Santa Clara University

Department Chairs

Courses taken abroad can be approved by the appropriate department chair to fulfill major, minor, or CORE requirements.

NOTE: It is always the student's responsibility to provide all necessary documents to the chair including the Course Approvals Form, Course Title, Course Description, Syllabus, and anything else a chair may need to make a decision. Students are responsible for understanding all university graduation requirements found in the undergraduate bulletin (especially for CORE classes) before you seek approval.

 

College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology/Sociology: Lisa Kealhofer

Art History: Kelly Detweiler (for Fine Arts Requirement questions, see CORE section below)

Biology: Janice Edgerly-Rooks **NEW SCU POLICY: All science courses taken abroad with laboratory will be automatically approved to fulfill the CORE Natural Science requirement if the courses taken are in the fields of chemistry, biology or physics.

Chemistry: Jack Gilbert**NEW SCU POLICY: All science courses taken abroad with laboratory will be automatically approved to fulfill the CORE Natural Science requirement if the courses taken are in the fields of chemistry, biology or physics.

Classics: John Heath

Communication: Paul Soukup

Economics: Michael Kevane

English: John Hawley (for Third Writing Requirement questions, see CORE section below)

Environmental Science/Studies: Leslie Gray

History: Barbara Molony

Liberal Studies: Janice Chavez

Mathematics & Computer Science: Dennis Smolarski

Modern Languages & Literatures: Josef Hellebrandt (for Spanish, all tenured faculty share the advising responsibilities, so you don't necessarily need to see Dr. Hellebrandt)

Music: Nancy Wait-Kromm

Philosophy: Philip Kain

Physics: Rich Barber**NEW SCU POLICY: All science courses taken abroad with laboratory will be automatically approved to fulfill the CORE Natural Science requirement if the courses taken are in the fields of chemistry, biology or physics.

Political Science: Janet Flammang

Psychology: Timothy Urdan

Religious Studies: Paul Crowley, SJ **NEW SCU POLICY: Effective February 12, 2008, the Religious Studies Department recommends that students studying abroad be advised to take a course that will fulfill the 2nd level RS Core course requirement. We strongly prefer that the 3rd level course be reserved for that period following a study abroad experience. 2) The Department understands that under the current system some courses are listed as fulfilling the 3rd RS Core requirement. We will honor those listings until the implementation of the new Core.

Sociology: Laura Nichols

Studio Art: Kelly Detweiler

Theatre & Dance: Barbara Murray

Leavey School of Business & Administration

Accounting: James Sepe

Economics: Michael Kevane

Finance: Sanjiv Das

Management: Tammy Madsen

Marketing: Michael Munson

OMIS: Narendra Agrawal

  

School of Engineering

Applied Mathematics: Stephen Chiappari

Civil Engineering: Steven Chiesa

Computer Engineering: Weijia Shang

Electrical Engineering: Cary Yang

Engineering Management: Robert Parden

Mechanical Engineering: Timothy Hight

 

CORE Requirements

Contact Phyllis Brown, Director of the University Core Curriculum,  for course approval.

For more info about the CORE requirements, check here.

Religious Studies Requirement

Effective February 12, 2008, the Religious Studies Department recommends that students studying abroad be advised to take a course that will fulfill the 2nd level RS Core course requirement. We strongly prefer that the 3rd level course be reserved for that period following a study abroad experience. 2) The Department understands that under the current system some courses are listed as fulfilling the 3rd RS Core requirement. We will honor those listings until the implementation of the new Core

Ethics Requirement

Fine Arts Requirement (Studio arts)

Fine Arts requirements are hands-on learning courses such as painting, dance, storytelling, etc., not learning about Fine Art in an Art History class.

Third Writing Requirement

Read guidelines for Third Writing course approval

Western Culture Requirement

Courses available abroad are usually very area-specific, and normally lack the geographic breadth needed to satisfy the Western Culture CORE requirement.

Women's Studies Requirement

World Cultures Requirement

World Cultures/Area Studies CORE requirement cannot be completed while studying a Western European Culture, nor one derived largely from Western European influence (i.e. Australia or Canada). Please check here for more information.

Natural Science Requirement

All science courses taken abroad with laboratory will be automatically approved to fulfill the CORE Natural Science requirement if the courses taken are in the fields of chemistry, biology or physics.

NOTE: Ethnic Studies CORE requirement cannot be completed abroad