Graduate Catalog • 2017–2018 CLARKSON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CATALOG 2017-2018 Clarkson University is a nationally ranked research university and the institution of choice for more than 4,000 enterprising, high-ability scholars from diverse backgrounds who embrace challenge and thrive in a rigorous, highly collaborative learning environment. We add value to our students’ education by partnering with leading businesses, industries, and thought leaders to bring relevance to the challenges and needs of a modern world in which the boundaries of knowledge, discipline, nations, and cultures blur. We encourage students to question the status quo, push the limits of what is known, and to apply their ingenuity to develop fresh solutions to real-world challenges. For more than 100 years, our graduates have achieved extraordinary professional success, risen to societal challenges, and advanced the global economy ethically and responsibly. Among our 38,000 alumni, one in five is a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company. Founded in 1896 to honor Thomas S. Clarkson, the University's main campus is located in the “college town” of Potsdam, NY on a historic 640-acre wooded homestead in the foothills of the Adirondack Park. With three other universities nearby, Clarkson community members enjoy a constantly changing social and intellectual quality of life largely influenced by our proximity to the north slope of the Adirondacks; easy drives to Lake Placid as well as Ottawa and Montreal, Canada; and a high level of regional camaraderie to encourage innovative partnerships in small business development, arts, tourism, recreation, agriculture and green energy. The University also includes The Capital Region Campus for graduate education in Schenectady, New York, and The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries for environmental research and education in Beacon, New York. Clarkson's educational strengths include: rigorous professional preparation dynamic, real-world learning highly collaborative community teamwork that spans disciplines Changes in Curricula Information contained in this catalog is current at the time the catalog is posted on our Web site, but as courses and curricula undergo changes by official action of the University, occasionally such changes may supersede information found herein. The accuracy of any particular information can be checked through The Graduate School, Student Administrative Services, the Dean of the appropriate School, or academic departments. Please be aware that the information concerning academic requirements, courses, and programs of study in the catalog does not establish an irrevocable contract between the student and the University. The University can change, discontinue, or add academic 1 requirements, courses, and programs of study at any time, without notice. Although every effort is made to provide timely notice to students in order to help in the planning process, it is the responsibility of the student to confirm that all appropriate degree requirements are met. All students are encouraged to read the catalog thoroughly. Failure to be familiar with the contents does not excuse a student from the requirements and regulations described herein. Courses Typical courses for each department are listed in this catalog, but not all courses are offered each year. Descriptions of courses and terms in which specific course are offered are accessible in PeopleSoft. Viewing Clarkson’s searchable course catalog will give up-to-date course descriptions, pre- or co-requisites, course attributes, and other information pertaining to all courses offered. Clarkson’s browse course catalog can be viewed at https://www.clarkson.edu/sites/default/files/2017-08/courses17-18.pdf . There is no login required - just select the term and year that you are interested in viewing. Course credit is also available for Independent Study and Special Projects. Accreditation Clarkson is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680, 215-662-5606. The David D. Reh School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and internationally recognized accrediting agency for graduate and undergraduate programs in business administration. The Healthcare Management MBA is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The MAT program in the Education department is accredited by Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The entry level doctor of physical therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The Accreditation Review Committee (ARC-PA) on Education for the Physician Assistant has granted continuing Accreditation to the Physician Assistant Studies Program. The Occupational Therapy Program has been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). In addition, the University is accredited by the United States Civil Service Commission, and its curricula are approved by the New York State Board of Regents. All Clarkson degree programs are approved by the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs for the training of veterans and other eligible persons. 2 CONTENTS GRADUATE ADMISSIONS 4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLARKSON 5 GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS 7 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 8 Admissions 8 International Applicants Language Verification Requirement 9 Graduate School Policy for Current Undergraduate Clarkson Students 9 Degree Requirements and Academic Policies for Graduate Students 10 Grading System 13 Graduate Student Academic Standing and Separation Policy 15 Graduate Student Degree Conferral and Commencement Policies 16 Commencement Participation Policy 17 Expenses, Financial Assistance, Student Status 17 THE ASSOCIATED COLLEGES CONSORTIUM 26 STUDENT AFFAIRS 26 CAREER CENTER & EXPERENTIAL LEARNING 31 INTERNATIONAL CENTER 33 CLARKSON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 34 ATHLETICS 35 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 35 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 36 CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY 37 SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 37 THE DAVID D. REH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 52 WALLACE H. COULTER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 70 INSTITUTE FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT 101 INSTITUTE FOR STEM EDUCATION 104 PROGRAMS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS 107 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS 131 DIVISION OF RESARCH 143 ACADEMIC CENTERS 144 THE REGISTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES 152 ADMINISTRATION 154 FACULTY 163 ACADEMIC CALENDARS 185 POLICIES 188 GRADUATE PROGRAMS & HEGIS CODES 190 3 GRADUATE ADMISSIONS Clarkson Potsdam Campus 315-268-6400 Capital Region Campus 518-631-9910 School of Arts & Sciences Programs 315-268-3802 E-mail [email protected] David D. Reh School of Business Programs 315-268-6613 E-mail [email protected] Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering Programs 315-268-7929 E-mail [email protected] Institute for a Sustainable Environment (ISE) Programs 315-268-2315 E-mail [email protected] Institute for STEM Education 315-268-6544 E-mail [email protected] Physician Assistant Studies Program 315-268-7942 E-mail [email protected] Physical Therapy Program 315-268-3786 E-mail [email protected] Occupational Therapy Program 315-268-4412 E-mail [email protected] 4 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLARKSON (The following summary has been excerpted largely from A Clarkson Mosaic, a history written by Professor Emeritus Bradford B. Broughton in conjunction with the institution’s 1996 Centennial.) Two months after a highly successful Potsdam businessman, Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, was crushed to death while trying to save one of his workers in his sandstone quarry on August 17, 1894, his family began planning a memorial to him: a school. Choosing as their rationale a phrase which his sisters and nieces felt aptly described their brother — Thomas’ favorite Biblical quotation, A workman that needeth not to be ashamed — the family opened the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology in September 1896, in The Main Building (“Old Main”) which they commissioned to be built on Main Street. To the five young men in the preparatory class, eight men and four women in the freshman class, six courses of instruction were offered: electrical engineering, domestic science, art, machine work and smithing, woodwork and pattern making, and normal manual training. By 1907, the school was offering additional bachelor’s degrees in mechanical, civil and chemical engineering. Recognizing the need for a gymnasium, the students began a fund-raising campaign for the $11,000 needed to build one in town, spurred on by a $5,000 gift from the Clarkson family. By 1912, this second School building had been erected. That building became the library in 1956 after the new Alumni Gymnasium opened. When the library moved to the Educational Resources Center in 1978, the original building became the Liberal Studies Center. When the New York State Board of Regents offered scholarships to qualified students attending college within the state in 1913, Clarkson’s Board of Trustees voted to change the school’s name to The Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial College of Technology; the head of the college became president instead of director; and John Pascal Brooks, a Dartmouth graduate, and one of the men on Walter Camp’s first All-American football team, became the first Clarkson director to bear the title of president. Hockey began in 1921 on a rink behind Old Main, and