Information for Majors
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Registrar's Office: https://www.lehman.edu/registrar/
The Office of the Registrar keeps all student academic records. This includes your courses and grades, semester and cumulative indices, withdrawals and personal information. The Office designs and implements applications to facilitate student registration, class offerings, and classroom assignments. We are committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our students’ records, and are guided by the principles of fairness, good stewardship, and a commitment to excellence.
All continuing students register for courses in Schedule Builder during their assigned enrollment appointment times. Assigned enrollment (registration) appointments provide students access to enrollment via Schedule Builder. Students are not required to attend in-person registration. Registration information is communicated via email to students’ Lehman email addresses. To learn more about schedule builder: click here.
https://globalsearch.cuny.edu/CFGlobalSearchTool/CFSearchToolController
What is DegreeWorks?
DegreeWorks 5.1.2 is a computerized advising and degree progress audit system that assesses coursework against degree requirements to track progress towards graduation. The application provides a degree audit, which is a comprehensive snapshot of your academic record evaluated against the requirement areas for a specific degree.
The purpose of DegreeWorks is to enrich advising by providing accurate and comprehensive information that can be used in consultation with an advisor to project a path to graduation. All students are encouraged to contact their advisor for academic advisement. Many academic plans (majors/minors) and subplans (concentrations, options or tracks) call for the selection of course work in consultation with an advisor. Furthermore, advisors can proactively anticipate challenges and adjust programs as needed. For more information on DegreeWorks: click here.
To find information about graduation: click here.
Alternative Credit Options/Credit for Prior Learning
The Alternative Credit Option/CPL Progam aims to assist students in identifying alternative low-cost opportunities to earn credits towards the completion of their degrees. We recognize that many of our students have a considerable amount of learning, work, and life experience that might be applicable for college credit. For further information regarding the alternative options: click here.
Bursar's Office: https://www.lehman.edu/administration/business-office/bursar-office/
The Bursar’s Office is responsible for accepting and processing tuition and fees, miscellaneous fee payments and third-party invoicing. We handle the collection of delinquent accounts, issuing refunds, depositing funds and the disbursement of payrolls. Our office complies with all policies, procedures and regulatory requirements according to the City University of New York (CUNY), State and Federal Government regulations.
Financial Aid Office: https://www.lehman.edu/financial-aid/
The Financial Aid Office at Lehman College helps students apply for, receive and maintain eligibility for various types of financial aid. The office provides financial assistance to students who would otherwise be unable to pursue and achieve their educational and professional goals.
Undergraduate Admissions Office: https://lehman.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/
With over 80 undergraduate majors across six different schools, Lehman offers you an excellent and affordable education. A minority-serving institution and federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, Lehman College educates a diverse population of students. With a 17:1 student to faculty ratio and an average class size of 24 students, you'll benefit from the individualized support of Lehman’s world-class faculty.
Information Technology Division: https://www.lehman.edu/itr/index.php
The Information Technology Division is responsible for technology delivery, leadership and innovation to achieve Lehman's strategic vision of transforming lives and communities. We deliver by being accountable for the reliable, service-oriented and transparent management of computing, data, network, telecommunications, help desk, multimedia and web resources that are responsive to the needs of the College.
To access your email account:
- Access your Lehman student email (use the same credentials as Lehman 360, except there is an @lc.cuny.edu after your username)
An online platform that places students at the heart of the school’s digital ecosystem—while giving students, faculty, and administrators the important information they need to work faster, smoother, and more efficiently. To learn more: click here.
Leonard Lief Library: https://lehman.edu/library/index.php
The Library supports Lehman's educational mission, and is committed to providing staff, facilities, resources, technology, and services that meet the information and scholarly requisites of the College community, help foster personal and professional development, and inspire lifelong learning.
Laptop/Device & WiFi Loan Program
Do you need a laptop or wifi to complete your studies this fall? Lehman College has available a limited supply of iPads, Chromebook laptops and WiFi hotspot devices for currently enrolled students who do not have a device for their studies.
