Academic Department Registration Roadmap

Department Contact information:

• Chair: Krista Svalbonas (ksvalbon@sju.edu) 
• Administrative Assistant: Christina Hammond-Heffernan (chammond@sju.edu)

Registration Information:

• When searching for classes, remember to search under both ART (studio Art Courses) ARH (Art History courses) GDS (Graphic Design).

Wait Lists & Overrides:

• Email chammond@sju.edu to request an override for an Art or Art History Course. The Art & Art History Department is maintaining waitlists, you may email Christina to be placed on a waitlist for Art, Art History or Graphic Design course.
• Reserved Seating:  none
• ART 495: Restricted to Senior ART/ARH majors and minors.
   

Department of Art and Art History

Courses offered through the Lancaster campus are NOT open to ANY HH or Legacy students and no exceptions can be made.  

Department Contact information:

• Chair: Dr. Jonathan Fingerut (jfingeru@sju.edu)
• Advising Coordinator: Dr. Shantanu Bhatt (sbhatt@sju.edu) 
• Administrative Assistant for HH Campus:  Lizanne Konjarvich (ekonjarv@sju.edu)
• Director of the Medical Laboratory Science major: Professor Diane Valentin (dvalentin@sju.edu) 

General Information

• Rolling caps will be used by the Department on some courses such as BIO 101 and 201 - this means that additional seats in those courses will be made available before each registration period, up to a maximum. Upper division (3XX and 4XX) courses will have their full capacity available from the start. 
• Students should ALWAYS put themselves on a wait list if waitlist seats are available. Note, if a student gets a waitlist notification for lecture, they must register for an open lab seat, the system will not allow registration for lecture and a waitlist spot.
• Both Lecture-only and Lecture-Lab courses will be offered for students needing Natural Science GEP courses. The lecture-lab courses will also count towards the Natural Science requirement of the CCC.
• Direct all override requests to the Chair (UC and HH campus) - Dr. Jonathan Fingerut
  No one majoring in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Science, or any of the programs in the School of the Health Professions, can receive credit for BIO 160, 162 or 165.

BIO 101/101L Cells and Cells Lab

• All BIO 101 lecture and lab sections are restricted to students majoring in certain majors. Please click on the course title in the class schedule to confirm which section is available to which majors.  
• If you need to register for BIO 101/101L for graduate school pre-requisite reasons, and your major is not on the lists below (e.g., a psychology major who is pursing a pre-med track), please contact Dr. Jonathan Fingerut (Chair of Biology) to request an override.

Lectures

BIO 101 D01, D03, D05, D06, D07, D08, and D09 - Only open to students in the following majors: Biochemistry, Communication Sci. & Disorders, Exercise Physiology, Health Science, Neuroscience, Pharma & Healthcare Studies (PharmD), PharmSci & Drug Development, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Early Assurance Pharmacy, Undecided Health, Undecided Natural Science

BIO 101 D02, D04, AND D10 - Open to students who ARE majors in the Biology department : Biology - Secondary Education, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Chemical Biology, Environmental Science, Medical Laboratory Science

Labs

BIO 101L D02, D03, D04, D06, D07, D08, D09, D10, D12, D13, D15, D16, and D18- Only open to students in the following majors: Biochemistry, Communication Sci. & Disorders, Exercise Physiology, Health Science, Neuroscience, Pharma & Healthcare Studies (PharmD), PharmSci & Drug Development, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Early Assurance Pharmacy, Undecided Health, Undecided Natural Science

BIO 101L D01, D05, D11, D14, D17  - Open to students who ARE majors in the Biology department: Biology - Secondary Education, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Chemical Biology, Environmental Science, Medical Laboratory Science

Upper Division Courses

The Group A - E courses (see the course catalog) on the HH campus will be restricted to specific majors that require those courses until current sophomores have registered on April 9th. To view specific restrictions, please click on the course title in the class schedule on the Nest. After April 9th, restrictions on Group A- E courses will be lifted and any students with the pre-reqs can register.

BIO 270/L Clinical Microbio - Restricted to Medical Laboratory Sciences, Pharma & Healthcare Studies, and Early Assurance Pharmacy.

