LIU Post 2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin LIU Post 2016 - 2017 Graduate Bulletin 720 Northern Blvd, Brookville, New York 11548 General Information: 516-299-2000 www.liu.edu/post Admissions: 516-299-2900 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 However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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. 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Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Financial Policies 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS Payment Plans 19 LIU 4 Student Health Insurance 19 ABOUT LIU POST 5 FINANCIAL AID 20 Mission Statement 5 Application Process 20 Overview 5 Awards 20 Faculty 5 Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 21 University Policies 5 CAMPUS LIFE AT LIU POST 23 DIRECTORY 6 Community Service and Interfaith Center 23 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016-2017 8 Community Standards and Civic Engagement 23 ADMISSION 10 Living on Campus 23 Admission Procedures 10 Public Safety 23 Graduate Admission Status 10 Recreational Sports 24 International Admission 10 LIU POST FACILITIES 25 Readmission 10 Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams Communication Center 25 New York State Immunization Law 11 Center for Healthy Living 25 ACADEMIC POLICY 12 Communications and Film Department Labs 25 Grading and Quality Points 12 Digital Art and Design Lab 25 Attendance 12 Digital Games Lab 25 Absence from Final Examination 12 Hillwood Commons 25 Oral Qualifying or Comprehensive Examination 12 Jerrold Mark Ladge Speech and Hearing Center 25 Graduation and Diplomas 12 LIU Post Community Arboretum 25 Student Conduct 13 Music Technology Laboratory 26 Academic Conduct Policy 13 Pratt Fitness and Recreation Center 26 Appeals Process 13 Psychological Services Center 26 Criminal Background and Drug Testing 14 Steinberg Museum of Art 26 Additional Academic Policies 14 Student-Run Businesses 26 Related Curricular Matters 14 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 26 REGISTRATION 15 Winnick Student Center 26 Course Registration 15 STUDENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES 28 Program Changes 15 Advisement 28 Course Load 15 Bookstore 28 Admission of Undergraduate Students to Graduate Programs 15 Disability Support Services 28 Graduate Credits Applied to Undergraduate Degree Requirements 15 Information Technology 28 Maintenance of Matriculation 15 Intensive English Program for International Students 29 Leave of Absence 15 Veteran and Military Affairs Services 29 Withdrawal 16 ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES 30 Audit Policy 16 LIBRARY 33 Transcript Requests 16 COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DESIGN 34 Administrative Matters 16 School of Performing Arts TUITION AND FEES 17 School of Visual Arts, Communications and Digital Technologies Rate Schedule 17 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND 66 Residence Life Rates 17 TECHNOLOGY LIU Post Graduate Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Page 2 LIU Post Palmer School of Library and Information Science School of Education COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 140 COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT 224 School of Business School of Computer Science, Innovation and Management Engineering School of Professional Accountancy SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND NURSING 247 PROGRAMS Art 35 Biology 141 Biomedical Sciences 249 Communication Sciences and Disorders 67 Computer Science, Innovation, and Management Engineering 239 Counseling and Development 72 Criminal Justice 148 Curriculum and Instruction 79 Design and Digital Technologies 46 Doctoral Program (Ed.D.) in Interdisciplinary Educational Studies 120 Earth and Environmental Science 153 Educational Leadership and Administration 107 English 161 Foreign Languages 174 Health Care and Public Administration 178 History 188 Interdisciplinary Studies 195 Library and Information Science 126 Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) 225 Mathematics 196 Music 51 Nursing 260 Nutrition 268 Political Science / International Studies 200 Professional Accountancy 234 Psychology 206 Social Work 275 Special Education and Literacy 112 Theatre, Dance, and Arts Management 62 LIU POST APPROVED PROGRAMS 282 LIU TRUSTEES AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 285 LIU POST FACULTY 286 Page 3 LIU Post 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 Post Graduate Bulletin 2016 - 2017 Page 4 LIU Post ABOUT LIU POST by world-class faculty. LIU Post also offers ctus.cfm for the address and phone number of the students access to student-run businesses, a high- office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421- tech incubator to launch their own startups, and 3481. Mission Statement real-world experiential learning opportunities. LIU Post is recognized as one of the nation’s LIU Post is dedicated to meeting the needs and most beautiful academic settings, with sprawling expanding the horizons of all its students, whether green lawns, horse trails, and elegant red-brick in the arts and sciences or in professional academic buildings. The vibrant campus life programs. LIU Post is committed to providing includes residence halls for more than 1,600 highly individualized educational experiences in students. The campus' award-winning cooperative every department and program, from the freshman education program is nationally renowned for its year through advanced doctoral researchs. The extensive career services. emphasis on the student learner is evident in the Twenty-three NCAA Division II men's and faculty’s devotion to personal attention and women's sports teams take advantage of LIU innovative teaching methods; the intensive LIU Post’s 70 acres of playing fields, including the new Promise advisement system; and the University’s Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium, and their leadership in the field of engaged learning through success has made LIU Post the top-ranked cooperative education, internships, community Division II athletic program in the East. Campus service, study-abroad programs, research projects life includes a wide range of clubs and performing and artistic performance. Students benefit from the groups, a robust Greek life, and many other multi-campus resources of one of the nation’s student activities. LIU Post's $18-million Pratt largest private universities and from the Fitness and Recreation Center is a state-of-the-art unparalleled cultural and professional resources of health and fitness facility featuring an eight-lane New York City and Long Island. LIU Post swimming pool, three full-size basketball courts, students develop strong critical and expressive racquetball courts, and an elevated jogging track. abilities, a sense of civic responsibility, and a Dining facilities and food service areas are mature understanding of the ideas, events and available in several locations: The Arnold S. forces shaping the modern world. Winnick Student Center, located in the Residence Hall Quadrangle, contains a cafeteria and a Overview banquet hall called the Gold Coast Room; Hillwood Commons offers a full-service cafeteria, Twenty-five miles east of New York City on as well as a Subway, End Zone, Twisted Taco and Long Island’s historic Gold Coast, LIU Post is a a Treat Shoppe. Other facilities include Bleecker leader in cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit. LIU Street, the Doll House, Pratt Smoothies and the Post's campus is built on the estate of Marjorie Pioneer Wagon. Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast cereal creator Charles William Post and the architect of Faculty the Post company’s growth into General Foods. The Posts embodied ingenuity, determination, and LIU Post is a teaching institution, and courage – qualities that are living inspirations for classroom instruction is its priority. Distinguished the University’s faculty and students. Academic faculty members and world-class visiting units include: the LIU Post Honors College, the professors educate LIU Post students. College of Education, Information and Technology Approximately 90 percent of full-time faculty and its Palmer School of Library and Information members hold the highest degree available in their Science; the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; field. The faculty also includes accomplished the School