NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

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1 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

2 Introduction Your Path to Success...4 An Accessibe and Supportive Learning Environment...5 Associate and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Programs...6 Information and Computing Studies Appied Computer Technoogy...7 Mobie Appication Deveopment...7 Libera Studies Appied Libera Arts...8 Visua Communications Studies Design and Imaging Technoogy...9 3D Graphics Technoogy...9 Business Studies Accounting Technoogy...10 Administrative Support Technoogy...10 Business...10 Business Technoogy...11 Hospitaity and Service Management...11 Engineering Studies Computer-Aided Drafting Technoogy...12 Computer-Integrated Machining Technoogy...12 Appied Mechanica Technoogy...13 Civi Technoogy...13 Science and Mathematics Laboratory Science Technoogy...14 Bacheor s Degree Programs...15 Career Preparation...16 On-Site Communication Services...17 Engaging, Experienced Facuty...18 A Smart Investment...19 Campus and Community...20 Personaized Admission Process...22 RIT in Brief

3 Introduction The Nationa Technica Institute for the Deaf is one of the nine coeges of Rochester Institute of Technoogy, a eading career-oriented, technoogica university recognized by U.S. News & Word Report as one of America s Best Coege Vaues, and by The Princeton Review as one of the top 20 coeges nationwide for Best Career Services. More than 15,400 undergraduate students from around the word, incuding more than 1,200 who are deaf or hard of hearing, come to campus every year to take advantage of the benefits of an RIT/NTID education. The opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT/NTID are unmatched by any university in the word. Career-focused programs that refect the needs of today s empoyers, work experience gained through the university s cooperative education program, facuty who speciaize in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students, outstanding job pacement rate, unparaeed access and support services, and a student-centered campus environment a set RIT/NTID apart. Students ooking for a superior education and a truy unique coege experience wi find it here at RIT/NTID. But don t just take our word for it. Take a cose ook and come visit, so you can see firsthand why RIT/NTID is the perfect pace for you! 3

4 Your Path to Success Degree Options RIT/NTID is a remarkabe pace where innovative and creative academic opportunities prepare you for 21 st century success. Each of our programs provides knowedge, technica skis and hands-on experience to give you a competitive advantage in today s fastest growing professions. Career-Focused Associate Degree Programs You may quaify for an associate degree in any of our state-of-the-art technica programs, taught by experienced facuty who provide you with hands-on training on industryspecific equipment. By the time you graduate, you have the technica skis and knowedge to hit the ground running in your chosen fied. Associate+Bacheor s Degree Programs If you are interested in a bacheor s degree, but aren t ready to enter directy into one of RIT s bacheor s degree programs, you may quaify to enter an Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program and start on the road to academic success. These programs prepare you to earn an associate degree in an NTID program before enroing into a bacheor s degree program in one of the other coeges of RIT. Pre-Baccaaureate Programs If you re interested in a bacheor s degree program in the Kate Geason Coege of Engineering, Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy, Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Coege of Libera Arts, or Coege of Science, but need to compete a sma number of courses to quaify for admission, you may be eigibe to enter a pre-baccaaureate program. A pre-baccaaureate programs are individuaized, and panned with you and your academic adviser to hep you prepare for your bacheor s degree program. Career Exporation Studies If you want to coect additiona information about associate degree careers and majors before deciding on a program of study, or if you need additiona academic preparation and study to be ready for a major, Career Exporation Studies may be the right option for you. This program offers you the opportunity to do a career search whie you deveop a better understanding of yoursef with the hep of career and persona counseing, take decision-making casses and sampe various majors. A counseor/facuty adviser wi work with you to assist you in evauating information and making a career decision. Bacheor s Degree Programs If you re interested in and quaified for a bacheor s degree program, you can pursue any of more than 90 exciting and chaenging programs offered in the: Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy Saunders Coege of Business B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences Kate Geason Coege of Engineering Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences Coege of Libera Arts Coege of Science For more information on programs within these coeges, visit If you are unsure which coege fits your interests, you may appy to enter the University Exporation option to expore different bacheor s degree programs. 4

5 An Accessibe and Supportive Learning Environment Access and Support Services provided more than 149,000 hours of interpreting services. In addition to cassroom interpreting, you aso may request interpreting services for non-academic activities such as athetic events, reigious services, student government meetings, guest presentations and other student ife activities. Notetaking Trained student notetakers record information during cass or aboratory ectures, discussions and mutimedia presentations. The resuting cass notes are upoaded to the web, so you can easiy access them. Last year, RIT/NTID provided more than 61,000 hours of notetaking services for students. Rea-Time Captioning Services This service provides a comprehensive Engish text dispay of cassroom ectures and discussion. Students read this text during cass and may print it as a permanent record of cassroom discussions. Career-Focused Associate Degree Programs If you take courses at NTID, facuty members wi communicate directy with you using a variety of strategies, which may incude sign anguage with voice, sign anguage without voice, spoken anguage (FM systems are avaiabe), fingerspeing, printed/visua aids, web-based instructiona materias and individua tutoring. In cases where a facuty member s communication strategies do not appropriatey meet your needs, you can request access services from the Department of Access Services for courses at NTID via the MyAccess.RIT.edu website. As a student taking NTID courses, you wi have access to a state-of-the-art earning center staffed by professiona and peer tutors. An assigned counseor wi work cosey with you to hep you pan your coegiate experience and provide you with persona, socia, career and academic advising and counseing services. Bacheor s Degree Programs If you quaify to take courses in the Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy, Saunders Coege of Business, B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences, Kate Geason Coege of Engineering, Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy, Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Coege of Libera Arts, or Coege of Science, RIT/NTID wi provide the educationa access services you need. You can choose from among sign anguage interpreting, FM systems, notetaking or reatime captioning services. Aternative services aso may be provided. You aso wi have access to a unique system of educationa support services such as tutoring by experienced facuty tutors, persona and career counseing and academic advisers. Interpreting RIT/NTID has the argest staff of professiona sign anguage interpreters of any coege program in the word. Last year, RIT/NTID Tutoring/Advising Facuty tutors/advisers hep answer your questions and carify concepts and information taught in casses. They aso provide academic advising, discuss programs and career goas with you, and hep you pan your schedue, seect casses and prepare for cooperative (co-op) work experiences. Associate+Bacheor s Degree Programs If you quaify for these programs, NTID instructors wi use a variety of strategies to communicate directy with you in your courses. In cases where a facuty member s communication strategies do not appropriatey meet your needs, you can request access services from the Department of Access Services for courses at NTID via the MyAccess.RIT.edu website. For courses in your program that are taught by facuty members in RIT s eight mainstream coeges, you may request access services. In addition, you can take advantage of educationa support such as tutoring by experienced facuty tutors, career counseing and academic advising. 5

