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: Marilyn Fernandez

Art History: Andrea Pappas (for Fine Arts Requirement questions, see CORE section below)

Biology: Craig Stephens **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.

Center for Performing Arts: Jerald Enos

Chemistry: Pat Hoggard **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: William Greenwalt

Communication: Stephen Lee

Economics: John Whalen

English: Phyllis Brown (for Third Writing Requirement questions, see CORE section below)

History: Barbara Molony

Liberal Studies: Eleanor Willemsen

Mathematics & Computer Science: Robert Bekes

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: Hans Boepple

Philosophy: Elizabeth Radcliffe

Physics: Phil Kesten **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

Studio Art: Kelly Detweiler

Theatre & Dance: Barbara Fraser

Leavey School of Business & Administration

Accounting: Michael Calegari

Economics: John Whalen

Finance: Sanjiv Das

Management: Manuel Velasquez

Marketing: Michael Munson

OMIS: Chaiho Kim

School of Engineering

Applied Mathematics: Stephen Chiappari

Civil Engineering: Steven Chiesa

Computer Engineering: Weijia Shang

Electrical Engineering: Samiha Mourad

Engineering Management: Robert Parden

Mechanical Engineering: Timothy Hight

CORE Requirements

(for more info about the CORE, check here)

CORE Religious Studies: Paul Crowley, SJ

Ethics Requirement: Michael Meyer

Fine Arts Requirement (studio arts): Kelly Detweiler (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: Sherry Booth

• Read guidelines for Third Writing course approval
  

Western Culture Requirement: Robert Senkewicz (Please note: 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: Linda Garber

World Cultures Requirement: Michael Kevane

**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.

NOTE: Ethnic Studies CORE requirement cannot be completed abroad
NOTE: 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.