Lander College of Arts and Sciences
For more than four decades, the Lander College of Arts and Sciences in Flatbush (LAS) has been a vibrant and important component of the Orthodox community in New York, educating generations for career and professional advancement. A flagship of Touro University, LAS offers separate classes for men and women, providing yeshiva and seminary graduates with a foundation of academic excellence for career growth, in an environment that is supportive of their values and attentive to their personal goals. EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND GROWTH LAS offers more than 22 majors and preprofessional options, accelerated degree options, an honors program, as well as three joint undergraduate-graduate degree programs with The School of Health Sciences of Touro College via the Integrated Honors Tracks. As part of their degree program, students are required to complete a carefully designed core curriculum that emphasizes communication skills, critical thinking and analytical reasoning, computer literacy and quantitative analysis— competencies that are essential for success in most professional fields. Annually, more than 90 percent of LAS students who apply to professional schools are accepted to prestigious schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, psychology and social work. LAS graduates have excelled on the Uniform CPA examination and on the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) test. Equally important, an LAS education is accessible to all who are motivated to achieve and reach higher for an education of enduring value.
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Dr. Robert Goldschmidt, the longtime executive dean of LAS who also serves as vice president for planning and assessment, has seen generations of alumni benefit from the school’s academic rigor as they innovate and contribute as partners and directors in top firms and researchers and physicians at the top of their specialties. PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS Students have the opportunity to advance directly from a Touro undergraduate school to a graduate or professional program, and accelerated pathways are available in a number of our most sought-after programs in medicine and health sciences. In collaboration with Touro College of Pharmacy, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and The School of Health Sciences of Touro College, the Lander College of Arts and Sciences in Flatbush offers the Integrated Honors Tracks for students who are pursuing careers as doctors of osteopathic medicine, pharmacists, physician assistants, occupational therapists, physical therapists or speechlanguage pathologists. In conjunction with New York Medical College (NYMC), the three Lander Colleges launched the Medical Honors Pathway, which offers the opportunity for qualified applicants to continue their studies at NYMC after completing their undergraduate work, provided they sustain the academic requirements. HONORS PROGRAMS The Honors Program at Lander College of Arts and Sciences, also known as the Flatbush Society of Fellows, is attracting academically gifted students to its serviceoriented leadership mission. The Fellows engage