Undergraduate Catalog - New Jersey City University

44 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 2011-2014 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS
English as a Second Language
Karnoutsos Hall, Rm. 205
201-200-3087
http://web.njcu.edu/sites/dept/ESL
Dr. Anne Mabry, Coordinator
amabry@njcu.edu
The course offerings of the ESL Program
equip students with the English language
skills that they need to perform effectively
in courses leading to a bachelor’s degree.
The ESL Program uses an interdisciplinary
approach to language learning across a
range of proficiency levels, with the primary
aim of teaching academic writing. The
Program consists of many levels of coursework,
which include ESL equivalents of
the All-University Requirements of English
Composition I and II.
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
The ESL Program provides the following
academic support services for students
registered in ESL coursework:
The ESL Tutoring Center offers free oneon-one
tutoring in writing;
The Computer Language Learning
Center provides students with a computer
lab for coursework and individualized
instruction. The lab is open to all ESL
students, free of charge;
The ESL Resource Center is a small
lending library consisting of books, audiotapes
and videotapes designed to help
students with their individual languagelearning
needs.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
A two-part certificate program is available
in American English and the Culture of the
USA. The main purpose of these programs
is to enable native and non-native speakers
of English to express themselves with sophistication
and precision on a wide range
of topics. To achieve this objective, students
take a variety of courses related to language
and other aspects of cultural life in the
United States. Eighteen credits are required
to complete each certificate. The certificate
program is not designed for students already
enrolled at New Jersey City University, but
rather for professionals and businesspersons
who wish to improve their English.
Lee Hagan Africana
Studies Center
Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library,
Rm. 225
201-200-3524
http://www.njcu.edu/hagancenter
Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Director
aellis@njcu.edu
The Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center
educates faculty, students, and the surrounding
community about issues related
to peoples across the African Diaspora.
Through workshops, speakers, research
projects, seminars, exhibitions, and performances
it helps develop and support
cultural, political and educational growth.
The Center also houses educational and
multimedia materials that are available for
research.
The Center annually awards the Martin
Luther King Jr. Scholarship, and the Lee
Frank and Melvania Rhymes Scholarship.
Literacy Education
Education and Professional Studies
Building, Rm. 345
201-200-3521
http://www.njcu.edu/academics/edu_minor_literacy_ed.asp
Dr. Mary Alice McCullough,
Co-Chairperson
mmccullough@njcu.edu
The Department of Literacy Education
offers skills development courses, both basic
and developmental. Skills development
courses assist students in acquiring and
refining the comprehension and study skills
that will help them to be more successful in
their academic courses. Each skills course
addresses the needs of individual students
and provides for personalized instruction in
order to achieve this end.
Courses are offered for basic skills (i.e.,
non-degree credit) and for continued
improvement in reading and critical
thinking through the Academic Foundations
Program at the University. Courses
help students to approach their reading
and study tasks efficiently and effectively.
Practice in the application of learned strategies
enables students to achieve success in
academic courses.
M. Jerry Weiss Center
for Children’s and
Young Adult Literature
Grossnickle Hall, Rm. 103
201-200-3548
http://web.njcu.edu/programs/mjwc/
Ms. Christine Carmody-Arey, Director
ccarmody@njcu.edu
Hours: Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey City University dedicated the
M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and
Young Adult Literature in honor of Dr. M.
Jerry Weiss, Emeritus Distinguished Service
Professor of Communications. Dr. Weiss is
a nationally recognized expert in the field
of children’s and adolescent literature and
a pioneer in the field of Whole Language.
The Center was dedicated and officially
opened on October 5, 2006.
The M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s
and Young Adult Literature houses recently
published books from a number of publishers.
Members of the NJCU community,
as well as local teachers and community
members, are encouraged to visit the Center
and are invited to browse and review the
latest children’s and young adult books.
Faculty of New Jersey City Univesity and
graduate students in the Department of
Literacy Education are permitted to borrow
from the Weiss Center collection for
purposes of completing reviews. Selected
reviews will be published in the Center’s
periodical publication, the Weiss Word, and
on the Center’s website.
The circulating collection of the Center
is housed on the third floor of the Congressman
Frank J. Guarini Library. Books
in the circulating collectionwere donated
by publishers, Dr. Weiss, or by friends and
relatives of Dr. Weiss in his name. The reference
(non-circulating) part of the collection,
consisting of autographed books, is located
in Special Collections on the first floor of
the library.
Office of Academic Services for
Evening Students (OASES)
Gilligan Student Union Building, Rm. 109
201-200-2233
http://web.njcu.edu/sites/oases
oases@njcu.edu