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Complete Graduate Bulletin 2003-2005 Graduate Bulletin 2003-2005 IMPORTANT NOTICE OF POSSIBLE CHANGES The City University of New York reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in the academic programs and requirements of the University and its constituent colleges without advance notice. Tuition and fees set forth in this publication are similarly subject to change by the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York. The University regrets any inconvenience this may cause. STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION Baruch College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action institution. The College does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, transgender, alienage or citizenship, religion, race, color, national or ethnic origin, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or veteran or marital status in its student admissions, employment, access to programs, and administration of educational policies. Carmen Pedrogo is the College Affirmative Action officer. Her office is located at 135 East 22nd Street, Room 816; her telephone number is 212-802-2866. Dean John Dugan, Jr., is the College coordinator for Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted education programs. He is also the College Section 504/ADA Compliance coordinator for the disabled. Section 504/ADA Compliance self-evaluation and grievance pro- cedures are on file in his office, which is located in the Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue at 24th Street, Room 4-226; his telephone number is 646-312-3320. Barbara Sirois is the College coordinator for the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities. Her office is located in the Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue at 24th Street, Room 2-270; her telephone number is 646-312-4590. Published by the Baruch College Office of Communications and Marketing. BARUCH COLLEGE GRADUATE BULLETIN 2003–2005 CONTENTS PART 1: GENERAL INFORMATION 5 EXTRACURRICULARS 16 Office of Student Life 16 Office of Graduate Student Life of the GRADUATE STUDIES—AN OVERVIEW 6 Zicklin School of Business 16 THE COLLEGE 6 Graduate Student Assembly 16 Its Mission 6 The Graduate Voice 17 Its History 6 Student Clubs and Organizations 17 Programs and Degrees Offered 6 Intramurals and Recreation 17 Accreditation 6 Honor Societies 17 COLLEGE ORGANIZATION 7 STUDENT RULES AND REGULATIONS 17 Zicklin School of Business 7 The Mildred and George Weissman School ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS AND ALUMNI OUTREACH 18 of Arts and Sciences 7 Baruch College Alumni Association 18 School of Public Affairs 8 Black and Latino Alumni Association 18 Division of Continuing and Professional Studies 8 Baruch College Fund 18 PART 2: THE CAMPUS, STUDENT PART 3: FEES, EXPENSES, SERVICES, AND STUDENT LIFE 9 FINANCIAL AID, AND PRIZES 19 TUITION AND FEES 20 THE CAMPUS 10 College Locations 10 MS, MA, MPA, and MSEd Students 20 The William and Anita Newman Library 10 MBA Students 20 Computing Facilities 11 Student Activity Fee 20 Specialized Centers 11 Technology Fee 20 Bookstore 13 Other Non-instructional Fees 20 Student Activities Center 13 Tuition Refunds 21 Campus Safety and Security Policies for FINANCIAL AID AND AWARDS 21 All Students 14 Application Procedures 22 Eligibility 22 STUDENT SERVICES 14 Department of Student Development Aid and Study Abroad 23 and Counseling 14 Determining Need 23 The Career Development Center 14 Student Budget 23 Graduate Career Management Center of the Financial Aid and Student Income Taxes 23 Zicklin School of Business 14 Tuition Credit, Check Disbursement, and Advisement Services, Office of Graduate Refund Policy 23 Studies of the Weissman School Prorated Refund 24 of Arts and Sciences 14 New York State/City Financial Aid Programs 24 Career Services Office of the School of Federal Financial Aid Programs 24 Public Affairs 14 Veterans Administration Educational Benefits 25 Tutoring 14 Baruch Endowment Fund Programs 26 Baruch Student Health Care Center 15 Baruch College Financial Aid Programs 27 Medical Records Office 15 GRADUATE ANNUAL AWARDS AND PRIZES 27 Measles, Mumps, Rubella Immunization 15 Student Health Insurance 15 PART 4: GENERAL ACADEMIC Counseling Center 15 REGULATIONS 29 College Ombuds 15 International Student Service Center 15 MATRICULATION AND CLASS STATUS 30 Disabled Student Services 16 ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT 30 Veterans’ Services 16 REGISTRATION 30 Legal Consultation (General and Immigration) 16 MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA IMMUNIZATION 31 2 CONTENTS ID CARDS 31 ENGLISH 105 PROGRAM LOAD 31 HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 108 PROGRAM CHANGES 31 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS 109 QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS/WAIVERS 31 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 110 TRANSFER OF CREDIT FOR GRADUATE WORK AND LAW (INCLUDING REAL ESTATE) 112 PERMIT STATUS 32 MANAGEMENT 114 LEAVE OF ABSENCE 32 MARKETING 119 RE-ENTRY TO THE COLLEGE 32 MATHEMATICS 122 RESIGNATION OR WITHDRAWAL 33 PSYCHOLOGY 125 EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT FOR DEGREE 33 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 128 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 33 STATISTICS AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECOND-DEGREE APPLICATION 33 (INCLUDING OPERATIONS RESEARCH) 139 GRADING SYSTEM 33 SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS 35 APPENDICES 147 GRADUATE COMMITTEES ON ACADEMIC STANDING 35 STUDENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW INFORMATION 148 PART 5: DEGREE PROGRAMS AND STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 148 REQUIREMENTS BY SCHOOL 37 CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICIES 158 EMERGENCY CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS 161 GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND CODES 38 ZICKLIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GRADUATE PROGRAMS 39 DIRECTORIES 163 Graduate Admission 39 Office of Graduate Student Services 40 THE ADMINISTRATION 164 Graduate Career Management Center 40 Administration of The City University Office of Graduate Student Life 41 of New York 164 MBA Programs: General Information 41 Administration of Baruch College 165 MS Programs: General Information 48 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 166 MBA Degree Program Descriptions 51 CAMPUS MAP AND DIRECTORY 190 MS Degree Program Descriptions 57 Executive Degree Program Descriptions 62 Doctoral Program in Business 67 INDEX 193 WEISSMAN SCHOOL GRADUATE PROGRAMS 78 Graduate Admission 78 MA in Business Journalism 78 MA in Corporate Communication 78 MS in Applied Mathematics for Finance 79 MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology 79 School of Public Affairs Graduate Programs 80 Graduate Admission 80 Master of Public Administration Program 80 National Urban Fellowship 82 Master of Science in Education Programs: General Information 82 Executive Programs 84 SPECIAL PROGRAM OPTIONS 86 Study Abroad Programs 86 The Post-Master’s Program 86 PART 6: COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 87 ACCOUNTANCY (INCLUDING TAXATION)88 BUSINESS 93 COMMUNICATION STUDIES 95 ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (INCLUDING INSURANCE)98 EDUCATION 103 3 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 GRADUATE STUDIES–AN OVERVIEW/THE COLLEGE country, offering CUNY’s only AACSB-accredited BBA and GRADUATE STUDIES— MBA programs, Baruch ranks nationally among the best AN OVERVIEW business schools for both its part-time and full-time MBA programs and continues to offer superior value based on Baruch’s graduate programs provide college graduates with quality and affordability. This is a distinguished record, which the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills they has extended CUNY’s mission to areas directly connected need for a successful career in the new millennium. Our with the economic welfare of the metropolitan region. Whether programs help students to prepare for positions of greater we are enjoying times of economic prosperity or weathering responsibility in business, education, or public service; to a recession, Baruch remains a consistently critical resource advance in their present positions; and to gain a better for both CUNY and New York. understanding of the effective functioning of our complex and competitive society. Because of its highly qualified facul- ty, numerous and diverse course offerings, and ideal location in the heart of the financial and management center of the ITS HISTORY United States, the College is well equipped to serve students The City University of New York, created in 1961, has a tradi- who seek advanced study in their fields. tion in higher education in New York that dates from 1847, The staff for graduate instruction includes the distinguished when the Free Academy, later to become the City College of faculty members of Baruch College and specialists drawn New York, was established. Baruch College evolved from the from all branches of business, public service, the professions, innovative School of Business and Civic Administration and education. The variety of courses offered in most areas established in 1919 by the Trustees of City College, who permits either intensive specialization in or acquisition of a sought to centralize all courses in accounting, business, and broader knowledge of a field, depending on the desires and public administration in a single educational unit. The first needs of the student. Most graduate courses are taught in the master’s degree program in business administration was late afternoon and evening; this provides students with the offered by the school in 1920. In 1953, by resolution of the opportunity to combine education with practical experience Board of Higher Education and in honor of a distinguished by attending classes while working either part or full time. alumnus and former trustee of City College, the name of the school was changed to the Bernard M. Baruch School of No residential or citizenship restrictions apply to the admis- Business and Public Administration. In 1968 the school was sion of graduate students at Baruch College; the current reorganized by
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