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 majors and minors.

Department of Art and Art History

BIOLOGY - Includes students majoring in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Medical Laboratory Sciences

BIOLOGY - Lancaster students should contact their academic advisors for guidance on their program requirements. 

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

• Chair: Dr. Jonathan Fingerut (jfingeru@sju.edu) 
• Advising Coordinator: Dr. Shantanu Bhatt (sbhatt@sju.edu)
• Administrative Assistant (for the HH campus):  Lizanne Konjarvich (ekonjarv@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 - Dr. Jonathan Fingerut. When contacting him, please be sure to provide the course name, time, section #, and CRN.

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 rising juniors have registered on April 7th.  To view specific restrictions, please click on the course title in the class schedule on the Nest. After April 7th, restrictions on Group A- E courses will be lifted and any students with the pre-reqs can register.

BIO 101/101L Cells and Cells Lab

• All BIO 101 lecture 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.

Lectures

• BIO 101 D01, D02, D03, D05, D06, D07 D09, and D10 - Only open to students who ARE majors in HSC, EPH, CSD, UNHS, UNDP, PHSC, PHTX, PHHS, NESC, BCHM or UNSM
• BIO 101 D04 AND D08 - Open to students who ARE majors in BIED, BIOL, BIOM, ENVS, CHMB or MLSC
• Labs have no major restrictions. 

BIO 390 and BIO 290

• BIO 290 is still required for all BIO and BMS majors in their SO Fall semester
• BIO 390 is no longer required or offered.

Department of Biology

CHEMISTRY

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

General 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 an extraordinary need 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.

Specific Course Information

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

Department of Chemistry

Communications, Film and Journalism 

Chair: Dr. J Michael Lyons (jlyons@sju.edu)

Department 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 (that waitlist will be 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. No other Com classes have rolling caps.

Com 100 and Com 175: Not open to Com majors, but open to all other majors. 

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.

Department of Computer Science

Department Contact Information
To request an override, please contact the Program Director: Dr. Rommel Regis (rregis@sju.edu) 

For questions about the Data Science course offerings, please contact the Chair of Math Department: Dr. Lia Vas (lvas@sju.edu)

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 online courses (ECN260) that are restricted to 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 of English and Writing

Important notes about Override Requests, Reserved Seating, Etc.

• Students requesting overrides should email Gregory Spano, Administrative Assistant (gspano@sju.edu) or Dr. Jason Mezey, Chair (jmezey@sju.edu).
• Creative Writing courses use reserved seating, and many of our Literature courses will use rolling course caps. If you are unable to register for a course that appears to have space, please contact Dr. Jason Mezey.
• Capacity overrides for English courses are rare, and no capacity overrides are available for courses that have been certified as GEP or CCC Writing Intensive. Before you request a capacity override for a course, you should first check to see if you can add yourself to an electronic waitlist.
• Courses and/or Sections in RED are restricted to Lancaster students only.

For a full list of courses, please see the Fall 2026 Course Menu.

 Department of English

Program Director Contact Information:

Dr. John Braverman (jbraverm@sju.edu)

Fall 2026 Roadmap Information Coming Soon...

History Department Contact Information

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

Fall 2026 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.
• The CCC World History (HIS 101, 102 or 103) will be capped at 0 until first year registration in July. However, if a current first-year student who did not successfully complete their CCC World History (HIS 101, 102 & 103) course in the spring semester, they may take it in the fall of their sophomore year. They will need to get an override to be let into the course as the cap will be set at 0.

HIS 154 Teachout:

• HIS 154 will no longer be offered after spring 2026. 
• For those students who have not taken HIS 154, they will be required to take any 3 credit upper division history (HIS) course (201-499) in its place.

Department of History

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

Please see the Honors Canvas Resource Course for Fall 2026 Honors course options.

Honors Program

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

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. If you want to change your language, you may submit the Language Placement Request form. If you have previously studied that language in high school, you must also take the language placement test using this link.  

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 count towards the GEP/CCC requirement and will instead count as one of your elective courses.
• If you want to change your language, please submit the Language Placement Request form. If you have previously studied that language in high school, you must also take the language placement test.
• In fall 2026, GEP/CCC language course offerings include:  
  • ASL 101 (major restrictions), FRE 101, FRE 102, FRE 201, FRE 301, ITA 101, ITA 201, JPN 101, LAT 101, LAT 102, SPA 101, SPA 102, SPA 201, SPA 202, SPA 301, SPA 303 
• If your language/level is not available in fall 2026:
  • Check back in spring 2027 when we plan to offer:
    ASL 101 (major restrictions), ASL 102 (major restrictions), multiple levels of French, ITA 102, ITA 202, 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 that language in high school, you must also take the language placement test using this link.  
• 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
  • 201 + 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 2026/27. 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 must also take the language placement test using this link.  