6 Associate and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Programs Associate Degrees Associate+Bacheor s Degrees Associate in Occupationa Studies (AOS) Associate in Appied Science (AAS) Associate in Appied Science (AAS) Associate in Science (AS) Accounting Technoogy Administrative Support Technoogy Appied Computer Technoogy Appied Libera Arts Appied Mechanica Technoogy Business Business Technoogy Civi Technoogy Computer-Aided Drafting Technoogy Computer-Integrated Machining Technoogy Design and Imaging Technoogy Hospitaity and Service Management Laboratory Science Technoogy Mobie Appication Deveopment 3D Graphics Technoogy Career-Focused Associate Degree Programs Career-focused programs offered through NTID ead to the Associate in Occupationa Studies degree or the Associate in Appied Science. Upon graduation, these programs ead to immediate entry into we-paying careers at the paraprofessiona or technician eve. Associate in Occupationa Studies (AOS): This degree requires semester credit hours of technica coursework. In addition to satisfactoriy competing technica courses, you must compete 15 semester credit hours in the NTID genera education curricuum. Associate in Appied Science (AAS): This degree requires semester credit hours of technica coursework. In addition to satisfactoriy competing technica courses, you must compete 18 semester credit hours in genera education courses offered primariy through the Coege of Libera Arts as we as six semester credit hours in mathematics and science. In some programs (see chart above), this degree prepares you to appy for entry to bacheor s degree programs in other RIT coeges. Associate+Bacheor s Degree Programs These associate degree programs prepare quaified students to enro in bacheor s degree programs in other RIT coeges. Associate in Science (AS) and seected Associate in Appied Science (AAS): This degree requires the competion of semester credit hours of technica coursework and semester credit hours in genera education courses and other courses as appropriate to the degree. The majority of courses are offered through the other coeges of RIT. This degree prepares you to enter and compete a bacheor s degree program in the Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy, Saunders Coege of Business, the B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences, or the Coege of Libera Arts. 6

7 Information and Computing Studies Mary Rose Weber Appe Vaey, Minn. Mary Rose oves technoogy and wants to work in the IT industry. She earned an associate degree in appied computer technoogy, and enroed in the bacheor s degree program in information technoogy in RIT s Coege of Computing and Information Sciences. I reay enjoy earning about a aspects of IT, especiay in programming as we as web, database and mobie deveopment, she says. Computers are a vita part of our everyday ives, and the number of careers that invove working with computers is constanty expanding. As a student in the Information and Computing Studies Department, you take courses to prepare you for careers that invove maintaining computer software and hardware, instaing and maintaining computer networks and working with a variety of computer appications. As a graduate, you be we quaified to work as a computer technician, persona computer support speciaist, network technician, network security technician, network administrator or mobie appication deveoper. Appied Computer Technoogy (AOS and AAS Degree Programs) If you choose the AOS or AAS degree program, you have the option of choosing to concentrate in either computer tech support or networking and cyber security. Computer Tech Support The computer tech support concentration deveops skis specific to working with peope to sove their computer-reated probems. These skis prepare you to work at a hep desk and respond to cients computer probems, and perform setup, upgrades and repairs to computers and computer peripheras. Networking and Cyber Security As a student in the networking and cyber security concentration, you deveop skis specific to network and network security support, incuding server set-up, support and administration; network set-up, troubeshooting and repair; identifying and impementing security poicies; and instaing appropriate hardware and software to support a secure and robust network. Appied Computer Technoogy (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The AS in appied computer technoogy prepares you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree in information technoogy within RIT s B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences. Mobie Appication Deveopment (AAS Degree Program) As a student in the AAS mobie appication deveopment program, you wi be prepared for entry-eve work in the software deveopment industry with a focus on appication design and deveopment for mobie patforms. Typica Courses Computer Tech Support Concentration Introduction to PC Hardware* Windows Operating Systems* Hep Desk Support* Computer and Data Security Digita Systems Integration Server Management and Security Networking and Cyber Security Concentration Networking Essentias* Cient/Server Networks* Hep Desk Support* LAN/WAN Design Network Security Fundamentas of Systems Administration *Core course for a students Mobie Appication Deveopment Programming Fundamentas I and II-Mobie Domain Mobie App Deveopment I and II Web Services and Data Storage Technoogies Mobie User Experience Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: Microsoft, Cisco Systems, IBM, Genera Eectric Company, Sorenson Communications, U.S. Department of Agricuture, Nationa Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Homeand Security, M&T Bank, U.S. Department of State, and Prudentia Financia. 7

8 Libera Studies Mohammed Khamis Zanzibar, Tanzania Mohammed chose appied ibera arts to provide the academic foundation to pursue a bacheor s degree in psychoogy in RIT s Coege of Libera Arts. My goa is to become a counseor of the deaf in my hometown and improve the ives of the Deaf community there, he says. Mohammed chose RIT/NTID because of its exceent support services, its quaity reputation and a arge Deaf community of diverse students, facuty and staff. Students who pursue ibera arts as a major at RIT get an opportunity to study traditiona ibera arts subjects within the framework of a comprehensive technoogica university and prepare for career success in a rapidy changing technoogica and muticutura word. Our ibera arts degree programs offer you severa distinct advantages, incuding a strong focus on careers, a wide seection of professiona courses, and an emphasis on critica thinking and probem soving. Appied Libera Arts (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The AS in appied ibera arts prepares you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree in RIT s Coege of Libera Arts in one of these majors: advertising and pubic reations, communication, crimina justice, digita humanities and socia sciences, economics, internationa goba studies, journaism, museum studies, phiosophy, poitica science, psychoogy, pubic poicy, or socioogy and anthropoogy. Depending on which bacheor s degree program you seect upon competion of your associate degree, you be prepared for a variety of entry-eve jobs reated to your major, incuding pubic reations speciaist, writer/assistant editor, research assistant, corrections officer, urban and regiona panner, museum technician, ibrary assistant or archive assistant. Many of our graduates aso go on to graduate schoos. Typica Courses Literary and Cutura Studies Introduction to Visua Arts Themes in U.S. History Introduction to Psychoogy Foundations of Socioogy Science, Technoogy and Vaues Trave and the Imagination Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: U.S. Census Bureau, Highmark, City of Chicago Mayor s Office, University of Michigan, U.S. Department of State, Defense Suppy Center, Atos Marketing Group, and Democrat & Chronice. 8

