Guttman’s Science program fosters a dynamic environment where you’ll work collaboratively with faculty and staff to expand your knowledge in the life and physical sciences.
The Science program celebrates high-impact experiential learning. What does that mean? We incorporate research and laboratory experiences across all course levels. In fact, as a Science student, you’ll have a variety of opportunities to apply hands-on laboratory skills in well-equipped labs, both in class and through extra-curricular research and outreach. Graduates of the Science program are fully prepared to transfer to a baccalaureate program, pursue their educational and professional futures in the sciences and make important contributions to a more scientifically literate society.
Philosophy
In support of the mission of Guttman Community College, the Science program aims to:
- Create an environment that supports your success through instructor and advisor accessibility, small class sizes, well-supported lab facilities, creative and innovative teaching, and student academic support.
- Provide multi-modal education in a technologically modern, sustainable environment that is centered on you, the student.
- Create an atmosphere that cultivates your literacy and life-long interest in science through curricular and co-curricular activities, projects, and opportunities for your own research.
- Provide a clear path to achieving an associate degree for students of widely diverse age, gender identity, background, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic statuses.
- Cultivate your understanding and appreciation for evidence- and logic-based reasoning both as a tool for academic success and scientific inquiry and as a critical tool for responsible civic life.
- Teach leadership by example through active faculty participation in shared governance, community engagement, professional accountability, and sustainable operations.
- Support each faculty member’s maintenance of disciplinary expertise by engaging in professional development, collaborative opportunities and by supporting the growth of our peers.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Science program, you’ll be able to:
- Employ common laboratory procedures to study scientific phenomena;
- Analyze data collected to make conclusions about scientific phenomena;
- Employ college-level literacy practices in scientific disciplines, including using correct citation format;
- Retrieve relevant literature using appropriate scientific databases to analyze and understand scientific information;
- Engage in current scientific issues, demonstrate your knowledge, and communicate with a range of audiences; and
- Develop skills to identify and analyze problems and apply scientific knowledge to solve them.
Experiences
CUNY Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Applicants accepted to the NYC LSAMP program participate in a research methods course during spring of their first year and are eligible for a second-year fellowship that provides a year-long mentored research opportunity and periodic events with LSAMP scholars from around CUNY.
CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP)
Interested LAS-SciM students may apply to conduct and assist in mentored research under CUNY faculty in biology and chemistry. Over one academic year, the CUNY Research Scholars Program provides funded laboratory experiences for associate degree students to encourage undergraduate participation in authentic research and to increase persistence in STEM disciplines. Students receive 400 hours of mentoring from faculty members and participate in programming offered at their campuses, including sessions on laboratory safety, public speaking and poster preparation. The program culminates in a CUNY-wide CRSP research symposium where students present their work to CUNY students, faculty and guests.
Requirements
Please refer to course descriptions for pre-requisite, co-requisite, and/or pre-/co-requisite information. For more information on potential paths to degree completion, please review the Science degree map.
Transfer Opportunities
An Articulation Agreement is a written contract or partnership between Guttman Community College and a senior college/university that outlines agreed upon coursework that will transfer over to that particular institution. When you complete your coursework and meet the requirements specified by the receiving institution(s) upon applying, you will be admitted and those completed courses will be applied toward your baccalaureate degree.
The Science program has articulation agreements with the following institutions:
- Brooklyn College, CUNY (Biology, B.S.; Chemistry, B.S.; Earth and Environmental Sciences, B.A.; Earth and Environmental Sciences, B.S.)