New Student Guide 2015-2016 A SEAHAWK’S-EYE VIEW of Wagner College and New York City CONTENTS A Wagner Welcome 1 Dining and Shopping 14 2015–16 Academic Calendar 19 Academics 2–5 Sports 15 Important Phone Numbers 20 Resources for New Students 6–7 Health and Safety 16 Fall Festival 20 Getting Involved 8–11 Moving, Mail and Money 17 Housing 12–13 FAQs 18 WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT US Visit this site for more details, updated information, and forms to complete. U.S. News & World wagner.edu/new-students Report ranks Wagner among the nation’s top schools for programs that indicate “a focus on student success”: the first-year experience, internships, learning communities, and service learning programs. A WAGNER WELCOME Congratulations on May 1 National Candidate’s Reply Date being admitted to Deposit by this date (at wagner.edu/admissions/confirm) to reserve your place in the fall 2015 incoming class. Wagner College! Late May Visit wagner.edu/new-students As you contemplate the days Review Wagner’s First-Year Learning Communities and other information about enrolling at Wagner. ahead, we’ve created this Create your All Access Pass for logging into your Wagner email and MyWagner guide to answer all of your online portal to receive important updates. questions and give you a Schedule an appointment with your physician in order to submit the Medical Information Form on time. great start for your college June 1 career. There is a lot to do New Student Form Due, found at wagner.edu/new-students and many decisions to be July 1 made, but we’ve broken it Medical Information Form Due down so you can take it July 16 Housing and Course Assignments Sent to Students via MyWagner step by step. This checklist August 4 outlines what needs to Official Final High School Transcript Due happen (and when) over August 27 the course of the next Move In for New Students Orientation Begins few months. August 31 First Day of Classes CONNECT WITH US ONLINE ARE YOU #WAGNERBOUND? WagnerCollege Take your #wagnerbound poster and share your best selfie. Be sure to tag @WagnerCollege and #wagnerbound! @WagnerAdmission wagnercollegenyc wagner.edu/hawktalk @WagnerCollege 1 ACADEMICS At Wagner College, we believe in an approach to college learning that empowers students to achieve success in today’s complex, diverse, and ever-changing world. That’s why we created the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, our four-year college curriculum. It’s more than a set of classes. It’s a plan that gives students the opportunity not only to gain knowledge, but also to integrate what they are learning and apply it to real-life problems. Through the Wagner Plan’s learning-by-doing approach, students develop a sense of social responsibility as well as strong intellectual and practical skills: communication, analysis, problem-solving, and leadership. General Education Requirements There are four categories of general education requirements in the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts: 1. Learning Communities 2. Foundations 4. Disciplinary Perspectives A Learning Community (LC) is a set of linked Courses in writing, math, computer sciences, These courses give students a breadth of courses. An LC explores a common theme or and speech give students a strong foundation in knowledge in the humanities, natural sciences, problem from different perspectives, and most LCs communication skills, information technology, and social sciences, and the arts. also incorporate experiential learning — in other quantitative reasoning. words, learning through experiences outside of the classroom. In the Wagner Plan, students take 3. Intercultural Understanding three Learning Communities: A First-Year LC, an Courses focused on international perspectives and Intermediate LC, and a Senior LC. American diversity help students understand and work well with diverse populations. LEARN MORE To see the fall 2015 First-Year A WORD FROM OUR STUDENT BLOGGERS Learning Communities, go to Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk wagner.edu/new-students “There are plenty of Learning Communities to choose from, so go ahead and pick your adventure, whatever it Cameron To download a checklist of Class of 2018 general education requirements, may be. You will make a few friends along the way, too.” Fort Myers, Florida go to wagner.edu/registrar/forms 2 The First-Year Program NEXT STEPS At the heart of the first-year experience at Wagner is a Learning Community (LC). Wagner College’s academic The First-Year LC consists of three courses — two academic courses in different advisors will build your first- disciplines, and one Reflective Tutorial. While the First-Year LCs explore many semester course schedule for diverse topics, they all have these features in common: you, based on your interests and