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LIU Brooklyn 2018 - 2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-5372 General Information: 718-488-1000 www.liu.edu/brooklyn Admissions: 718-488-1011 Email: [email protected] Notice to Students: The information in this publication is accurate as of September 1, 2018. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made. Therefore, LIU reserves the right to amend the courses described herein and cannot guarantee enrollment into any specific course section. All applicants are reminded that the University is subject to policies promulgated by its Board of Trustees, as well as New York State and federal regulation. The University therefore reserves the right to effect changes in the curriculum, administration, tuition and fees, academic schedule, program offerings and other phases of school activity, at any time, without prior notice. The University assumes no liability for interruption of classes or other instructional activities due to fire, flood, strike, war or other force majeure. The University expects each student to be knowledgeable about the information presented in this bulletin and other official publications pertaining to his/her course of study and campus life. For additional information or specific degree requirements, prospective students should call the campus Admissions Office. Registered students should speak with their advisors. Bulletin 2018 - 2019 AWARDS 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS Departmental Awards 25 LIU 4 Special Awards 25 ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN 5 Blackbird Leadership Awards 27 Mission Statement 5 Athletic Awards 27 Overview 5 REGISTRATION 28 Undergraduate and Graduate Offerings 5 Course Registration 28 University Policies 6 Matriculation 28 DIRECTORY 7 Leave of Absence 28 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2018-2019 9 Withdrawal 28 ADMISSION 11 Auditing of Courses 29 Freshman Admissions 11 Student Access to Educational Records 29 Advanced Standing 11 Administrative Matters 30 Program for Academic Success 11 TUITION AND FEES 31 International Admissions 12 Rate Schedule 31 Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) 12 Residence Life Rates 31 Enrollment and Admission Programs 13 Financial Policies 32 Readmission 13 Payment Plans 33 New York State Immunization 13 Student Health Insurance 33 Graduation Rate 13 FINANCIAL AID 34 LIU BROOKLYN HONORS COLLEGE 14 Application Process 34 ACADEMIC POLICY 20 Awards 34 Academic Responsibility 20 Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 36 Promotion from Class to Class 20 STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT LIU BROOKLYN 38 Grades and Symbols 20 Athletics 38 Quality Points 20 Campus Ministry 38 Recognition of Superior Scholarship 20 Cultural Programs and Exhibitions 38 Attendance and Tardiness 20 Living on Campus 38 Absence from Tests and Examinations 20 Public Safety 38 Academic Good Standing, Probation and Dismissal 21 Student Engagement 38 Academic Integrity 21 FACILITIES 40 Discipline 21 Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gym 40 Appeals Process 21 Downtown Brooklyn Speech-Language Hearing Clinic 40 Criminal Background and Drug Testing 22 Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts 40 Definitions 22 Psychological Services Center 40 Related Curricular Matters 22 Steinberg Wellness Center / Wellness, Recreational and Athletic 40 Center (WRAC) GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 23 Student-Run Businesses 41 Placement Examinations 23 STUDENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES 42 Orientation 23 Alumni Community 42 Core Curriculum 23 Bookstore 42 Writing Across the Curriculum 23 Center for Learning and Academic Success 42 Computer Literacy 24 English Language Institute 43 Other Requirements 24 LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2018 - 2019 Page 2 LIU Brooklyn Enrollment Services 43 Media Arts 117 First Year Seminar (FYS 1) 43 Music 118 Information Technology 43 Nursing 52 International Student Services 44 Occupational Therapy 233 LIU Promise 44 Performing Arts 132 Mathematics Center 44 Physical Therapy 244 Multimedia Language Laboratory 44 Physician Assistant Studies 244 Student Support Services 44 Physics 85 Testing Center 45 Political Science 88 Veteran Services 45 Psychology 93 Writing Center 45 Public Health 244 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 46 Respiratory Care 245 After School Program - FUN (Family UNiversity) 46 Social Sciences 97 CSTEP 46 Social Work 249 LIU Gear Up 46 Teaching, Learning and Leadership 183 Outreach Programs 46 Technology, Innovation and Computer Science 174 HONOR SOCIETIES 48 Theatre 133 Department Honor Societies 48 Visual Arts 144 Academic Honor Societies 49 LIU BROOKLYN MINORS 280 LIU BROOKLYN LIBRARY 50 LIU BROOKLYN APPROVED PROGRAMS 281 HARRIET ROTHKOPF HEILBRUNN SCHOOL OF NURSING 51 LIU TRUSTEES AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 