Academic Advising Directory

For over 50 years, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at SF State has improved access and retention of historically underserved (low income, first generation college) students by facilitating their matriculation into the university and by providing a support system for their success.

The Educational Opportunity & Pathway Programs (EOPP) provide comprehensive and holistic services designed to provide participants with outreach, admissions, academic, and financial support. Participants receive on-going advising, tutoring, peer mentoring, and developmental workshops designed to increase retention and graduation rates.

Services provided for: EOP students only — (California residents and eligible AB 540 students who meet the income eligibility index and are a first generation college student can apply for EOP).

Services offered: Advising, mentoring, tutoring, workshops and scholarships

Phone: (415) 338-1085
Website: eop.sfsu.edu
Email: eop@sfsu.edu
Location: SSB 201

Gator Smart Start partners with local high schools, incoming students, and current SF State Gators and SF State staff to ensure students excel in their English composition (writing) and quantitative reasoning (math) courses.

Services offered and provided: Advising support for local high school students, incoming freshmen taking Early Start, and continuing students completing their first-year English composition and quantitative reasoning coursework.

Informational support for staff members and faculty at local high schools and within SF State.

Phone: (415) 405-0435
Website: gatorsmartstart.sfsu.edu
Email: gatorsmartstart@sfsu.edu
Please email or call and leave a message to schedule a Zoom appointment. 

The Metro College Success Program (Metro) is a two-year learning community of two courses each semester that share themes such as social justice, education equity, community health, or ethnic studies. Metro courses satisfy general education requirements for all majors at SF State, so you can go on to complete your bachelor’s degree in any major. Metro students receive individualized tutoring, advising, and support. Metro students also develop strong academic skills. They learn to write and speak with confidence and power, master mathematical concepts, and think critically about real-world issues.

Adjusting to college can be challenging. Learning in a small, supportive community of students and faculty can help you thrive throughout your first two years and through to graduation. Metro’s goal is to help you graduate in a timely manner and gain the skills you need to succeed in college and find a meaningful career.

Services provided for: Any incoming first-year student (students can apply to Metro for either the fall or spring semesters of their freshman year)

Services offered: Small learning communities, dedicated instructors, one-on-one support from a dedicated academic advisor, tutoring

Themed Academies/Communities:

•     Business Academy
•     Education Academy
•     Ethnic Studies Academy
•     Health Academy
•     Liberal & Creative Arts Academy
•     STEM - Biology Academy
•     STEM - Engineering & Computer Science Academy

Phone: (415) 338-3034
Website: metro.sfsu.edu
Email: metro@sfsu.edu
Location: HSS 301

The mission of the Athletic Department at SFSU is to provide a broad-based NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics program that fosters the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development of student-athletes.

Services provided for: SF State Athletes

Services offered: Quiet study area, updated computer lab reserved specifically for student-athletes, mandatory one-on-one general education advising, personal and/or career counseling, tutorial services (collaboration with campus tutorial offices), priority registration for current active athletes

Phone: (415) 338-3320
Website: www.sfstategators.com/sports/2008/8/31/academics.aspx
Location: GYM 2nd Floor

Faculty advisors are experts in a selected major and/or minor. They are professors and researchers with a detailed understanding of major requirements and connections to the field in which they teach.

Services are provided for: students declared in majors, minors, or certificate programs.

Services offered: Major/minor/certificate advising, course substitutions and exceptions, internships/research, and graduate/career preparation.

Major departments will list on the department website the faculty advisors and office hours for advising. Your department may assign you to an advisor or you can choose an advisor.

Website: faculty.sfsu.edu