Department of Languages & Linguistics

Department Contact Information

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

Please note that students who took LIN 150 in the past, cannot take LIN 140 Language Matters course. 

Requirements and Course Sequences for the Linguistics, Linguistics - TESOL concentration, and Communication Sciences and Disorders majors can be found on the Undergraduate Majors and Minors page.

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)
• Part time administrative support: gspano@sju.edu and chammond@sju.edu

 Fall 2026 Registration Information

Please note Film courses can now be found in the Communications, Film & Journalism Department with a COM prefix.

Fall courses offered COM 180 Intro to Film sections D01 & D02

Courses with reserved seating or restrictions:

• MTF 142 D01 and D02 History of Rock and Pop - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact gspano@sju.edu to be on a waitlist.
• MTF 151 D01 Music Fundamentals - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact gspano@sju.edu to be on a waitlist.
• MTF 156 D01 Intro to World Music  - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact gspano@sju.edu to be on a waitlist.
• MTF 157 D01 Western Music History: MidAge-1750 - Certain population of seats reserved for Music majors. Please contact gspano@sju.edu to be on a 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 emorgan@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 emorgan@sju.edu.
• Students interested in participating in Jazz Band (MTF 255 D02) should contact Dr. Ryan Tomski at rtomski@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)

If you are a student majoring or minoring in Neuroscience, please consult the Neuroscience Program Google Site for a list of electives being offered in the upcoming semester and any specific instructions for enrolling in these classes.  You will also find curricular requirements and check sheets for different matriculation years on this site.

Philosophy Department Contact Information:
Department Chair: Dr. Joseph Corabi ( jcorabi@sju.edu ). Contact Dr. Corabi for overrides into Philosophy courses. 

Guidelines for Fall 2026 Registration - Philosophy Courses

• The following sections are reserved for incoming FY students:
  • PHL 154 D01, D02, D03, D04, D11 
  • PHL 260 D07 and D08
  • PHL 262 D01 and D02
  • PHL 271 D01 and D02.  
  • PHL 310 D01
• No overrides will be available for any of these sections.

Registration Policies:

• The Department will not use electronic waitlists.
• Justice, Ethics, and Law (JEL) majors and minors will get priority for overrides into JEL approved Philosophy courses. 
• There will be no overrides into online courses. 
  • If you have extraordinary circumstances, contact the chair of the philosophy department.
• USciences Legacy Students: upper level Philosophy pre-reqs will be waived. 
  • Contact the department chair or the Undergraduate Advising Support for the prerequisite override.

Department of Philosophy

Department Contact Information

For questions or to request an override, please 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).
  • Contact Dr. Kazuya Fukuoka for overrides.
• Administrative Assistant: Terese G. Fasy (tfasy@sju.edu)

Fall 2026 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 July.

• If you cannot register for a section, it is because 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

Contact Program Director, 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 for some courses - this means that additional seats in each course may be made available before each registration period.  

For PSY Majors needing an override

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

Special Instructions for Psychology Minors

Please click on the CRN number for the PSY course you’re interested in and check to see if you are eligible to register for it.  If a course is restricted to PSY majors only, you will need to request a restriction override.  Overrides can be requested using this Request Form for Minors.

Psychology minors should be able to register freely for open in-person sections of 100-level courses as well as PSY 201, 208, and most 200-level PSY electives.

Department of Psychology

Department Contact Information

• Department Chair: Dr. Keith Brown ( kbrown01@sju.edu )
  • Prior to 3/22 and after 3/28 direct questions and requests to Dr. Keith Brown
  • 3/22-3/28 direct requests and questions to Dr. Kim Logio ( logio@sju.edu )

For Advising Related Questions

• Contact your faculty academic advisor first.  
  • If your advisor recommends consultation 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 are restricted to students on the Lancaster campus.
• SOC 101 (D01: T/TH 11-12:15) is reserved for incoming Fall 2026 first years.
• New course (SOC 370: GIS for the Social Sciences) for Criminal Justice majors
  • Reserved for SOC/CJ majors and will fulfill the “CJ Tookit” requirement in DegreeWorks.  
  • This course is being taught asynchronously by Dr. Haemi Won 
• SOC 312 is not a pre-req for SOC 313
  • All majors are recommended to take SOC 312 before SOC 313
  • SOC and CJ minors who have the option to take SOC 312 OR SOC 313 are recommended to take SOC 313.

Two Unique Classes to Highlight for Fall 2026

• SOC 270:  Project Just Cities: Philly and Amsterdam
  • T/TH 9:30-10:45 - in-person for the first 3 weeks and online after that. 
  • Contact Dr. Clampet-Lundquist with questions: sclampet@sju.edu.  
•  SOC 315: Study Tour to Ecuador, Comparative Cultures
• W: 5-7:45 - Class will meet both in-person and online.  
• For more information contact studabroad@sju.edu or reach out to Dr. Smith at rsmith3@sju.edu.
• See Class Schedule for course descriptions.