9 Visua Communications Studies Andrew Smith Chesterfied, Mo. Andrew is pursuing an associate degree in design and imaging technoogy with a concentration in graphic design. I am very creative, and this major fits me we, says Andrew. He chose RIT/NTID because he has the opportunity to sociaize with deaf, hard-ofhearing and hearing students, and communicate easiy with others. His goa is to become a professiona animator. Peope who work in the visua communications fied are responsibe for designing and producing print and web-based media for business, communication, pubishing, manufacturing, advertising and entertainment. This is an exciting and fast-growing fied that requires a variety of computer-based and traditiona creative skis. Design and Imaging Technoogy (AOS and AAS Degree Programs) You may choose an AOS or AAS degree with a concentration in either graphic design or graphic production. Both degrees are careerfocused, designed to prepare you for direct empoyment foowing graduation. As a graduate of the AAS degree program, you aso may appy for admission to a Bacheor of Fine Arts degree program or a Bacheor of Science degree program in RIT s Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences. With both AOS and AAS options, you gain rea-word work experience through our required cooperative education program. Depending on your specific concentration and eective course seection, you use computerbased methods to produce drawings, ayouts, iustrations and digita photographic images; prepare documents for print, web and digita distribution; produce interactive digita media; perform digita retouching and restoration of photographic images; design and produce websites; produce computer animations; and pan and produce short-edited videos. Graphic Design This concentration is for students with a creative aptitude and interest. Graphic Production This concentration is for students with a technica/production aptitude and interest. 3D Graphics Technoogy (AAS Degree Program and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The 3D graphics technoogy program offers you an AAS degree that wi provide you with the creative and technica skis required to produce 3D graphics, 3D prints, environmenta renderings and 3D modes used in mutimedia and animation. You be prepared for direct empoyment foowing graduation. You may choose the Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program option, provided you have a 3.0 or higher grade-point average in the program and a strong portfoio. Upon successfu competion of your associate degree, you can appy for admission into RIT s Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences, where you can pursue a bacheor s degree in 3D digita design. Typica Courses Graphic Design Concentration Core Courses and Eectives* Drawing I Graphic Design & Typography II Pubication Design Digita Iustration Graphic Production Concentration Core Courses and Eectives* Digita Photography I Image Preparation Coor Theory & Management Speciaty Graphics Imaging 3D Graphics Technoogy Basic 3D Modeing 3D Lighting and Materias Principes of 4D Design 3D Motion *Core: Raster and Vector Graphics, Principes of Design & Coor, Graphic Design & Typography I, Page Layout I, and Web Design I *Eectives: Drawing II, Art History, Animation, Cartooning, Videography, Pubication Production, Web Design II, Interactive Digita Media Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: Wat Disney Company, U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving, SWBR Architects, City of Los Angees, Washington Life Magazine, Ohio Heath, Communication Services for the Deaf, Praid and University of Caifornia San Diego. 9

10 Business Studies Our Business Studies Department provides chaenging, highquaity programs designed to give you the skis you need for success in your career. Business programs respond to industry s need for peope skied in operating office equipment, maintaining financia records, performing administrative duties and using computers. 10 Accounting Technoogy (AAS Degree Program and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Option) The accounting technoogy program offers you an AAS degree that wi prepare you for a career in accounting-reated occupations. You earn the functions of the compete accounting cyce for service, merchandising and manufacturing businesses. As a graduate of the accounting technoogy program, you use computers to maintain and reconcie various financia records, verify business records, and perform other cerica and administrative duties. You may choose the Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program in accounting technoogy, provided you maintain a 2.5 or higher gradepoint average in the program. Upon successfu competion of your associate degree, you wi enro into RIT s Schoo of Individuaized Study, where you can pursue a bacheor s degree in appied arts and science. Administrative Support Technoogy (AAS Degree and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Option) The administrative support technoogy program offers you an AAS degree that wi provide you with opportunities to deveop skis needed in processing information using a variety of integrated office software appications as we as appropriate professiona, interpersona and human reations skis. As a graduate, you be prepared to input, manipuate, and retrieve data; use interactive office software, eectronic mai, and information processing skis for appications such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database; and perform other office duties. You may choose the Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program in administrative support technoogy, provided you maintain a 2.5 or higher grade-point average in the program. Upon successfu competion of your associate degree, you wi enro into RIT s Schoo of Individuaized Study, where you can pursue a bacheor s degree in appied arts and science. Business (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Option) The AS degree in business is a program designed to prepare you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree program in RIT s Saunders Coege of Business, which offers a portfoio of comprehensive programs of study designed to prepare students for eadership in the business environment. You can choose to compete your bacheor s degree in accounting,

