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Mission and Purpose

RSC Be Know Do


The motto of Russell Sage College, Esse Scire Facere, “To Be, To Know, To Do,” informs the educational mission and purpose where the common effort is to translate learning into action and...

Sociology (B.A.)

Sociology is the study of social groups, social relationships, and the nature of society . It is concerned with the way groups are organized, how they function, how they change, and the way in which they influence human behavior. Groups may vary in...

Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)

Air Force

Undergraduate full-time students may enroll in the Air Force ROTC Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. This program qualifies students for commissions as officers in the U...

GPA Requirements in Major (Academic Program)

In addition to meeting cumulative GPA requirements, all students must achieve a minimum major GPA of 2.200 in order to graduate. Note that certain academic programs have higher academic standards in...

Majors & Minors

To view a list of Major programs and Minor programs and requirements, click here

Declaration of a Major Program

Declaration of a major program begins with the Admission application. A major is defined...

Immunization Requirements

New York State Public Health Law requires that individuals born after December 31, 1956, provide evidence of immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella. Compliance forms are provided with...

LAW 301: Health Law

This course covers the basics of managed care, what it is and why it is supposed to reduce health care costs; bioethics issues as they relate to the developing law concerning the right to die, reproductive medicine and cloning; patient...

SPA 110: Intro to Spanish for the Health Professions

The course is designed for medical students and health care professionals who want to learn basic Spanish and to be able to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and their families in order to form strong clinical-patient...