Policies
Welcome to Farmingdale State College’s Policy Library. This library is the official repository for all institutional policies and procedures and is intended to be a resource for faculty, staff and students seeking information related to the policies that govern the institution. This library does not contain department-specific policies and procedures. Please contact the department for specific departmental policies and procedures.
Please direct all questions regarding policy content to the Responsible Office listed on the respective policy.
If you wish to propose or amend an institutional policy, please review the Policy for Developing Institutional Policies and complete the Policy Proposal Form.
For assistance with drafting and amending policies, please refer to the Policy Writing Guidance and/or contact the Risk and Compliance Office at 934-420-5365.
General Education Requirements
Persons Affected
Students
Procedures
WAIVERS
Waivers in any specific competency area will be addressed on an individual basis under advisement. AP, CLEP, LOTE and REGENTS can be considered for waivers. Any student who applies for and is granted a waiver in a particular competency area must still complete the minimum General Education credit requirement of their degree program. The number of credits waived may be applied to “elective” courses in any of the ten competency areas at the students’ discretion though the College recommends that this be done under advisement.
Foreign Language Requirements Policy
The foreign language requirement for the SUNY General Education Program at Farmingdale State College requires students in most programs to successfully complete a course in the foreign language competency area. Some majors require a minimum proficiency of a Level II or higher foreign language. Students who wish to register for a Level II course must have successfully completed a college Level I course (or three to four years of study in that same language in high school) or take a placement examination offered by the Modern Language Department. The following provisions exempt a student from the Level I and Level II requirement:
- A student who has documentation of completion of primary education abroad in a foreign language other than English (this documentation must include a certified translation)
- A Regents or LOTE (Language other than English) exam score in a foreign language of 85 or above.
- Advanced Placement examination in a foreign language with a score of 3 or above.
- International Baccalaureate examination in a foreign language with a score of 4 or above.
- A CLEP exam score of 50 or above.
- A foreign language proficiency exam offered by the Modern Languages Department.
The Modern Language Department currently provides Proficiency Testing (credit by evaluation) in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin), Ethiopian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu. Proficiency Testing languages are offered according to faculty evaluator availability and are subject to change. Students who successfully pass the exam will have three credits in Foreign Language.
If a student seeks exemption based on knowledge of a language not found on the list above, the student must take a language test administered by the Foreign Language Proficiency Testing Service of the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Services. If the student achieves a score of 8 or above on this test, he/she may receive up to six credits in foreign language. If the student’s score is 5-7, the student must enroll in one of the Modern Language Department’s elective culture/cinema courses taught in English to complete this requirement.
Consideration for a foreign language waiver/substitution for students with disabilities
To be considered for a Foreign Language Waiver (and then a course substitution), a student must be registered with the Disability Services Center (DSC).
The student requesting the foreign language waiver will provide documentation that explains the appropriateness of this request.
An example could be documentation that explains a language processing problem. Documentation will be reviewed by the director of the DSC and a determination will be made.
Students are strongly encouraged not to wait until the final year of FSC to make this request. Not all requests are approved.
When a foreign language waiver is approved, the student is required to substitute a Modern Language Course(s), (MLG) taught in English to fulfill the requirement in his/her curriculum.
Responsible Office
Office of the Provost
Policy History
2018-2019
Policies
Categories
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Amnesty Policy
- Aviation Flight Center Safety Policy
- Campus Policy For Preferred First Name
- Campus Policy for Animals Care and Use for Research
- Campus Policy for Assignment of Credit Hours
- Campus Policy for Credit‐By‐Evaluation
- Campus Policy for Transfer Credit
- Captioned Media Policy
- Faculty Compensation and Load Credit for Credit‐Bearing Internships
- General Education Requirements
- Grade Grievance Procedure
- Guidelines for Academic Standing for Matriculated Undergraduate Students
- Plagiarism Detection and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Planning & Conducting Distance Learning
- Policies for Academic Standing for Non-Matriculated Students
- Policy and Procedure Guide For Faculty Led Study Abroad Programs
- Policy for Recording Classroom Instruction
- Research Integrity Policy
- Specially Designated Course Policy
- Student Attendance Policy
- Syllabus-Guide
- Writing-Intensive Requirement
- Bottled Water Policy
- Child Protection Policy
- Farmingdale State College's Payment Card Policy
- Food and Beverage Policy
- Fraud and Irregularities Policy
- Mandatory Reporting and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
- Payment Collection and Cash Handling Policy
- Policy for Developing Institutional Policies
- Records Retention and Management Policy
- Use of Facilities by Third Parties for Free Speech
- Acceptable Use Policy for Computer Facilities
- Additional Sick Leave Request Guidelines(a.k.a. Presidential Sick Leave)
- Affirmative Action Search Waivers Policy
- Also Receives Policy
- Alternate Work Arrangements Policy
- Alternate Work Location Policy
- Background Investigation Policy
- Chosen Identity Policy
- Civility and Bullying Policy
- Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Complaint Policy & Procedure
- Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure for Title IX Sex Discrimnation and Sex-Based Harassment
- Domestic Violence and the Workplace Policy
- Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy
- Extra Service Processing Procedure
- Farmingdale State College Consensual Relationship Policy
- Gender-Based Violence and the Workplace Policy
- Informal Resolution Policy
- Internal Promotion Policy
- Mandatory Reporting and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
- Nepotism Policy
- New Position Justification
- Part Time Recruiting and Hiring Policy
- Reasonable Accomodations for State Employees
- Reimbursement of Moving Expenses Policy
- Religious Accomodations Policy
- Sexual Harassment Response and Prevention Policy Statement
- Telecommuting Policy
- Tobacco Use Policy
- Volunteer Policy
- Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
- Acceptable Use Policy for Computer Facilities
- Banner Security Policy
- College Email Policy
- Copyright Guidelines
- Cyber Security Awareness and Education Policy
- Data Communication Network Security Policy
- Farmingdale Information Security Policy
- Farmingdale State College Privacy Policy
- GDPR Privacy Notice
- Guidelines for the use of Digital Material
- Retiree Email Policy
- Wired or Wireless Network Policy
- Chosen Identity Policy
- Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure for Title IX Sex Discrimnation and Sex-Based Harassment
- Farmingdale State College Consensual Relationship Policy
- Farmingdale State College Student Alcohol Policy
- Grievance Procedure for Sex-Based Harassment Complaints for Students (including NYS 129B requirements)
- Informal Resolution Policy
- Involuntary Leave of Absence Policy
- Personal Transportation Device Policy
- Policy and Procedures on Students Rights and Assembly
- Refund Policy
- Request and Grievance Policy for Student Disability Related Accommodations
- Sexual Harassment Response and Prevention Policy Statement
- Student Immunization Policy