Academic advising is a critical part of your Mason experience. It is essential for keeping you on track during your academic career here.
Your advisor will help you design your schedule, make sure you meet all the degree requirements, help you make connections, and navigate changes.
Advisor for the Bioengineering Department

Claudia Borke
3102 Peterson Family Health Sciences Hall
703-993-4190
To make an appointment please go to Navigate Mason and login with your GMU NetID and password.
Non-Mason students, please e-mail Claudia Borke directly to make an appointment.
If you are an undeclared student pursuing bioengineering as your major, please make sure you are on Ms. Borke’s email list.
"Advising isn’t just about devising a schedule. It is a two-way communication about possibilities and opportunities that will enhance the student experience at Mason. Advisors are able to open the doors, but the student has to walk through them."
Helpful Links
Registrar Forms here
- Study elsewhere: Taking summer classes elsewhere? Please speak to your advisor first and then fill out the dynamic form. Make sure to add a valid reason for the request to take the course elsewhere.
- Declare your concentration: Fill out the top part, sign and date and click on “Declare a concentration”, add the concentration and send to your advisor.
- Transfer and test credit: How IB/AP credit transfers and testing out options.
- Degree Evaluation