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The University

Quinnipiac offers four-year and graduate-level degree programs leading to careers in health sciences, business, communications, natural sciences, education, liberal arts, and law. A curriculum that combines a career focus with a globally oriented liberal arts background prepares graduates for the future, whether they start their careers right after commencement or opt to pursue advanced study.

Quinnipiac is coeducational and nonsectarian and currently enrolls 5,516 full-time undergraduates, 805 full-time graduate and law students, and 921 part-time students in its undergraduate, graduate, professional, and continuing education programs. Twenty-five percent of the students are residents of Connecticut; the rest represent primarily the northeast corridor, in all a total of twenty-four states and several countries. The emphasis at Quinnipiac is on community. Students, faculty members, and staff members interact both in and out of the classroom and office. Quinnipiac is big enough to sustain a wide variety of people and programs but small enough to keep students from getting lost in the shuffle. Life on campus emphasizes students personal, as well as academic, growth. The approximately seventy-five student organizations and extracurricular activities, including intramural and intercollegiate (NCAA Division I) athletics, give students a chance to exercise their talents, muscles, and leadership skills. The University has a student newspaper, TV station, and an FM radio station (WQAQ) and twenty-one intercollegiate teams in mens baseball, basketball, cross-country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track and in womens basketball, cross-country, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track, and volleyball. Teams compete in the Northeast Conference (NEC); mens and womens ice hockey teams are members in the ECAC.

Quinnipiacs 300-acre Mount Carmel (main) campus has fifty buildings. In addition to its academic facilities, the University has twenty-five residence halls of different stylestraditional three- and four-person rooms, suites, and multilevel suites with kitchensall with functional furnishings and decor. The residence halls currently house 3,500 men and women, about 95 percent of all freshmen and 70 percent of the total undergraduate population. Construction on the nearby 250 acre York Hill section of the campus will add 1,800 beds plus an additional student center and multilevel parking garage to accommodate seniors in suite-style housing beginning in 2009. The Carl Hansen Student Center, containing recreational facilities, meeting rooms, and offices for student organizations, is adjacent to Alumni Hall, a large multipurpose auditorium used for concerts, lectures, films, and various University and community events.

Facilities for athletic activities are found in and around the gymnasium and recreation center plus the TD Banknorth Sports Center on York Hill, which includes twin 3000-plus-seat arenas for basketball and ice hockey. The Recreation Center includes a 24,000-square-foot recreation/fitness facility with a large free-weight room; an exercise machine center; aerobics studios; basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts; and a suspended indoor track. There are also lighted tennis courts, playing fields, and miles of scenic routes for running and biking.

Career Planning begins in each of the schools with assistance from the deans offices in health sciences, communications, business, and liberal arts. It begins with faculty advisement, along with career exploration, a focus on internships and clinical placements, exploring various major and job fields, and exposure to prospective employers and job preparation.

Graduate programs lead to the Master of Science degree in accounting, computer information systems, interactive communications, journalism, and molecular and cell biology; the Master of Health Science in medical lab sciences, cardiovascular perfusion, pathologist assistant studies, and physician assistant studies; the Master of Science in Nursing in nurse practitioner studies; the Master of Business Administration; the Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management, the Master of Business AdministrationChartered Financial Analyst, and the Master of Arts in Teaching. A $22-million, on-campus facility houses the Quinnipiac University School of Law and its library. The school offers full-time and part-time programs leading to a J.D. degree or J.D./M.B.A. degree in combination with the School of Business.

Location

Situated at the foot of Sleeping Giant Mountain in Hamden, Connecticut, Quinnipiac provides the best of the suburbs and the city. The University is only 8 miles from New Haven, 30 minutes from Hartford (the state capital), and less than 2 hours from New York City and Boston. Bordering the campus is the 1700-acre Sleeping Giant State Park, for walking and hiking. The campus shuttle takes students to shopping and restaurants in nearby Hamden and North Haven, plus to New Haven, where they can visit the acclaimed Yale Center for British Art, attend a performance at the Schubert or Long Wharf Theater (which hosts productions by Quinnipiacs Theater Department), marvel at the dinosaurs in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, dine in fine restaurants, or find easy access to Metro North and Amtrak at the New Haven train station. Quinnipiacs New England location also makes it convenient to enjoy a day in the surf or on the slopes. The beaches on Long Island Sound are easy to reach, and several ski resorts are only an hours drive from campus.

Majors and Degrees

The School of Health Sciences grants bachelors degrees in athletic training/sports medicine, biochemistry, biology, biomedical science, chemistry, diagnostic imaging, microbiology/molecular biology, nursing, occupational therapy (5-year entry-level masters), physical therapy (6-year entry-level doctorate), physician assistant studies (6-year freshman entry-level masters), and veterinary technology. Students who wish to prepare for entry into medical, dental, chiropractic, veterinary, or other medical schools work with a premed adviser and take classes that prepare them to sit for the various entrance exams.

The School of Business (accredited by AACSB International) offers bachelors degree programs in accounting, advertising, biomedical marketing, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems management, international business, management, and marketing. The school also offers a five-year combined-degree program in which students may be awarded the B.S. degree in business and a graduate degree in accounting, business administration, or computer information systems (M.S. or M.B.A.).

