COMMUN\1Y COLLEGE/CUNY 1992-94 Bu\\Etin BOROUGH of MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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COMMUN\1Y COLLEGE/CUNY 1992-94 Bu\\etin BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE CllY UNIVERSilY 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 Associa tion of Community and Junior Colleges. Its health programs are accredited by the appropriate agencies, including the National League of Nursing, the American Medical Record Association and the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association. STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION Borough of Manhattan Community College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Institution. The College does not dis criminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, race, color, national or ethnic origin, handicap, veteran or marital status in its student admissions, employment, access to programs, and administration of educational policies. Reuben Braxton is the College Affirmative Action Officer, and Alyne Holmes Coy is Coordinator for Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted education programs. Dean Braxton's office is located in room S725, and his telephone number is 346-8824. Ms. Coy's office is located in S710, and her telephone number is 346-8050/8051. ................................................................. CONTENTS Profile Admissions Information 3 Tuition and Fees 6 Financial Aid 8 Student Services 9 Academic Programs 13 Course Descriptions 29 CUNY/BMCC Special Programs 77 Continuing Education and Community Services 77 Academic Grading 79 Rules and Regulations 82 BMCC Administration and Staff 89 President's Advisory Board 90 The City University of New York 91 Faculty and Staff 92 Inventory of Registered Programs 107 Index 108 DEAR STUDENT: Welcome to Borough of Manhattan Community Col lege of The City University of New York. Located in the heart of the financial and governmental district and in the fastest growing community in New York City, Bor ough of Manhattan Community College provides stu dents with a unique environment and opportunity to pursue a high quality education. At Borough of Manhattan Community College, our faculty and staff are committed to your future, and will work with you to create a successful learning experi ence. Our facilities are among the newest and finest in The City University of New York. They include modem lecture halls, science and computer laboratories, a me dia and communications center, a gymnasium, swim ming pool and fitness center, and three theatres. We in vite you to use these outstanding resources to the full est. Our mission is to prepare students to enter a career with the kind of skills that are highly marketable in the 21st century. Today, we face issues and challenges that are critical to our planet and to the quality of life for all people of the world. We face them with our commit ment to providing a quality education for you as you prepare for a successful career and your future contri butions to society. We look forward to your active participation in the Borough of Manhattan Community College learning community. Augusta Souza Kappner President BOROUGH OF MAt'HATT»-' coMMU~ITY COLLEGE ........................................................................................................fl. !l.C?.~! ~.E..... A PROFILE . _ • To enable and encourage students to make sensible and in formed choices in setting their academic, career and personal MISSION goals. • To provide for all students a general education which fosters The City University of New York defines its mission in terms of personal development, intellectual curiosity and critical think two basic themes: maintaining and expanding its commit ing to enhance informed and effective participation in society. ment to academic excellence and providing access to higher • To promote multi-cultural awareness and understanding in education for all who seek it as "an avenue to economic ad our college community and respect for pluralism and diversity vancement and personal fulfillment for the citizens of New in our society. York City, and in particular for the economically and socially • To prepare liberal arts and career students for transfer to disadvantaged among them." four-year colleges. • To prepare students in career programs for employment Borough of Manhattan Community College was founded in and career mobility. 1963 and opened in 1964 as a small, primarily business-ori • To encourage lifelong learning independent of degree pro ented community college offering programs aimed at the grams. mid-town business community. During the next two de • To enhance the cultural, recreational and social life of the cades, the mission of the College changed in response to the community. advent of the City University's open admissions policy in 1970 • To maintain a governance structure that facilitates the partici and in response to the emergence of new technologies and pation of faculty, administrators and students in the life of the changes in business and industry. Open admissions signifi College and encourages contributions and involvement by cantly extended higher educational opportunity to thousands alumni and advisory groups. of students, many of them non-traditional. After BMCC relo cated in 1983 to its new building at 199 Chambers Street, the THE HISTORY programs of the College became more diversified and reflect ed many of the emerging new technologies. BMCC now of When Borough of Manhattan Community College opened in fers a wide range of degree programs, including Accounting, 1964, partnerships were established with community busi Allied Health Sciences, Business Management, Computer Pro nesses for the expressed purpose of training students to fill gramming and Operations, Computer Science, Corporate and their personnel needs. In fact, when the College was estab Cable Communications, Early Childhood Education, Engineer lished, the educational focus was to train students for busi ing Science, Human Services, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Office Au ness careers and to provide a general liberal arts education for tomation and Operations, as well as many non-degree pro those who wished to transfer to four-year colleges. In addi grams in Adult and Continuing Education. tion to supplying graduates and student workers to the busi ness community, the College created on-site training and Consistent with the mission of City University to preserve aca management development courses for mid-level employees. demic excellence and extend higher educational opportunity These courses were tailored to the specific needs of the com to a diversified urban population, Borough of Manhattan Com panies. Keeping in step with national and local occupational munity College deems its mission as providing general, liberal trends, BMCC continuously modified and refined its in-house arts, and career education, including transfer programs, rele and on-site programs. vant to the needs, interests and aspirations of our students, By 1974, enrollment had increased from 467 students to along with continuing education for students of all ages. The over 6,000 day and evening students. It became necessary for College is committed to offering quality education in a plural BMCC to expand its classroom space from two floors in a istic urban environment, to fostering excellence in teaching, to commercial building to seven locations throughout the mid facilitating the enhancement of learning, and to sustaining full town area. The phenomenal expense of renting classroom access to higher education for those who seek fulfillment of and office space for the College prompted the City of New personal, career or socioeconomic goals. BMCC is also com York to plan and finance the construction of a new self-con mitted to providing collaborative programs and services re tained campus. To the disappointment of the College com sponsive to the educational, cultural and recreational needs of munity, plans and construction were halted due to the City's the community. fiscal crisis. Only the steel frame of the building was erected and the structure remained untouched for five years. In spite Consistent with its stated mission, the College supports of the inconvenience of scattered classroom space, BMCC the following goals: continued to train skilled workers for employment in business • To provide higher education to the diverse urban constitu and health careers, to prepare students for transfer to four ency in support of CUNY's policy of open admissions. year colleges and to help individuals develop intellectually, • To provide a collegiate environment conducive to the ad socially and culturally. Nine years passed before the new vancement and reinforcement of teaching and learning. campus was finally completed. • To provide all students with a level of proficiency in basic skills to assure their readiness for, and likely success in, college and in the workplace. 1 PROFILE THE FACILITY The College is wired for 2-channel, closed circuit N distribu tion, with a drop in every classroom, office and meeting The campus, situated on 4.28 acres,