Department of Biology

Department Chair:  Dr. Preston Moore (pmoore@sju.edu)

General Registration Information

• The department will utilize rolling caps for the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry lecture courses and labs. This means that additional seats will be open as registration progresses, but not until all sections are full or nearly full.
• Overrides will not be considered until the under-enrolled sections are at or near the currently set cap. Please register for open sections. 
• If you have extraordinary needs and cannot register for any of the open sections because of an unresolvable conflict, please email the Chair, Dr. Preston Moore to discuss your situation.
  • University City location - email email Dr. Madhu Mahalingam (mmahalingam@sju.edu)

Specific Course Information for Fall 2025

You may also confirm pre-reqs and course restrictions in the class schedule. Click on the class title in your search results for additional information.

Department of Chemistry

Department Contact Information:

• Chair: Dr. J. Michael Lyons (jlyons@sju.edu)
• Administrative Assistant: Christina Hammond-Heffernan (chammond@sju.edu)

Wait Lists & Overrides: Email either Dr Lyons or Chris to be placed on a waitlist for COM 200 or COM 201 (those waitlists are being maintained by the Department). All other COM courses have electronic waitlists.  Dr. Lyons or Chris can also help students with overrides.

Course Information:
Com 200 D01,D02: Will have rolling caps for each registration date.
Com 201 D01: Will have rolling caps for each registration date. 


Department of Communication and Media Studies

Department Contact Information

Chair:  Dr. Babak Forouraghi (bforoura@sju.edu)
Administrative Assistant: Terese Fasy (tfasy@sju.edu)

To request an override for a Computer Science course, please contact the Computer Science department Chair. For all other courses, you need to contact the chairs of the respective departments.
 

Computer Science course catalog: https://academiccatalog.sju.edu/courses/csc/

Department of Computer Science

Department Contact Information
Program Director: Dr. Rommel Regis (rregis@sju.edu) 

Chair of Math Department: Dr. Lia Vas (lvas@sju.edu)

To request an override into a math or data science class, please contact Dr. Vas

Department Contact Information

Department Chair:  Dr. Laura Crispin (lcrispin@sju.edu)

Registration Information:

• The department uses electronic Wait lists. They strongly encourage students to use the wait lists. While the wait list does not guarantee a spot in the course, it makes it much more likely. If overrides are granted, they are granted strictly on the order of the wait list, with the exception of graduating seniors who need a specific course to graduate.
  
• ECN 101 and 102 will use rolling caps in order to reserve seats for each class year.  Contact the Chair if you need to request an override into a closed section of ECN 101 or 102.  In most cases, it is not possible to increase the course size due to classroom capacity.
• There are several asynchronous online sections of ECN101 and ECN102 that are for PharmD, USci legacy, and Lancaster Nursing students only. The department cannot override this restriction for students in other programs.
• If you are requesting an override for an upper division course (ECN 301 or above) that is full, please request permission from the instructor and cc the department chair.  Instructor approval is necessary to be considered for a spot in a closed course, but does not guarantee that you will get a spot in a closed course.
• If you are requesting an override for an upper division course due to pre-requisite restrictions, please contact the department chair. 
   

Department of Economics

Department Contact Information

• Dr. Jason Mezey (jmezey@sju.edu)
• Gregory Spano, Administrative Assistant (gspano@sju.edu)

Important notes about Override Requests

• Students requesting overrides should email Gregory Spano, Administrative Assistant (gspano@sju.edu) and Dr. Jason Mezey, Chair (jmezey@sju.edu)
• Several English, Writing and Journalism courses also use reserved seating; if you are unable to register for a course that appears to have space, please contact Dr. Jason Mezey.
• Some courses will utilize electronic waitlists. Capacity overrides for English courses are rare. No capacity overrides are available for courses that have been certified as GEP or CCC Writing Intensive.
• Before students request a capacity override for a course they should first check to see if they can add themselves to an electronic waitlist. Courses and/or Sections in BOLD are restricted to Lancaster students only.
   

