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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 SJSU ID		 Advisor Name Phone Office Office Hours
00-19 Dr. Joanne Rossi Becker 924-5112 MH 318B
Tuesday: 12:00-3:00
or by appointment
20-39 Dr. Barbara Pence 924-5142 MH 419
Tuesday/Thursday:
8:30-9:00, 12:15-1:15, 2:45-3:45
40-59 Dr. Richard Pfiefer 924-5144 MH 316
Monday: 1:30-2:30
Wednesday: 12:00-1:00
Friday: 12:00-2:30
or by appointment
60-79 Dr. Cheryl Roddick 924-5074 MH 413
Monday: 8:00-9:00, 11:45-1:00, 6:45-7:15
Wednesday: 8:00-9:00, 11:45-1:00
or by appointment
80-99 Dr. Julie Sliva Spitzer 924-5120 MH 315
Thursday: 2:30-3:30 & 5:30-6:30
Online office hours:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday:  12:00-1:00
Also by appointment:
sliva@math.sjsu.edu

 

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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