The College of Liberal Arts offers bachelors degree programs in computer science, criminal justice, English, gerontology, history, interactive digital design, legal studies (paralegal), liberal studies, mathematics, political science, psychology, social services, sociology, Spanish, and theater. Students can also design their own majors. Certification for teaching elementary and secondary education is offered through a five-year program, resulting in a Master of Arts in Teaching. A bachelors degree program in psychobiology is interdisciplinary in nature. Students can also continue their study in graduate programs in business, law, journalism, or interactive communications.

The School of Communications offers undergraduate majors in journalism, media studies, production, and public relations and graduate programs in journalism and interactive communications for writing and design in the journalistic community.

Academic Programs

All degree programs at Quinnipiac University are offered through one of the five academic schools. The academic year consists of two 15-week fall and spring semesters and two summer sessions. All baccalaureate candidates are required to complete the University Curriculum, which consists of up to 46 of the 120 semester hours of credit generally needed for graduation at the bachelors degree level. The University Curriculum promotes the achievement of college-level competence in English and mathematics and requires study in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The foundation of the University Curriculum is three university seminars, which focus on the broad theme of community: individual, national, and global in scope. The Writing Across the Curriculum initiative (WAC) stresses the improvement in writing skills in all subject areas. The University honors program addresses the needs and interests of the most academically talented and committed students. Honors students take a minimum of 21 credits in their existing core curriculum or major courses. Academically talented students are identified during the admission process and are invited to participate in the University honors program. Approximately 60 full-time freshmen enter the honors program each fall.

Advanced placement, credit, or both are given for appropriate scores on Advanced Placement tests and CLEP general and subject examinations as well as for scores of 4 or higher in the International Baccalaureate higher-level subjects.

Off-Campus Programs

Students in any of the four undergraduate schools can get hands-on experience in their field through off-campus internships. The University is affiliated with outstanding health and scientific institutionssuch as Childrens Hospital (Boston), YaleNew Haven Hospital, Hartford Hospital, Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital (Wallingford), and the University of Connecticut Health Centerthroughout the state and the nation. Opportunities for internships also exist in industry, large and small businesses, media outlets, and social and governmental agencies. Academic credit is available for internships and affiliations, which are often part of degree requirements.

Academic Facilities

Academic life focuses on the Bernhard Library, which opened in the fall of 2000. This attractive facility provides users with 600 seats, arranged as individual carrels and small rooms for group study and is open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters. A wireless network provides access to automated library systems and extensive Web-based resources. In addition, students use the workstations in the librarys Cyber Caf for online research and classroom assignments. The library houses an extensive collection of books, periodicals, government documents, films, tapes, and microforms. Members of the Quinnipiac University community may also draw on resources from local and statewide institutions through interlibrary loans and shared electronic resources.

Quinnipiac University was identified as one of the top ten most-wired campuses in the country by PC Magazine in January2007. All incoming students must purchase a University-recommended laptop computer for use in the classroom, residence halls, and library. A help desk offers support to the laptop program. Students can register online, access library resources, course-related materials, complete assignments, and view their grades.

More specialized student-computing facilities are located in classrooms throughout the campus. Tator Hall has five computer classrooms and four teaching laboratories containing approximately 200 computers. The multimedia and video laboratories in the Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center each have fourteen Apple MacIntosh G5 and G4 workstations. The computer cluster in the Financial Technology Center at Quinnipiac Universitys School of Business is a high-tech, simulated trading floor providing students with the opportunity to access real-time financial data, conduct interactive trading simulations, and develop financial models in preparation for careers in finance.

The Echlin Health Sciences Center houses physical and occupational therapy, nursing, and related fields of study. Buckman Center is where many of the science labs are located, including those for chemistry and veterinary technology. A clinical skills lab, for use by nursing students and the physician assistant program, simulates a critical care hospital center. Also in the Center is the Buckman Theatre, which holds plays, concerts, and lectures. The Lender School of Business has satellite capabilities and the Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center, which contains a state-of-the-art, fully digital, high-definition TV production studio, print journalism and desktop publishing laboratories, and a news technology center.

Costs

The basic 200708 cost was $39,920, of which tuition and fees (1216 credits per semester) were $26,720, and room and board averaged $11,200. Other expenses, estimated at $1200 per year, included books, laboratory and course fees associated with specific courses, and personal travel expenses.

Financial Aid

Quinnipiac designs financial aid packages to include grants and scholarships that do not have to be repaid, self-help financial aid programs such as federal and University-based work study, and loans. Quinnipiac uses the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine need. Transfer students are eligible for the same need-based financial aid consideration as first-time freshmen. Quinnipiac also offers a number of renewable scholarships to new, full-time freshmen and transfer students, awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Faculty

The faculty is characterized by its teaching competence and outstanding academic qualifications. Of the 290 full-time faculty members, 75 percent have earned a Ph.D. or the appropriate terminal degree in their field. The faculty also includes a number of part-time teachers who are practicing professionals and experts in their fields. Classes are taught by these scholars and professionals and not by student instructors, and a low student-faculty ratio promotes close associations among faculty members and students.

Student Government

The Student Government is the student legislative body of Quinnipiac. It represents student opinion, promotes student welfare, supervises student organizations, appropriates funds for student groups, and provides voting student representation on the Board of Trustees.

Admission Requirements

Quinnipiac seeks students from a broad range of backgrounds. Candidates are reviewed for admission once their application is complete. Visits to the campus for either an interview, open house, group information session, or a campus tour are strongly encouraged. Transfer students are welcome to make an appointment to discuss requirements and the transfer of credit from previous institutions. Quinnipiac sponsors four open house programs during the year and several Saturday morning information sessions followed by a campus tour.

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