11 finance, internationa business, new media marketing, management information systems or marketing. Saunders Coege of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Coegiate Schoos of Business Internationa, the premier accrediting organization for business schoos. Business Technoogy (AOS Degree Program) The business technoogy AOS degree program wi prepare you for immediate empoyment upon graduation and incudes technica course work in accounting, computers, payro, genera office skis and word processing/information processing skis. You can eect to compete a sequence of courses that provide either an accounting technoogy or administrative support technoogy concentration. Key Jo Hiesheim Coumbia City, Md. Key Jo enroed in an Associate+Bacheor s Degree in administrative support technoogy and earned an associate degree. She then enroed in a bacheor s degree program in marketing with a concentration in pubic reations in RIT s Saunders Coege of Business. A Dean s List honoree, Key Jo served as an NTID Student Ambassador and ab assistant in the NTID Business Lab. She is a member of the Nationa Society of Coegiate Schoars. As a graduate of the business technoogy program, you be we quaified for jobs as an office cerk, accounts receivabe/ payabe cerk, payro records cerk, word processing technician, cost accounting cerk or microcomputer accounting cerk. Hospitaity and Service Management (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The AS degree in hospitaity and service management is a program designed to prepare you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree program in internationa hospitaity and service management in the RIT Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy s Schoo of Internationa Hospitaity and Service Innovation. You may choose a concentration in either internationa hote and resort management or food and beverage management. As a graduate of the hospitaity and service management program, you be prepared for a wide variety of career choices that incude, but are not imited to, hote/ resort management, meeting and convention management, specia event panning, food management, corporate trave management, and food marketing, saes and distribution. Typica Courses Accounting Technoogy Spreadsheet Appications & Persona Finance Accounting I, II, III & Capstone Appied Ethics for Business Database Appications for Business Fundamentas of Marketing & Management Introduction to Economics Administrative Support Technoogy Essentias of Business Communication Essentia, Advanced, & Integrated Document Production Spreadsheet Appications, Persona Finance, & Accounting I Business Graphics & Desktop Pubishing Database Appications for Business Essentias of Human Resource Management Business Word of Business and Innovation Financia Accounting & Manageria Accounting Communication Principes of Microeconomics & Macroeconomics Principes of Marketing Computer-Based Anaysis Business Technoogy Spreadsheet Appications, Persona Finance, & Accounting Essentia, Advanced, & Integrated Document Production Database Appications for Business Fundamentas of Marketing & Management Essentias of Business Communication Appied Ethics for Business Hospitaity and Service Management Food and Beverage Management Food and Beverage Operations Hote Management and Operations* Principes of Food, Hote and Tourism Operations* Principes of Food Production** *Hote and Resort Concentration **Food and Beverage Concentration Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: Yahoo, Courtyard Marriott, Bank of New York Meon, Paychex, Datrose, Bausch & Lomb, Federa Aviation Administration, U.S. Agency for Internationa Deveopment, Wegmans, NAVAIR, Dow Chemica Co., and Lockheed Martin. 11

12 Engineering Studies RIT/NTID s engineering and engineering technoogy programs combine cassroom and aboratory earning in technica areas with a cooperative work experience to give you an exceptiona engineering education. By studying in state-of-the-art faciities and working with industry-standard equipment, you enter the workforce prepared to make an impact your first day on the job. Computer-Aided Drafting Technoogy (AOS and AAS Degree Programs) The computer-aided drafting technoogy program wi prepare you for a rewarding career as a CAD technician. The CADT program provides you with the skis to create two- and three-dimensiona drawings on the computer to visuay represent buidings, bridges, canas and houses. You can earn an AOS or AAS degree in the CADT program. Either way you be we quaified to take your pace in the architectura, engineering or construction (AEC) industries. In addition to a strong emphasis on computeraided drafting, the program gives you a background in mathematics, buiding systems, construction reguations, site utiities, and materias and methods used in the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Computer-Integrated Machining Technoogy (AOS Degree Program) The AOS degree in computer-integrated machining technoogy wi prepare you for a career in precision machining and/or precision optics manufacturing. As a graduate of the CIMT program, you wi be we prepared for jobs such as a computer numerica contro operator or CNC programmer trainee, or you may speciaize as a too and die maker, instrument maker, mod maker or manufacturer of optica eements. Graduates are successfuy empoyed in both arge manufacturing corporations and sma contract manufacturing shops. Peope who work in the computer-integrated machining technoogy fied set up and operate athes, miing machine toos, grinders, poishers, and computer numerica controed machine toos; shape materia into precision parts by conventiona and nonconventiona processes; foow bueprints; and use advanced measuring techniques to inspect work. 12

13 Appied Mechanica Technoogy (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The AAS in appied mechanica technoogy prepares you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree program in RIT s Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy in manufacturing or mechanica engineering technoogy. As a student in the appied mechanica technoogy program, you receive a comprehensive foundation in precision measurement, precision machining, computeraided design appications, strength of materias and machine design. Rache Viacava Cincinnati, Ohio I ove math and soving probems, and I ike using my hands and fixing things, says Rache. There are many peope in my famiy with engineering and technica backgrounds, and I guess the proficiency gene was passed aong to me, she adds. Rache pans to earn an associate degree in computer integrated machining technoogy and pursue a bacheor s degree in manufacturing engineering in RIT s Coege of Engineering with a goa of working in the meta manufacturing industry. Civi Technoogy (Associate+Bacheor s Degree Program) The AAS in civi technoogy prepares you to enter and successfuy compete a bacheor s degree program in civi engineering technoogy in RIT s Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy. As a student in the civi technoogy program, you receive a comprehensive foundation in engineering graphics, computer-aided design appication, construction materias and methods, surveying, statistics, strength of materias and eements of buiding construction. Typica Courses Computer-Aided Drafting Technoogy Computing Toos for Engineering Technoogy Engineering Graphics in AEC Civi Technoogy Graphics Construction CAD I, II, III Advanced Construction CAD Data Coection and Anaysis Construction Materias and Methods I & II GIS Fundamentas Mechanica, Eectrica and Pumbing Systems Principes of Structura Systems Presentation Graphics Computer-Integrated Machining Technoogy Computer-Integrated Machining Technoogy I, II, III, IV, V Computer Numerica Contro (CNC) I, II Precision Measurement Bueprint Reading I, II Precision Optics Manufacturing I Precision Grinding Appied Mechanica Technoogy Fundamentas of Engineering Manufacturing Processes Mechanica Design & Fabrication Mechanica Design & Fabrication Lab Foundations of Materias Foundations of Materias Lab Principes of Statics Strength of Materias Civi Technoogy Civi Technoogy Graphics Construction Materias and Methods I Eements of Buiding Construction Engineering Graphics in AEC Principes of Statics Surveying and Surveying Lab Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: Merck, Rock Isand Arsena, The Be Company, Nava Surface Warfare Center, Tufts University, Genera Eectric Aviation, Department of Defense, New York State Department of Transportation, City of Los Angees Bureau of Pubic Works, Federa Highway Administration, DeWoff Partnership Architects, and Peko Precision Products. 13

