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Message from the Quick Reference Director and the Dean Telephone Directory of NTID Voice TDD NTID Main Phone (716) 475-6400 2181 If you are looking for an education that can lead to a productive career, the National Career Outreach and Admissions 6700 6173 Technical Institute for the Deaf at Roch- Institute Director 6418 6418 ester Institute of Technology (NTID at Career Development Programs Administration 6314 6314 RIT) may be the right place for you. Our Technical Assistance Programs Administration 6302 6302 curriculum is challenging, but the reward for hard work is a meaningful career after School of Business Careers 2993 2993 graduation. School of Science and Engineering Careers 6270 6838 NTID's goal is to prepare graduates to School of Visual Communication Careers 6756 6367 enter the workplace ready to compete with Communication Programs 6300 6300 their hearing peers. To achieve this, NTID General Education Programs 6297 6297 offers a broad range of career-oriented pro- grams. All reflect the nature of a rapidly Educational Support Services Programs 6433 6433 changing technological society and the Division of Public Affairs 6824 6824 needs of employers. In addition to focusing Visitors: on technology, NTID's programs will Prospective Students 6318 6318 develop your personal, social, and All Others 6405 2181 communication skills. NTID's placement rate for graduates is Residence Halls 24-Hour Desk 6149 2894 95 percent. In addition, over the past four Intercom Office 4065 4591 years, the earnings of our alumni have Financial Aid - RIT 2186 6909 increased by approximately twice the rate VR Billing Coordinator 2080 2960 of inflation. Housing-RIT 2572 2113 Should you qualify and decide to attend NTID at RIT, you will have the oppor- tunity to take advantage of a full range of programs. If you qualify, you can pursue bachelor's and master's degrees in one of the other eight colleges of RIT. About 20 percent of NTID's students take classes in one of RIT's other colleges. If requested, they receive the support ser- vices of interpreters, tutors, and notetakers. RIT has been recognized in U.S. News and Academic Calendar 1988-89 World Report as one of the top colleges in the Northeast. Day We welcome your interest and invite you College- to visit our campus. Open Classes Last Day Exam No Registration Begin of Classes Week Classes Dr. William E. Castle Vice President for Government Relations, RI1 SVP July 28-31 Aug. 1 Aug. 26 Director, NTID (move-in and orientation) Dr. James DeCaro Dean, NTID Fall Quarter Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Nov. 9 Nov. 11-15 Nov. 17-27 (new and returning students) Winter Quarter Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Feb. 20 Feb. 22-25 Dec. 19- Jan.2 Feb. 26-March 5 Spring Quarter March 6 March 7 May 15 May 16-19* May 21-28 Summer Quarter May 30 Aug. 8 Aug. 10-12 July 4 •Commencement - May 20,1989 CONTENTS General Information 2 1 Admission 4 Career Development 13 Academic Programs 18 School of Business Careers 20 School of Science and Engineering Careers ... 28 School of Visual Communication Careers 48 Educational Interpreting 59 Communication Development 60 General Education 61 Academic Support Services 65 Life Outside the Classroom 72 After College 77 Academic Policies/Rules 79 The Eight Other Colleges of RIT 83 Faculty and Professional Staff 88 Index 97 About This Bulletin This catalog provides information about academic policies/rules, financial aid, placement This bulletin does not constitute a contract statistics, and academic programs for students enrolled at the National Technical Institute for the between Rochester Institute of Technology Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the NTID (RIT) and the students who are admitted to Course Catalog. For more detailed information, consult the Course Catalog. the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) on either a collective or individual basis. It represents RIT's best academic, social, and financial planning for NTID at the time of publication. In order to keep programs Accreditation current and relevant, course and curriculum The Institute is chartered by the legislature of changes, modifications of tuition, fee, the State of New York and accredited by the dormitory, meal and other charges, plus Middle States Association of Colleges and unforeseen changes in other aspects of RIT Schools. In addition to institutional accredi- life sometimes occur after the bulletin has been printed but before the changes can be tation, some curricula are accredited by incorporated in a later edition of the same appropriate professional accreditation bodies. publication. RIT thus does not assume a con- tractual obligation with NTID students for This bulletin was produced by the National the contents of this bulletin. Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) For more information concerning other through an agreement between RIT and the programs of study at RIT, write or phone: U.S. Department of Education. Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf RIT admits and hires men and women, Department of Career Outreach and veterans and disabled individuals of any race, Admissions color, national or ethnic origin, or marital One Lomb Memorial Drive status, in compliance with all appropriate Post Office Box 9887 legislation, including the Age Discrimination Rochester, New York 14623-0887 Act. (716) 475-6700 (Voice) 475-6173 (TDD) GENERAL INFORMATION students. The three residence halls shared by deaf and hearing students are Mark The Partnership: Ellingson Hall, Peter N. Peterson Hall, and The National Alexander Graham Bell Hall. The Hettie L. Shumway Dining Technical Institute Commons includes a large dining room and complete food service facilities. for the Deaf at Other special features for deaf students include visual emergency warning systems Rochester Institute in the academic buildings and residence halls, a sophisticated telecommunications of Technology system linking all parts of the RIT campus, and a hearing aid shop. The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is one of nine colleges at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Wallace Memorial NTID represents the first effort to educate large numbers of deaf students within a Library college campus planned primarily for RIT's Wallace Memorial Library is a hearing students. The only institution of its multi-media learning center. Its holdings kind in the world, NTID is a vital part of buildings, and dining commons each were are accessible by computerized on-line RIT's 1,300-acre campus in suburban designed to provide a living/learning catalog terminals on site and by remote Rochester, New York. experience and to meet the specific needs of access from dorms, offices, laboratories, NTID provides educational opportuni- deaf students. All buildings are used to and home through the campus computer ties for qualified deaf students from every bring deaf and hearing students together — network. These holdings include not only state in the nation. living and sharing educational goals. books, but compact disks, microforms, The fact that NTID is located on a The Lyndon Baines Johnson Building newspapers, magazines, professional college campus designed primarily for is NTID's main academic building. It has journals, films, videocassettes, recordings, hearing students is important to the laboratories, offices, speech and hearing and other media. The catalog gives loca- students' academic, personal, social, and areas, classrooms, and a 500-seat theater tions as well as circulation information on communication development. NTID with closed-circuit television. Students each item. academic programs lead to certificates, meet and relax after classes in colorful, Reference librarians are on duty seven diplomas, and associate degrees from RIT. plant-filled hallways, or "streets," which run days a week to assist students in the use An associate degree in Educational Inter- down the center of the facility. of all library resources. More than 700 preting is offered for hearing students. Classrooms are designed without student study stations are located on the Most NTID students take some courses windows to reduce distractions. Colors are three floors of the library. Study stations along with hearing students at one (or soft, and seats are placed in a semicircle to include individual study carrels and group more) of the other colleges of RIT: Applied allow the best possible vision from all parts study rooms. Science and Technology, Business, Con- of the room. The seats turn so that students Student photography and artwork is tinuing Education, Engineering, Fine and can always see each other. Projection exhibited in gallery and display areas, and Applied Arts, Graphic Arts and Photog- equipment is located outside the classroom outstanding student artwork is permanently raphy, Liberal Arts, and Science. area to reduce noise. displayed. There are several lounge areas. Some NTID-sponsored students are full- Television, a basic part of NTID's The library contains a special collection or part-time students in the associate, communication network, is used both for of materials about deafness. These materials bachelor's, and master's degree programs of education and entertainment. TV monitors serve NTID and support research by any- these other colleges. Special educational are visible throughout the buildings, and one interested in studying the problems of support departments made up of NTID the television system contains four viewing deafness. A librarian on the reference staff staff members help them in their studies at channels. Two well-equipped studios pro- is available for NTID students seeking these colleges. duce class and self-instruction videotapes as assistance. A special collection area Of these students, some 66 percent his- well as all captioning that is done contains archives, rare books, faculty torically graduate from RIT programs. An at NTID. writings, and RIT theses. The Graduate additional nine percent benefit from some Learning centers offer students self- Chemistry Library supplements the preparatory work and then transfer to paced instruction, small classes, and main library.