Fall 2025 Course Information

Department of English

Program Director Contact Information:

Dr. John Braverman (jbraverm@sju.edu)

History Department Contact Information

• Department Chair, Dr. Melissa Chakars (mchakars@sju.edu)
• Administrative Assistant, Erin Penater (epenater@sju.edu)

Fall 2025 Registration Guidelines:

• Rolling caps will be used by the Department - this means that additional seats in each course will be made available before each registration period.
• The Department does not use electronic waitlists for any of their courses.
• Once the course is filled to capacity, only extraordinary circumstances (e.g., a specific section is needed in order to graduate) will be considered for a closed course override.  Please contact the chair to request an override if you have an extraordinary circumstance.
• HIS 154 Teachout plan (HIS 154 will not be offered again after Spring 2026)
  • Four HIS 154 sections offered in Summer 2025
  • Six HIS 154 sections offered in Fall 2025
  • Five HIS 154 sections offered in Spring 2026 for the final time

Department of History

Department Contact Information

Program Director: Dr. Jason Powell (jpowell@sju.edu)

Fall 2025 Honors Courses

GEP Teach-out Strategy and Notes: There are currently only around 30 students in the Honors Program who need HIS 154 or PHL 154. Going forward, Honors students should get HIS 154 and PHL 154 requirements outside of Honors. As we have over 60 students still needing THE 153-5, and those courses also count for the CCC Theology requirement, we plan to offer one THE 153-5 course each semester in 2025-2026. We will offer a dedicated Faith/Reason course each semester in 2025-2026, but after that it may not be offered every semester after Spring 2026. GEP students should consider taking an Honors F/R course earlier rather than later.

We will attempt to offer a Diversity course every semester (to match the elevation of Diversity from an overlay to a requirement in the CCC), those courses counting for either the CCC requirement or GEP overlay, and we plan to start offering Fine and Performing Arts courses for CCC students in the near future. Please remember that although many Honors team-taught courses count for multiple requirements, no course can count for multiple GEP or CCC requirements in one student’s record (overlays being the exception).

Students in the HSB Co-op should consult a tipsheet on the Honors Canvas site and contact the Honors directors with any questions. 

Remember that Honors team-taught courses can count for the team-taught requirement or as Honors electives; do not hesitate to take a team-taught course for Honors credit even if you already have taken your two.  

Honors Program

This information is for American Sign Language, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin and Spanish classes. For Linguistics courses, see the Linguistics tab.

Department Contact information

• Dr. Elaine Shenk, Department Chair (eshenk@sju.edu) or  MCLanguages@sju.edu

Registration Information

• You must register for courses at the language level where you were placed. If you enroll in a course at a level lower than your placement, it will not meet the GEP or CCC requirement and will count as one of your elective courses.
• If you want to change your language, please submit the Language Placement Request form or contact the Department at MCLanguages@sju.edu.
• If you are changing your language and you previously studied that language in high school, please complete the language placement test.  This will be your first step to registration.
• In fall 2025, GEP language course offerings include:  
  • ASL 101 (restricted to specific majors), FRE 101, FRE 102, FRE 201, FRE 202, FRE 301, ITA 101, ITA 201, JPN 101, LAT 101, SPA 101, SPA 102, SPA 201, SPA 202, SPA 301, SPA 303 
• If your language/level is not available in fall 2025:
  • Check back in spring 2026 when we plan to offer:
    ASL 101 (restricted to specific majors), ASL 102 (restricted to specific majors), multiple levels of French, ITA 102, ITA 202, JPN 102, LAT 102, and multiple levels of Spanish.  
  • Alternatively, you may select a different language by submitting the Language Placement Request form. If you have previously studied this language, you will complete a placement process. 

Language Requirement

• The GEP language requirement follows the sequences below, beginning with your numeric placement as listed in DegreeWorks. You must complete both courses listed to finish the GEP requirement:
  • 101 + 102
  • 102 + 201
  • 102+202
  • 202 + 301
  • 301 (1 course)
  • 303 (1 course)
• GEP - German: If you chose German as your language but did not begin the German language sequence in your first year, we will not be offering German classes in AY 2025/26. Please submit the Language Placement Request form to choose a different language to complete your GEP language requirement. If you have previously studied that language in high school, you will complete a placement process. 
• The CCC language requirement is based on your language placement as listed in DegreeWorks. You must take the language at the level where you were placed to complete the CCC requirement. 
   

