Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Fordham University

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Fordham College of Liberal Studies
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Latin: Collegium Fordhamensis Studium Liberalim
Motto:	Sapientia et Doctrina (Wisdom and Learning)
Established	1944
Type:	Private, Independent, Catholic, Jesuit
President:	Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
Dean:	Michael Gillan, Ph.D.
Location	Bronx, Manhattan, and Tarrytown, New York, USA
Campus:	Rose Hill (Bronx): Urban, 85 acres Lincoln Center (Manhattan): Urban, 8 acres Marymount (Tarrytown): Suburban, 25 acres
Colors:	Maroon and White
Mascot:	Ram Image:Fordham University mascot.gif
Website:	www.fordham.edu/fcls

Fordham College of Liberal Studies is a degree-granting undergraduate college within Fordham University in the United States. The college is specifically intended to serve non-traditional students, offering full-time and part-time study options, flexible schedules, and three different campus locations, in order to facilitate the needs of this population.

The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. Fordham College of Liberal Studies follows the same Core Curriculum as the rest of the university's undergraduate colleges,[1] and utilizes much of the same faculty. An Honors Program is available to very high academic achievers by invitation, however, that deviates from the Core Curriculum and relies heavily on faculty-supervised project work and independent research.[2] Completion of the Honors Program entitles a graduate to have the phrase in cursu honorum noted on the transcript and diploma, an opportunity unavailable to non-traditional students at almost all other institutions. College credit may be available to any student for prior instruction outside formal academic circumstances (military training, job-based technical training, etc.), and for life experience learning.[3]