2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

SPRING
COM 1102 Writing About Literature ......................................................3
CSE 1301 Introduction to Computer Applications ...............................3
EDS 1032 Survey of Science 2 ..............................................................3
MTH 1702 Applied Calculus..................................................................3
PSY 1462 Substance Abuse ..................................................................3
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Languages and Linguistics ____________________
Program Chair
Alan Rosiene, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors
Alan Rosiene, Ph.D., medieval rhetoric, science fiction film, literary theory,
freshman composition.
Peter-Otto Uhr, Ph.D., foreign languages, literature, German and French
history, history.
Professor Emerita
Grace S. Wylie, M.A.
Instructors
P. Bernard, M.S.; A. Caza, M.A.; A. Montoya, M.A.; D. Mumford, Ed.D.
Adjunct Instructor
J. Parla-Palumbo, Ph.D.
Organization
Florida Tech’s division of languages and linguistics is operated
by the department of humanities and communication. It provides
training in English for students whose first language is not
English and who have been admitted into a Florida Tech degree
program.
For all academic students (both international and domestic)
whose first language is not English and whose command of the
English language is insufficient to meet the requirements of their
academic programs, English courses at two levels of advanced
proficiency are available each semester. These courses are listed
in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog under “English
as a Second Language (ESL).” A Florida Tech TOEFL (paperbased),
given at the beginning of each semester as a placement
instrument, permits the division’s staff to determine the incoming
student’s competence in English and establish the most
beneficial program of study. Both undergraduate and graduate
nonnative English-speaking students with scores of 450 through
549 are required to take ESL courses as specified by the division
of languages and linguistics. Students who score below 450
on the Florida Tech TOEFL are referred to the ELS Language
Center on campus where lower-level ESL courses are taught.
Any student whose native language is not English may be
accepted for any degree program but will be subject to limitations
on registration for academic courses until certain English
language requirements are met. Students are permitted to begin
their academic course work in conjunction with ESL courses.
Although these courses are credit bearing (three credit hours
per course, five days per week), they cannot be applied toward
completion of a degree. Any student who is taking any English
language course cannot take humanities, chemistry, flight or
introduction to engineering courses.
Students who are not native speakers of English are considered
to have demonstrated English language proficiency if they have
done any of the following:
1. taken an official Florida Tech TOEFL (paper-based) and
earned a score of at least 550, or taken a computer-based
TOEFL (CBT) and earned a score of at least a 213, or
taken an Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) and earned a score
of at least a 79, or taken an IELTS and earned a score of
at least 6.5, no more than two years before attendance at
Florida Tech; or
2. successfully completed ELS 109 taken at an ELS
Language Center, either at Florida Tech or elsewhere,
and successfully completed appropriate ESL courses as
determined by the TOEFL score; or
3. successfully completed a total of 20 semester hours at
an accredited, mainland U.S. university or college where
English is the language of instruction, including three
semester hours of English that qualify as transfer credit
for Florida Tech’s Composition and Rhetoric (COM 1101)
course; or
4. earned a bachelor’s or higher degree from an accredited,
mainland U.S. university or college where English is the
language of instruction; or
5. attended for three consecutive years, and graduated from,
an accredited, mainland U.S. high school where English is
the language of instruction; or
6. obtained an official score of four or higher on either the
International Baccalaureate Higher Level Language A
examination in English, or the College Board Advanced
Placement Program (AP) examination in English
Language and Composition.
Military Science ________________________
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Military Science Program
LTC Freida M. Oakley, M.S., Head
General
The mission of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) is to commission the future officer leadership of
the United States Army. Through Army ROTC, a student
can earn a commission as a second lieutenant in the active
Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard. The program
is open to both male and female full-time students enrolled
in four-year baccalaureate or two-year master’s degree
programs.
The Army ROTC program at Florida Tech is a general military
science curriculum. Instruction covers military fundamentals
common to all branches of the service. The program
of instruction is designed to complement the student’s
academic goals of acquiring a baccalaureate degree in a
course of study of his or her own choosing. The curriculum
stresses leadership development and management principles.
Emphasis is placed on the development of leadership traits
and skills that are essential to the student’s success in the
Army, or as a civilian in his or her chosen profession. As
such, the ROTC program of instruction cuts across conventional
subject boundaries and involves elements of various
disciplines that are designed to encourage students to interrelate
their learning and to apply that knowledge in reflective
thinking, goal seeking and problem solving.
Nondegree Programs 159
nonDegree programS