YESHIVA COLLEGE

Founded in 1928, Yeshiva College is the undergraduate college of arts and sciences for men of Yeshiva University. Its programs embody a unique mission: to combine Jewish learning with the study of Western and worldwide culture. Students at the college pursue a rigorous dual educational program that combines liberal arts and sciences and pre-professional studies with the study of Torah and Jewish heritage.

The college provides academic majors in 20 arts and sciences disciplines, all leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. In addition, combined and joint degree programs are offered in several other disciplines—including engineering, dentistry, Jewish education, Jewish studies, optometry, podiatry, and socialwork—in conjunction with the university’s graduate schools and other leading universities.

Students also participate in four distinct programs of Jewish studies designed to meet the needs and interests of our students: the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies (IBC), the James Striar School/Mechinah Program (JSS),Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies (MYP), or Irving I. StoneBeit Midrash Program (SBMP). Intended to deepen ethical and philosophicalinsight and values, these programs also offer valuable training in research methods and opportunities for independent work. To achieve this end, each student must be enrolled throughout his stay in a full course of study in any one of the four programs.Students may receive transfer credit at the college for their studies in these programs.

Courses in Bible, Hebrew, Jewish history, and Jewish philosophy are offered at Yeshiva College under the auspices of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies.

The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, established in 1999,addresses the needs of students who seek intellectually rigorous experiences,individualized mentoring, and advanced work. The program augments educational programs and expands academic opportunities for all Yeshiva College students.

Located at the university’s Wilf Campus, the college’s proximity to several of the university’s other schools and affiliates on that campus offers students a stimulating academic atmosphere. All major resources of the institution are easily accessible from this location. Students also have opportunities to enhance their educational experience through intellectual exchanges with peers from both this country and abroad.

As a liberal arts college in a vibrant urban center, Yeshiva College continuesto meet the needs of the individual student in the 21st century through the ongoing development of a broad set of educational programs, student services, and extracurricular activities. Yeshiva College graduates are prepared to contribute to society and to take on the challenges of tomorrow.

CURRICULUM
The curriculum at Yeshiva College consists of general education requirements, major requirements, and elective courses. All majors at Yeshiva College lead to the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Students consult advisers in the Academic Advising Center, which also offers guidance in the areas of pre-law, pre-health, pre-education, and pre-engineering. Since requirements for majors are determined by departments, students should also seek guidance from the faculty in their major discipline.

MAJORS

Each student must select one field as a major in his third semester on campus. Subject areas that are available for a major are listed below:

Biology	French	Philosophy
Chemistry	Hebrew	Physics
Classical Languages	History	Political Science
Computer Science	Jewish Studies	Pre-Engineering*
Economics	Mathematics	Psychology
English	Music	Sociology

At least 60 percent of the required credits in the major must be taken at Yeshiva College; some majors require more (students should consult with the Academic Advising Center and relevant departments).

For courses taken at Yeshiva College, a grade of C- or better is required for the course to fulfill any requirements of the major.

Comprehensive examinations in the major, required for graduation (see Degree Requirements, below), often presuppose a broader knowledge of principal subfields of a discipline than is afforded by the formal fulfillment of major requirements.

*Available only to students who will attend and complete an engineering undergraduate program at an accredited school.

A student who completes all requirements for a major in a second subject, including the comprehensive examination, will, at his written request at least a month prior to graduation, have the second major also listed on his permanent record.

The same course may be counted toward two majors, or toward a major and minor, only if it is specified in the catalog as a requirement for both. An elective course may not count twice.

MINORS
A student may minor in a subject and have it listed on his permanent record upon his written request at least one month prior to graduation. Areas that are available for a minor are listed below:

American Studies	English (Literature and Writing tracks)	Philosophy
Architecture	Foreign Languages	Physics
Art	French	Political Science
Biology	Hebrew	Psychology
Chemistry	History	Public Health
Classical Languages	Jewish Studies	Sociology
Computer Sciences	Mathematics	Spanish
Economics	Music	Speech and Drama

Students also may select a minor in business offered through the Sy Syms Schoolof Business.

