City University of New York 1996-98 Bulletin
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Final decisions should be based and confirmed on data received directly from each school. 1996-1998 Undergraduate Bulletin Queens College City University of New York Flushing, New York 11367 718-997-5000 • www.qc.edu Allen Lee Sessoms, President 1 Contents 5 Calendar 7 Queens College Today 15 Evening Session 16 City University of New York 18 Admissions 21 Tuition and Fees 27 Paying for College 34 Student Life 39 Curriculum (Including LASAR) 50 Honors and Awards 56 General Information 66 University Policies 71 Courses of Study 203 Faculty 212 Administration 214 Campus Map 217 Directory 218 Index 221 Transportation Queens College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity educator and employer. Design by Stephanie Goldson. Cover photo: Looking up through the atrium in the Rosenthal Library (Nancy Bareis). 3 Calendar FALL 1996 August 28, Wednesday Last day to drop courses with no tuition or fee liability. August 30—Friday First Day of Classes September 2—Monday Labor Day—College closed 13—Friday No classes or related events scheduled 14—Saturday No classes or related events scheduled 23—Monday No classes or related events scheduled 25—Wednesday Follow Monday schedule October 14—Monday Columbus Day—College closed 15—Tuesday Follow Monday schedule November 28–30—Thursday–Saturday Thanksgiving Recess December 14—Saturday Last day of classes 16–23—Monday–Monday Fifteenth Week—including final exams SPRING 1997 January 29—Wednesday First Day of Classes February 12—Wednesday Lincoln’s Birthday—College closed 17—Monday President’s Day—College closed 20—Thursday Follow Monday schedule March 28—Friday No classes scheduled April 20–27—Sunday–Sunday Spring Recess May 16—Friday Last day of classes 17–27—Saturday–Tuesday Fifteenth Week—including final exams 26—Monday Memorial Day—College closed June 4—Wednesday Commencement IMPORTANT NOTICE OF POSSIBLE CHANGES The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York reserves the right to make changes of any nature in the academic programs and requirements of The City University of New York and its constituent colleges. All programs, requirements/and courses are subject to termination or change without advance notice. Tuition and fees set forth in this publication are similarly subject to change by the Board of Trustees of The City Universi- ty of New York. 5 Queens College Today ueens College, called Student Achievement career paths and to prepare for further “World Class” by the Recent graduates have won fellowships, graduate training. London Times, is dedi- scholarships, and assistantships for cated to the idea that a study at many of the country’s leading Academic Structure great education should graduate schools, including Harvard, Queens College offers day and evening Q be accessible to talented Yale, Northwestern, Emory, and MIT. classes in its undergraduate College of young people of all backgrounds – eth- A number of Queens College students Liberal Arts and Sciences and its Grad- nic and financial. It is a global gather- received special awards for graduate uate School. In addition, there is a ing place for ideas. The College’s study, most notably several recent Salk Summer Session that serves all branch- colorful kaleidoscope of tongues, talents, Fellowships. es of the College. and cultures – 67 different native lan- Eighty-three percent of Queens Col- Queens College has three academic guages are spoken here – provides an lege students who apply to medical divisions: Arts and Humanities, extraordinary educational environment. schools are accepted, as are 90 percent Mathematics and Natural Sciences, A strong liberal arts curriculum assures of those who apply to dental schools. and Social Sciences. students education for a full career and a full life. Opportunities abound with Faculty The Division of the Arts and Humanities special programs developed for honors The faculty is a roll-call of excellence – includes the following departments: Art; students; students in pre-law, pre-med, world-class research scholars who care Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian and business; adults; “fresh start” stu- deeply about teaching. The City Uni- Languages and Cultures; Communica- dents; foreign language speakers. In all versity has recognized this excellence tion Arts and Sciences; Comparative their diversity, students come first. by honoring ten faculty members with Literature; Drama, Theatre, and Dance; Queens College is listed as being the title of Distinguished Professor. For English; European Languages and Lit- among the top eight percent of all U. S. day and evening, including adjuncts, eratures; Hispanic Languages and Lit- colleges in the 1997 Princeton Review the faculty numbers over 1,000; of the eratures; Library; Linguistics; and the Guide, and it was also cited by The New nearly 550 full-time faculty, more than Aaron Copland School of Music. York Times Selective Guide to Colleges 80 percent hold the doctoral degree. as the strongest college in the City Uni- The Division of Mathematics and the Natural versity of New York. Like other CUNY Research Sciences includes the following depart- colleges, it is a commuter school. Fund- Recent awards to support faculty ments: Biology; Chemistry and Bio- ed by the State of New York, Queens research have included grants from chemistry; Computer Science; Family, College serves all the people of the New York State agencies to support Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences; Geol- state. Most students live in New York ethnic studies projects and day-care ogy; Mathematics; Physics; and Psy- City’s five boroughs, or in Nassau, Suf- training services, as well as the estab- chology. folk, and Westchester counties. lishment of a Reference Resource Cen- The campus is located at Exit 24 of ter for the New York State Department The Division of the Social Sciences the Long Island Expressway (I-495) on of Social Services. Federal grants facili- includes the following departments: Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, close to tate the conduct of many basic research Accounting and Information Systems; public transportation (the Long Island projects in the sciences, some with Anthropology; Economics; History; Railroad and Queens and New York important implications for causes and Philosophy; Political Science; Sociology; City bus and subway lines). treatment of disease. Student Personnel; Urban Studies; the Undergraduates are often deeply in- Graduate School of Library and Infor- Enrollment volved in Queens College projects, mation Studies; and the School of Edu- The student population is diverse and working in laboratories, classrooms, or cation, composed of Elementary and achievement oriented. Close to 17,500 in the field. Because of the diversity of Early Childhood Education and Ser- students are enrolled in all divisions. ongoing research and training efforts, vices; Secondary Education and Youth The graduate student enrollment is students are able to participate in and Services; and Educational and Commu- over 3,000. gain important insights into potential nity Programs. 7 Degrees departments. At the western edge of administrative and academic support. Queens College offers the Bachelor of the Quadrangle is the Benjamin Rosen- Major administrative subsystems Arts (a four-year, 120-credit degree, thal Library. Adjacent to Colden Center include QUASAR, a CUNY-provided unless otherwise noted in a depart- and facing Reeves Avenue is the Music student information system with more ment’s listing) in many disciplines; Building. The recently renovated Klap- than eight hundred QC users; POS, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Sci- per Hall is now home to the Art and Point-of-Sale system used by the Bur- ence, Geology, and Physical Education; English Departments as well as the sar’s Office; the Telephone Information Bachelor of Fine Arts; Bachelor of Godwin-Ternbach Museum. On the Access System that facilitates tele- Music; Master of Arts; Master of Arts southern end of the Quad is the newly phone registration; and