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 496: Restricted to Senior ART/GDS majors and minors.
   

Department of Art and Art History

Biology - includes students majoring in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, and Medical Laboratory Science

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)
• Administrative Assistant for UC Campus: Rachel Ackerman (rackerman@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 - this means that additional seats in each course will be made available before each registration period, until the section is filled.
• Students should ALWAYS put themselves on a wait list, if waitlist seats are available. Note there are no wait lists for labs.  It may be that a seat opens up in a lecture (such as BIO 165 ), but only labs on certain days are open.  If the student gets a waitlist notification for lecture, they must register for an open lab seat.
• 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.

Biology 102/L Genetics

• Lectures D03, D05, and D07 are restricted to CAS Science majors.
• All other lecture sections are open to any majors.

Upper Division Courses

• Many of the 2XX, 3XX and  4XX courses will be restricted to specific majors that require those courses until current sophomores have registered on November 14th.  To view specific restrictions, please click on the course title in the class schedule on the Nest. 
• After November 14th, restrictions will be lifted and any students with the pre-reqs can register.  Note that Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Course major restrictions will not be lifted until all MLS majors have registered.
• Waitlists will be turned on for upper division courses after restrictions are lifted.

Spring 2025 Course Information

HH campus courses (USciences legacy students will need prior approval from Dr. Fingerut to be able to register for any of these classes):

UC Campus courses with major restrictions (SJU legacy students will need prior approval from Dr. Fingerut to be able to register for any of these classes):

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 Spring 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:

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 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)
• Most upper-level courses will utilize electronic waitlists once capacities are full.
• Capacity overrides for English courses are rare. Before students request a capacity override for a course they should first check to see if they can add themselves to an electronic waitlist.
   

Spring 2025 Course Information

ENG 263 Writing for Organizations OL1 - restricted to USci legacy

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)

Spring 2025 Registration Guidelines:

• 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.

Department of History

Department Contact Information

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

Spring 2025 Honors Courses

Team Taught Honors Options:

Honors Section Options:

Honors Program

This information is for all American Sign Language, Classics, ESL, French, German, Italian, Latin and Spanish classes. For Linguistics and CSD courses, see the Linguistics tab.
 

Department Contact information

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

Registration Information

• You will be able to register only for courses in the language and level in which you were placed. If you want to change your language and/or would like to talk with someone about your level, please submit the Language Placement Request form or contact the Department at MCLanguages@sju.edu.
• If you began your language placement sequence in fall 2024, you are strongly encouraged to complete this sequence in spring 2025. The sequence is listed on your DegreeWorks page, and will follow this pattern:
  • Language 101 + 102
  • Language 102 + 201
  • Language 201 + 202
  • Language 202 + 301
• If changing your language, and you previously studied the language, please see directions below for taking the language placement test.  This will be your first step to registration.

Placement Tests

If you are taking the placement test in Chinese, French, German or Spanish, follow these instructions:

• Click on the link: Emmersion
• Create your Emmersion account, fill in all required information
• When completed, click on the Sign-In Button
• Use the same username and password you created
• Follow prompts

For ASL:  Students who began ASL 101 should complete the ASL 102 sequence in spring 2025. 
For Italian:  Please contact MCLanguages@sju.edu to request access to the Italian placement test.

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)

Spring 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
• MTF 283 D01 Series Screenwriting

Courses with reserved seating or restrictions:

• MTF 142 D01  History of Rock and Pop - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu if you would like to be on the waitlist.
• MTF 151 D02 Music Fundamentals  - Seniors are restricted from this section.
• MTF 156 D01 Intro to World Music  - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu if you would like to be on the waitlist.
• MTF 158 D01 Music History: 1750 to Present - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact Kelly Gomez-Zimmer at kgomezzi@sju.edu if you would like to be on the waitlist.
• MTF 266 D01 Theatre History - This course has a prerequisite, but you can receive an override by emailing Kelly Gomez-Zimmer  at kgomezzi@sju.edu.

Waitlists:
MTF 263 D01, MTF 265 D01, MTF 266 D01, and MTF 267 D01 have electronic waitlists. 

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 Spring 2025 Registration - Philosophy Courses

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

• PHL 154 Moral Foundations (section D06 and D10) may have reserved seating for transfer students.
• PHL 250 Philosophy of Death is restricted to Health Sciences and Philosophy majors.
• PHL 285 Philosophy of Medicine is restricted to Nursing majors. 
• PHL 320 Business, Society, & Ethics (section D01 and D02) is restricted to Accounting Majors and Philosophy majors and minors.

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.
• The only Day Students eligible to take on-line courses are Hawk Hill Seniors and UScience Legacy students. Please note that, in order to be considered for overrides to online courses, USciences students will need to email the chair during the regular registration period (before November 14th). Once this period ends, USciences students will need to demonstrate that they have an urgent need for the course (i.e., need it immediately to graduate and nothing else will work) for an override to be considered.
• The department will waive prerequisites for upper level Philosophy courses for UScience 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.

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)

Spring 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

• Psychology minors will be able to register freely for open sections of 100-level courses as well as PSY 201, 205, and 208.
• PSY 130 - Art Therapy does not count towards the psychology minor.  
• Psychology Minors cannot take PSY online courses in the Fall/Spring semesters.
• 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.
  
   

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

SOC 170 is a unique, one-credit course designed to help SOC and CJ majors excel at SJU and beyond. The course will expose students to more opportunities at SJU and help students think about meaningful career in their post-SJU life.

The Department will use reserved seating and rolling caps for certain courses.  

Department of Sociology

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

Guidelines for Spring 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.
• REL 101 Comparative Religions -  two online sections are restricted to either Lancaster students (LOL) or U Science Legacy students (OL1).

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. Ginny Miori (vmiori@sju.edu)

Course Notes for Spring 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)

Department of Finance

Department Contact Information

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

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 Spring 2025:​​​​​​

Only students graduating at the end of the Spring 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 vourses. 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 2024:

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 (Tues, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D02 (Thurs, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D03 (Tues, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM) - Sophomores Only
  • Section D04 (Thurs, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM) - Sophomores Only
  • Section D05 (Mon, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM) - Juniors and Seniors Only
  • Section D06 (Weds, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM) - Juniors and Seniors
  • Section D07 (Fri, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM) - Juniors and Seniors
  • Section D08 (Time TBD) - NCAA Athletes (only if there is a course/practice conflict with the field time above)
  • Section D09 (Time TBD) - First-years/Sophomores (only if there is a course conflict, which should be very rare and will require advisor approval and an override)
  • Section D10 (Time TBD) - Juniors/Seniors with course conflicts (only if there is a course conflict, which should be very rare and will require advisor approval and an override)

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Required Clearances - n 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. 

Spring 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)