Undergraduate Catalog - New Jersey City University

2 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 2011-2014 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
CONTENTS
Mid-Semester Progress Report............................................41
Student Records..................................................................42
Dean’s List..........................................................................43
Graduation with Honors....................................................43
Honor Societies..................................................................43
Academic Support Programs.....................................................44
English as a Second Language.............................................44
Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center....................................44
Literacy Education..............................................................44
M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and
Young Adult Literature....................................................44
Office of Academic Services for Evening Students..............44
Office of Continuing Education.........................................45
Office of International Students and Study Abroad............45
Office of Specialized Services for
Students with Disabilities................................................45
Opportunity Scholarship Program......................................46
Supplemental Instruction/Tutoring....................................46
Academic Career Planning & Placement..................................47
Academic Computing.................................................................48
Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library....................................49
Opportunity Scholarship Program...........................................50
William J. Maxwell College of Arts & Sciences........................51
The Liberal Arts..................................................................51
Interdisciplinary Studies.....................................................51
Honors Program.................................................................52
African/African American Studies.............................................52
Art ...........................................................................................53
Biology........................................................................................80
Chemistry....................................................................................92
Computer Science.....................................................................100
Economics.................................................................................106
English.......................................................................................110
English as a Second Language.................................................120
Ethnic & Immigration Studies................................................122
Geoscience/Geography.............................................................123
History......................................................................................133
International Studies................................................................138
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies....................139
Mathematics..............................................................................142
Media Arts.................................................................................150
Modern Languages...................................................................158
Music, Dance, & Theatre.........................................................164
Philosophy & Religion.............................................................182
Physics.......................................................................................186
Political Science........................................................................196
Pre-Law Studies........................................................................203
Psychology................................................................................204
Sociology & Anthropology......................................................208
Women’s & Gender Studies.....................................................217
Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education.......219
A. Harry Moore Laboratory School for
Special Education..........................................................220
Center for Teacher Preparation and Partnerships..............220
Early Childhood Education.....................................................221
Elementary and Secondary Education....................................225
Literacy Education...................................................................229
Multicultural Education...........................................................231
Special Education.....................................................................233
College of Professional Studies................................................235
Business Administration..........................................................236
Criminal Justice........................................................................248
Fire Science...............................................................................252
Fitness, Exercise and Sports.....................................................255
Health Sciences.........................................................................258
Nursing......................................................................................264
Professional Security Studies...................................................269
Emeriti, Faculty & Staff...........................................................273
Index .........................................................................................286
Campus Map.............................................................................289
Directions to the University.....................................................290