Major/Minor Faculty Advising

In a dual advising model, students work with two advisors: a faculty member within your major department, and a Harpur Academic Advisor. The relationship between the student, faculty, and Harpur Advisors offers an unique opportunity to design and foster a personalized advising experience. This collaborative model allows students to develop their educational and professional goals with the support of multiple campus partners.

STUDENTS SHOULD SEE A FACULTY ADVISOR FOR:
  • Declaring a major or minor

  • Questions about how a major or minor are appearing on DegreeWorks
  • Specific questions regarding major/minor requirements, course sequencing and policies

  • Transfer credit evaluations for coursework counting toward the major or minor

  • Broad questions about career options in their field of study
  • When referred to by a Harpur Academic Advisor
STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT HARPUR ADVISING FOR:
  • General education and Harpur College requirements and policies
  • Transfer credit petitions for General Education and Harpur requirements
  • Major/minor exploration
  • General degree planning and Degree Works issues
  • Degree Applicable Credits for Financial Aid
  • Forms and petitions (overload, late add/withdrawal, international student petitions, etc.)
  • When referred to by your Faculty Advisor

Departmental Advising Information

Undergraduate Director
or Faculty Advisor(s)

Department
Contact Information

4 Year Plan Templates

Major Declaration Procedures

Africana Studies Samuel Elikem Nyamuame

LN 1202H

7-2635

Anthropology Sebastian Lacombe

AB G28

7-2263

Students should contact Sebastien Lacombe, Director of Undergraduate Studies with their name and B#
ART & DESIGN

Director: Sarah Nance

Intermedia/Drawing Advisor: Sarah Nance

Painting Advisor: Emily Theland

Photography Advisor: Kari Varner (Interim)

Printmaking Advisor: Colin Lyons

Sculpture Advisor: Ronald Gonzalez

Graphic Design BFA Advisor: Chris Swift

Graphic Design BA (Last Name A-L): Alessandro Segalini

Graphic Design BA (Last Name M-Z): Gokhan Ersan

Graphic Design Minor Advisor: Colin Lyons (Interim)

FA 223

7-2667

Students should contact Yung-Huei Lin with their name and B#
ART HISTORY Katie Reinhart

FA 219

7-3810

Students should contact Katie Reinhart, Director of Undergraduate Studies with their name and B#
ASIAN & ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Cynthia Marasigan

LS G654

7-4522

Students should email their Name and B# to the department. Specify which major (for AAAS, also specify which track) or minor. Students are encouraged to meet with a faculty advisor before declaring. 
BIOCHEMISTRY Jeffrey Schertzer  BI 2404 For information on declaring your major as biochemistry, please refer to the biochemistry webpage. For other questions, contact Dr. Jeffrey Schertzer (jschertz@binghamton.edu) or Citrupa Gopal (cgopal1@binghamton.edu).
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 

Kathleen Horvath & Carol Miles (Directors)

Biology Advising Team (Advising)

 OH G49

Meet with a Biology Advisor through

CHEMISTRY

Clarice Kelleher 

SN 2104

7-2485

If the student has a current Chemistry advisor they must meet with them and they will assist the student with declaring major/minor. If they are new to the program, then they will contact Julia Nejeschleba and she will give them an advisor to meet with and then submit the form with the advisor.

Chinese Studies Cynthia Marasigan

LS G654

7-4522

Students should email their Name and B# to the department. Specify which major (for AAAS, also specify which track) or minor. Students are encouraged to meet with a faculty advisor before declaring. 
CINEMA Jason Bernagozzi

LH-B13

7-4998

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Kaitlyn Sorenson

LT 1503

7-2891

Students should contact Kaitlyn Sorenson with their name and B#
Digital & Data Studies

Melissa Haller

LT 305

7-3588

Earth Sciences Sarah Sheffield

Dick Naslund

S1 150

7-2518

Students should contact S. Sheffield or Naslund with their name and B# to declare a major
ECONOMICS

Susan Wolcott

LT 90

7-2339

ENGLISH, GENERAL LITERATURE & RHETORIC

Dr. Jessie Reeder

Dr. Libby Tucker

Joe Weil

LN 1149
LN 1146
LNG 35

7-2088

See English department website for major declaration information
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Sara Velardi (Director)

Stephanie Caulford (Advising)