Courses taken at other institutions may be applied toward the minor at the option of the department, but in all cases at least 12 credits must be taken at Yeshiva College. Only Yeshiva College courses in which the student has earned grades of C- or better may be counted toward the minor; a course with a grade of P may be applied to the minor if it is the first course taken in the field.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Course and Credit Requirements: Students must complete at least 128 credits including all general requirements (see below), all major requirements, and electives.
Residence Requirements: Students must attend an institution of higher education for at least eight semesters. Full-time study in the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program may count as either one or two semesters towardthe fulfillment of this requirement. Students must complete a minimum of six terms and a minimum of 84 credits in residence at the Wilf Campus in New York, with at least 24 of their last 35 credits taken on campus at Yeshiva College.

Students must earn at least 108 credits in residence at the Wilf Campus to complete the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program.

Students who transfer to Yeshiva College after two or more years of full-time study at an accredited degree-granting college or university (not a yeshiva) will meet the residence requirement after being in residence at Yeshiva College in New York for at least four semesters, taking at least 12 credits each semester and completing at least 58 credits at Yeshiva College.
Professional Option: A superior student who is admitted to a professional school at the end of his junior year at Yeshiva College will be eligible for a bachelor’s degree from the college upon satisfactory completion of the first year of the professional school program, provided that he is admitted to the Professional Option plan and has satisfied all general education and major requirements and has taken a minimum of 84 credits at the Wilf Campus.
Grade Requirements:Each student must achieve an average of 2.0 or betterin all studies and a grade of C- or better in all courses counted toward a major or minor in order to graduate.
Comprehensive Examinations:All graduates must pass a comprehensive examination in their major. These are described in an announcement available from the Office of the Dean of Yeshiva College.
Administrative Requirements:Each student must receive approbation of the faculty and the president, and must have filed an Application for Degree during the registration period of the semester in which he completes all requirements.

YESHIVA COLLEGE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Students normally complete the degree in four years and can take no more than six years including the semester of admission to the college, excluding official leaves of absence.

The following are required of all students:

I. Basic Skills

English 1101–1102. 4 credits.

Successful completion of ENG 1101 is a prerequisite for all literature courses. Both ENG 1101 and 1102 are normally prerequisites for all English literature courses and should be completed during the first year on campus. A prospective English major, however, may take ENG 1102 and a literature elective simultaneously. For students admitted to the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, two freshman honors seminars automatically fulfill this requirement. The second freshman honors seminar also counts for one of the general requirements on the list that follows.

Note: If taken during the senior year, ENG 1101 and 1102 do not count toward the 128 credits required for graduation, although they count toward the 17.5credit limit per term and toward the student’s grade point average.
Foreign students must take ENG 0011 unless exempt by placement. Non-native English speakers who have been in the United States for less than seven years undergo a language screening prior to registering. Students who do not demonstrate near-native proficiency in English are required to register for developmental writing and speaking English courses their first semester and to attend such courses until they pass and are able to register for mainstream composition and speech courses. Students whose language proficiency does not reach the introductory developmental level may be required to take courses outside of the university until they have demonstrated language proficiency sufficient to register for the developmental language courses.
One approved course in mathematics, computer sciences,
or statistics. 3–4 credits.
Physical education. Two courses.

Two PED courses are required of all students and should be completed no later than the sophomore year. Students may not register for morethan one PED course per semester. No more than 8 credits in PED may count toward the bachelor’s degree. Except for participation on varsitysports teams, PED courses are not repeatable. Students with physical disabilities should consult the director of athletics and physical education. A veteran honorably discharged from the armed forces with service of at least one year may be granted 2 credits for completion of basic training and military service toward fulfillment of the two-course physical education requirement. Veterans with at least two years of service may be allowed an additional 2 credits..

Yeshiva University grants credit for courses taken with the Armed Forces Institute in accordance with the regulations of the New York State Education Department and with the recommendations of the American Council on Education.

II. Humanities

Two literature courses. 6 credits.

The first must be chosen from ENG 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2201, 2202, 2611, 2612, or foreign (not Hebrew) literature; the second may be chosen from among the courses listed above or may be any approved literature course offered at the college, including Hebrew literature.

Two courses in history, philosophy, or a foreign language other than Hebrew. 6 credits.
One course selected from ART 1052A, MUS 1111A, or a foreign language other than Hebrew. 2–3 credits.

In order to fulfill any general education requirement with a foreign language, a student must complete two semesters in sequence or complete asingle course at the Intermediate II level or above (e.g., FRE 1202, SEM5122, SPA 1202). A single course can fulfill only 3 credits of requirements. Consult the coordinator of languages in Yeshiva College for more information.

