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LIU Brooklyn 2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin LIU Brooklyn 2013 - 2014 Undergraduate Bulletin 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-5372 General Information: 718-488-1000 www.liu.edu/brooklyn Admissions: 718-488-1011 E-mail: [email protected] Notice to Students: The information in this publication is accurate as of September 1, 2013. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made. Therefore, LIU reserves the right to amend the courses described herein and cannot guarantee enrollment into any specific course section. All applicants are reminded that the University is subject to policies promulgated by its Board of Trustees, as well as New York State and federal regulation. The University therefore reserves the right to effect changes in the curriculum, administration, tuition and fees, academic schedule, program offerings and other phases of school activity, at any time, without prior notice. The University assumes no liability for interruption of classes or other instructional activities due to fire, flood, strike, war or other force majeure. The University expects each student to be knowledgeable about the information presented in this bulletin and other official publications pertaining to his/her course of study and campus life. For additional information or specific degree requirements, prospective students should call the campus Admissions Office. Registered students should speak with their advisors. Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Institutional Advancement & 36 TABLE OF CONTENTS Student Affairs After School Program - FUN 36 LIU 4 (Family UNiversity) CAMPUSES OF LIU 5 Student Life & Leadership 36 Residential Campuses 5 Development Regional Campuses 6 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 38 GENERAL INFORMATION 7 University Honors Program 38 About LIU Brooklyn 7 Outreach Programs 38 DIRECTORY 8 Arthur O. Eve Higher Education 39 Opportunity Program (HEOP) ACADEMIC CALENDAR 9 Student Support Services 39 ADMISSION 11 CSTEP 40 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 16 HONOR SOCIETIES 41 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 18 Departmental Honor Societies 41 INTEGRATED STUDENT 22 FINANCIAL SERVICES AWARDS 43 Tuition & Fees 22 Department Awards 43 Student Financial Aid 26 Special Awards 43 THE LIBRARY 29 Service Awards 45 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT & 30 Athletic Awards 45 RETENTION RICHARD L. CONOLLY 46 LEARNING RESOURCES 32 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Academic Reinforcement Center 32 Fields of Study 47 Mathematics Center 32 HUMANITIES (DIVISION I) 48 Modern Language Center 32 Communication Sciences and 49 Multimedia Language Laboratory 32 Disorders Testing Center 32 English 55 Writing Center 32 Foreign Languages and Literature 61 FACILITIES 33 Humanities 64 Steinberg Wellness Center 33 Philosophy 67 Lupus Cooperative of New York 33 Africana Studies Program 71 Residence Life and Housing 33 SCIENCE (DIVISION II) 72 Kumble Theatre 33 Biology 73 Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gym 33 Chemistry and Biochemistry 80 SERVICES 34 Mathematics 84 Information Technology 34 Physics 87 My LIU 34 SOCIAL SCIENCE (DIVISION III) 88 Audio Visual Services 34 Economics 89 University Health & Medical Services 34 History 92 Psychological Services Center 35 Political Science 95 Veteran Services 35 Psychology 99 Alumni Association 35 Sociology/Anthropology 102 STUDENT LIFE 36 Social Science 109 Cultural Programs and Exhibitions 36 Latin American and Caribbean 111 International Students' Services 36 Studies LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Page 2 LIU Brooklyn COMMUNICATIONS, VISUAL 112 AND PERFORMING ARTS (DIVISION IV) Journalism and Communication 113 Studies Media Arts 119 Performing Arts 128 Visual Arts 145 HONORS PROGRAM 151 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC 156 ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES Finance, Law, Accounting and 157 Taxation Technology, Innovation and 162 Computer Science Managerial Sciences 173 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 179 Teaching, Learning and Leadership 182 SCHOOL OF HEALTH 197 PROFESSIONS Athletic Training, Health and 198 Exercise Science Diagnostic Medical Sonography 209 Occupational Therapy 214 Physical Therapy 224 Physician Assistant Studies 224 Public Health 225 Respiratory Care 226 Social Work 230 SCHOOL OF NURSING 234 LIU PHARMACY 244 LIU GLOBAL 247 SCHOOL OF CONTINUING 249 STUDIES BLENDED AND ONLINE 253 LEARNING APPROVED PROGRAMS 254 LIU BROOKLYN FACULTY 257 LIU BROOKLYN 268 ADMINISTRATION LIU TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND 270 ADMINISTRATION Page 3 LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Bulletin 2013 - 2014 LIU Long Island University (LIU) is