LIU Brooklyn 2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin
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LIU Brooklyn 2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin LIU Brooklyn 2016 - 2017 Graduate Bulletin 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-5372 General Information: 718-488-1000 www.liu.edu/brooklyn Admissions: 718-488-1011 Email: [email protected] Notice to Students: The information in this publication is accurate as of September 1, 2016. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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 2016 - 2017 Residence Life Rates 21 TABLE OF CONTENTS Financial Policies 22 LIU 4 Payment Plans 23 ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN 5 Student Health Insurance 23 Mission Statement 5 FINANCIAL AID 24 Overview 5 Application Process 24 Undergraduate and Graduate Offerings 5 Awards 24 University Policies 6 Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress 25 DIRECTORY 7 CAMPUS LIFE AT LIU BROOKLYN 27 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016-2017 9 Athletics 27 ADMISSION 11 Campus Ministry 27 Classification of Students 11 Cultural Programs and Exhibitions 27 Students Presenting International Credentials 11 Living on Campus 27 Veterans 12 Public Safety 27 Visiting Students 12 Student Life 27 Enrollment and Admission, Related Policies 12 FACILITIES 29 Transfer Credits 12 Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gym 29 New York State Immunization Law 12 Downtown Brooklyn Speech-Language Hearing Clinic 29 Admission Processing Center 12 Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts 29 ACADEMIC POLICY 13 Psychological Services Center 29 Academic Responsibility 13 Steinberg Wellness Center / Wellness, Recreational and Athletic 29 Center (WRAC) Grades and Symbols 13 Student-Run Businesses 30 Quality Points 13 STUDENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES 31 Absence from Final Examination 13 Alumni Community 31 Application for Degree 13 Bookstore 31 Academic Integrity 13 Center for Learning and Academic Success 31 Discipline 13 English Language Institute 32 Appeals Process 14 Enrollment Services 32 Criminal Background and Drug Testing 14 Information Technology 32 Related Curricular Matters 14 International Student Services 32 REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES 16 Mathematics Center 33 REGISTRATION 18 Multimedia Language Laboratory 33 Registration and Advisement 18 Student Support Services 33 Course Load 18 Testing Center 33 Admission of Undergraduate Students to Graduate Programs 18 Veteran Services 33 Maintenance of Student Standing 18 Writing Center 33 Leave of Absence 18 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 35 Withdrawal 18 After School and Evening School-age Child Care - FUN (Family Auditing of Courses 19 35 UNiversity Program) Student Access to Educational Records 20 LIU BROOKLYN LIBRARY 36 Administrative Matters 20 TUITION AND FEES 21 Rate Schedule 21 LIU Brooklyn Graduate Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Page 2 LIU Brooklyn HARRIET ROTHKOPF HEILBRUNN SCHOOL OF NURSING 37 RICHARD L. CONOLLY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND 46 SCIENCES School of Arts and Communication SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND 106 INFORMATION SCIENCES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 137 SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 185 LIU PHARMACY 231 PROGRAMS Anthropology 47 Athletic Training, Health and Exercise Science 187 Biology 48 Chemistry and Biochemistry 55 Communication Sciences and Disorders 58 Counseling and School Pyschology 140 Economics 64 English 65 Finance, Law, Accounting and Taxation 108 History 73 Managerial Sciences 114 Mathematics 74 Media Arts 75 Nursing 38 Occupational Therapy 195 Physical Therapy 206 Physician Assistant Studies 214 Political Science 87 Psychology 90 Public Administration 129 Public Health 219 Social Science 99 Social Work 224 Sociology 100 Speech Language Pathology 100 Teaching, Learning and Leadership 156 Technology, Innovation and Computer Science 126 United Nations Graduate Program 101 Urban Studies Program 103 LIU BROOKLYN APPROVED PROGRAMS 232 LIU TRUSTEES AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 235 LIU BROOKLYN FACULTY 236 Page 3 LIU Brooklyn Graduate Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Bulletin 2016 - 2017 LIU Accreditation and Program Registration Long Island University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 267-284-5000; website: www.msche.org. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The degree and certificate programs are approved and registered by the New York State Department of Education. LIU Brooklyn Graduate Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Page 4 LIU Brooklyn ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN Commons, located in Metcalfe Hall, is a food Professions; LIU Global, LIU Pharmacy (the court, including Habanero Mexican Kitchen, the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy All Tossed Up salad bar, Grille Works, and the and Health Sciences); and the School of Mission Statement Express Station. The glass-enclosed Cyber Café is Continuing Studies. The campus is known for its home to Hale and Hearty Soups, Red Mango, and nationally recognized Honors College, which was The mission of LIU since 1926 has been to Subway. Two student-run enterprises, Healthy the first of its kind in the country and emphasizes a open the doors of the city and the world to men Choices and the Brooklyn Healthy Zone, are holistic, liberal arts background. and women of all ethnic and socioeconomic located on the third floor of the Library Learning LIU Brooklyn offers early action decisions for backgrounds who wish to achieve the satisfaction Center, Peet’s Coffee is located on the third floor undergraduate students who apply by December 1 of the educated life and to serve the public good. of the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Hall of the Arts for the following fall semester. Additional Its mission is to awaken, enlighten and expand the and Humanities, and the Smoothie Bar is located information can be obtained by contacting the minds of its students. in the Steinberg Wellness Center. offices below: Generation after generation, much like LIU Brooklyn Office of Admissions Overview Brooklyn itself, the LIU Brooklyn student body 1 University Plaza has been made up of people from a wide variety of Brooklyn, NY 11201 Located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn’s cultures and nationalities. Like their predecessors, 718-488-1011 thriving Tech Triangle, LIU Brooklyn provides many of today's students are new to America [email protected] students with experiential learning opportunities and/or the English language or are the first in their www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/admissions reflecting the entrepreneurial community it serves. families to seek a university education. At LIU LIU Brooklyn Office of Enrollment Services Distinctive programs encompass the health Brooklyn, all students find an academic 718-488-3320 professions, pharmacy, the health sciences, community where cultural, ethnic, religious, racial, [email protected] business, arts and media, natural sciences, social sexual, and individual differences are respected www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/enrollment-services policy, and education. and where commonalities are affirmed. This LIU Brooklyn was founded in 1926 and is the diversity creates an open and welcoming Undergraduate and Graduate original unit of Long Island University. Its environment on campus, even as the university maintains respect for intellectual, cultural, and Offerings beautifully landscaped, 11-acre campus is a self- academic traditions. contained urban oasis, steps away from world- Richard L. Conolly College offers liberal arts Nationally recruited, the faculty has a strong class arts and entertainment venues like Brooklyn and sciences programs leading to the degrees of commitment to teaching, to personal advisement Academy of Music and the Barclays Center, as Associate in Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of of students, to the fullest range of scholarship, and well as the restaurants and cafes of Fort Greene Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, to faculty development and service. and the Fulton Mall shopping district. Just a 10- Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science, and LIU Brooklyn recognizes both the faculty’s minute subway ride from the professional and Doctor of Philosophy (in Clinical Psychology). It training and experience and the character of its cultural opportunities of Manhattan, the vibrant also offers a B.S./M.S. in Communication diverse student body as two of its greatest campus includes residence halls for more than Sciences and Disorders/ Speech-Language strengths. No matter what their background, 1,100 students. Pathology, and a United Nations Graduate students come to LIU Brooklyn to build the LIU