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j : .• . ~ (' . I\ ' \..'-· · --r--. · • • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• YEARS•• OF• • •SERVICE•••••• TO••• THE••• •COMMUNITY••••••• BOROUGH OF ~AN HATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1994-1996 BULLETIN, • •• • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• W i<sT BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 199 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10007 THE PROGRAMS, REQUIREMENTS, TUITION, AND FEES SET FORTH IN THIS CATALOG ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY TIME AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. ACCREDITATION Borough of Manhattan Community College is an accredited member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It is also accredited by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges. Its health programs are accredited by the appropriate agencies, including the National League of Nursing, the American Health Information Management Association and Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs. STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION Borough of Manhattan Community College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Institution. The College does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, alienage or citizenship, religion, race, color, national or ethnic origin, handicap, veteran or marital status in its student admissions, employment, access to pro grams, and administration of educational policies. Dean Reuben Braxton is the College's Affirmative Action Officer. Dean Braxton's office is located in the Office of the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Room S725, and his telephone number is (212) 346-8825. Alyne Holmes Coy is Title IX Coordinator and Section 504 Coordinator. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted education programs; Section 504 prohibits discrimination based on handicap.) Ms. Coy's office is located in the Office of the Director of Human Resources, Room S710, and her telephone number is (212) 346-8050/8051 . · DEARSTUDENT DEAR STUDENT: Welcome to Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York. located in the heart of the financial district in one of the most exciting and fastest growing communities in New York City, Borough of Manhattan Community College offers. quality education in an environment where you can pursue a wide variety of career opportunities. At Borough of Manhattan Community College, our fac ulty and staff are committed to your future and your educational needs. Our mission is to prepare you to enter the work force with highly marketable skills, and we are continually developing new and innovative pro grams designed to meet the demands of our rapidly changing environment. BMCC's facilities are among the newest and finest in The City University of New York. Our main building, at 199 Chambers Street, is a modern four-block long structure from which a full range of academic programs and support services are offered. Our newest facility, Fiterman Hall, which is located just a few short blocks from the main building, provides an exciting and dynamic learning environment for students. As we approach the year 2000, we face the chal lenges of rapidly growing technologies and other criti cal social and environmental issues that affect the quali ty of life for us all. Borough of Manhattan Community College is committed to providing you with the educa tion and training necessary to effectively confront these challenges and issues and to successfully meet your academic goals. We look forward to your joining the BMCC communi ty and to your involvement in college programs and activities. Sincerely, Stephen M. Curtis Acting PresJdent · CONTENTS CONTENTS Profile Admissions Information 3 Tuition and Fees 5 Financial Aid 8 · Student Services 12 Academic Programs 15 Course Descriptions 31 Continuing Education and Community Services 83 CUNY /BMCC Special Programs 83 Academic Grading 85 Rules and Regulations 89 BMCC Administration and Staff 97 President's Advisory Board 98 The City University of New York 98 Basic Skills Guide 101 Faculty and Staff 104 Inventory of Registered Programs 118 Index 119 c" . A PROFILE MISSION • To provide a collegiate environment conducive to the advancement and reinforcement of teaching and The City University of New York defines its mission in learning. terms of two basic themes: maintaining and expand • To provide all students with a level of proficiency in ing its commitment to academic excellence and provid basic skills to assure their readiness for, and likely suc ing access to higher education for all who seek it as cess in, college and in the workplace. "an avenue to economic advancement and personal • To enable and encourage students to make sensible fulfillment to the citizens of New York City, and in par and informed choices in setting their academic, career ticular to the economically and socially disadvantaged and personal goals. among them." • To provide for all students a general education which fosters personal development, intellectual curiosi Borough of Manhattan Community College was found ty and critical thinking to enhance informed and effec ed in 1963 and opened in 1964 as a small, primarily tive participation in society. business-oriented, community college offering programs • To promote multi-cultural awareness and understand aimed at the midtown business community. During the ing in our college community and respect for pluralism next two decades, the mission of the College changed and diversity in our society. in response to the advent of the City University's open • To prepare liberal arts and career students for trans admissions policy in 1970 and in response to the fer to four-year colleges. emergence of new technologies and changes in busi ness and industry. Open admissions significantly • To prepare students in career programs for employ extended higher educational opportunity to thousands ment and career mobility. of students, many of them non-traditional. After BMCC • To encourage lifelong learning independent of relocated in 1983 to its new building at 199 degree programs. Chambers Street, the programs of the College became • To enhance the cultural, recreational and social life more diversified and reflected many of the emerging of the community. new technologies. BMCC now offers a wide range of • To maintain a governance structure that facilitates degree programs, including Accounting, Allied Health the participation of faculty, administrators and students Sciences, Business Administration, Business in the life of the College and encourages contributions Management, Computer Programming and and involvement by alumni and advisory groups. Operations, Computer Science, Corporate and Cable Communications, Early Childhood Education, Engineering Science, Human Services, Liberal Arts, THE HISTORY Nursing, Office Automation and Operations, Science and Small Business Entrepreneurship as well as many When Borough of Manhattan Community College non-degree programs in Adult and Continuing opened in 1964, partnerships were established with Education. community businesses for the expressed purpose of training students to fill their personnel needs. In fact, Consistent with the mission of City University to pre when the College was established, the educational serve academic excellence and extend higher educa focus was to prepare students for business careers and tional opportunity to a diversified urban population, to provide a general liberal arts education for those Borough of Manhattan Community College deems its who wished to transfer to four-year colleges. In addi mission as providing general, liberal arts, and career tion to supplying graduates and student workers to the education, including transfer programs, relevant to the business community, the College created on-site train needs, interests and aspirations of our students, along ing and management development courses for mid with continuing education for students of all ages. The level employees. College is committed to offering quality education in a pluralistic urban environment, to fostering excellence in These courses were tailored to the specific needs of the teaching, to facilitating the enhancement of learning, companies. Keeping in step with national and local and to sustaining full access to higher education for occupational trends, BMCC continuously modified and those who seek fulfillment of personal, career or socio refined its in-house and on-site programs. economic goals. BMCC is also committed to providing collaborative programs and services responsive to the By 1974, enrollment had increased from 467 students educational, cultural and recreational needs of the to over 6,000 day and evening students. It became community. necessary for BMCC to expand its classroom space from two floors in a commercial building to seven loca Consistent with its stated mission, the College supports tions throughout the midtown area. The phenomenal the following goals: expense of renting classroom and office space for the • To provide higher education to the diverse urban College prompted the City of New York to plan and constituency in support of CUNY's policy of open admissions. - A PROFILE finance the construction of a new self-contained cam THE MEDIA CENTER pus. To the disappointment of the College community, AT BMCC plans and construction were halted due to the City's fis cal crisis.