Department of Languages & Linguistics

Department Contact Information

Contact the Program Director, Dr. Jennifer Ewald (jewald@sju.edu)

Requirements and Course Sequences:

• Linguistics Major
• Linguistics - Speech Pathology Concentration
• Linguistics - TESOL Concentration
• Communication Science and Disorders Major

Department of Languages & Linguistics

Department Contact Information

For questions or override requests, please contact the Department Chair, Dr. Lia Vas (lvas@sju.edu)

Department of Mathematics

Department Contact Information

• Department Chair:  Dr. Elizabeth Morgan (emorgan@sju.edu)
• Administrative Assistant, Kelly Gomez-Zimmer (kgomezzi@sju.edu)

Fall 2025 Registration Information

Courses with rolling caps:
The following courses will have rolling caps for each registration day. This means that additional seats in each course will be made available before each registration period.

• MTF 191 D01 Intro to Film

Courses with reserved seating or restrictions:
Certain population of seats in the following courses are reserved for Music majors/minors. Please contact Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu if you would like to be on the waitlist:

• MTF 142 D01 and D02 History of Rock and Pop 
• MTF 156 D01 Intro to World Music  
• MTF 157 D01 Music History: Antiquity to 1750 
• MTF 193 D01 History of Television  
• MTF 284 D01 Digital Filmmaking  -  Seniors are restricted from this section.

The Department will maintain paper wait lists for all other courses. To join a waitlist for a class, please contact the Department's Administrative Assistant, Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu. Priority for an override is given to MTF majors and minors on the waitlist.

Students who are interested in Music Lessons:

• Students interested in piano or chamber music lessons (MTF 154 D01 and D02, MTF 255 D03 and D04) should contact Dr. Elizabeth Morgan at morgan@sju.edu.
• Students interested in guitar lessons (MTF 155 D01) should contact Dr. Cale Hoeflicker at choeflic@sju.edu.
• Students interested in voice lessons (MTF 153 D01 and D02) should contact Dr. Elizabeth Morgan at morgan@sju.edu.
• Students interested in participating in Jazz Band (MTF 255 D02) should contact Mrs. Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu. 
• Students interested in participating in University Singers (MTF 255 D01) should contact Dr. Rebecca Ostermann at rostermann@sju.edu.
   

Department of Music, Theatre and Film

Neuroscience Department Contact Information:

• Dr. Nikki Sunnen (csunnen@sju.edu)

Philosophy Department Contact Information:

• Chair of the Department, Dr. Joseph Corabi (jcorabi@sju.edu)

Guidelines for Fall 2025 Registration - Philosophy Courses

The following courses will be restricted to specific groups of students:

• PHL 154 D04 and D05 are reserved for incoming first-year students.  In addition, some seats will be reserved in PHL 154 D10, D11, and D13. There may be some seats available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors in those sections on a first-come, first-served basis, but no overrides will be available to any of those sections.
• PHL 260 D01 and D02, PHL 262 D01 and D02, and PHL 310 D01 and D02 are reserved for FY students satisfying CCC requirements. No overrides for GEP students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) will be available for those sections.
• PHL 320 Business, Society, & Ethics D01 and D02 is restricted to Accounting Majors and Philosophy majors and minors.
• PHL 344 A Good Life is a study tour course traveling to Germany. Interested students should contact the Center for International Programs (cip@sju.edu) or Dr. Jamie Hebbeler (jhebelle@sju.edu).

Registration Policies:

• The Department will not use electronic waitlists.
• Priority for overrides in Philosophy courses that are approved for the Justice, Ethics, and Law (JEL) minor will go to JEL minors and Philosophy majors/minors.
• Online courses are not intended for day GEP or CCC students to satisfy GEP or CCC requirements. A few seats may be available for some of these courses on a first-come, first-served basis, but overrides will not be available for SJU undergraduate day students. USciences legacy students may apply for an override to these courses, but in order to be eligible, USciences Legacy students must contact the department chair during the regular registration window (ending when rising sophomores have their designated registration day in April).  Any requests after that point will not be approved. 
• The department will waive prerequisites for upper level Philosophy courses for USciences Legacy students. Students may contact the chair or the Advising Center for the prerequisite override.