14 Science and Mathematics Frany Uerio Nunez New York, N.Y. What I ove most about this major is the hands-on experience I get working in the aboratory and earning how to use the same instrumentation that I wi find in a ab out in the rea word, he says. Frany earned an associate degree and now is pursuing a bacheor s degree in biochemistry in RIT s Coege of Science. Frany s goa is to go to veterinary schoo. If you re interested in doing scientific anaysis and ab work in chemica, bioogica, biotechnica, pharmaceutica, environmenta, forensic, food or industria fieds, then the aboratory science technoogy (LST) program in our Science and Mathematics Department is for you. Severa significant factors set the program apart, incuding the appication of rea-word anayses and a state-of-the-art instrumentation aboratory. As a graduate of the LST program, you be we quaified as a aboratory technician who can coect and prepare sampes; perform instrumenta, voumetric, gravimetric and bioogica anayses; and interpret and report on experimenta resuts. Laboratory Science Technoogy (AOS and AAS Degree Programs and Associate+Bacheor s Degree Option) You can earn an AOS or AAS degree, and you wi be we quaified to take your pace in the ab science environment. If you earn an AAS degree, you have the option of beginning your career after graduation or continuing on for a bacheor s degree if quaified. If you maintain a or higher grade-point average, you have severa options from which to choose. You can enro in RIT s Schoo of Individuaized Study and compete a bacheor s degree in appied arts and science with concentrations in aboratory science and biotechnoogy studies. Or you can enro in RIT s Schoo of Chemistry and Materias Science and compete a bacheor s degree in chemistry or biochemistry. Quaified LST students aso have continued their education in other majors in RIT s Coege of Science and Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy upon competion of the LST program. The ength of time required to obtain a bacheor s degree upon competion of the AAS program and the amount of credits transferred from the LST curricuum vary by major. Typica Courses Fundamentas of Bioogy Fundamentas of Chemistry Anaytica Chemistry Quantitative Instrumenta Anaysis Biotechnoogy Principes of Organic Chemistry Laboratory Methods Chemica Separations and Chromatography Empoyers who have hired RIT/NTID students in these programs: Ortho-Cinica Diagnostics, Nationa Institutes of Heath, Stanford University, Rochester Genera Hospita, Tufts University, Ei Liy Pharmaceuticas, Puget Sound Nava Shipyard, Kodak, Monroe County Medica Examiner s Office, Novartis Pharmaceuticas, and University of Rochester.

15 Bacheor's Bacheor s Degree Programs If you re interested in and quaified for a bacheor s degree program, you can pursue exciting and chaenging majors offered in the Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy, Saunders Coege of Business, B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences, Kate Geason Coege of Engineering, Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy, Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Coege of Libera Arts or Coege of Science. If you re unsure which coege fits your interests, you may appy to enter RIT s University Exporation option to expore various bacheor s degree programs. Coege Key Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy Saunders Coege of Business B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences Kate Geason Coege of Engineering Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences Coege of Libera Arts Nationa Technica Institute for the Deaf Coege of Science Quaified deaf and hard-of-hearing students may enro in RIT bacheor s degree programs with fu support of NTID s access services. Art, Design, & Crafts 3D Digita Design Ceramics Fine Arts Studio Furniture Design Gass Graphic Design Iustration Industria Design Interior Design Medica Iustration Metas and Jewery Design New Media Design Business & Management Accounting Economics Finance Hospitaity and Tourism Management Internationa Business Management Management Information Systems Marketing New Media Marketing Nutrition Management Suppy Chain Management* Communications & Digita Media Advertising and Pubic Reations American Sign Language Engish Interpretation Communication Digita Humanities and Socia Sciences Journaism Media Arts and Technoogy New Media Design New Media Interactive Deveopment New Media Marketing Computing & Information Sciences Computer Engineering Computer Science Computing and Information Technoogies Computing Security Game Design and Deveopment Human-Centered Computing Management Information Systems New Media Interactive Deveopment Software Engineering Web and Mobie Computing Engineering & Engineering Technoogy Biomedica Engineering Chemica Engineering Civi Engineering Technoogy Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Technoogy Audio Option Teecommunications Option Eectrica Engineering Cean and Renewabe Energy Option Computer Engineering Option Robotics Option Wireess Communications Option Eectrica Engineering Technoogy Audio Option Teecommunications Option Eectrica/Mechanica Engineering Technoogy Industria Engineering Ergonomics Option Lean Six Sigma Option Manufacturing Option Suppy Chain Management Option Manufacturing Engineering Technoogy Mechanica Engineering Aerospace Option Automotive Option Bioengineering Option Energy and Environment Option Mechanica Engineering Technoogy Microeectronic Engineering Packaging Science Software Engineering Environmenta Studies Civi Engineering Technoogy Eectrica Engineering Cean and Renewabe Energy Option Environmenta Science Environmenta Sustainabiity, Heath and Safety Heath & Life Sciences Bioinformatics Bioogy Biomedica Sciences Biotechnoogy and Moecuar Bioscience Diagnostic Medica Sonography (Utrasound) Exercise Science Medica Iustration Nutrition Management Nutritiona Sciences* Photographic Sciences Biomedica Photographic Communications Option Physician Assistant (BS/MS) Pre-professiona (pre-med, pre-denta, pre-vet) Humanities & Socia Sciences Appied Modern Language and Cuture* Crimina Justice Digita Humanities and Socia Sciences Economics Internationa and Goba Studies Museum Studies Phiosophy Poitica Science Pre-aw Psychoogy Pubic Poicy Socioogy and Anthropoogy Individuaized Study Appied Arts and Sciences Mathematics & Physica Sciences Appied Mathematics Appied Statistics and Actuaria Science Biochemistry Chemistry Computationa Mathematics Imaging Science Physics Photography, Fim, & Animation Fim and Animation Animation Option Production Option Media Arts and Technoogy Motion Picture Science Photographic and Imaging Arts Advertising Photography Option Fine Art Photography Option Photojournaism Option Visua Media Option Photographic Sciences Biomedica Photographic Communications Option Imaging and Photographic Technoogy Option Exporation & Undecared Options University Exporation Undecared Art and Design Business Exporation Computing Exporation Undecared Crafts Engineering Exporation Undecared Engineering Technoogy Libera Arts Exporation Undecared Photography Science Exporation * Pending New York state approva Offered by the Schoo of Individuaized Study in the Division of Academic Affairs. Offered by the Division of Academic Affairs for students exporing programs in two or more coeges Information is correct at time of printing. 15

