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NEW YORK SCHOOL OFCAREER AND APPLIED STUDIES2014-2016CatalogTouro Collegewww.touro.edu1

ACCREDITATIONTouro College was chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in June 1970.Touro College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia,PA 19104, (267) 284-5000. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agencyrecognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.This accreditation status covers Touro College and its branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the NewYork area, as well as branch campuses and programs in Berlin, Paris, Jerusalem, Moscow, and Miami, Florida.Touro University California and its Nevada branch campus, as well as Touro College Los Angeles and Touro UniversityWorldwide, are separately accredited institutions within the Touro College and University System, accredited by theAccrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges(WASC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501, (510) 748-9001.POLICY OF NON-DISCRIMINATIONTouro College treats all employees, students, and applicants without unlawful consideration or discrimination as torace, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, genetic predisposition, sexual orientation orcitizen status in all decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, the administration of its educational programsand activities, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading,transfer, layoff, suspension, expulsion and termination, and all other terms and conditions of admission, matriculation,and employment.Inquiries or complaints concerning the non-discrimination policies should be sent to Elan Baram, 43 West 23rd Street,7th Floor, New York, New York, 10010, Elan.Baram@touro.edu (212-463-0400, ext. 5636) or, alternatively, to theChief Compliance Officer at compliance@touro.edu and 212-463-0400, ext. 5330.2

IMPORTANT NOTICEThis Catalog contains only general guidelines and information. It is not intended to be comprehensive or to address all the possibleapplications of, or exceptions to, the policies and procedures of Touro. Some of the subjects described in this Catalog are coveredin detail in official policy and procedure documents found online and elsewhere. You should refer to these documents for specificinformation, since this Catalog only briefly summarizes those policies. For that reason, if you have any questions concerning aparticular policy or procedure, you should address your specific questions to the Office of Institutional Compliance. Please notethat the terms of the full official policies are controlling in the case of any inconsistency.This Catalog is neither written nor meant to confer any rights or privileges on students or impose any obligations on Touro. Noindividual or representative of Touro (except the President) has the authority to enter into any agreement or understandingcontrary to the above.This Catalog is written for informational purposes only and may contain errors. The policies, procedures and practices describedherein may be modified, supplemented or discontinued in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice. All changes will beposted on the Touro website. Although we will attempt to inform you of any changes as they occur via the Touro email addressassigned to you upon activating your myTouro portal account, it is nevertheless your responsibility to keep current on all Collegepolicies, procedures and practices. Your assigned Touro email address is the official method of contact for all such notices and forall Touro communication.Students are required to investigate for themselves as to whether the program they enroll in meets their personal, educational andcareer needs. Different jurisdictions have different licensing requirements and standards. While students may expend significantsums associated with higher education, successful completion of a course, program, or degree is dependent on many factors. Thepayment of tuition permits a student to register and take the courses and programs available and offered by the Touro school orprogram in which the student is enrolled. Acceptance in a school or program does not form the basis of a contract. Indeed, astudent’s acceptance may be revoked if it is later learned, among other things, that his or her qualifications have been misstated oroverstated, or there is some other omission or misrepresentation. Except as noted in the paragraph below, no contract rights existor are established in the student- educational institution setting by and between Touro and the student. To this end, you waive andTouro disclaims any contract or liability for promises, assurances, representations, warrantees, or other statements made in itsmarketing or promotional materials, and makes absolutely no promises, assurances, representations, guarantees, warrantees orother statements concerning our courses and programs and a student's academic success in them. Thus, you waive and Tourofurther disclaims any liability in tort in connection with any of the foregoing. In order for a degree to be earned, the requiredgrades and grade point averages must be achieved and maintained, and all other requirements of the school and program must befulfilled. These disclaimers are, in effect, covenants not to sue binding on students, and are tacitly agreed to by a student’smatriculation or continued matriculation in our programs.Registration and matriculation at Touro after the issuance of this Catalog is consideration for and constitutes a student's knowingacceptance of the binding Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") mechanisms (including binding arbitration) contained herein.Thus, any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or related to your application, registration, matriculation, graduation orother separation from Touro and/or this Handbook, which is not resolved through Touro's internal mechanism shall be exclusivelyresolved through final and binding expedited arbitration conducted solely before the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), orany successor in interest, in accordance with the AAA Rules then in effect. The location of the arbitration shall be at a convenientoffice on a Touro campus where the student is (or was last) affiliated. See "Arbitration of Disputes" provision for a more elaboratetreatment.3

