ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
Roosevelt University is a coeducational, private university with campuses in Chicago, Illinois and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university is named in honor of both former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
The university enrolls around 7,000 students between its undergraduate and graduate programs and is ranked #81 in U.S. News & World Report’s “Midwest Universities -2012”. Roosevelt is also home to the Chicago College of Performing Arts. The University’s newest academic building, Wabash, is located in The Loop of Downtown Chicago. It is the tallest educational building in Chicago, the second tallest educational building in the United States, and the fourth -largest academic complex in the world. President Charles R. Middleton was inaugurated in 2002, and retired in 2015. The current president, Dr. Ali Malekzadeh, started in 2015.
The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through six schools: Chicago College of Performing Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies (formerly known as the Evelyn T. Stone University College), the College of Pharmacy, and Walter E. Heller College of Business. In addition, the university operates a variety of centers and institutes.
Roosevelt University currently has three residence hall options, including the new vertical campus. The new Wabash building serves as housing for all incoming freshmen and transfers. The University Center of Chicago is the other main residence hall, with apartment style options. It was officially opened in the fall of 2004 and is located at 525 S. State Street. The UCC houses students from Roosevelt University, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago, totaling 1700 residents from these three schools combined. The second residence hall is Fornelli Hall, with apartment-only options, located in the Pittsfield Building at 55 E. Washington Street, Chicago. It opened in the fall of 2008. It provides apartment-style housing for upperclassmen from Roosevelt and Robert Morris Universities.
COURSES
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
BACHELOR’S IN ACCOUNTING (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN ACTING (BFA)
BACHELOR’S IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE (BA OR BS)
BACHELOR’S IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN BIOCHEMISTRY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN BIOLOGY (BA OR BS)
BACHELOR’S IN BRASS PERFORMANCE [HORN, TROMBONE, TRUMPET, TUBA] (BM)
BACHELOR’S IN CYBER AND INFORMATION SECURITY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN DATA ANALYTICS (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN ECONOMICS (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN ENGLISH (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN FINANCE (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN HISTORY (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN HISTOTECHNOLOGY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT (BSHTM)
BACHELOR’S IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (BM)
BACHELOR’S IN JOURNALISM (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN MANAGEMENT (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN MARKETING (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN MATHEMATICS (BA OR BS)
BACHELOR’S IN MEDIA STUDIES (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN MUSIC COMPOSITION (BM)
BACHELOR’S IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN PARALEGAL STUDIES (BAPL)
BACHELOR’S IN PHILOSOPHY (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN PSYCHOLOGY (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN PSYCHOLOGY FOR ADULT LEARNERS (BPS)
BACHELOR’S IN RADIOGRAPHY (BS)
BACHELOR’S IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (BSBA)
BACHELOR’S IN SOCIOLOGY (BA)
BACHELOR’S IN SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES (BA)
POSTGRADUATE COURSES
MASTER’S IN ACCOUNTING FORENSICS (MSAF)
MASTER’S IN SCHOOL COUNSELING (MA)
MASTER’S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
MASTER’S IN ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT (MA)
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN OPERA
MASTER’S IN MATHEMATICS (MS)
MASTER’S IN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS (MS)
MASTER’S IN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP (MA)
MASTER’S IN INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (MA)
MASTER’S IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (MS)
MASTER’S IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT (MSHTM)
EXECUTIVE MASTER OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT, MSHTM
MASTER’S IN HISTORY (MA)
MASTER’S IN ECONOMICS (MA)
MASTER’S IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (MA)
MASTER’S IN CREATIVE WRITING (MFA)
MASTER’S IN CONFLICT AND MEDIATION (MA)
MASTER’S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (MS)
MASTER’S IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION (MA)
MASTER’S IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (MA)
MASTER’S IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY – COUNSELING PRACTICE (MA)
MASTER’S IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING (MA)
MASTER’S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
MASTER’S IN BRASS PERFORMANCE [HORN, TROMBONE, TRUMPET, TUBA] (MM)
MASTER’S IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE [CHEMICAL SCIENCE] (MS)
MASTER’S IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE [BIOTECHNOLOGY] (MS)
MASTER’S IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE [BIOTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT] (MS)
MASTER’S IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (MA)
MASTER’S IN BIOLOGY (BIOLOGY, MS)
MASTER’S IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE (MS)
MASTER’S IN ACCOUNTING (MSA)