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Design Undergraduate Advising

Meet our Design Advisors

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Vincent Cheng

  • Undergraduate Advisor
  • Art History, Design, Music, Theatre and Dance
  • Art History
  • Design
  • Music
  • Theatre and Dance
Room 105, Art Building
Office Hours
In-Person: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. T, W, F
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Ariel Collatz

  • Undergraduate Program Supervisor and Advisor
  • Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program, Cinema and Digital Media, Design
  • Cinema and Digital Media
  • Design
  • Manetti Shrem Art Studio
Room 103, Art Building
Office Hours
In Person: (Week 1) 9:00 am–2:30 pm M, T, F; 9:00 am–5:30 pm Th
(Week 2) 9:00 am–5:30 pm M, T, F
Remote: (Week 1) 9:00 am–5:30 pm W; 2:30 pm–5:30 pm M, T, F
(Week 2) 9:00 am–5:30 pm W, Th
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Jane Lee

  • Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Advisor
  • Art History, Design, Music, Theatre and Dance
  • Art History
  • Design
  • Music
  • Theatre and Dance
Room 105, Art Building
Office Hours
Remote: 7:30 am–4:00 pm M–F
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Karla Ocampo

  • Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Advisor
  • Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program, Cinema and Digital Media, Design
  • Manetti Shrem Art Studio
  • Cinema and Digital Media
  • Design
Room 101, Manetti Shrem Art Hall
Office Hours
Alternating weekly schedule—
In-Person: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. TWR • Remote: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. MF
In-Person: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. MTR • Remote: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. WF

Appointments

We are currently offering remote and in person appointments.

Make an Appointment

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Devon Bradshaw, a double major in music and statistics, meets with an undergraduate advisor in the Arts Advising Office. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

The advising staff are located in Room 101, Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall. 

You may want to set up a 30-minute appointment for the following situations:

  • You are trying to declare a double major
  • You are a prospective student who wants more information about the major
  • You have an athletic plan form
  • You are on academic probation or have been disqualified and are working with a Dean’s Office counselor to be readmitted and need an academic plan or have a “pass through” form

All forms must be submitted to [email protected]. Paper forms will be returned and not processed.

The department also has peer advisers who are in the advising office. Hours will be posted at the start of each quarter.