TABLE OF CONTENTSMESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER . 10DR. BERNARD LANDER, FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE TOURO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITYSYSTEM . 12MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND EXECUTIVEADMINISTRATIVE DEAN OF NYSCAS . 13CALENDARS 2014-2016 . 142014-2015 ACADEMIC YEAR . 142015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR . 15MISSION STATEMENT . 16GOALS . 16THE TOURO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM . 17FACILITIES . 19ADMISSIONS . 20BACCALAUREATE TRANSFER AND MATRICULATION. 20TRANSFER STUDENTS. 20ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS . 20READMISSION . 21NON-MATRICULATED STUDENTS. 21ADVANCED STANDING. 21ACADEMIC PLACEMENT . 21PAYING FOR COLLEGE . 22TUITION, FEES AND EXPENSES 2014-2015 . 22TUITION LIABILITY FOR WITHDRAWAL . 23FINANCIAL AID: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS . 23FINANCIAL AID SELF-SERVICE & STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES HELPDESK . 24FEDERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES . 24TOURO COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS & OTHER BENEFITS . 25OTHER FINANCIAL AID SOURCES . 26FEDERAL GRANTS: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. 27STATE GRANTS . 28OTHER STATE AID PROGRAMS . 30LOANS: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS . 33INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS: FINANCIAL AID & UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS . 35WITHDRAWAL POLICY (FEDERAL – RETURN TO TITLE IV). 37ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID POLICIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. 40ACADEMIC SERVICES . 42TOURO COLLEGE LIBRARIES . 42COMPUTER LABORATORY FACILITIES . 42SCIENCE LABORATORIES . 43TUTORING PROGRAM . 43LEARNING RESOURCE CENTERS . 43STUDENT SERVICES . 44CAREER PLACEMENT SERVICES . 44ADVISEMENT/COUNSELING SERVICES . 44FACULTY ADVISEMENT . 45INTERNSHIPS . 45THE ALUMNI OFFICE . 454

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES . 45HEALTH INSURANCE AND DENTAL PLAN . 46CLUBS AND COMMITTEES . 46STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS . 46ACADEMIC RULES AND REGULATIONS. 47THE REGISTRATION PROCESS . 47NEW YORK STATE PROOF OF IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT . 47SELECTING COURSES . 47CHANGE OF PROGRAM . 49COURSE OPTIONS . 50ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTION—TUTORIALS, DIRECTED STUDY, INDEPENDENT STUDY, SENIORHONORS PROJECT, LIFE-EXPERIENCE CREDITS . 53ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT . 53CREDITS AND SEMESTER HOURS . 54EARNING OUTSIDE CREDIT . 54GRADES . 56ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND STANDING . 58SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS . 58ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND FINANCIAL AID . 58NEW YORK STATE ACADEMIC STANDARD . 58STANDARD OF SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR STATESTUDENT AID . 59PROBATION AND DISMISSAL . 60COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STANDING . 61GRADUATION FROM THE COLLEGE . 61LEAVES OF ABSENCE/WITHDRAWAL . 62TRANSCRIPTS. 63STUDY OPTIONS . 65IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE SEEKING A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE . 65DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE . 65COLLEGE CORE . 66ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE. 66BACCALAUREATE DEGREE . 66BIOLOGY MAJOR . 67BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MINIMUM 120 CREDITS, OF WHICH 60 CREDITS MUST BE IN LIBERALARTS) . 67BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, HONORS MAJOR (MINIMUM 120 CREDITS, OF WHICH 60 CREDITS MUST BEIN LIBERAL ARTS) . 68BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION MAJOR . 68ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE (62-66 CREDITS) . 69ACCOUNTING (18 CREDITS) . 69FINANCE (18 CREDITS) . 70MANAGEMENT (18 CREDITS) . 70MARKETING (18 CREDITS). 70BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (120 CREDITS INCLUDING 60 CREDITS IN LIBERAL ARTS) . 71ACCOUNTING (27 CREDITS) . 71FINANCE (27 CREDITS) . 72MANAGEMENT (27 CREDITS) . 72MARKETING (27 CREDITS). 73COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS . 745