Student Resources
Chem Blog
Be first to hear about job and internship opportunities, undergraduate events, and more!
TritonLink Tools
Access online tools for students including Advising, Classes & Enrollment, Financial tools, and Grades & Transcripts.
Career Tools
A suite of tools that range from Career Assessment & Exploration, Job Search tools, Interview Prep, and Networking.
Engaged Learning Tools
A suite of tools to help students navigate finding a job (REAL Portal), marketing their
experiences to future employers (Portfolium), validates their Co-Curricular Experiences
on campus(CCR), and lastly, provides additional contextual information about a student’s
courses and instructors (Enhanced Electronic Transcript.)
Division of Physical Sciences Student Success Center
The Center is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming learning community, engaging students in the process of developing and pursuing meaningful career paths and developing lifelong career management skills. To that end, the Center is dedicated to promoting a sustainable culture of academic excellence among all students within the Division of Physical Science and increasing retention and graduation rates.
Check out their Undergrad Student Organizations here!
Academic Resources
OASIS
OASIS Math and Science Workshops are structured group-learning study-sessions led by a tutor who explains course concepts and encourages a collaborative learning environment. They offer specific workshop for general chemistry help.
OASIS General Chemistry Workshops
Each workshop session is 2 hours and meets twice a week. Attendance is mandatory.
Teaching & Learning Commons
Teaching + Learning Commons
Math and Science Supplemental Instruction (SI) Sessions
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program provides academic support for students who are enrolled in courses that have been challenging to students in the past. SI Leaders attend all lectures alongside the students, so they are aware of the topics being covered in the class. In SI sessions, SI Leaders do not re-lecture or introduce new material. Rather, SI Leaders are trained to maximize active student involvement with the course material and to integrate how-to-learn with what-to-learn. As a result, students who attend SI sessions have a greater grasp of the course materials and are able apply the learning skills they learn to other courses.
Tutors provide: supportive, focused and on-task assistance; assistance with developing strategies for understanding concepts, solving problems, and preparing for exams; guidance on problems similar to homework. Tutoring sessions are 30-minutes long with up to 2 students. Students are able to schedule a session with a tutor up to 5 minutes before the session start time. Please view the website (aah.ucsd.edu) for the schedule and link to make an appointment.
Supplemental Instruction
Supplemental Instruction (SI) provides an opportunity for students to actively and deeply learn course content by engaging in discussion with peers enrolled in the class. These groups are not meant to be tutoring or review sessions. The Leaders prepare session plans to encourage and guide students in teaching and learning with each other. It is offered through the Academic Achievement Hub at UC San Diego.
Get hands on help for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Supplemental Instruction (SI) leaders work with TA's and instructors to give students course and instructor specific support. See more information here.Private Tutoring
Each year, the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department compiles a "Tutor for Hire" list. All tutors listed are Juniors, Seniors, or Graduate students who have earned an A- or better in the subject matter for which they are listed as an available tutor. Arrangements (pay, location, etc.) are arranged entirely between the tutor and tutee.
Please contact us at chemadvising@ucsd.edu if you are a current UCSD student taking a chemistry class and would like to obtain a copy of our Tutor for Hire list.
Student Life Resources
ACSSA
The UCSD-American Chemical Society Student Affiliates is a student run organization offering services to all UCSD Chemistry majors and the local San Diego community. The following is just a partial list of some of our activities and events:
-Guest speakers (including medical, pharmacy, and graduate schools)
-On-campus research with UCSD Biochem/Chem Faculties
-Socials and Outreach events
-Symposiums
-Company Tours
-Lab Supplies Sales
Weekly meeting: Wednesday 6:30-8:00 pm at NSB 1205
Undergraduate Events
2020 event details TBD
Undergraduate Alumni Spotlight
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Andrew Bergdorf
Class of 2016 - Biochemistry/Chemistry
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Cole Carter
Class of 2016 - Chemistry
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Josh CoxClass of 2016 - Chemistry
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Jessie DavisClass of 2017 - Biochemistry/Chemistry
Current: Ph.D. student at Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
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Eddie DellamaryClass of 2016 - Chemistry
Current: Masters in Materials Science in Luleå University of Technology (Northern Sweden) |
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Adrienne DesensClass of 2015 - Biochemistry/Chemistry
Current: Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate 2020 at Keck Graduate Institute and part-time medical writer |
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Darlene NguyenClass of 2017 - Chemistry
Current: M.S at UCSD in Protein crystallography |
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Robin RichardsonClass of 2016 - Environmental Chemistry
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Stephanie SmithClass of 2017 - Chemistry and NanoEngineering
Current: M.S. at UCSD in NanoEngineering |
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Lindsey WellsClass of 2017 - Biochemistry/Chemistry
Current: Assistant Scientist TriLink Biotechnologies, Inc. |
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Carolyn WhiteClass of 2016 - Chemical Physics
Current: PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania in Physical Chemistry |