A C A D E M I C C A T A L O G 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 SUNY SULLIVAN W W W . S U N Y S U L L I V A N . E D U MISSION SUNY Sullivan provides programs and resources that educate, inspire, and empower students and the broader community. Through excellence in teaching and learning, we prepare students for a diverse and interconnected world, and we support positive economic and social change within Sullivan County and beyond. We model sustainable actions and promote socially, environmentally, and economically responsible citizenship through an overarching culture of excellence. VISION SUNY Sullivan is a first choice college for the communities it serves. The College is highly valued as a major contributor to cultural and intellectual enrichment, to the workforce, and as a facilitator of economic and sustainable development of the county. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steven Drobysh, Chair Dr. Theresa Hamlin, Vice Chair Patricia Adams Phyllis Coombe Paul B. Guenther Dr. Nancy Hackett Lyman Holmes Susan Jaffe Honorable Anthony Kane COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION Jay Quaintance, President Dr. Keith Pomakoy, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Darrin Raynor, Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Operating Officer Lorraine Lopez-Janove, Chief Diversity Officer Christopher DePew, Dean of Student Development Services/Director of Athletics Pierre Laroche, Dean of Enrollment Management Cindy Kashan, Dean of Community Outreach Rose Hanofee, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Maura Caycho, Director of Executive Operations and Administrative Associate to the Board of Trustees 2019 – 2020 SUNY SULLIVAN CATALOG Part 1 - INTRODUCTION AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION POLICY ON CHANGES TO THE with about 40 percent of its students coming CATALOG from areas outside the county. Since the college The college reserves the right to make, at any opened its doors in 1963, it has made time, the changes it deems advisable in the tremendous changes in response to the needs of offerings, regulations, requirements, and fees its students and the community. These changes stated in this catalog, on the internet, or in other continue as SUNY Sullivan prepares for a future publications or correspondence. which will enrich its students and the community. Sullivan County Community College (SUNY Sullivan) is a public community college ACCREDITATION established by authority of the State University • SUNY Sullivan is accredited by: of New York (SUNY) and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Higher Education 3624 Market Street HISTORY OF SUNY SULLIVAN Philadelphia, PA 19104 Sullivan County Community College was Telephone: (267) 284-5000 organized and became a legal entity on www.msche.org September 13, 1962, when the State University of New York trustees approved its establishment SUNY Sullivan curricula are approved by the as a two-year community college of the State State University of New York (SUNY) and the University of New York (SUNY). On September New York State Department of Education 23, 1963, SUNY Sullivan welcomed its first (NYSED). All curricula are approved for the freshman class. The successful establishment of training of veterans under the pertinent public the college must be credited jointly to local laws, and the college is approved by the US citizens who conducted surveys and advocated Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for the creation of a college and to the county a Bureau of the US Department of Homeland Board of Supervisors who saw the desirability Security, for the attendance of foreign students. and need for a community college in the Sullivan Accrediting and licensing documents can be County area. reviewed online or through the Office of the Vice President for Academic and Student It has been over 50 years since the college Affairs. moved from its modest quarters in a former South Fallsburg (NY) high school to the 405 acre State University of New York site it presently occupies. It has grown from a www.suny.edu faculty of nine and a student body of 72 (enrolled in three curricula), in its first year of operation in New York State Department of 1963-1964, to a full-time and part-time Education enrollment of more than 1400 students in over 40 www.highered.nysed.gov degree and certificate programs. SUNY Sullivan is housed in facilities designed by the New York US Citizenship and Immigration firm of Edward Durrell Stone and Associates. Services The academic buildings are connected to one www.uscis.gov another by enclosed corridors, making it a truly all-weather campus. • SUNY Sullivan’s Business Division is nationally accredited by the Association Although rural in location, the college has of Collegiate Business Schools and always been