goals, after you complete • A shared theme: All three classes within an LC explore a common set of the following steps: problems from different angles. Review the First-Year • Linked coursework: The faculty for each LC plan the courses with overlapping Learning Communities at assignments, common readings, and linked issues. wagner.edu/new-students and choose your top six • A shared experience: Each LC is limited to 28 first-year students, offering a great way to make friends and boost students’ confidence in their new placement preferences environment. Submit your preferences • A small-group component: Each LC is divided into two groups for Reflective on the new student form Tutorials (RFT). at wagner.edu/new-students by June 1 • Field experience: In the Reflective Tutorial, students explore in the field — i.e., at schools, businesses, cultural institutions and other organizations — the issues they are learning about in the classroom. • Analy sis, reflection, and communication: In the Reflective Tutorial, students WHAT THEY’RE learn to write effectively about what they are learning and experiencing. SAYING ABOUT US In the Princeton • P ersonal advising: The Reflective Tutorial professor also serves as the Review’s Best 379 students’ academic advisor, so that students receive guidance from a faculty Colleges (2015 member who knows them well. edition), Wagner students say the College • Fulfilling equirements:r The LC fulfills several general education requirements, is “an excellent and including the Foundations first-year writing requirement and Disciplinary vibrant community that Perspectives requirements. supports its students every step of the way.” At Orientation, students review their course schedules with their First-Year LC professors. Pictured here: Professor Alexa Dietrich, who taught an LC on health and the environment. Cameron Class of 2018 Fort Myers, Florida 3 S C Majors ADEMI In addition to completing general education requirements (see page 2), students complete a major area C A of study. Students choose their major by the end of their second year at Wagner. A major requires an average of 16 units of coursework. Anthropology (B.A.) Education (B.A. and B.S.)* Music (B.A.) Art (B.A.) Dual Certification in Nursing (B.S.) Art History (B.A.) Childhood and Special Philosophy (B.A.) Arts Administration (B.S.) Education (grades 1-6); Physician Assistant (B.S./M.S. Concentrations: Art, Minor in Educational Studies 5-year program) Media Management, Music, Childhood (grades 1-6) or Physics (B.S.) Theatre, Combined Arts Adolescent (grades 7-12) Psychology (B.A. and B.S.) Biology (B.S.) English (B.A.) Public Policy and Administration Biopsychology (B.S.) Film and Media Studies (B.A.) (B.A.) Business Administration (B.S.)* Government and Politics (B.A.) Sociology (B.A.) Concentrations: Accounting, History (B.A.) Concentrations: Academic Finance, International Information Systems (B.S.) Sociology, Criminal Justice, Business, Management, Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A.) Family Studies Marketing International Affairs (B.A.) Theatre and Speech (B.A.) Chemistry (B.S.) Concentrations: International Concentrations: Performance; Concentrations: Biochemistry, Economics, International Design, Technology and Environmental Politics Management; Theatre Studies Computer Science (B.S.) Mathematics (B.S.) Economics (B.A.) Microbiology (B.S.)* *Joint bachelor’s / master’s programs available. Modern Languages (B.A.) French, Spanish Minors To complement or enhance a major, students may select a minor area of study. A minor requires between five and seven units of coursework. Anthropology Cultural Competency for Journalism Art Allied Health Mathematics Art History Dance Microbiology Biology Economics Modern Languages: French, German, Business Administration: Education Italian Studies, Spanish Accounting, Finance, English Music Management, Marketing Environmental Studies Philosophy Chemistry Film/Media Studies Physics City Studies Gender Studies Psychology Comparative Literature Government and Politics Religious Studies Computer Science History Sociology Information Systems Theatre and Speech Pre-professional Programs Students who wish to prepare for post-graduate professional education may complete a pre-professional course of study in addition to their major and general education requirements. Dental Medical Pharmacy Engineering Ministry Podiatry Law Optometry Veterinary 4 Study Abroad Left: Expanding Your Horizons in Kenya; below: Professor Mohammad Alauddin teaches about environmental pollution and health during the EYH trip to Bangladesh. Wagner College encourages all students to study abroad and offers both short-term and long- term options through national and international programs. The Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) program enables students