The SOCY Undergraduate Advising Office has moved to an all online services format.

• Please use the link below to schedule an online Zoom appointment:

• • SOCY Academic Appointments

                   Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance.

• To request Stamps for a SOCY Registration block:

  • amclaug1 [at] umd.edu 

    • please include SOCY Block in the subject line of your email and your name and UID number in the body of the email.

• To check your online Degree Requirements: 

  • https://uachieve.umd.edu/

• To  Add or Drop a Course on Testudo: 

  • https://app.testudo.umd.edu/main/dropAdd

  • https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/

• Permission to Enroll in Another Institution:

  • Permission to Enroll at Another Institution |

• Add the SOCY Major: 

  • How do students add/change the SOCY major?            

    1.Students must complete the online major workshop PowerPoint presentation in the shared folder, and access this same folder to obtain the  corresponding change/addition of major form with appropriate signatures and stamp, as well as the included major information forms.

  • https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1He-VcNjRreRCsxA043Ldnt-HYRUO7sO5?usp=sharing

    ​​​​2.Students then attend the Academic Planning Workshop online at: http://www.bsosworkshops.umd.edu/

    3. Students will submit the change/addition of major form with a completed academic-plan online to the bsosmajorchange [at] umd.edu

    4. Major change or addition of second major may take approximately 15 business days to process. 

    5. Students on academic probation/dismissal and other designated student populations will be required to schedule an appointment with a BSOS advisor to process the major change.

• Add the Sociology Minor: 

  • How do students add the Sociology Minor?  

    • Students must complete the Sociology minor application in the shared folder, and access this folder to obtain the Sociology minor information form.

      • https://socy.umd.edu/sites/socy.umd.edu/files/Application%20for%20the%20Minor%2…

    • Email to have the Sociology minor application form signed by Dr. Amy McLaughlin (amclaug1 [at] umd.edu). 

• Add the Demography Minor: 

  • How do students add the Demography Minor?  

    • Students must complete the Demography minor application in the shared folder, and access this folder to obtain demography minor information form.

      • https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dbwUHtk2SQgYNQyPwRdhcZ3WtYQYlHp9

    • Email to have the demography minor application form signed by Dr. Joan Kahn.

    • Demography faculty advisor contact:

      • Dr. Joan Kahn (jkahn [at] umd.edu) 

• Drop the SOCY Major or Sociology/Demography Minor:

  • To drop the SOCY major, please contact BSOS advising: https://bsosundergrad.umd.edu/advising/advising-overview

  • To drop the Sociology/Demography Minor:

    • Email: amclaug1 [at] umd.edu          

      • Please write Drop Demography Minor in the subject line, and include your request (drop minor), name, and UID number in the email. 

• SOCY Forms and Applications can be found here:

  • http://umdsoc.blogspot.com/p/sociology-forms-applications.html