Brooklyn College of the City University of New York - Overview
Introduction to Brooklyn College
You want to be a doctor, a lawyer, a broadcast journalist. You want to teach mathematics, be a painter, own a business. You want to find a focus in life. Brooklyn College, a part of the City University of New York, offers 125 programs that will give you the tools and the knowledge you need to succeed. You will have the opportunity to participate in prestigious internships, to travel abroad, and to secure research positions.
Brooklyn College has a 26-acre park-like campus that is close to all of New York City¿s cultural and social activities. Our campus has been cited as among the nation¿s most beautiful.
You¿ll choose Brooklyn College because you have a goal, and because we have a program that¿ll get you there.
Transportation Options
The college, located near several popular Brooklyn thoroughfares, is conveniently close to subway and bus lines. Cycle-friendly, the campus features monitored bike racks at all its major entrances. Street parking and parking lots are also available.
Academics
Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution, offering more than 125 programs in the humanities, education, the arts, business, and the sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor¿s and master¿s degrees as well as advanced certificates. The college is particularly noted for its creative art, science, education, film, theater and economics programs.
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Faculty
In recent years, Brooklyn College has welcomed almost 500 new faculty members¿more than half of the full-time faculty¿with credentials from such universities as Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Oxford. Among them are Fulbright, Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellows, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award¿winning authors, and an Obie Award¿winning playwright as well as award-winning scientists and musicians. Faculty members often collaborate on interdisciplinary work, to the benefit of their students. In business, education, the arts, government, law, the sciences, medicine, and other fields, Brooklyn College graduates have reached the top tier of their professions.
Special Programs
Through its First College Year program, the college offers intense academic and social support for entering students to facilitate their transition to college. Beginning in the summer with Pre-Freshmen Immersion, incoming students are offered special workshops and seminars. Comprehensive and ongoing student orientation and advisement continue throughout the first semester. Priority registration and specialized counseling strengthen the opportunity for a successful academic start to the undergraduate experience.
One of Brooklyn College¿s most stellar programs is the Honors Academy. The academy is comprised of six units that offer academically talented students the opportunity to take enriched courses and seminars and to participate in research and internships. The programs are: the Brooklyn College Scholars Program; the Coordinated B.A.¿M.D. Program; the William E. Macaulay Honors College; the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship; and the Minority Access to Research Careers and Honors Engineering programs .
Study Abroad
Brooklyn College has a rich array of study abroad opportunities. Students have participated in research and archeological digs with faculty members in Iceland, China, Israel, Antigua and Ghana. They have spent a year in Paris studying art, and in India making documentary films. With travel stipends and grants available to pursue studies, our students can be found all over the world.
Student Life
On average Brooklyn College has 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students, who represent the ethnic and cultural diversity of the most populous and exciting borough in the city. Students participate in more than 140 chartered campus groups, including academic clubs, service and honor societies, athletics groups, special interest groups and performing arts organizations. Special lectures, concerts and events are scheduled throughout the year. Fraternities and sororities provide social and community service activities for their student brothers and sisters. The Hillel Foundation, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and Newman Center are among the many special interest clubs on campus. Student publications include newspapers, magazines, and journals. Students also operate WBCR, the Brooklyn College radio station.
Sports
The college sponsors fourteen NCAA Division III athletic teams and numerous intramural teams. Volleyball, tennis, and basketball are favorite sports. In 2010, the men¿s basketball team won the division championship.
Safety
Brooklyn College is an oasis in a quiet urban neighborhood and its seasoned Peace Officers provide a safe and secure environment 24/7.
Facilities
Brooklyn College has a 26-acre park-like campus that is close to all of New York City¿s cultural and social activities. Our campus has been cited as among the nation¿s most beautiful. It has outstanding science facilities, including dozens of on-campus laboratories that support academic work in such fields as biology, computer science, and health and nutrition sciences. Cutting-edge technology is also available for such programs as performance and interactive media arts. The college has the most technologically advanced library in CUNY system. The library¿s growing collections include approximately 55,000 electronic journal subscriptions, 169,000 electronic books, 1.4 million volumes, 1.7 million microfilms, 1200 print serials, and 23,000 rich media items (sound recordings, videotapes, and DVDs). The library¿s 22 group-study rooms, six computer classrooms, and 1100-plus computers make it the campus¿s premier study and research space. Brooklyn College also maintains state-of-the-art facilities to support instruction: technology-enhanced classrooms and lecture halls; large-scale, comfortable computer labs with college-wide access, open from 16 to 24 hours each day, with free printing and more than one thousand Dell, Apple and Sun workstations; more than 50 discipline-specific computer labs; and video-conferencing facilities. Additional special libraries are available for art, music, classics, and speech communication arts and sciences.
Outside the classroom, students are enjoying the new West Quad Center. It joins a comprehensive student service center with a competition gym, fitness center, pool and handball courts. It is also home to the physical education and exercise science department.
Housing at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College students may take advantage of a newly completed privately owned Residence Hall. The hall has over 200 units, each fully furnished and equipped with a kitchenette.
Cost
As of spring 2011, tuition for New York State residents is $2415 per semester for full time students, $205 per credit for part-time students and $300 per credit for non-degree resident students. Non-New York State residents¿ tuition is $435 per credit for full- or part-time students and $640 per credit for non-degree students.