16 Career Preparation Today s top empoyers are ooking for ambitious graduates who have a highquaity academic background and enriching experiences outside the cassroom. At RIT/NTID, you get both. The necessary eements of a satisfying and rewarding educationa experience are cuttingedge academic programs, outstanding facuty, and first-rate faciities a of which you find at RIT/NTID. But today s word demands more. To successfuy face the chaenges that await you upon graduation, you must prove your abiity to tacke rea-word probems and operate in rea-word settings. RIT/NTID s career-focused programs offer hands-on experience through coop erative education (co-op). Co-op is fu-time, paid work experience directy reated to your course of study and career interests. In addition to gaining professiona work experience and deveoping a critica network of contacts, co-op often is the best way to deveop necessary business success skis eadership, decisionmaking, communication, professionaism, fexibiity and independence. Last year, deaf and hard-of-hearing RIT/NTID students competed more than 270 co-op assignments with neary 175 empoyers across the United States. NTID Center on Empoyment Whie you work hard to deveop skis that wi prepare you for your career, empoyment speciaists in the NTID Center on Empoyment trave coast to coast networking with empoyers to buid reationships and educate them about the vaue of hiring deaf and hard-of-hearing co-op students and graduates. There isn t another coege in the word that works harder to buid reationships with empoyers to ensure successfu empoyment outcomes for you. Students received more than 3,000 hours of empoyment advising from NCE staff ast year. You can enhance your job search preparation in a course in your major where you wi receive assistance with resume writing, researching job opportunities, networking and interviewing. You are abe to get vauabe interviewing experience during practice job interviews conducted by facuty, staff and other community vounteers. The annua NTID Job Fair provides opportunities for you to network with empoyers. A of this support transates into career success. In fact, ast year, 94% of our deaf and hard-of-hearing students who sought jobs after graduation found one within a year. 16

17 On-Site Communication Services As an RIT/NTID student, you don t have to eave campus for audioogica, speech/anguage or cochear impant support. Services are offered on both an appointment and a wak-in basis, depending on avaiabiity. Many of these services are provided to students free of charge. On-Site Communication Services Audioogy At the Audioogy Center, you can receive many services, incuding hearing tests, FM fittings and hearing aid evauations. You aso can purchase batteries, custom sound/swim pugs and earmods, and arrange for hearing aid repairs. Audioogy facuty and staff members, certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and icensed by the State of New York, can provide you with an Individua Communication and Ski Deveopment program if you are interested in addressing your communication needs in the areas of speechreading and istening. Cochear Impant Services The Communication Studies and Services Department aso provides one-on-one cochear impant consutations for students who need mapping adjustments, troubeshooting assistance, istening practice or updated audioogica records. There is an on-campus support network of cochear impant users, which meets reguary for socia activities and to discuss the atest information on cochear impants. Students interested in cochear impant candidacy aso can schedue a cochear impant consutation and participate in the cochear impant group s activities. Speech/Language On-campus speech/anguage services incude opportunities to enhance your use of spoken Engish and your overa communication competence. The Speech & Language Center offers equipment and software that provides visua feedback for speech production, mutimedia recording and payback of anguage sampes, automatic speech recognition, and spit-screen videotaping to faciitate conversationa practice. 17

18 Engaging, Experienced Facuty Our facuty have extensive experience in the cassroom and in their professiona fieds. Their career experiences give them a perspective on teaching that is grounded in the rea word, and their invovement in appied research and consuting means that their teaching is we informed and up to date. They tak with you not ony about academic subjects, but aso about career choices and reated issues. Our professors think about your future amost as much as you do, and they are committed to your success. At RIT/NTID, you wi interact with facuty not just in cass or during office hours, but in the haways after cass, in Waace Library, and over coffee in NTID s CSD Student Deveopment Center. You wi get to know your professors and buid reationships that ast a ifetime. Our facuty many of whom are deaf or hard of hearing are imaginative, knowedgeabe and skied, with decades of experience in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Here are j ust a few of the facuty who support your success. Gibert (Gi) Bevery is an assistant professor in NTID s Visua Communications Studies Department. He has taught at NTID for neary 25 years. Bevery has a bacheor of science degree in appied behavior science from the Nationa Coege of Education in Chicago, Iinois, and a master s degree in print management from RIT. He teaches a variety of courses, incuding digita printing, desktop digita media, print production, production and fundamenta core courses. He brings a weath of experience from the print graphics industry and is activey invoved in professiona activities in the graphics industry. Jessica Cucuick is an associate professor in NTID s Department of Libera Studies. She received both a B.S.W. and M.S.Ed. from RIT, an M.S.W. in socia work from East Caroina University, and an Ed.D. from the University of Rochester. She has pubished and/or presented on a variety of topics, incuding reating deaf students reading and anguage scores to their coege degree competion rates; deaf coege students and socia media; and the deaf community and heath care. She aso mentors students in the Bridges to the Doctorate Program, estabished with a grant from the Nationa Institute for Genera Medica Sciences, part of the Nationa Institutes of Heath. Her research interests incude socia media, pubic heath in the deaf community and deaf education. Todd Pagano is the associate dean for Teaching & Schoarship Exceence at RIT/ NTID and was the founding director of NTID s aboratory science technoogy program. He has been recognized for his work at RIT/NTID and throughout the country. During his career at RIT/NTID, he has set up a state-of-the-art instrumentation aboratory, designed the LST degree program and heped to pace numerous deaf and hard-of-hearing individuas into careers in the chemica sciences. He was named 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Counci for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He aso received the American Chemica Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemica Sciences and was named a Feow of the American Chemica Society. In 2005, he received the Eisenhart Provost s Award for Exceence in Teaching from RIT. Pagano has worked on severa pedagogica and chemica research projects and has presented or coauthored more than 60 papers at regiona, nationa and internationa symposia. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Tufts University. Paua Grcevic, a professor in NTID s Visua Communications Studies Department, is NTID s first two-time recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Exceence in Teaching. She obtained both BFA and MFA degrees from Pratt Institute and started her career at RIT/NTID after working severa years as a fabric designer in Manhattan. Her passion for teaching is evident in the creative ways she finds to motivate her students by providing unique cass activities as a catayst to inspire their thinking. Grcevic is co-founder of, and consutant on, the Deaf Artists website ( which showcases artwork of deaf and hard-of-hearing artists from around the word. Annemarie Ross is an associate professor in the aboratory science technoogy program. She received a Ph.D. in curricuum, instruction and the science of earning from the University of Buffao. She is a graduate of RIT s Coege of Science and spent severa years working in industry as a biochemist prior to coming to RIT/NTID to teach. She credits her sense of pride in RIT/NTID and the strong science background she received here for her desire to return and teach. Ross is a roe mode for women in science fieds, and enjoys interacting with students and preparing them for career success. Brian Trager is an assistant professor in the Information and Computing Studies Department. He received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from RIT/ NTID. Since 2003, Trager has been teaching and tutoring computer and information technoogy courses, incuding programming, mutimedia, web deveopment, and networking to associate- and bacheor-eve students. He aso is the principa investigator on a Nationa Science Foundation grant, RoadMapps to Careers: A New Approach to Mobie Apps Education featuring a Mapp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. Funding from the grant wi train and equip students in mobie appication deveopment. 18