cosmopolitan in student population, Programs (ACBSP) for the offering of its 2019-2020 SUNY Sullivan Catalog – Part 1, Introduction and Academic Information 1 business programs that culminate in the recruitment, hiring, and promotions for all Associate of Science and Associate of positions solely on the matching of individual Applied Science degrees. qualifications to position requirements. SUNY Association of Collegiate Sullivan will take affirmative action to employ Business Schools and Programs and advance women, people of color, 11520 West 119th Street individuals with disabilities, and individuals Overland Park, KS 66213 with the status of Disabled Veteran, Armed www.acbsp.org Forces Service Medal Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran or Other Protected Veteran. • SUNY Sullivan’s Respiratory Care It is the goal of SUNY Sullivan to achieve program is accredited by the Commission representation of employees in these groups that on Accreditation for Respiratory Care reflects their availability in the recruitment area. (CoARC) Commission on Accreditation for The purpose of the College’s EEO policy is to Respiratory Care encourage equal opportunity at all levels or our 1248 Harwood Road, Bedford, college. Through the EEO policy, diversity TX 76021-4244 commitment statement, and affirmative action Phone: (817) 283-2835 plan, the College hopes to provide opportunities Fax: (817) 354-8519 for all members of the community so that they www.coarc.com can realize their full potential and function more effectively. • Both SUNY Sullivan’s Respiratory Care and Nursing programs are accredited with Furthermore, SUNY Sullivan will continue to the New York State Education actively support all Federal, State, and local Department. policies, regulations, and rules that prohibit New York State Education discrimination. These include, but are not Department limited to the following: Bureau of Professional Licensing, 89 Washington Avenue, 2nd • Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act Floor, West Wing, Albany, N.Y. of 1964, as amended; 12234; phone (518) 486-2967; • Title IX of the Education Amendments of Fax (518) 473-0114. 1972, as amended; • Sections 503 and 504 of the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT • Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans SUNY Sullivan is an Equal Opportunity Readjustment Assistance Act o 1974, as Employer. The College supports Affirmative amended; Action and is committed to building and • Governor’s Executive Order No. 28; enhancing a diverse community of outstanding • NY Executive Law §290 et al. faculty, staff, and students. SUNY Sullivan • Age Discrimination - Executive Order maintains a policy of non-discrimination with No. 96 respect to race, color, religion, gender, national • Equal Opportunity - Executive Order No. origin, predisposing genetic characteristics, 6 disability, marital status, sexual orientation, • Sexual Harassment - Executive Order status of victim of domestic violence, or veterans No. 19 who have served on active duty during a war or • Sexual Orientation - Executive Order No. in a campaign for which a campaign badge was 33 authorized, in compliance with all federal, state and local laws. and any and all other federal and state laws and orders as are applicable. The College will make decisions concerning 2019-2020 SUNY Sullivan Catalog – Part 1, Introduction and Academic Information 2 http://ope.ed.gov/security/, and on the SUNY SUNY Sullivan will incorporate the essence of Sullivan website. these laws in all levels of the College. ACADEMIC INFORMATION Further, SUNY Sullivan will provide for the prompt, equitable, and impartial resolution of all ATTENDANCE POLICY complaints arising from alleged discrimination in Attending class and assigned workshops is employment practices. essential for student success. Many instructors assign work that can only be completed in class, Title IX Coordinator: Pierre Laroche, Dean of and absent or late students generally will not Enrollment Management have the opportunity to make this work up. Room E212K, (845) 434-5750, Ext 4320 In some circumstances the Dean of Student Compliance Officer: Pierre Laroche, Dean of Development Services will excuse absences and Enrollment Management allow students to complete missed assignments. Room E212K, (845) 434-5750, Ext 4320 Typically these circumstances involve absences for sporting events, religious observation, STATEMENT ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT pregnancy and childbirth, and activities protected Sexual harassment of employees and students at by law. SUNY Sullivan is contrary to the policy of SUNY Sullivan and is a violation of federal and Students who stop attending a class after the first state laws and regulations. No employee of either meeting period will be withdrawn from that class sex shall impose