Department of Sociology

THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

Department Contact Information

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

Guidelines for Fall 2026 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.

Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Department Contact Information

Department Chair, Dr. Rajneesh Sharma, 372 Mandeville Hall Email Contact Form
Note that the department will utilize rolling caps for seats in ACC 101 (Concepts of Financial Acct) sections.

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

Fall 2026 Roadmap Information Coming Soon...

Department Contact Information

If you have questions, please contact the Chair, Dr. Marcello Balduccini mbalducc@sju.edu

Students will not be considered for an override into a section of DSS 200 or DSS 210 that does not match their cohort. Transfer students with Sophomore status may be issued overrides for restricted sections.

Course Notes for Fall 2026:​​​​​​

Department of DSS

Department Contact Information

For questions or to request an override please contact the Department 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

• Department Chair: Dr. Eric Patton ( epatton@sju.edu )
  • If you have questions please contact the chair. 

Course Notes for Fall 2026:​​​​​​

• Only students graduating at the end of the Fall 2026 semester will be considered for an override into BUS 495-Business Strategy and MGT 360 Legal Environment of Business. 

Department of Management

Department Contact Information

If you have questions, please contact the Chair, Dr. Chan Yoo (cyoo@sju.edu)

MKT 201 D01- D07, OL1 Principles of Marketing Open only to sophomores and above

MKT 304 D01, D02 Principles of Selling Open to any majors

MKT 308 D01 Marketing Analytics Open to any majors/Count toward 

MKT/Sports MKT/Entertainment MKT  elective

MKT 351 D01, D02 Business of Sports Open to any majors (Diversity overlay)

Department of Marketing

Department Contact Information

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

Fall 2026 Roadmap Information Coming Soon...

Department of Finance

Department Contact Information

Department Chair:  Dr. Dr. Janine Firmender (jfirmend@sju.edu) and Dr. Mollie Sheppard (msheppar@sju.edu)

Autism Behavioral Studies Courses

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

Contact Dr. Casey Kane (ckane@sju.edu), Program Coordinator for Autism & Behavioral Studies.

Teacher & Special Education Department Registration Information

Department Chair, Dr. Janine Firmender (jfirmend@sju.edu) or Anglean Sampson (asampson@sju.edu).

Program Coordinator for Autism & Behavioral Studies, Dr. Casey Kane (ckane@sju.edu)

Education majors – If you are having difficulty with registration, please contact your faculty advisor. Provide your full name, Student ID, course CRN, and a screenshot of the error message you are receiving. 

If you are not an education major or you 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).

Education majors - for additional advising information, especially courses to take, please see the Undergraduate Teacher Education Advising Site in Canvas.

• Education courses are restricted to students enrolled in 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 number of EDU 999:
  • Section D01 (T, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D02 (TH, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D03 (T, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D04 (TH, 8:30 am - 11:30 am) - First-Year Students Only
  • Section D05 (M, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Only
  • Section D06 (W, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only
  • Section D07 (F, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm) - Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Only
  • Section D08 (Time TBD) - NCAA Athletes (only course/practice conflicts with the field time)
  • 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) 

In order to participate in Field Experiences, therefore, courses with field, students must obtain and submit the following clearances before classes begin:

• Pennsylvania State Criminal History Record (Act 34)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 51)
• Federal FBI Criminal History Report

Proof of Tuberculin Skin Test
 

Department of Special Education

Department of Teacher Education

Department Contact Information

• Health Science Department Chair:  Dr. Eileen Sullivan ( esulliva@sju.edu )
  • Override Requests for both HSC and EPH
  • Questions about the HSC course schedule
• Exercise Physiology Program Director:  Dr. Patrick Davitt ( pdavitt@sju.edu )
  • General Advising Questions and all EPH course questions. 

Fall 2026 Course Information

• HSC 110
  • All sections restricted to declared Health Science majors and minors until all have registered, then restriction is removed
• HSC 211
  • D01-D03 Exercise Physiology & Health Science majors
  • OL1 - Rising Juniors, Juniors & Seniors in Clinical Leadership
• HSC 253
  • D01: All majors except FMK
  • OL1 & OL2: Rising Juniors, Juniors & Seniors only; non-majors
• HSC 323
  • Restricted to declared Health Science majors and minors until all have registered, then restriction is removed
  • OL1 Rising Juniors, Juniors & Seniors.
• HSC 331
  • DO1, DO2 Restricted to rising Juniors, Juniors and Seniors only; majors and minors
• HSC 495
  • DO1, DO2 Restricted to rising Juniors, Juniors and Seniors only; majors and minors

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

For questions or override requests please contact Department Chair: Dr. Isabelle Mercier (imercier@sju.edu)