To request an override into a closed course, please email the Department Chair, Dr. Joseph Corabi (jcorabi@sju.edu). Please read the above regarding online courses, however. Overrides for SJU day students will not be available for these courses.

Department of Philosophy

Department Contact Information

For questions and override requests, contact the Chair of the Department, Dr. Elia Eschenazi (eeschenazi@sju.edu)

Physics Majors and Minors:  Please remember (if schedule allows) to register for PHY 390 Physics Seminar (0 credits)

Department of Physics

Department Contact Information

• Department Chair: Dr. Kazuya Fukuoka (kfukuoka@sju.edu).
• Administrative Assistant: Rifat Mahmud (rmahmud@sju.edu)

Fall 2025 Registration Information
The Department will use restrictions/reserved seating on the following courses.  Reserved seating on the introductory level courses will not be lifted until after first-year students register in mid-November.

If you cannot register for a section, most likely the remaining seats are reserved for a specific group of students. You will not be able to register for the open seats until the reserved seating is lifted. If you are a political science or international relations major, please contact your Chair, Dr. Kazuya Fukuoka, for guidance on the override request process.
 

Department of Political Science

Program Director Contact Information

• Dr. Lisa Baglione (lbaglion@sju.edu)

Department Contact Information

Students are directed to submit questions/requests to psychsupport@sju.edu. Using this alias will eliminate the need for contacting multiple people in the department. It also will ensure that your question will be answered in a timely fashion.  Not using the alias will result in delays in resolving your issue. 

The psychsupport@sju.edu alias goes to Dr. Patrick Garrigan (dept chair) and Dr. Shih (advising coordinator). There is no need to cc’ additional people unless you’re cc’ing your PSY advisor.

For Advising Related Questions

Contact your academic advisor first. For more complicated issues that your advisor asks you to follow up with either Dr. Garrigan or Dr. Shih, please use the psychsupport@sju.edu email alias.

General Registration Information

The Department will use rolling caps - this means that additional seats in each course may be made available before each registration period. Dr. Shih will provide registration-related updates via Psychology Advising Canvas course’s announcement feature.  Please be sure you have notifications turned on in Canvas.

PSY 120 Lifespan Development is restricted to Exercise Physiology & Health Science majors.

For PSY Majors needing an override

Overrides can be requested, if needed, using this Request Form for Majors.

Special Instructions for Psychology Minors

• Select 200-level courses in the PSY 220-270 range will be open to Psychology minors; however, you will need to request a major-restriction override. Overrides can be requested using this Request Form for Minors.
• Psychology minors will be able to register freely for open in-person sections of 100-level courses as well as PSY 201, 205, and 208.
   

Department of Psychology

Department Contact Information

Students are directed to submit questions/requests to  the Chair, Dr. Keith Brown (kbrown01@sju.edu). Dr. Brown will filter through any advising questions/concerns.   

For Advising Related Questions
Contact your academic advisor first.  For more complicated issues that your advisor asks you to follow up with Dr. Brown, please contact him at kbrown01@sju.edu. 
 

Course information

• The Department will use reserved seating and rolling caps for certain courses.  
• The online sections of SOC 101, SOC 102, and SOC 204 are restricted to students on the Lancaster campus.
• For Fall of 2025, all first year SOC/CJ majors should enroll in SOC 101 (D04: T/TH 9:30-10:45). We will also accept new majors transferring to SJU in this class. We do not want any other majors enrolling in this class. Seats are reserved for first year majors. All first year SOC/CJ majors should also enroll in SOC 190.  SOC 190 will run Wed 11:15-12:05.  
• Transfers who enter with less than 15 credits should enroll in SOC 190.  Those with more than 15 credits should enroll in SOC 292 and we will waive the SOC 190 requirement on their DW.    