Statement of the Department of Psychology to its Students on the Importance of Academic Integrity
Integrity matters. It is the bedrock upon which research, academic, and personal accomplishments must be based. Without integrity, claims of discovery, achievement, or skills are empty and trust is not possible. The very value of a Lehman College degree is diminished every time a student advances their degree (or helps someone else advance theirs) by violating the academic integrity policy. Students who get ahead through dishonest means put honest students at an unfair disadvantage – making it harder for honest students to succeed and making the degree less worthwhile if employers or graduate schools have contact with students whose honest skill set does not match what their official record would imply. Therefore, as you begin on your path to earning your major or minor in Psychology, it is important that you understand what constitutes plagiarism and cheating when writing papers and taking exams. You certainly would not want to engage in any behaviors that could reflect badly on your reputation, and/or impede your academic and career goals. To help with this endeavor, the Psychology Department has put together this information on academic integrity. Below you will find a summary of the minimum required sanctions that will be brought to bear on anyone violating the policy as well as a list of safeguards you can expect faculty to take to help maintain proper behavior.
All psychology students should consult the Psychology Department’s statement on academic integrity (below) and/or Lehman College’s statement on academic integrity for a more detailed discussion. In keeping with the College’s policies, the Department of Psychology will not tolerate activities that constitute cheating, plagiarizing, obtaining an unfair advantage, or falsifying documents or official records. Please note: you are responsible for adhering to policies discussed even when you were not present in class.
Definitions and Examples of Academic Dishonesty
Cheating is the unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aids, devices or communication during an academic exercise. Some examples of cheating include:
- Copying from another student during an examination or allowing another to copy your work.
- Unauthorized collaboration on a take-home assignment or examination.
- Using notes during a closed book examination.
- Taking an examination for another student, or asking or allowing another student to take an examination for you.
- Changing a graded exam and returning it for more credit. Submitting substantial portions of the same paper to more than one course without consulting with each instructor.
- Preparing answers or writing notes in a blue book (exam booklet) before an examination.
- Allowing others to research and write assigned papers or do assigned projects, including using commercial term paper services. Giving assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty.
- Fabricating data (in whole or in part).
- Falsifying data (in whole or in part).
- Submitting someone else's work as your own.
- Unauthorized use during an examination of any electronic devices such as phones, computers or other technologies to retrieve or send information.
Sanctions
When a faculty member discovers an act which appears to have violated any aspect of the academic integrity policy, where feasible, s/he will inform the student of their suspicions and review the facts with the student. If a faculty member remains convinced that a breach of academic integrity has occurred, he/she will levy an academic penalty. The faculty member, at their discretion, may either assign a failing grade on the assignment in question, a reduced grade for the course as whole, or a failing grade on the course as a whole. It is important to note that violations of academic integrity on optional or extra credit work can also result in a reduced or failing grade for the course as a whole. Students should also be aware that violating the academic integrity policy will severely limit their chances of being able to obtain supportive letters of recommendation for internships, jobs, or graduate school.
The faculty member is also required to file a report of the event with the College’s Academic Integrity Officer in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. These reports become part of the student’s record. In addition to the faculty member’s academic penalty in the course, the college may levy additional disciplinary penalties including suspension or even expulsion in any of the following situations if: a second report is filed with the college (or was filed at previously attended CUNY campus); a student commits a very substantial violation of academic integrity; or a student attempts to drop a course to avoid academic penalties. The disciplinary penalties levied by the college are beyond the jurisdiction of the Psychology Department faculty.
Safeguards to Ensure Integrity and Fairness to All Students
Some Examples Include:
- In addition to studying the College Bulletin descriptions, students should consider attending one of the ACE Tutoring Center’s workshops on how to properly cite information and avoid inadvertent plagiarism and/or take an online tutorial, such as is provided by Indiana University to help students identify plagiarism. In addition to a set of tutorials, this website has a certification test you can take.
