Becton College Academic Advising (Metro Campus)

Academic advising for Becton College students at Metropolitan Campus is provided by the Metro Campus Academic Advisement Center. Academic advisement varies by major department and by class year, as shown below.

Off-campus Course Authorizations

Becton College students seeking approval to take classes off-campus during winter and summer sessions should do the following:

  • Make an appointment with your Academic Advisor to discuss how off-campus courses relate to your curriculum and to pick up a copy of your checksheet.
  • Bring a copy of the course description from the institution you wish to attend. Bring your FDU checksheet and the course description to your Academic Advisor.

Approved Off-Campus Authorization is forwarded to the Office of Enrollment Services, Records from the Advising Center.

General Guidelines

  • Students must be in good academic standing with an overall GPA of 2.0 or better.
  • Authorization is generally granted for elective courses only. General Education or courses in the major will require special permission.
  • The allowable number of credits taken off-campus is 16; however, this number is reduced for students having transferred to FDU. The maximum of 16 credits shall be reduced by 3 credits for every 16 credits transferred to FDU.
  • Students may take lower level (1000 and 2000) courses at accredited two-year institutions. Transfer students may have a total of 64 credits from two-year institutions applied to their FDU degree. All upper level (3000 and 4000) courses must be taken at an accredited four-year institution.
  • Courses taken off-campus will count in your FDU GPA. Grades of C or better will be accepted. Grades of C- (C minus) or below will not be accepted.
  • A course failed at FDU cannot be repeated off-campus.
  • Transcripts must be sent to FDU’s Office of Enrollment Services, Records upon completion of the course for credits to be applied to your FDU transcript.

School/Department Advisor ONLY

Major School/Department Email
QUEST: Teacher Certification Program
Followed by Meeting with Academic Department or Advisement Center		 Peter Sammartino School of Education kspence@fdu.edu
Biology, Marine Biology
(Sophomore to Senior Year)		 Maxwell Becton College Department of Biological Sciences mcclary@fdu.edu
james_salierno@fdu.edu
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Science, and Physics Maxwell Becton College Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics jdough@fdu.edu
mohammed_elshaer@fdu.edu
Individualized Studies, Associates in Arts Petrocelli Center for Continuing Education fparra@fdu.edu
Latino Promise, HACER Hispanic Center riverah@fdu.edu

School/Department Advisor PREFERRED

If you are unable to reach a Faculty Advisor in your school or department listed below, please call the Academic Advisement Center at 201-692-2339.

Major School/Department Email
Criminal Justice Maxwell Becton College Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice amy_shlosberg@fdu.edu
elizabeth387_panuccio@fdu.edu
Political Science, and International Studies Maxwell Becton College Department of Social Sciences and History darden@fdu.edu
chrisr@fdu.edu

Academic Advisement Center OR School/Department Advisor

Major School/Department Telephone
Art, Fine Arts School of Art and Media Studies

OR

Academic Advisement Center

 201-692-2168
201-692-2801

OR

201-692-2339

Required Mentoring in Academic Department FOLLOWED BY Academic Advisement in Academic Advisement Center

Major School/Department Email
Communication Maxwell Becton College Department of Communication

and

Academic Advisement Center

 gary_radford@fdu.edu
christopher_caldiero@fdu.edu

and

201-692-2339
Humanities Maxwell Becton College Department of Literature, Language, Writing, and Humanities

and

Academic Advisement Center

 matthieu475_boyd@fdu.edu

and

201-692-2339
Literature (Formerly English) Maxwell Becton College Department of Literature, Language, Writing, and Humanities

and

Academic Advisement Center

 matthieu475_boyd@fdu.edu

and

201-692-2339
Literature (Formerly English) with QUEST Peter Sammartino School of Education

Maxwell Becton College Department of Literature, Language, Writing

and

Academic Advisement Center

 kspence@fdu.edu

matthieu475_boyd@fdu.edu

and

201-692-2263

Academic Advisement Center ONLY

Major School/Department Contact
Art, Fine Arts

Biology, Marine Biology
(Freshman Year)

 Maxwell Becton College School of the Arts

Academic Advisement
Center

 201-692-2339

*Faculty advisor also acceptable
Enhanced Freshman Experience Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339
Government and Politics Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339
History and Spanish Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339
Non-Degree Students Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339
Psychology Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339
Still Exploring (Arts, American Language and Culture, Communication, Education, Humanities, Social and Behavior Sciences, Service Industry, STEM) Academic Advisement Center 201-692-2339