Major and minor Information

• Sociology and Criminal Justice majors who have not yet taken Statistics (MAT 118) are strongly encouraged to take SOC 118 Intro Statistics Social Sci in the department. This class will fulfill the MAT 118 requirement for all majors.
• For Criminal Justice majors, a new course (SOC 370: GIS for the Social Sciences) will be reserved only for SOC/CJ majors and will fulfill the “CJ Toolkit” requirement in DegreeWorks.  This course is being taught online (synchronous) by Dr. Haemi Won who earned her PhD in Criminal Justice and who trains police officers and detectives to use Geographic Information System (GIS) software in the New York City Police Department.
• Sociology and Criminal Justice minors who are required to take either SOC 312 or SOC 313 are strongly encouraged to enroll in SOC 313. SOC 313 no longer includes SOC 312 as a prerequisite; however all majors should continue to take SOC 312 before enrolling in SOC 313.  
  
   

Department of Sociology

Department Contact Information
Department Chair, Dr. Paul Aspan (paspan@sju.edu)

Guidelines for Fall 2025 Registration - Theology & Religious Studies Courses

• All Theology & Religious Studies Courses will utilize an electronic waitlist.  If you want a seat in a closed class, you must join the waitlist.
• Do not ask to join a waitlist that is filled to capacity.  Monitor it regularly for waitlist openings.
• Capacity overrides normally will NOT be considered due to fire code regulations concerning classroom capacity. 
• If a capacity override is possible, priority will be given to students who are on the waitlist - in the order in which they joined the waitlist.
• Accelerated 7-week online courses are restricted to students in the Adult Learner Program.

Expanded options for the GEP Theology “Encountering the Catholic Tradition” Signature Core Requirement
Students may complete any of these three courses to meet the Theology Signature Core requirement:
THE 153: Encountering the New Testament
THE 154: Catholic Theological Tradition
THE 155: Catholic Social Tradition
Click here for course descriptions. 

Requirements and Course Sequences:

• Religious Studies Major
• Theology Major

Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Department Contact Information

Please contact the Chair, Dr. Rajneesh Sharma (rsharma@sju.edu)

The department will utilize rolling caps for seats in ACC 102.

Department of Accounting

Actuarial Science is housed under the Finance Department

Finance Department Chair: Dr. Morris Danielson (mdaniels@sju.edu)

For Advising-related questions, please contact the Program Director, Professor Jack Whitaker (jwhitake@sju.edu) 

Department of Finance

Department Contact Information

Please contact the Chair, Dr. Miori (vmiori@sju.edu)

Course Notes for Fall 2025:

Students will not be considered for an override into a section of DSS 200, DSS 210 or DSS 220 that does not match their class year.

Department of DSS

Department Contact Information

Please contact the Chair, Dr. Morris Danielson (mdaniels@sju.edu)

FIN 200 Restrictions:

• D03 and D04 are restricted to the Fall 2024 cohort (rising sophomores)

Department of Finance

Department Contact Information

Please contact Dr. Ernest Baskin (ebaskin@sju.edu)

Food Marketing course information

• DSS 210 is a prerequisite for FMK 301, in addition to FMK 202 or MKT 201
• DSS 220 is a prerequisite for FMK 318, in addition to FMK 202 or MKT 201
• FMK 250 is recommended as the Writing Intensive for all Food Marketing majors
• All other FMK courses requirements must be satisfied before taking FMK 401

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD, PHARMA  AND HEALTHCARE

Department Contact Information

If you have questions, please contact the Chair, Dr. Eric Patton (epatton@sju.edu)

Course Notes for Fall 2025:​​​​​​

Only students graduating at the end of the Fall 2025 semester will be considered for an override into BUS 495 Business Strategy and MGT 360 Legal Environment of Business.

Course Renumbering:

Please keep in mind that all courses previously using the FBE, LEO, and MHC prefixes are now listed as MGT courses. Particularly, see the following chart:

Department of Management

Department Contact Information

Please contact the Chair, Dr. Chan Yoo (cyoo@sju.edu)

Department of Marketing

Department Contact Information

Please contact the Chair, Dr. Morris Danielson (mdaniels@sju.edu)

Department of Finance

Department Contact Information

Department Chair:  Dr. Samantha Riggleman (srigglem@sju.edu)
Admin for Student Success:  Ms. Aliya Bland (abland@sju.edu)

Questions related to ABA Courses and the Autism and Behavioral Studies Major:

Contact the Chair of Special Education, Dr. Samantha Riggleman (srigglem@sju.edu), Program Coordinator for Autism & Behavioral Studies.

