Boricua College - | Academic Programs |

Goals

The mission and educational philosophy of Boricua College are expressed through its commitment to the liberal arts, defined as a Generic Core of intellectual, affective and psychomotoric competencies carefully integrated with general areas of knowledge of the social and natural sciences and the humanities. From this liberal arts base, students can then progress through a series of academic programs leading to Bachelors of Arts, Bachelors of Science and Masters degrees.

Specifically, the College's programs seek to achieve the following objectives:

To develop in students a Generic Core of intellectual skills, emotional commitment to humanistic values, competent behaviors, and capacity to assimilate knowledge, needed to become responsible members of society, and for subsequent specialized training.
To examine the human condition through concentration and disciplined study of the body of knowledge of the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
To examine through Inter-American Studies, the relationships of the peoples and nations of North, Central and South America, and of the Caribbean basin, with respect to politics, economics and culture.
To address the need for bilingual professionals for the Human Service institutions of New York City.
To address the need for bilingual Childhood Education teachers in the City's public school system.
To address the needs of the growing Puerto Rican and Latino community for Business managers and entrepreneurs.

To achieve these goals Boricua College offers the following programs:

UNDERGRADUATE
Associate in Arts (A.A.) Generic Liberal Arts Core Curriculum (HEGIS 5649) Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Human Services - (HEGIS 2101) Childhood Education - (HEGIS 0802) Business Administration - (HEGIS 0506) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Liberal Arts and Sciences - (HEGIS 4901) Inter-American Studies - (HEGIS 0399)

GRADUATE
Master of Science (M.S.) Human Services - (HEGIS 2101) Master of Arts (M.A.) Latin American and Caribbean Studies (HEGIS 0308)

Course Numbering System

Every course offered at Boricua College has a letter code, followed by five digits.
The letter [E] indicates the academic program.
The first digit [1] indicates the method of instruction.
The second and third digits [13] indicate the subject areas.
The last two digits [01] indicate the sequence of the course offered in the academic program.

[E]	[1]	[13]	[01]
Academic Program	Methods of Instruction	Subject Areas	Sequence of the Course offered in the Academic Program

Academic Programs	Methods of Instruction
Generic Studies	1 Individualized Instruction
Human Services	2 Colloquium
Business Administration	3 Experiential Studies
Childhood Education	4 Theoretical Studies
Liberal Arts & Sciences	5 Cultural Studies
Inter-American Studies	6 Independent Studies

Course Descriptions

Every course listed by number and title is briefly described in this catalogue. Students can request a more expanded description of the contents and practices from the department offering the course.

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