A student who wishes to continue the study of a foreign language that he began in high school should use the following guideline to determine the level at which he should begin his studies in college: one year of high school study is equivalent to one semester of college study. Students will not receive credit for college foreign language courses that duplicate what they have studied in high school or learned through other means. Students who enter college with knowledge of languages other than English or Hebrew must consult with the coordinator of languages in Yeshiva College in order to determine the level at which they should continue their studies.

III. Social Science

Two courses chosen from economics, political science, psychology, or sociology. 6 credits.

IV. Science

Two semesters of a laboratory science. 6–10 credits.

V. Jewish Studies

Students in the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies and the Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program take these courses at Yeshiva College. Students in Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies and The James Striar School/Mechinah Program satisfy these requirements with courses at those schools with some modifications, particularly for Mechinah/JSS students. Under normal circumstances, a student in MYP/BMP takes 20 credits in Jewish studies courses in Yeshiva College (per the following), a student in IBC transfers 18 credits (3 per semester), and a student in Mechinah/JSS transfers 24 credits (4 per semester), to his Yeshiva College record. Students who change Jewish studies programs during their time at Yeshiva College should consult with the coordinator of Jewish studies in the Office of the Dean of Yeshiva College regarding the fulfillment of Jewish studies requirements in the college.

BIB 1015A, plus three additional 2-credit Bible courses, including at least two text courses numbered above 2500. 8 credits.

BIB 1015A is a prerequisite for the text courses and must be taken during the first year of study at the college.

HEB 1205–1206. 6 credits.

All students are urged to take Hebrew language (HEB 1205, 1206) as early as possible in their college careers. Students should be aware that Hebrew language will, in the future, be a prerequisite for many of the other Jewish studies courses.

Two Jewish history courses chosen from 1200, 1300, 1400, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, or 1834. 6 credits.

The choice of a Jewish studies program should represent a commitment to Jewish learning. However, students do not always remain in the same Jewish studies program they enter in their first term at Yeshiva University. Regardless of such moves, all students must demonstrate a concentration in Jewish studies on their Yeshiva College transcripts.

Students who attend IBC throughout the course of their undergraduate studies must transfer 18 HES credits to YC and simultaneously fulfill theYC/SSSB Jewish studies distribution requirements.

Students who transfer between MYP/BMP and IBC in either direction must (a) satisfy the distribution YC/SSSB Jewish studies requirements and (b) show a total of 20 credits of Jewish studies on their YC transcript. These 20 credits may comprise YC Jewish studies courses (BIB, HEB, JHI, JPH) or HES transfer credits from IBC. HES credits from BMP or MYP do not count toward this requirement.

Students transferring from the Mechina Program to other Jewish studies morning programs must meet with the Jewish studies cluster head, who will evaluate their requirements on a case-by-case basis.

THE JAY AND JEANIE SCHOTTENSTEIN HONORS PROGRAM AT YESHIVA COLLEGE
The mission of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program is to enhance the education of all Yeshiva College students by encouraging the most talented learners to undertake an exceptionally broad, deep, rigorous course of study.

To fulfill this aim, the program emphasizes research, intensive writing, and sophisticated thinking: critical, analytic, quantitative, scientific, interdisciplinary, and creative. Students commit themselves to hard work, a challenging search for understanding, and intellectual excellence. Students admitted to the program will experience especially rewarding interactions with faculty members through honors courses, individual mentoring, advanced study, and senior honors theses. Students who complete the program should feel confident that they can fulfill their potential through advanced training, lifelong learning, and leadership within their various communities.

Students apply simultaneously to the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Program and for academic merit scholarships. (All students may apply for needbased assistance.) Normally, each student must earn at least a 90 average in high school, score at least 1400 on the combined SATs, and earn strong recommendations in both general and Jewish studies. Each year, the Honors Committee admits a few additional students who have earned at least a 3.7 grade point average, submitted promising writing samples, and earned strong recommendations.

Each and every student who successfully completes the 11 required components of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program can expect favorable receptions from graduate and professional schools, employers, and organizations that award scholarships and fellowships. The first year, in two freshman honors seminars based in part on core texts, each student develops intellectual sophistication through intensive writing, research, and analysis. (The first term fulfills the first term of the composition requirement, substituting for ENG 1101. The second term fulfills the second term of the composition requirement, substituting for ENG 1102, and in addition fulfills some other general requirement.) After the first year, the student chooses at least six honors electives from a variety of academic disciplines. A cocurricular summer experience—for example, a course taught in Europe, a cultural enrichment program in New York City, an especially significant internship, or a research placement—expands the student’s educational horizons. Finally, the student devotes two terms to a senior honors thesis closely supervised by one or more faculty mentors.