Questions abut Special Education Courses:

Contact the Chair of Special Education, Dr. Samantha Riggleman (srigglem@sju.edu)

For graduate special education courses, contact the Special Education Graduate Program Director, Dr. Jim Johnson (jjohns01@sju.edu).

Department Contact Information

Department Chair:  Dr. Janine Firmender (jfirmend@sju.edu)

Administrative Assistant:  Anglean Sampson (asampson@sju.edu).

Department of Teacher Education Department Registration Information for Fall 2025:

Education majors - If you are having difficulty with registration, please contact your faculty advisor. Provide your full name, student ID, course CRN, and your registration PIN. If you are not an education major or are having difficulty contacting your advisor, you may also contact the Department Chair, Dr. Janine Firmender (jfirmend@sju.edu) or Anglean Sampson (asampson@sju.edu)

For additional advising information, please see the Undergraduate Teacher Education Advising Site in Canvas. 

• Education courses are restricted to students enrolled in Teacher Education Programs.  Please click on the course title or CRN to see specific restrictions for each course.

• For most EDU and SPE courses, field experience is required each week in addition to class time. You must register for the correct section of EDU 999:

  • Section D01 (T, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - Incoming First-Year Students Only
    Section D02 (TH, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - Incoming First-Year Students Only
  • Section D03 (T, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - Current First-Years Only (next year’s Sophomores)
  • Section D04 (TH, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - Current First-Years Only (next year’s Sophomores)
  • Section D05 (M, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Current Sophomores/Juniors (next year’s Juniors/Seniors)
  • Section D06 (W, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Current Sophomores/Juniors (next year’s Juniors/Seniors)
  • Section D07 (F, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Current Sophomores/Juniors (next year’s Juniors/Seniors)
  • Section D08 (Time TBD) - NCAA Athletes (only if they have course/practice conflicts with the field time for their year)
  • Section D09 (Time TBD) - Current First-Years (next year’s Sophomores) with course conflicts (this should be very rare and will require an override)
  • Section D10 (Time TBD) - Current Sophomores/Juniors (next year’s Juniors/Seniors) with course conflicts (this should be very rare and will require an override)
  • Section D11 (Time TBD) - Incoming First-years with course conflicts (this should be very rare and will require an override) 

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Required Clearances - In order to participate in Field Experiences (any course with "field" in the title), all students (whether Education majors or minors or non-Education majors) must have the required background clearances uploaded to EXXAT before classes begin. For questions and information about clearances or EXXAT, please contact Dr. Rich Levy (rlevy@sju.edu). The required clearances are:

• Pennsylvania State Criminal History Record (Act 34)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 51)
• Federal FBI Criminal History Report
• Proof of Tuberculin Skin Test

DegreeWorks - Before registration, please check DegreeWorks to ensure all listed courses align with your curriculum advising sheet.

Department of Special Education

Department of Teacher Education

Department Contact Information

Health Science Department Chair:  Dr. Eileen Sullivan (esulliva@sju.edu)

Exercise Physiology Program Director:  Dr. Patrick Davitt (pdavitt@sju.edu)

For advising related questions:

• HH Health Science majors and all general advising questions:  Dr. Eileen Sullivan (esulliva@sju.edu)
• USCI Legacy HSC majors: Dr. Karin Richards (krichard@sju.edu)
• Health Science Pre-PA Pathway majors: Dr. Sinclair Smith (ssmith1@sju.edu)
• Exercise Physiology majors:  Dr. Patrick Davitt (pdavitt@sju.edu)

For a list of Advising Sessions for HSC and EPH students, please see the Health Science Department Advising Site in Canvas. 

Fall 2025 Course Information

BIO 219, EPH 360, or HSC 253 are all considered to be equivalent. Students cannot earn credit for more than one of these courses.

Department Chair: Dr. Isabelle Mercier (imercier@sju.edu)