- Before exams begin, students are expected to completely turn off and remove from their view all phones, smart devices (such as watches), and other electronic devices not expressly permitted by the faculty member in charge.
- Students should talk to their professor ahead of time if they are concerned about an emergency call during a testing situation. It might be possible for the student to leave their phone on vibrate with the faculty member in charge, though this is at the faculty member’s discretion.
- Students should be sure to use rest rooms, if needed, before exams begin. Once a student leaves the room for any reason, the faculty member is within her or his rights to confiscate the exam and refuse to allow the student to finish.
- If you think you might need water, tissues, etc. during your exam, please bring them.
- During exams, all notes must be securely removed from view and desks should be cleared of everything except the exam booklets and answer sheets.
- In an effort to proctor exams properly, faculty may, from time to time, ask students to remove hats, and may inspect bottles, dictionaries, or other gear.
- Students who are permitted to make up a missed exam should expect to have to find a mutually agreed time that is at the faculty member’s convenience, but outside the class hour, so that they can be seated in an area where the faculty member can properly proctor them.
- Faculty, at any point before or during an exam, may ask one or more students to change their seats to a different location of the faculty member’s choosing, or may ask students to reorient how they are sitting.
o It is important to understand that such a request is not an accusation of wrongdoing. Faculty will make these requests if they are having difficulty proctoring the exam properly. Cooperation with these requests is expected. A student who refuses to comply may have their exam confiscated and be prevented from completing the exam. - Faculty have the right to deny entry to a student who arrives to an exam so late that other students have already left.
- When reviewing exams where faculty intend to collect and keep the question booklet, students may not make notes, take pictures, or record questions in any way. If a professor asks students to put away their notes, laptops, cell phones or other items before allowing students to review their exams, it is expected that students will do so.
Appeals
In keeping with College policy, students who admit to the charge of a violation of academic integrity may nevertheless challenge a faculty member’s academic sanction through the grade appeal process outlined in the College Bulletin. A student who denies a charge of having committed academic dishonesty altogether may, as described in the bulletin, appeal their case to a Student-Faculty Disciplinary Committee, which will also make final decisions about the application of any disciplinary sanctions, such as suspension or expulsion.
Undergraduate (for more info: click here)
Onboarding Advisement Office – Onboarding Academic Advisors support entering and returning students through various enrollment barriers and provide academic advisement for their first-semester registration.
Office of Undergraduate Academic Advisement – General Academic Advisors guide and support students as they progress through their first semester toward the successful completion of their degrees.
Graduation Specialist Unit – Graduation Specialists provide advisement and support during the final year of degree completion.
Pre-Health Advising – Pre-Health Advisors provide information, advising, coaching, and support for students who are interested in applying to and entering accredited health professional programs.
Pre-Nursing Advising – Pre-Nursing advisors provide information and advisement on Nursing prerequisite courses and assist students in preparing their applications to the Nursing program.
Specialized Programs
Adult Degree Program (ADP) – The Adult Degree Program at Lehman College assists adults 25 and older who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree and offers a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies offering students an innovative, flexible, and customizable path toward an interdisciplinary degree.
Lehman College ACE Program (ACE) – The ACE Program at Lehman College is a comprehensive program designed to help students complete their academic journey to the bachelor’s degree within two years (transfer) or four years (freshmen).
The Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program (SEEK) – The SEEK Program promotes the academic, personal, and vocational development of SEEK students at Lehman College by admitting a previously underserved population and providing an array of specialized support and enrichment programs and activities dedicated to encouraging student’s learning, performance, persistence and graduation.
Macaulay Honors College (MHC) and The Lehman Scholars Program (LSP) – The William E. Macaulay Honors College at Lehman chooses students from a highly competitive field of applicants who demonstrate exceptional academic skills and are then challenged to continue their record of achievement and to prepare for top graduate programs as well as leadership positions in both their professions and their communities.