Overall, the student must spend at least three full years and complete at least 108 credits in residence rather than the normal 84. Simultaneously, he must maintain a comparable level of excellence in Jewish studies. Recommendations for an honors student from administrators and faculty members are virtually guaranteed to be exceptionally strong, and the student’s diploma specifically confirms his graduation from the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program as well as from Yeshiva College.

The freshman honors seminars and the senior honors theses are reserved for students admitted into the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program. So far, summer programs abroad, such as French Jewry 1806–1905: Images and Identities (Paris and New York, 2000); The Maya: The Land and Its People (Guatemala and New York, 2003); Understanding the City: London, Dublin, and New York; and Italian Renaissance Science and Culture (Rome, Florence, Venice, and New York) have been open to all Yeshiva College students.

Honors electives are open to all students who receive instructors’ permission. These courses are listed on the student’s transcript with the letter H beside the appropriate course number. The following partial listing of these courses, each tailormade for the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, suggests the breadth, depth, and variety of the program and its impact on the Yeshiva College curriculum:

Catastrophe: The Crusades through the Holocaust	Japanese Banking and Financial Markets
The Chemistry of Metals in Biology	Jewish New York
Classical Political Philosophy	Jewish Religious Behavior in Sociological Perspective
Computational Methods in the Physical Sciences	Modern Orthodoxy: History and Ideology
Creative Writing—Fiction	Molecular Modeling
Dead Sea Scrolls	Public Choice
Economics and Ethical Issues	Quantum Mechanics
Envisioning the Contemporary American City	Remembering Communal Science, Society, and Ethics
Experimental Psychology	The Social Psychology of Evil
Genesis and Literature	The String Quartet
Great Proofs	Thoughts of Rav Joseph Soloveitchik
Greek Myths and Their Influence	The Victorian Web
Historiography	War and Peace
History, Ethnology, and the European	Writing Science and Nature
Honors CalculusBased Physics

TRANSFER CREDIT FOR HEBREW LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE

Isaac Breuer College Transfer credit for courses taken at IBC is listed on the Yeshiva College record as HES 1200–1299.

Transfers are made at the rate of 3 credits per semester unless written permission for a change is received from the Office of the Dean of IBC and filed in the Office of the Registrar.

The grade given for the transfer credit is based on the composite average achieved at IBC that semester.

The composite average is transferred as follows:

3.668 – 4.000= A	2.334 –2.667= B	1.001 – 1.333= D+
3.334 – 3.667= A	2.001 – 2.333= C+	0.668 – 1.000= D
3.001 – 3.333= B+	1.668 – 2.000= C	0.334 – 0.667= D
2.668 – 3.000= B	1.334 – 1.667= C	0.000 – 0.333= F

The Mechinah Program Transfer credit for courses taken in the Mechinah Program is listed on the Yeshiva College record as HES 1000–1099.

Transfers are made at the rate of 4 credits per semester unless written permission for a change is received from the Office of the Director of the Mechinah Program and filed in the Office of the Registrar.

The grade given for the transfer credit is based on the composite average achieved in JSS that semester. The composite average is transferred as indicated for Isaac Breuer College. Students attending the Mechinah Program may not take any courses in Jewish studies at any other school without the prior written permission of the Office of the Director of the Mechinah Program.

Mazer Yeshiva Program Students in MYP may elect to transfer 1, 2, or 3 credits per semester to Yeshiva College for their studies in MYP. Such courses appear on the Yeshiva College record as HES 1100–1199. The grade given for the transfer credit is the grade achieved in MYP that semester.

Stone Beit Midrash Program Students in SBMP may elect to transfer 1 or 2 credits per semester to Yeshiva College for their studies in SBMP. Transfer credit for courses taken at SBMP appears on the Yeshiva College record as HES1600–1699. The grade given for the transfer credit is based on the composite average achieved in SBMP that semester. The composite average is transferred as indicated for Isaac Breuer College.

PLACEMENT

English Placement for Foreign Students Upon entrance, foreign students will be assigned to English as a Second Language based on a placement examination.

