Undergraduate Bulletin 2007- 2010 Important Notice of Possible Changes The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York reserves the right to make changes of any nature in the academic programs and requirements of The City University of New York and its constituent colleges. All programs, requirements, and courses are subject to termination or change without advance notice. Tuition and fees set forth in this publication are similarly subject to change by the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York. Every effort has been made to make the material presented herein timely and accurate. As changes occur, they will be communicated via traditional media and reflected on the College’s website. Students are encouraged to check the website to determine the most up-to-date program and course information and to make use of the Student Degree Audit System to track progress toward graduation. Critical points of fact or interpretation should be considered subject to confirmation by the appropriate office or department of the College. Statement of Nondiscrimination Baruch College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage, citizenship, military or veteran status, or status as a victim of domestic violence in its student admissions, employment, access to programs, and administration of educational policies. Carmen Pedrogo is the College Affirmative Action officer. Her office is located in the Newman Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue, Room 5-209, and her telephone number is 646-312-4542. John R. Dugan, Jr., is the College coordinator for Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted edu- cation programs, and coordinator for the Age Discrimination Act, which prohibits age discrimination in federally assisted education programs. He is also the College coordinator for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. His office is located in the Newman Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue, Room 4-230, and his telephone number is 646-312-3320. Barbara Sirois is the coordinator for disabled student servic- es. Her office is located in the Newman Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue, Room 2-270, and her telephone number is 646-312-4590. Published by the Baruch College Office of Communications and Marketing. BARUCH COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN 2007–2010 CONTENTS PART 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 5 HONOR SOCIETIES 24 Alpha Iota Delta 24 COLLEGE HISTORY 6 Beta Alpha Psi 24 COLLEGE LOCATIONS 6 Beta Gamma Sigma 24 DEGREES OFFERED 7 Golden Key International Honour Society 25 ACCREDITATION 7 Phi Eta Sigma 25 Pi Alpha Alpha 25 PART 2. ADMISSION 9 Sigma Iota Epsilon 25 STUDENT GOVERNMENT 25 OVERVIEW 10 STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 26 FRESHMAN APPLICANTS 10 ATHLETICS AND RECREATION 26 SEEK Freshmen 10 Credits for Work Completed During High School 10 PART 5. STUDENT SERVICES 27 BARUCH HONORS ADMISSION 10 TRANSFER STUDENTS 11 STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT 28 Transfer Credits 11 STARR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER 28 INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS 11 CENTER FOR ADVISEMENT AND ORIENTATION 28 SECOND-BACCALAUREATE-DEGREE STUDENTS 11 COLLEGE OMBUDS 28 NONDEGREE AND PERMIT STUDENTS 11 COUNSELING CENTER 28 Senior Citizens 11 Change of Status from Nondegree to Degree 12 EARLY LEARNING CENTER 29 READMISSION 12 FRESHMAN SEMINAR 29 CUNY BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM 12 HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES 29 MEDICAL RECORDS OFFICE 29 Measles, Mumps, Rubella Immunization 29 PART 3. FEES, EXPENSES, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES 30 AND FINANCIAL AID 13 SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 30 THE COST OF EDUCATION 14 TESTING AND EVALUATION 30 Direct Educational Costs: Tuition and Fees 14 VETERANS SERVICES/BENEFITS 30 TUITION AND FEE REFUNDS 15 Veterans Administration Educational Benefits: Procedures 15 Federal Programs 30 Special Situations 15 Veterans Administration Vocational Rehabilitation Student Activity Fee Refunds 16 and Employment Program 31 FINANCIAL AID AND AWARDS 16 Programs for New York State Residents 31 Application Procedures 17 ALUMNI OUTREACH 32 Eligibility 17 The Baruch College Fund 32 Determining Need 18 Office of Alumni Relations 32 Allocation and Disbursement of Financial Aid 18 Financial Aid and Student Income Taxes 19 PART 6. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 33 Financial Aid Options Described 19 OVERVIEW 34 PART 4. STUDENT LIFE 23 REGISTRATION 34 Universal Immunization Requirement OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE 24 for First-Time Students 34 STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 24 Special Circumstances: Withdrawal and Reinstatement 34 2 CONTENTS Program Load 34 PART 8. