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Departmental Advising

Students visit with a subject area advisor as part of the application process; after admission to the credential program students meet with a secondary ed advisor.
Secondary Education department offers two types of advising for all the students.

Subject Area Advising

Students have to visit the Subject Area Advisors as a part of application process.
Advisors for different subject areas are listed below.

 

Subject Area Advisors

 

Art

Professor Donna Thompson
Art 211
Phone: (408) 924-4395
Email: donnart@pacbell.net

Art Department website

 

English

Dr. Jonathan Lovell
Faculty Office Building 127

Dr. Mary Warner
Faculty Office Building 127

Please call the English department at (408) 924-4425 for an advising appointment.

English Department website

 

Foreign Language

Professor Helene Chan
Clark Hall 408K
Phone: (408) 924-4618
Email: vipchan@aol.com

Dr. Dominique Vanhoff
Clark Hall 421
Phone: (408) 924-4608
Email: dvanhoof@email.sjsu.edu

Foreign Language Department

 

Kinesiology

Alison White
Spartan Complex 59
Phone: (408) 924-3019
Email:alison.white@sjsu.edu

Kinesiology Department website

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Mathematics

     
Last 2 digits of SS# or Student ID#Advisor NamePhoneOfficeOffice Hours
00-19Dr. Ferdinand Riveraferdinand.rivera@sjsu.edu924-5170DH 339Monday and Wednesday
3:00–4:00
or by appointment
20-39Dr. Barbara Pencebarbara.pence@sjsu.edu924-5142MH 419Tuesday and Thursday
8:15-9:00, 12:15-1:15, 2:45-3:15
or by appointment
40-59Dr. Richard Pfieferrichard.pfiefer@sjsu.edu924-5144MH 316Monday, Wednesday,and Friday
10:30-12:00
or by appointment
60-79Dr. Cheryl Roddickcheryl.roddick@sjsu.edu924-5074MH 313Monday 12:00-1:00Tuesday and Wednesday 12:0 –2:00
or by appointment
80-99Dr. Julie Sliva Spitzerjulie.sliva@sjsu.edu924-5120MH 315Thursday 2:00-4:30
or by appointment


Note: If you are an undergraduate in the BA Mathematics – Prep for Teaching degree program, please see your major advisor for questions related to your undergraduate degree and your credential advisor for questions related to the single subject credential program in mathematics.

 

Music

Dr. Diana Hollinger
Music Building 103
Phone: (408) 924-4631
Email: diana.hollinger@sjsu.edu

Music Department website

 

Science

Ann Baldwin
Duncan Hall 213
Phone: (408) 924-5184
Email:  abaldwin@jupiter.sjsu.edu

Science Department website

 

Social Science

Wendy Rouse
Washington Square Hall 111B
Email: wendy.rouse@sjsu.edu

Social Science Department website

 

 

Seconday Education Advising:

After you have completed and submitted all Applicant Requirements to the department of Secondary Education, and once your file is reviewed after the Applicant Requirements deadline date, you will be invited to meet with the Secondary Education Advisor for an advising session.

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