# Student Services

**Source**: https://bds.berkeley.edu/student-services
**Parent**: https://bds.berkeley.edu/vlsb

**BDS Student Services Mission Statement**

We partner with faculty, staff, and students to create an inclusive academic community that offers holistic advising and innovative services to support educational success.

Student services staff provide support for:

**Undergraduate Affairs Office (UAO)**

- Academic advising, course planning, major declaration, and graduation requirements
- Course registration and enrollment, academic room scheduling, curriculum management
- Guidance about research opportunities, graduate & professional schools, and career opportunities
- Event planning including Commencement
- Academic probation and student conduct
- Community Outreach: Cal Student Orientation, Cal Day, Biology Majors Fair, Honors events, weekly newsletters, etc.

**Graduate Affairs Office (GAO)**

- Graduate advising
- Course registration and enrollment
- Admissions, recruitment and orientation
- Graduate funding (GSI & GSR appointments, departmental awards, NIH training grants)
- Monitor degree progress
- Commencement
- Listserves

Visit the sites linked below for details.

**Undergraduate Programs**

- [Department of Integrative Biology](http://ib.berkeley.edu/undergrad/)
- [Department of Molecular & Cell Biology](http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/)
- [Biology Scholars Program](http://bsp.berkeley.edu/)

**Graduate Programs**

- [Department of Integrative Biology](http://ib.berkeley.edu/grad/)
- [Department of Molecular & Cell Biology](http://mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/)
- [Endocrinology Graduate Group](http://endo.berkeley.edu)