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About Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution with a history of 90 years of academic excellence. Approximately 17,000 students are enrolled in 174 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the humanities; social, behavioral and natural sciences; education; business; and the arts. The college is renowned for its rigorous academics, study abroad programs, diverse student body, award-winning faculty and highly affordable tuition. Located on a beautifully landscaped 35-acre campus, Brooklyn College offers a rich student life within an urban environment.

Each academic program at Brooklyn College is administered by one of five schools. The deans have primary responsibility for administrative and academic oversight of undergraduate and graduate programs. The departments within each school are listed below. Details of degree programs, including majors, minors and interdisciplinary programs, are listed under their respective departments in the Programs of Courses and Instruction portion of this Bulletin.

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Accreditation

Brooklyn College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 267.284.5000; info@msche.org), the Council on Education for Public Health and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Murray Koppelman School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The master’s program in school counseling is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, the master’s program in speech-language pathology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the Au.D. program in audiology at the CUNY Graduate Center is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The B.S. program in chemistry is certified by the American Chemical Society. Brooklyn College’s academic programs are registered by the New York State Department of Education.

Murray Koppelman School of Business, Qing Hu, Dean

  • Accounting

  • Business Management

  • Economics

  • Finance

School of Education, María R. Scharrón-del Río, Interim Dean

  • Early Childhood Education/Art Education

  • Childhood, Bilingual and Special Education

  • Secondary Education

  • School Psychology, Counseling and Leadership

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rosamond S. King, Interim Dean

  • Africana Studies

  • Classics

  • Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders

  • English

  • History

  • Judaic Studies

  • Modern Languages and Literatures

  • Philosophy

  • Political Science

  • Puerto Rican and Latino Studies

  • Sociology

  • Interdisciplinary Programs: American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Children and Youth Studies, Communication, Linguistics, Studies in Religion, Urban Sustainability, Women’s and Gender Studies

School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Peter Tolias, Dean

  • Anthropology

  • Biology

  • Chemistry

  • Computer and Information Science

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • Health and Nutrition Sciences

  • Mathematics

  • Physics

  • Psychology

School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts, Maria E. Perez y Gonzalez, Interim Dean

  • Art

  • Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

  • Film

  • Music

  • Television and Radio

  • Theater

Note that the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program is now under the direction of the Office of the Provost.