LIU Post 2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin LIU Post 2013 - 2014 Undergraduate Bulletin 720 Northern Blvd, Brookville, New York 11548 General Information: 516-299-2000 www.liu.edu/post Admissions: 516-299-2900 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 However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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. 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Bulletin 2013 - 2014 ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS HONORS PROGRAM AND 23 MERIT FELLOWSHIP LIU 4 REGISTRATION 25 CAMPUSES OF LIU 5 Per Capita Classes 25 Residential Campuses 5 Course Numbers 25 Regional Campuses 6 Leave of Absence 25 ABOUT LIU POST 7 Medical Leave of Absence 26 Mission Statement 7 Maintenance of Matriculation 26 General Information 7 Audit Policy 26 Faculty 7 Withdrawals 26 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 8 Transcript Requests 26 ENROLLMENT SERVICES 10 Tuition Payment 27 Summer Sessions 10 STUDENT FINANCIAL Evening Programs 10 28 SERVICES Weekend College 10 UNDERGRADUATE TUITION 28 Winter Session 10 AND FEES Adult Student Services 10 FINANCIAL AID 31 Senior Adult Programs 10 DIVISION FOR STUDENT 33 SUCCESS Early Collegiate Program 10 Academic and Career Planning 33 Intensive English Program for 10 International Students Essential Literacies 35 Veteran Services 11 Arthur O. Eve Higher Education 35 Opportunity Program - HEOP ADMISSION 12 Learning Support Center 35 General Information 12 Student Life and Leadership Notification of Application Status 12 35 Development Freshman Admission 12 New Student Orientation 35 Transfer Admission 14 Student Health and Counseling Center 35 Readmission 14 OTHER RESOURCES FOR 37 International Admisstion 15 STUDENTS Graduation Rate 15 Student Life at Post 37 ACADEMIC POLICY 16 Student Government Association 37 (SGA) Undergraduate Degrees 16 Fraternities and Sororities 37 Dual Degrees 16 Annual Events and Traditions 37 Class Standing 16 Student Health Insurance 37 Grading 16 RESOURCES AND FACILITIES 39 Dean's and Honor's Lists 17 Library 39 Attendance 17 Office of Informatioin Technology 39 Absence from a Final Examination 17 MyLIU 40 Probation, Suspension and Dismissal 17 Hillwood Commons 40 Graduation and Diplomas 17 Public Safety 40 Classroom Conduct 18 Annual Campus Security Report 40 Academic Conduct 18 Emergency Management 40 Related Curricular Matters 18 Disability Support Services (DSS) 40 LIU Post Undergraduate Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Page 2 LIU Post Psychological Services Center 41 Earth and Environmental Science 128 International Student Services 41 Economics 142 Community Standards & Civic English 148 41 Engagement Foreign Languages 170 Religious Life 41 History 199 Residence Life 41 Interdisciplinary Studies 210 Digital Art and Design Lab 42 Mathematics 211 Digital Games Lab 42 Philosophy 219 Music Technology Laboratory 42 Physics 224 Media Arts Labs 42 Political Science / International 227 Jerrold Mark Ladge Speech and Studies 42 Hearing Center Psychology 243 Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams 42 Sociology and Anthropology 250 Communication Center COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT 259 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 43 Finance 260 Steinberg Museum of Art at 43 Hollwood Health Care and Public 266 Administration Pratt Recreation Center 43 Management 273 Recreational Sports 43 Marketing and International Business 279 Club Sports 43 School of Professional Accountancy 285 Teaching and Learning Initiative 43 SCHOOL OF HEALTH 290 Winnick Student Center 43 PROFESSIONS AND NURSING LIU Post Community Arboretum 43 Biomedical Sciences 292 CORE CURRICULUM 44 Health Sciences 298 Competency Requirements 44 Nursing 310 Core Courses 44 Nutrition 313 Core Curriculum Requirements for 47 Social Work 318 Transfer Students SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND 322 Writing Across the Curriculum 47 PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, 48 Art 323 INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY Media Arts 336 Communication Sciences and 49 Music 348 Disorders Theatre, Film, Dance, and Arts 369 Computer Science and Management 53 Management Engineering SCHOOL OF CONTINUING 397 Curriculum and Instruction 62 EDUCATION Health, Physical Education and 92 BLENDED AND ONLINE 398 Movement Science LEARNING Special Education and Literacy 105 APPROVED PROGRAMS 399 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 106 LIU POST FACULTY 403 AND SCIENCES LIU POST ADMINISTRATION 413 American Studies 107 LIU TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND 414 Biology 109 ADMINISTRATION Chemistry 117 Criminal Justice 122 Page 3 LIU Post 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 Post Undergraduate Bulletin 2013 - 2014 Page 4 LIU Post 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