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS, Choosing Classes 35 PROGRAMS, AND COURSES OF Honors and Independent Study Courses 35 INSTRUCTION 59 Taking a Course at Another College 35 CHOOSING YOUR PROGRAM OF STUDY 36 STAN ROSS DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY 60 The Major 36 AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM 65 The Tier III Minor 36 ARTS AND SCIENCES AD HOC PROGRAMS 67 UNDERSTANDING YOUR GRADES AND TRANSCRIPT 37 ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 68 Letter Grades and Grade Point Equivalents 37 BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDIES 71 ACADEMIC HONORS 38 COMMUNICATION STUDIES 79 The Dean’s List 38 BERT W. WASSERMAN DEPARTMENT OF Graduation with Latin Honors 38 ECONOMICS AND FINANCE 85 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY 38 EDUCATION PROGRAM 95 REQUIRED TESTS 38 ENGLISH (INCLUDING JOURNALISM)97 Entering the College and College Readiness: FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS 114 Skills Assessment Testing Program 38 SimNet Examination/Excel Proficiency 39 HISTORY 129 CUNY Proficiency Examination (CPE) 39 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AND COURSES 139 Supplemental Instruction and its Requirements 40 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES 143 SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS 40 LAW 145 Class Attendance 40 LIBRARY 149 Maintaining an Acceptable Grade Point Average 40 MANAGEMENT 151 Computing the Grade Point Average 41 MARKETING AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 156 Changing a Grade/Extra Credit 41 MATHEMATICS 162 Repeating Courses 41 MODERN LANGUAGES AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 170 Your GPA and Credits Earned at Another College 41 NATURAL SCIENCES 187 Academic Probation 41 PHILOSOPHY 194 Repeating Failed Courses 42 PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 198 Withdrawal 42 The Committees on Academic Standing 42 POLITICAL SCIENCE 200 GRADUATION 43 PSYCHOLOGY 207 OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS 43 PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM 215 REAL ESTATE 218 RELIGION AND CULTURE PROGRAM 222 PART 7. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 45 SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY 226 ENTERING BARUCH COLLEGE:THE COLLEGE STATISTICS AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 235 PREPARATORY INITIATIVE (CPI) 46 WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM 247 EDUCATIONAL IDEALS:GENERAL EDUCATION 47 THE THREE SCHOOLS 47 PART 9. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 249 School of Public Affairs 47 The Mildred and George Weissman School FACILITIES 250 of Arts and Sciences 47 The William and Anita Newman Library 250 Zicklin School of Business 47 Computing Facilities 250 MAJORS AND MINORS 48 Student Academic Consulting Center 251 Majors 48 The Writing Center 251 Minors 48 The Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute 251 GENERAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND CURRICULA 49 Bert W. and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor Baruch College Common Core Curriculum 49 in the Subotnick Financial Services Center 252 Bachelor of Business Administration 51 Weissman Center for International Business 252 Bachelor of Arts 55 Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) 252 Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs 56 Sidney Mishkin Gallery 252 Bookstore 252 3 CONTENTS PROGRAMS 253 Baruch College Honors Program 253 CUNY Baccalaureate Program 255 Study Abroad Programs 255 Division of Continuing and Professional Studies 255 RESEARCH CENTERS 256 Baruch Survey Research Unit 256 Center for Educational Leadership 256 Center for Innovation and Leadership in Government 256 Center for Logistics and Transportation 256 Center for the Study of Business and Government 257 Center on Equality, Pluralism, and Policy 257 Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship 257 Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute 257 The Nonprofit Group 258 Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity 258 APPENDICES 259 STUDENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW INFORMATION 260 STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 260 CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICIES 270 EMERGENCY CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS 275 DIRECTORIES 277 THE ADMINISTRATION 278 Administration of The City University of New York 278 Administration of Baruch College 279 SPECIAL FACULTY RECOGNITIONS 282 Distinguished Professors 282 Presidential Excellence Award Recipients 282 Faculty Emeriti 285 INSTRUCTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 288 CAMPUS MAP AND DIRECTORY OF OFFICES 316 INDEX 319 4 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION and nonprofit organizations. Several distinguished research COLLEGE HISTORY centers, including the Baruch Survey Research Unit; the The City University of New York, created in 1961, has a tradi- Center for the Study of Business and Government; the tion in higher education in New York that dates from 1847, Center on Equality, Pluralism, and Policy; the Center for when the Free Academy, later to become the City College of Innovation and Leadership in Government; and the Center New York, was established. Baruch College has evolved from for Educational Leadership, are housed in the School of the innovative School of Business and Civic Administration Public Affairs. Prestigious chairs, such as the Robert P. founded in 1919 by the Trustees of City