one of America’s largest and most comprehensive private universities with locations and programs spanning the New York metropolitan area, overseas and online. World-class faculty, small classes and résumé-building hands-on learning experiences are the hallmarks of an LIU education. The University offers nearly 500 academic programs and educates over 24,000 students in degree-credit and continuing education programs in Brooklyn, Brookville (LIU Post), Brentwood, Riverhead, and Rockland and Westchester (LIU Hudson). Its international unit, LIU Global, provides a wide range of study abroad options at overseas centers in China and Costa Rica, and through programs in Australia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and, beginning in 2015, Europe. The accomplishments of more than 191,000 living alumni are a testament to the success of LIU’s mission of “Access and Excellence.” The institution also provides enrichment for students and neighboring communities, including the excitement of NCAA Division I and II athletics, internationally acclaimed arts programming at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the nationally renowned George Polk Awards in journalism. Accreditation and Program Registration LIU is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The degree and certificate programs also are approved and registered by the New York State Department of Education. LIU Brooklyn Undergraduate Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Page 4 LIU Brooklyn CAMPUSES OF LIU LIU Post LIU Post is distinguished by programs of excellence and small classes in The Residential Campuses five schools of study: College of Education, Information and Technology; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; College of Management; School of Health Professions and Nursing; and School of Visual and Performing Arts. LIU Brooklyn The wooded suburban campus, only 20 miles from New York City, is home to the renowned Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Steinberg Museum of Art LIU Brooklyn is distinguished by dynamic curricula reflecting the great and WCWP-FM. LIU Post offers the Ph.D. in information studies, the Psy.D. urban community it serves. Distinctive programs encompass the arts and in clinical psychology and the Ed.D. in interdisciplinary educational studies. media, the natural sciences, business, social policy, urban education, the health The campus was established on the former estate of cereal heiress Marjorie professions, pharmacy and the health sciences, all on a pluralistic campus that Merriweather Post in 1954 to accommodate the growing educational needs of draws insight and strength from differences. Nassau County following World War II. Formerly known as the C.W. Post Founded in 1926, LIU Brooklyn is the original unit of Long Island Campus of Long Island University, LIU Post offers its full-time, part-time and University. Its beautifully landscaped 11-acre campus is a self-contained urban non-credit students a comprehensive range of nearly 200 associate, oasis in the heart of downtown Brooklyn – steps away from the new Barclays undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and certificates. In Center, top arts venues like BAM and the hip restaurants and cafes of Fort addition, the campus offers college credit courses to high school students in Greene, and just a 10-minute subway ride from the professional and cultural area schools. opportunities of Manhattan. LIU Post is recognized as one of the nation’s most beautiful academic LIU Brooklyn offers nearly 200 associate, undergraduate, graduate, doctoral settings. Modern buildings range from an acclaimed student union to an and certificate programs, including Ph.D. programs in clinical psychology and elegant library. Beautiful red-brick academic buildings, including Humanities pharmaceutics, the D.P.T. in physical therapy and the Pharm.D. in pharmacy. Hall, Pell Hall/Life Science and the Kahn Discovery Center, are outfitted with Serving a diverse student body, its academic units include the Richard L. wireless classrooms, major-specific laboratories and computer centers. The Conolly College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; the School of Business, Public campus's award-winning cooperative education program is nationally Administration and Information Sciences; the School of Education; the School renowned for its extensive career counseling and job placement services. of Nursing; the School of Health Professions; and LIU Pharmacy (the Arnold Fifteen NCAA men’s and women’s sports teams take advantage of LIU & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences). The campus is Post’s 70 acres of playing fields. Clubs, fraternities and sororities provide known for its nationally recognized Honors Program, which was the first of its many other outlets for student activities. The campus's