Hostos Highlights

• The Honors Program provides an enriched academic, cultural, and social experience to intellectually inquisitive and motivated students.
• The Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture adds an important dimension to the learning experience by presenting artists of national and international renown as well as established and emerging local artists.
• The Academic Learning Center (HALC) offers a variety of free support services to deepen students’ academic experiences and complement classroom instruction.
• The Library received the annual ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in 2007.
• The athletics, sports, and recreation programs offer a range of options for members of the Hostos community, individually or as team members. Athletic teams include Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball, and Women's Volleyball. Intramurals encompass Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Co-ed Swimming, Table Tennis, and Women's Volleyball.
• The Children’s Center provides developmentally appropriate childcare and education and serves as a model and resource for families, students, and the community.
• The Latin American Writers Institute (LAWI) is the central advocacy and service organiza-tion for the dissemination of the work of Latino writers in the United States. LAWI offers established and emerging Latino writers many professional services. It also develops new talent and encourages public interest in new writers by hosting and sponsoring writing workshops, readings, and conferences.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Hostos Community College offers Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Associate in Science (A.S.) degree programs that prepare students for transfers to four-year colleges. Also offered are Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree programs that prepare students for specific careers as well as one Administrative Assistant certificate program, one Community Health certificate program, and one Practical Nursing (LPN) certificate program.

Candidates for the A.A. degree study the arts and sciences. These include the Behavioral and Social Sciences, English, Mathematics, Africana Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Visual and Performing Arts, and other courses in Humanities.

Candidates for the A.S. degree follow programs that closely parallel the A.A. degree programs, but provide greater concentration in the areas of Mathematics or Natural Science. They may also study Business Management.

Candidates for the A.A.S. degree follow programs with concentrations in the applied fields. These professional fields include Accounting, Dental Hygiene, Early Childhood Education, Gerontology, Microcomputers for Business, Nursing, Office Technology, Public Interest Parale-gal Studies, Public Administration, and Radiologic Technology.

In keeping with the regulations of the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, a minimum of 32 credits of the total required in any of the degree programs must be completed at Hostos Community College.

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