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: William Donnelly
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: Dennis Gordon
Psychology: Timothy Urdan
Religious Studies: Kristin Heyer **NOTE FOR CORE RELIGIOUS STUDIES: The policy of the new Core is that students studying abroad may only fulfill the 2nd RTC Core course while abroad. The 3rd RTC course is reserved for the period following a study abroad experience. Effective February, 2011 all requests for study abroad approval for core Religious Studies requirements will be directed to Professor Phyllis Brown.
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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
*NOTE: The policy of the new Core is that students studying abroad may only fulfill the 2nd RTC Core course while abroad. The 3rd RTC course is reserved for the period following a study abroad experience. We understand that under the current (old) system some courses are listed as fulfilling the 3rd RS Core requirement. We will honor those listings until the implementation of the new Core.) Effective February, 2011 all requests for study abroad approval for core Religious Studies requirements will be directed to Professor Phyllis Brown.
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
