LIU Brooklyn

UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN 2019 - 2020 LIU Brooklyn 2019 - 2020 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, 2019. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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 2019 - 2020 REGISTRATION 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS Course Registration 25 LIU 4 Changes to Class Schedule 25 ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN 5 Leave of Absence 25 Mission Statement 5 Withdrawal 25 Overview 5 Auditing of Courses 26 Undergraduate and Graduate Offerings 5 Transcript Requests 26 University Policies 6 Student Access to Educational Records 27 DIRECTORY 7 Administrative Matters 27 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2019-2020 9 TUITION AND FEES 28 ADMISSION 10 Rate Schedule 28 Freshman Admissions 10 Residence Life Rates 28 International Admissions 11 Financial Policies 29 Student Support Services 11 Payment Plans 30 Readmission 11 Student Health Insurance 30 Visiting Students 11 FINANCIAL AID 31 New York State Immunization 12 Application Process 31 Graduation Rate 12 Awards 31 LIU BROOKLYN HONORS COLLEGE 13 Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 33 ACADEMIC POLICY 18 STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT LIU BROOKLYN 35 Undergraduate Degrees 18 Athletics 35 Dual Degrees 18 Campus Ministry 35 Academic Load and Class Standing 18 Cultural Programs and Exhibitions 35 Grades and GPA Calculation 18 Living on Campus 35 Deans List 19 Public Safety 35 Graduate and Diplomas 19 Student Engagement 35 Graduate Requirements 19 FACILITIES 37 Academic Responsibility 19 Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gym 37 Placement Exams 19 Downtown Brooklyn Speech-Language Hearing Clinic 37 Orientation 20 Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts 37 Writing Across the Curriculum 20 Psychological Services Center 37 Computer Literacy 20 Steinberg Wellness Center / Wellness, Recreational and Athletic 37 Center (WRAC) Other Requirements 20 Student-Run Businesses 38 Attendance and Tardiness 21 STUDENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES 39 Absence from Tests/Exams 21 Alumni Community 39 Academic Good Standing, Probation and Dismissal 21 Bookstore 39 Student Conduct 21 Center for Learning and Academic Success 40 Academic Integrity 22 English Language Institute 40 Appeals Process 22 Enrollment Services 40 Criminal Background and Drug Testing 22 First Year Seminar (FYS 1) 40 Additional Curricular Matters 23 Information Technology 40 Institutional Learning Goals 23 International Student Services 41 Core Curriulum 24 LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2019 - 2020 Page 2 LIU Brooklyn LIU Promise 41 Global Studies 257 Mathematics Center 41 International Relations 87 Multimedia Language Laboratory 41 Journalism and Communication Studies 109 Student Support Services 42 Media Arts 116 Testing Center 42 Music Technology, Entrepreneurship and Production 117 Veteran Services 42 Nursing 52 Writing Center 42 Occupational Therapy 226 AWARDS 43 Performing Arts 132 Departmental Awards 43 Physical Therapy 237 Special Awards 43 Physician Assistant Studies 237 Blackbird Leadership Awards 45 Political Science 87 Athletic Awards 45 Psychology 93 HONOR SOCIETIES 46 Public Health 237 Department Honor Societies 46 Respiratory Care 238 Academic Honor Societies 47 Social Sciences 97 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 48 Social Work 242 After School Program - FUN (Family UNiversity) 48 Teaching, Learning and Leadership 180 CSTEP 48 Technology, Innovation and Computer Science 171 LIU Gear Up 48 LIU BROOKLYN MINORS 274 Outreach Programs 48 LIU BROOKLYN APPROVED PROGRAMS 275 LIU BROOKLYN LIBRARY 50 LIU TRUSTEES AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 277 HARRIET ROTHKOPF HEILBRUNN SCHOOL OF NURSING 51 LIU BROOKLYN FACULTY 278 RICHARD L. CONOLLY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND 58 SCIENCES School of Arts and Communication 108 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND 150 INFORMATION SCIENCES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 177 SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 192 LIU GLOBAL 246 LIU PHARMACY 272 PROGRAMS Accounting 155 Acting for Theatre, Film and Television 131 Art Therapy, Pre-Professional 144 Athletic Training, Health and Exercise Science 194 Biology 60 Business 152 Chemistry and Biochemistry 67 Communication Sciences and Disorders 216 Dance 131 Diagnostic Medical Sonography 222 English 71 Page 3 LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2019 - 2020 Bulletin 2019 - 2020 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 2019 - 2020 Page 4 LIU Brooklyn ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN All Tossed Up salad bar, Grille Works, and the country and emphasizes a holistic, liberal arts 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 Mission Statement of the Arts and Humanities, and the Smoothie Bar undergraduate students who apply by December 1 is located in the Steinberg Wellness Center. for the following fall semester. Additional The mission of LIU since 1926 has been to Generation after generation, much like information can be obtained by contacting the open the doors of the city and the world to men Brooklyn itself, the LIU Brooklyn student body offices below: and women of all ethnic and socioeconomic has been made up of people from a wide variety of LIU Brooklyn Office of Admissions backgrounds who wish to achieve the satisfaction cultures and nationalities. Like their predecessors, 1 University Plaza of the educated life and to serve the public good. many of today's students are new to America Brooklyn, NY 11201 Its mission is to awaken, enlighten and expand the and/or the English language or are the first in their 718-488-1011 minds of its students. families to seek a university education. At LIU [email protected] Brooklyn, all students find an academic www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/admissions Overview community where cultural, ethnic, religious, racial, LIU Brooklyn Office of Enrollment Services sexual, and individual differences are respected 718-488-3320 Located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn’s and where commonalities are affirmed. This [email protected] thriving Tech Triangle, LIU Brooklyn provides diversity creates an open and welcoming www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/enrollment-services students with experiential learning opportunities environment on campus, even as the university reflecting the entrepreneurial community it serves. maintains respect for intellectual, cultural, and Distinctive programs encompass the health academic traditions. Undergraduate and Graduate professions, pharmacy, the health sciences, Nationally recruited, the faculty has a strong commitment to teaching, to personal advisement Offerings business, arts and media, natural sciences, social of students, to the fullest range of scholarship, and policy, and education. Richard L. Conolly College offers liberal arts to faculty development and service. LIU Brooklyn was founded in 1926 and is the and sciences programs leading to the degrees of LIU Brooklyn recognizes both the faculty’s original unit of Long Island University. Its Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor training and experience and the character of its beautifully landscaped 11-acre campus is a self- of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, diverse student body as two of its greatest contained urban oasis, steps away from world- Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy (in strengths. No matter what their background, class arts and entertainment venues like Brooklyn Clinical Psychology). students come to LIU Brooklyn to build the Academy of Music and Barclays Center, as well as The School of Business, Public educational and intellectual foundations for the restaurants and cafes of Fort Greene and the Administration and Information Sciences offers successful personal lives and careers. The campus Fulton Mall shopping district. Just a 10-minute degrees of Bachelor of Business Administration faculty and administration believe that a liberal subway ride from the professional and cultural

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