283 RICHARD L. CONOLLY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND 58 LIU BROOKLYN FACULTY 284 SCIENCES School of Arts and Communication 110 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND 153 INFORMATION SCIENCES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 180 SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 197 LIU GLOBAL 253 LIU PHARMACY 378 PROGRAMS Athletic Training, Health and Exercise Science 199 Biology 60 Business 155 Chemistry and Biochemistry 65 Communication Sciences and Disorders 223 Dance 132 Diagnostic Medical Sonography 229 English 69 Global Studies 253 Humanities 69 Journalism and Communication Studies 111 Mathematics 82 Page 3 LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2018 - 2019 Bulletin 2018 - 2019 LIU Accreditation and Program Registration Long Island University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 267-284-5000; website: www.msche.org. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The degree and certificate programs are approved and registered by the New York State Department of Education. LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2018 - 2019 Page 4 LIU Brooklyn ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN Commons, located in Metcalfe Hall, is a food is known for its nationally recognized Honors court, including Habanero Mexican Kitchen, the College, which was the first of its kind in the All Tossed Up salad bar, Grille Works, and the country and emphasizes a holistic, liberal arts Mission Statement Express Station. Peet’s Coffee is located on the background. third floor of the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Hall LIU Brooklyn offers early action decisions for The mission of LIU since 1926 has been to of the Arts and Humanities, and the Smoothie Bar undergraduate students who apply by December 1 open the doors of the city and the world to men is located in the Steinberg Wellness Center. for the following fall semester. Additional and women of all ethnic and socioeconomic Generation after generation, much like information can be obtained by contacting the backgrounds who wish to achieve the satisfaction Brooklyn itself, the LIU Brooklyn student body offices below: of the educated life and to serve the public good. has been made up of people from a wide variety of LIU Brooklyn Office of Admissions Its mission is to awaken, enlighten and expand the cultures and nationalities. Like their predecessors, 1 University Plaza minds of its students. many of today's students are new to America Brooklyn, NY 11201 and/or the English language or are the first in their 718-488-1011 Overview families to seek a university education. At LIU [email protected] Brooklyn, all students find an academic www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/admissions Located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn’s community where cultural, ethnic, religious, racial, LIU Brooklyn Office of Enrollment Services thriving Tech Triangle, LIU Brooklyn provides sexual, and individual differences are respected 718-488-3320 students with experiential learning opportunities and where commonalities are affirmed. This [email protected] reflecting the entrepreneurial community it serves. diversity creates an open and welcoming www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/enrollment-services Distinctive programs encompass the health environment on campus, even as the university professions, pharmacy, the health sciences, maintains respect for intellectual, cultural, and business, arts and media, natural sciences, social academic traditions. Undergraduate and Graduate policy, and education. Nationally recruited, the faculty has a strong commitment to teaching, to personal advisement Offerings LIU Brooklyn was founded in 1926 and is the of students, to the fullest range of scholarship, and original unit of Long Island University. Its Richard L. Conolly College offers liberal arts to faculty development and service. beautifully landscaped 11-acre campus is a self- and sciences programs leading to the degrees of LIU Brooklyn recognizes both the faculty’s contained urban oasis, steps away from world- Associate in Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of training and experience and the character of its class arts and entertainment venues like Brooklyn Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, diverse student body as two of its greatest Academy of Music and Barclays Center, as well as Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science, and strengths. No matter what their background, the restaurants and cafes of Fort Greene and the Doctor of Philosophy (in Clinical Psychology). students come to LIU Brooklyn to build the Fulton Mall shopping district. Just a 10-minute The School of Business, Public educational and intellectual foundations for subway ride from the professional and cultural Administration and Information Sciences offers successful personal lives and careers. The