OH G49

7-6305

GEOGRAPHY

Dr. Jay Newberry

OJ 121

7-3090
7-6731

 

GERMAN STUDIES

Harald Zils

LT 1408A
7-2656
RUSSIAN STUDIES

Marina Zalesski

LT 1407

7-2656

Global Public Health

Titilayo Okoror

LN 1202F

7-3417

HISTORY

Dr. Heather Welland

 LT 703

7-6716

Individualized Major Program

Megan McKinney

OH 110

7-6305

N/A Interested students should schedule an appointment with an IMP Advisor

INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Christopher Bishop

Susan VanDeventer (Advising)

S4 175

7-4100

Japanese Studies

Cynthia Marasigan

LS G654

7-4522

Students should email their Name and B# to the department. Specify which major (for AAAS, also specify which track) or minor. Students are encouraged to meet with a faculty advisor before declaring. 

JUDAIC STUDIES Dina Danon

 LT 1316

7-3070

Korean Studies Cynthia Marasigan

LS G654

7-4522

Students should email their Name and B# to the department. Specify which major (for AAAS, also specify which track) or minor. Students are encouraged to meet with a faculty advisor before declaring. 
LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN AREA STUDIES Dr. Robyn Cope

LT 1111

7-6566

LINGUISTICS Sabina Perrino

AB G28

7-2737

Mathematics and Statistics Guifang Fu

WH 122A

7-2148

MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN STUDIES

Olivia Holmes (Interim)

LN 1129

7-2730

Students should contact  Olivia Holmes with their name and B#

Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies(formerly known as Classics and Near Eastern Studies)

Hilary Becker (AMS)

Dr. Omid Ghaemmaghami (Middle East Studies)

LT 503
LT 512

7-6709

Students should contact Undergraduate Directors   Tina Chronopoulos (for Ancient Mediterranean Studies) or Omid Ghaemmaghami (for Middle East Studies)
MUSIC Paul Schleuse 

FA 165

7-2592

Music (BA)

See department

Students should contact Schleuse with their name and B#
PHILOSOPHY Robert Guay

LT 1207

7-3616

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, & LAW   Charles Goodman

LT 1214

7-3616

PHYSICS, APPLIED PHYSICS, & ASTRONOMY Wei-Cheng Lee

SN 2202

7-3853

POLITICAL SCIENCE Ekrem Karakoc

LN G80

7-6151

PSYCHOLOGY

Richard Mattson

Susan VanDeventer (Advising)

S4 175

7-4100

ROMANCE LANGUAGES & LITERATURES

Yulia Bosworth

LN 2216

7-4642

SOCIOLOGY Leslie Gates

LT 407

7-5030

THEATRE Barbara Wolfe

FA 127

7-2360

Students should make an appointment with   Barbara Wolfe

WOMEN, GENDER, & SEXUALITY STUDIES

Dr. Dara Silberstein

LN 2408

7-4222

Students should contact Dara Silberstein

Minors and Concentrations

DEPARTMENT

Undergraduate Director (Spring 2024) or Faculty Advisor(s)

Department Contact Information

4 Year Templates

Declaration Procedures

HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE (MINOR ONLY)

Alexandra Moore

David Cingranelli

LNG 100

7-5234

Please See: Human Rights Website

To declare a minor, students should reach out to the department's undergraduate director.

GLOBAL LEARNING INITIATIVES (MINOR ONLY)

William Pavlovich

AB G13B

7-4564

Please See: Global Learning Initiatives Websites

Lighting (minor only)

Michael Rathbun

FA 127

7-2567

Please See: School of Arts Interdisciplinary Minors

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES (MINOR ONLY) Lubna Omar (Interim)

LN 2203

7-6709

Please See: Middle East & North African Studies Website

RELIGIOUS STUDIES (MINOR ONLY) Doug Jones

LT 1314

7-6140

Please See: Religious Studies website

Sound Technologies (minor only) Monteith McCollum

CW B41

7-4998

Please See: School of Arts Interdisciplinary Minors

TRANSLATION RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION (MINOR ONLY)

Jeannette Patterson

Tarek Shamma (Advising)

LT 1410

7-3327

Please See: Translation Research & Instruction website

Writing Studies (The Writing Initiative)

Sean Fenty

Sarah Bull (Advising)

LN 2411

7-6725