Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies

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Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies
Latin: Schola Studiorum Professionalium et Continuandorum Fordhamensis
MottoSapientia et Doctrina
(Wisdom and Learning)
TypePrivate, non-profit, Independent, Catholic, Jesuit
Established1944
Parent institution
Fordham University
PresidentTania Tetlow
DeanAnthony Davidson, Ph.D.[1]
Location, ,
40°51′45″N 73°53′09″W / 40.8626°N 73.8858°W / 40.8626; -73.8858
CampusRose Hill (Bronx):
Urban, 85 acres
Lincoln Center (Manhattan):
Urban, 8 acres (32,000 m2)
Westchester (West Harrison):
Suburban, 35 acres (140,000 m2)
ColorsMaroon and White    
MascotRam
Websitewww.fordham.edu/pcs

Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies (formerly Fordham College of Liberal Studies)[2] is a degree-granting undergraduate and graduate college within Fordham University in the United States. The college is specifically intended to serve non-traditional students, offering full-time and part-time study options, flexible schedules, and three different campus locations, in order to facilitate the needs of this population.

Courses[edit]

The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. Fordham College of Liberal Studies follows the same core curriculum as the rest of the university's undergraduate colleges,[3] and utilizes much of the same faculty. An honors program is available to very high academic achievers by invitation; it deviates from the core curriculum and relies heavily on faculty-supervised project work and independent research – an opportunity unavailable to non-traditional students at almost all other institutions.[4] Completion of the honors program entitles a graduate to have the phrase in cursu honorum noted on the transcript and diploma.[citation needed]

Credit assignment[edit]

College credit may be available to any student for prior instruction outside formal academic circumstances, such as military training or job-based technical training, and for life-experience learning. It is not possible to cobble together transfer credits, prior instruction credit, and life-experience credit alone to obtain a degree, however. A minimum number of college credits must be earned at Fordham College of Liberal Studies in order to receive a bachelor's degree.[5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dean's Message". fordham.edu. Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Sassi, Janet (October 3, 2011). "New Name, New Offerings Come to Continuing Education at Fordham". Fordham News. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Lincoln Center Campus, Core Curriculum. Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed March 30, 2008)]
  4. ^ Fodham College of Liberal Studies Honors Program Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed March 30, 2008)
  5. ^ Fodham College of Liberal Studies, Credit for Life Experience Learning. Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed October 26, 2012)