Foreign Language Study Placement A student who has graduated from or attended a foreign secondary school in which the language of instruction was other than English or Hebrew should consult with the coordinator of languages in Yeshiva College if he would like to continue his foreign language and/or literature studies.

SCHOOL REGULATIONS
Regulations pertaining to Yeshiva College alone are given here; for those uniformly applicable to all undergraduate schools, see the Academic Information and Policies section.

Attendance At the start of the semester, each student must report in person to the instructor of each class to learn the specific attendance, examination, and other requirements of each course.

A student who does not meet these requirements may be dropped from a course.

A record of the student’s attendance in each class is kept by the instructor. In performance courses (such as laboratory, public speaking, music, language, and physical education), attendance is required at all class sessions. Attendance is compulsory for freshmen and sophomores in their first semester on campus, students admitted provisionally, and students on probation. During the first week of the semester, the instructor in any course must specifically notify his or her classes of the attendance policy for all students and should allow a number of absences equal to or greater than the normal number of class sessions per week.

A student’s attendance record may be taken into account when determining his status in the university. Continued unexcused absences will result in the student being dropped from the course or being awarded the grade of G (failure due to lack of attendance), which may lead to probation or academic dismissal from the college. A student’s attendance record may be taken into account when determining his status in the university.

Grades: A/P/N Option Each student in good standing, after his first year on campus, is permitted to select one course per semester to be graded A, P, or N. This is for the purpose of encouraging students to take course work outside their area of specialization; therefore, the course may not be one required for graduation or required or recommended for the student’s major. Students must apply for such a course during the period specified in the academic calendar.

Regulations and limitations applicable to the choice of a course under theA/P/N Option are available in the Office of the Registrar.

Audit Policy A student may audit no more than one course per semester. Only lecture courses without laboratory, performance, or studio work may be audited. Students must have a 3.0 average and the instructor’s written permission. Attendance must be regular, and the student must fulfill requirements as determined by the instructor. Audited courses do not count toward the student’s workload. No credit is given for an audited course, and it fulfills no requirements. A course being taken for credit may be changed to an audit (L) with the consent of the instructor until the date by which a course can be dropped without a W. A course previously audited may subsequently be taken for credit. Both courses will then appear on the student’s record. For more information and regulations, consult the Yeshiva College Advisement Center.

Upholding Academic Integrity Integrity is a paramount value both within Judaism and in the academic community. Individuals accept the responsibility for being judged solely on the basis of their own work and achievements. Therefore, students may receive no unauthorized assistance from others on such assignments as examinations, papers, or laboratory reports and must give explicit credit for authorized assistance and for all thoughts or expressions borrowed from any outside source. Submission of any examination, course assignment, or other degree requirement represents an affirmation that the student has adhered to these standards.

Cheating is the act of providing or utilizing unauthorized material or assistance in answering an examination question or performing part or all of an assignment. It includes, but is not limited to, stealing, furnishing, transmitting, receiving, selling, or buying an examination, one or more answers, or any part of an assignment. The transmission or reception may be oral, written, or by other means, including, but not limited to, pagers and beepers. Assignments include, but are not limited to, essays, lab reports, homework, compilations of data, and computer programs. Aiding and abetting any act of cheating is also cheating and will be treated as such.

Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating: the misrepresentation of someone else’s words, data, information, program, subroutine, finding, or idea as one’s own. Students are responsible for avoiding it in all written and oral assignments and presentations, including, but not limited to, essays, research papers, speeches, homework, computer programs, and lab reports.

The brochure Upholding Academic Integrity, available in the Academic Advisement Center, describes procedures for addressing allegations of academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, as well as penalties for breaches in academic integrity.

Workload The normal number of credits for a full semester’s work is 15.5 to 16.5 credits. A fulltime student is defined as one enrolled for at least 12 credits during a 15week semester. Under no circumstances will any student be given permission to register for more than 17.5 credits per semester at Yeshiva College (including any credit transferred from any other school of the university or from another institution).

The maximum number of credits that may be earned by any student in a 12-month period (counted as July–June or September–August, at his option) is 43. This includes courses taken in residence, work taken elsewhere, and credit earned by examination.

Students may not take fewer than 12 credits in any semester without written permission of the Office of the Dean.

Students with outside employment or with low averages are subject to restrictions on their workload as described in the Academic Retention, Probation, and Dismissal section.