 LeConte).

I don't know what classes to take next.

• Talk to your department undergraduate officer:
       Claudia Trujillo (physics, 368 LeConte, trujillo@physics),
  
       Dexter Stewart (astronomy, 611 Campbell, dexters@astro), or
  
       Catherine Pauling (EPS, 305 McCone, cpauling@berkeley).
  
• Find out (from the appropriate person above) who your department's undergraduate advisors are, and talk to one of them.
• Talk to one of your professors.

I need to find a research project.

• Check the physics department's Research Opportunities for Undergraduates page.
• Check the Astronomy Undergraduate Research Resources page.
• Check the Frequently Asked Questions About REU's and Summer Research page.
• Try the Lawrence Berkeley Lab or Space Sciences Lab.
• Find lots more campus and local research programs at the official Undergraduate Research at Berkeley page.
• Look at the bulletin boards outside of the Student Services Office, 368 LeConte Hall.

I'm stressed out!

• Get some sleep!
• Go hang out in the SPS office and commiserate with others.
• Exercise, take a yoga or Mind/Body class, or get a massage at the RSF.
• Take advantage of the counseling services, workshops, and online information offered by the Tang Center.
• Take an online anxiety screening.

I don't know what to do after college.

• Go to an SPS Career Seminar.
• Look at the bulletin boards outside of the Student Services Office, 368 LeConte Hall.
• Check out what other physics, astronomy, and earth science grads from Cal have done.
• Go to a SWPS workshop on applying to graduate school or read our handy Grad School Guide.
• Set up an appointment with a counselor at the Career Center.

Someone I know is having a problem with inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment.

• Talk to someone about it! Good choices are parents, friends, mentors, ministers, residence hall staff, health workers, or other trusted acquaintances.
• Read the online information or get advice through the SHAPE program at the Gender Equity Resource Center.
• Request counseling from the Tang Center.
• Contact Carmen McKines (642-5754), the campus ombudsperson for students and postdocs, for a confidential consultation (description).
• Contact Nancy Chu (643-7985), the campus Title IX Compliance Officer, to find out about your options for reporting the incident(s).

I need help with a problem not listed here.

• Ask your SWPS mentor, sign up for one and then ask her/him.
• Talk to one of your professors or an undergraduate adviser in your department.
• Check the SWPS Survival Guides:
       Secrets of LeConte Hall
  
       Secrets of Campbell Hall
  
       Secrets of McCone Hall
  
• Try some of the advising, research placement, and financial aid services offered by the Graduate Diversity Program Office and/or the Transfer Student Center.
• Find a support group, such as Hispanic Engineers and Scientists or the Black Engineering and Science Student Association.