19 A Smart Investment RIT is committed to ensuring that a quaity education remains within the financia reach of deaf and hard-of-hearing students who have the academic preparation and desire to succeed. Because RIT receives specia federa support, students who are deaf or hard of hearing pay ess than one-haf of RIT s reguar tuition rate. The substantia tuition reduction that deaf and hard-of-hearing students enjoy makes RIT a truy exceptiona vaue. You benefit from a word-cass private university education at a pubic coege price. In addition to the tuition reduction, a variety of financia aid options are avaiabe, incuding schoarships, grants, oans, state Vocationa Rehabiitation support and Suppementa Security Income assistance. The average financia aid per domestic student in FY2015 is $13,783, not incuding oans. $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0 Annua Tuition Comparison $39,506 $15,730 You save $23,776! Reguar RIT tuition RIT tuition for deaf and hard-of-hearing students enroed in any undergraduate degree program, and for students enroed in the ASL-Engish Interpretation Program *Note: Tuition rates isted here are for U.S. students for the academic year, September-May. 19

20 Campus and Community Among the word's eading technoogica universities, RIT/NTID is an exciting iving and earning environment where students find an engaging and chaenging academic setting, a strong commitment to undergraduate education and a vibrant campus ife. Students from a 50 states and more than 100 countries find the RIT/NTID campus, and Rochester, N.Y., a dynamic pace to be. RIT/NTID enabes you to combine the benefits of a arge technoogica university with the intimate, personaized attention of a sma coege. You wi find your socia circe incudes friends from a majors and from many different cutures. Cubs and activities, sports, fied trips, concerts and cutura events a shape the socia scene at RIT/NTID. There are a number of opportunities you can take advantage of to foster ifeong friendships whie buiding your academic portfoio. Community Service As a university, RIT/NTID is active in community service. For exampe, students have vounteered for Habitat for Humanity, organized the annua Mud Tug to raise money for charity, and arranged conferences with oca business eaders. The time spent invoved in cubs and organizations can hep buid reationships that ast far beyond graduation. Sports, Recreation and Activities The campus is aive with sports and recreation activities. The RIT/NTID men s and women s intercoegiate athetic teams have a history of exceence, and more than haf of our undergraduate students participate in an intramura or cub sport each year. The Gordon Fied House and Activities Center is a state-of the-art athetics and recreation faciity, featuring a spectacuar fitness center, an indoor track, an aquatics center and muti purpose gyms. The campus aso has an ice arena, an outdoor track, outdoor tennis courts and paying fieds. Currenty there are more than 300 student cubs and organizations and 30 Greek organizations on campus, offering opportunities to network with professionas in your fied, compete in nationa competitions, and meet students who share your interests. Here are just a few of RIT/NTID s organizations and socia cubs that might be of interest to you: NTID Student Congress, Asian Deaf Cub, Latin American Deaf Cub, Ebony Deaf Cub, Student Life Team, NTID Drama Cub, Coege Activities Board, Greek Counci, Habitat for Humanity, Mini-Baja Cub and Utimate Frisbee Cub. 20

21 Photo credit: VisitRochester RIT/NTID Athete Deveopment Program The RIT/NTID Athete Deveopment Program provides support and training to improve the quaity of deaf and hard-of-hearing athetes experiences as key members of their respective athetic programs. Services offered for deaf and hard-of-hearing athetes incude academic support, educationa workshops, mentoring, eadership training and access services. The City and Beyond Rochester has one of the nation s argest per capita concentrations of peope who are deaf or hard of hearing. Rochester aso is a true coege town. Home to 11 coeges and universities, four of which are within five mies of the RIT/NTID campus, the city offers impressive educationa and cutura opportunities. Rochester provides an incredibe backdrop for career growth. Hightech, communications, optics, research and manufacturing companies choose Rochester as their base of operations, incuding Xerox Corp., Bausch & Lomb, Inc., and Paychex, Inc. These and other Rochester companies offer exceent co-op and permanent empoyment opportunities. The greater Rochester metropoitan area is ranked as one of America s top paces to ive. For nature overs, parks, beaches, gof courses, mountains, gorges, akes, and streams provide opportunities for outdoor recreation and sightseeing. The four-season cimate is perfect for activities ike saiing, hiking, cycing, kayaking and snow skiing. There aso are penty of dining and entertainment options. A significant range of art gaeries, cinemas, theaters, comedy cubs, restaurants, concert has and nightcubs featuring ive music and dancing are just minutes from campus. The city is home to professiona sports teams in baseba (Red Wings), ice hockey (Americans), soccer (Rhinos), acrosse (Knighthawks), and basketba (Razorsharks). Rochester s cutura assets incude the Memoria Art Gaery, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Strasenburgh Panetarium, Geva Theatre and the word-renowned photographic and motion picture coections at the George Eastman House. 21

22 Personaized Admission Process Our admission process is a persona one. Each appication is reviewed hoisticay for strength of academic preparation, performance on standardized tests, counseor recommendations and your persona career interests. We seek appicants from a geographica, socia, cutura, economic and ethnic backgrounds. An unaided audiogram is required to quaify for admission. Students must have a significant hearing oss and demonstrate the abiity to benefit from the modes used at RIT/NTID designed specificay to provide access to academic programs for deaf and hard-ofhearing students. Come and Visit Once you see RIT/NTID s campus and meet our students, facuty and staff, you understand why so many students fee immediatey at home and why aumni have fond memories of their time here. Come see for yoursef! Learn more at Chat with Us Have questions? Chat with an RIT/NTID admissions counseor and get your answers. Whether your inquiry is about a program, admission requirements, student ife or financia aid options, our admissions counseors can assist you with your needs. Ca , to free in the U.S. and Canada at , or by videophone at , weekdays 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Or visit for detais about our Chat Live option. 22

