Faculty of Science
The First Year and Common Science Office (FYCSO)
The Ryerson Athletic Centre entrance in the quad, view from Kerr Hall

The First Year and Common Science Office (FYCSO) is an independent administrative unit that handles the academic and administrative responsibilities related to all first-year science student affairs (except Computer Science) and also provides support to all upper-year students in Contemporary Science. The FYCSO was created to help make students’ transitions from high school to university smooth, pleasant, and successful. We invite students to visit us whenever they have questions, concerns, or comments of any sort. To answer questions and deal with concerns, we have assembled a highly experienced team of professionals, including an Academic Co-ordinator, a Counsellor, an Administrative Assistant, and a Program Assistant.

Some of our services include

  • Adding courses to and/or dropping courses from students' timetables;
  • Administration of applications to change science programs;
  • Registering students in Spring and Summer Transition courses; and
  • Providing advice, academic or other, to all first-year science students and to all upper-level contemporary science students.
FYCSO handbook and prerequisite tables
contact information
first year and common science office

Dr. Darrick Heyd
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Science
Programs and Student Affairs

416-979-5000 ext. 7921
dheyd@ryerson.ca

Dr. Andrew Laursen
Academic Coordinator
416-979-5000 ext. 4102
alaursen@ryerson.ca



Dulce Banegas
Administrative Assistant
416-979-5000 ext. 4101
dbanegas@ryerson.ca

Dana Millstein
Psychologist, Supervised Practice
Faculty of Science
Centre for Student Development and Counselling
Department of Student Services
416-979-5000 x4104
dana.millstein@ryerson.ca

undergraduate students and program offices

Dr. Darrick Heyd
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs and Student Affairs, FYCSO

416-979-5000 ext. 7921
dheyd@ryerson.ca

Rose Tam
Administrative Assistant
416-979-5000 ext. 4224

Dulce Banegas
Administrative Assistant, FYCSO
416-979-5000 ext. 4101
dbanegas@ryerson.ca

Dr. Andrew Laursen
Academic Coordinator, FYCSO and Contemporary Science
416-979-5000 x 4102
alaursen@ryerson.ca

Dr. Emily Agard
Coordinator, The Office of Science Outreach and Enrichment
416-979-5000 ext. 2057

Mira Grkavac
Program Facilitator, The Office of Science Outreach and Enrichment
416-979-5000 ext. 4100

Eric Ambroise
Health & Safety Officer
416-979-5000 x 2134

Dana Millstein
Psychologist, Supervised Practice
Faculty of Science
Centre for Student Development and Counselling
Department of Student Services
416-979-5000 x4104
dana.millstein@ryerson.ca

program directors

Dr. Kimberley Gilbride
Program Director, Biology
416-979-5000 ext. 6354
gilbride@ryerson.ca

Dr. Anne Johnson
Program Director, Chemistry
416-979-5000 ext. 6348
anne.johnson@ryerson.ca

Dr. Isaac Woungang
Program Director, Computer Science
416-979-5000 ext. 6972
@iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca

Dr. Andrew Laursen
Program Director, Contemporary Science
416-979-5000 ext. 4102
alaursen@ryerson.ca

Dr. Katrin Rohlf
Program Director, Mathematics
416-979-5000 ext. 6976
krohlf@ryerson.ca

Dr. Tetyana Antimirova
Program Director, Medical Physics
416-979-5000 ext. 7416
antimiro@ryerson.ca



research and graduate studies

Dr. Michael Kolios
Interim Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies
416-979-5000 ext. 7065
mkolios@ryerson.ca

Galina Oussatcheva (as of Oct. 1)
CRC Administrative Assistant
416-979-5000 ext. 4605


 

Stephanie Suckling
Research Support Officer
416-979-5000 ext. 4866

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