23 RIT in Brief Brief COLLEGES AND DEGREE-GRANTING UNITS: Coege of Appied Science and Technoogy Schoo of Engineering Technoogy Schoo of Internationa Hospitaity and Service Innovation Saunders Coege of Business B. Thomas Goisano Coege of Computing and Information Sciences Kate Geason Coege of Engineering Coege of Heath Sciences and Technoogy Wegmans Schoo of Heath and Nutrition Coege of Imaging Arts and Sciences Schoo for American Crafts Schoo of Art Schoo of Design Schoo of Fim and Animation Schoo of Media Sciences Schoo of Photographic Arts and Sciences Coege of Libera Arts Nationa Technica Institute for the Deaf Coege of Science Chester F. Carson Center for Imaging Science Thomas H. Gosne Schoo of Life Sciences Schoo of Mathematica Sciences Schoo of Chemistry and Materias Science Schoo of Physics and Astronomy Schoo of Individuaized Study Goisano Institute for Sustainabiity FOUNDED IN 1829, Rochester Institute of Technoogy is a privatey endowed, coeducationa university with nine coeges emphasizing career education and experientia earning. THE CAMPUS occupies 1,300 acres in suburban Rochester, the third-argest city in New York state. RIT aso has internationa campuses in China, Croatia, Dubai and Kosovo. DEGREES: RIT offers the foowing degrees: doctora (Ph.D.) programs in astrophysica sciences and technoogy, coor science, computing and information sciences, engineering, imaging science, mathematica modeing, microsystems engineering and sustainabiity; master s degree programs: master of architecture (M.Arch.), master of business administration (MBA), master of engineering (ME), master of fine arts (MFA), master of science (MS) and master of science for teachers (MST); bacheor s degree programs: bacheor of fine arts (BFA) and bacheor of science (BS); and associate degree programs: AS, AOS, AAS. THE RIT STUDENT BODY consists of approximatey 15,400 undergraduate and 3,200 graduate students. Enroed students represent a 50 states and more than 100 countries. Neary 3,300 students from diverse racia and ethnic backgrounds are enroed on the main campus aong with more than 2,700 internationa students. An additiona 1,826 students are enroed at RIT s internationa campuses. RIT is an internationay recognized eader in preparing deaf and hard-of-hearing students for successfu careers in professiona and technica fieds. The university provides unparaeed access and support services for the more than 1,200 deaf and hard-ofhearing students who ive, study and work with hearing students on the RIT campus. RIT ALUMNI number more than 121,000 wordwide. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION provides paid careerreated work experience in many degree programs. RIT has the fourth-odest and one of the argest cooperative education programs in the word, annuay pacing more than 4,400 students in neary 6,000 co-op assignments with neary 2,200 empoyers across the United States and overseas. The RIT LIBRARIES consist of Waace Library, the RIT Archive Coections and the Cary Graphic Arts Coection. Waace Library provides a vast array of resource materias, incuding more than 450 eectronic databases, 68,000 eectronic journas and more than 500,000 e-books. Resource materias aso incude audio and video/dvd tites and more than 367,000 books and print journas. The Cary Coection is one of the country s premier ibraries on graphic communication history and practices, and has a poicy of ibera access for a students. The RIT Archive Coections serves as the officia repository for RIT s historicay vauabe records. HOUSING: Many of RIT s fu-time students ive in RIT residence has, apartments or townhouses on campus. On-campus fraternities, sororities and specia-interest houses are aso avaiabe. Freshmen are guaranteed housing. indoor track and an event venue with seating for 8,500; the Hae-Andrews Student Life Center, with five mutipurpose courts, eight racquetba courts and a dance/aerobics studio; the Ritter Ice Arena; and outdoor faciities incuding an a-weather track, tennis courts and severa athetic fieds. The newy opened Gene Poisseni Center, which houses RIT s new hockey arena, accommodates 4,300. VISITS TO CAMPUS are encouraged and may be arranged in advance by caing , to free in the U.S. and Canada at , or by videophone at HOME PAGE: NTIDadmissions@rit.edu UNIVERSITY COLORS: Orange and brown UNIVERSITY MASCOT: Benga tiger RITchie UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS: Tigers facebook.com/ritntid twitter.com/ritntid instagram.com/ritntid youtube.com/ritntid RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and vaues diversity within its workforce and provides equa opportunity to a quaified individuas regardess of race, coor, creed, age, marita status, sex, gender, reigion, sexua orientation, gender identity, gender expression, nationa origin, veteran status or disabiity. The Advisory Committee on Campus Safety wi provide, upon request, a campus crime statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education. RIT crime statistics can be found at the Department of Education website, and by contacting RIT s Pubic Safety Department at (v/tty).20 (v/tty). STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Major socia events and activities are sponsored by the Coege Activities Board, Residence Has Association, sororities, fraternities and specia-interest cubs of many kinds. There are more than 300 cubs and student organizations on campus. ATHLETICS: Men s Teams baseba, basketba, crew, cross country, ice hockey (Division I), acrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and wresting Rochester Institute of Technoogy NTID Office of Admissions 52 Lomb Memoria Drive Rochester, New York Women s Teams basketba, crew, cross country, ice hockey (Division I), acrosse, soccer, softba, swimming, tennis, track and voeyba 2017 Rochester Institute of Technoogy. A rights reserved. RIT and NTID are registered trademarks of Rochester Institute of Technoogy. RIT offers a wide variety of activities for students at a eves of abiity. More than 50 percent of our undergraduate students participate in intramura sports ranging from fag footba to gof to indoor soccer. 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24 Rochester Institute of Technoogy NTID Office of Admissions Lyndon Baines Johnson Ha 52 Lomb Memoria Drive Rochester, NY ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED facebook.com/ritntid instagram.com/ritntid twitter.com/ritntid youtube.com/ritntid 2017 Rochester Institute of Technoogy. A rights reserved. 3M-P2071-6/17-COH-MEM RIT and NTID are registered trademarks of Rochester Institute of Technoogy. Image above Bi Barey, 2011