LIU Post 2014 - 2015 Graduate 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, 2014. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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 2014 - 2015 Graduate Credits Applied to 18 Undergraduate Degree Requirements TABLE OF CONTENTS Class Size 18 LIU 4 Audit Policy 18 CAMPUSES OF LIU 5 Leave of Absence 18 Residential Campuses 5 Medical Leave of Absence 18 Regional Campuses 6 Maintenance of Matriculation 18 ABOUT LIU POST 7 Withdrawal 19 Statement of Mission 7 Readmission 19 Overview 7 Transcript Requests 19 Faculty 7 Payment of Tuition and Fees 19 University Policies 7 GRADUATE TUITION AND 20 FEES 2014-2015 DIRECTORY 8 FINANCIAL AID 23 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2014- 9 2015 Application Process 23 ALTERNATE SESSIONS 11 Awards 23 Summer Sessions 11 Terms and Conditions 23 Weekend College 11 Standards for Satisfactory Academic 23 Progress (SAP) Winter Session 11 STUDENT SERVICES AND ADMISSION 12 25 RESOURCES Admission Procedures 12 Advisement 25 Graduate Admission Status 12 Office of Information Technology 25 International Admission 12 My LIU 25 ACADEMIC POLICY 13 Disability Support Services (DSS) 25 Grading and Quality Points 13 Senior Adult Programs 26 Attendance 13 Intensive English Program for 26 Absence from Final Examination 13 International Students Oral Qualifying or Comprehensive Veteran & MIlitary Affairs Services 26 13 Examination Bookstore 26 Graduation and Diplomas 13 CAMPUS LIFE AT LIU POST 27 Comnmunity Standards & Civic 14 The Office of Campus Life 27 Engagement Living on Campus 27 Student Conduct 14 Community Service & Interfaith Academic Conduct Policy 14 27 Center Academic Integrity 14 Student Health Insurance 27 Appeals Process 14 Public Safety 27 Additional Academic Policies 15 Recreational Sports 28 Related Curricular Matters 15 International Student Services 28 ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES 16 LIU POST FACILITIES 29 REGISTRATION 18 Hillwood Commons 29 Course Registsration 18 Winnick Student Center 29 Program Changes 18 Center for Healthy Living 29 Course Load 18 Psychological Services Center 29 Admission of Undergraduate Students 18 Digital Art and Design Lab 29 to Graduate Programs LIU Post Graduate Bulletin 2014 - 2015 Page 2 LIU Post Digital Games Lab 29 Political Science / International 166 Studies Music Technology Laboratory 29 Psychology 172 Media Arts Labs 29 Jerold Mark Ladge Speech and COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT 189 29 Hearing Center Master of Business Administration 190 Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams (M.B.A.) 30 Communication Center Professional Accountancy 198 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 30 SCHOOL OF HEALTH 203 Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood 30 PROFESSIONS AND NURSING Pratt Fitness & Recreation Center 30 Biomedical Sciences 205 LIU Post Community Arboretum 30 Nursing 216 Thoughtbox @ LIU 30 Nutrition 223 Student-Run Businesses 30 Social Work 230 LIBRARY 31 SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND 237 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, 32 PERFORMING ARTS INFORMATION AND Art 238 TECHNOLOGY Media Arts 250 Education Music 253 Communication Sciences and 33 Disorders Theatre, Film, Dance, and Arts 264 Management Counseling and Development 38 SCHOOL OF CONTINUING 267 Curriculum and Instruction 45 EDUCATION Educational Leadership and 73 BLENDED AND ONLINE 268 Administration LEARNING @ LIU Special Education and Literacy 78 LIU POST APPROVED 269 Doctoral Program (Ed.D.) in 86 PROGRAMS Interdisciplinary Studies LIU POST FACULTY 272 Information LIU POST ADMINISTRATION 282 Palmer School of Library and 87 LIU TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND 283 Information Science ADMINISTRATION Technology Computer Science & Management 100 Engineering COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 108 AND SCIENCES Biology 109 Criminal Justice 116 Earth and Environmental Science 122 English 130 Foreign Languages 142 Health Care and Public 146 Administration History 154 Interdisciplinary Studies 161 Mathematics 162 Page 3 LIU Post Graduate Bulletin 2014 - 2015 Bulletin 2014 - 2015 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 Graduate Bulletin 2014 - 2015 Page 4 LIU Post CAMPUSES OF LIU LIU Post The Residential Campuses Twenty-five miles east of New York City on Long Island’s historic Gold Coast, LIU Post is a leader in cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit in our students through innovative collaborations, partnerships, and student-run LIU Brooklyn businesses. The university, which offers a small-school environment, but with the access and resources of a major metropolitan university, includes five Located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn’s thriving Tech Triangle, LIU schools of study: the College of Education, Information and Technology; the Brooklyn provides students with experiential learning opportunities reflecting College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; the College of Management; the School the entrepreneurial urban community it serves. Distinctive programs of Health Professions and Nursing; and School of Visual and Performing Arts. encompass the arts and media, the natural sciences, business, social policy, The scenic, scholarly campus is home to the Steinberg Museum of Art at urban education, the health professions, pharmacy, and the health sciences. Hillwood, the renowned Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, and WCWP- Founded in 1926, LIU Brooklyn is the original unit of Long Island FM Radio. In addition, LIU Post offers the Ph.D. in information studies, the University. Its beautifully landscaped, 11-acre campus is a self-contained urban Psy.D. in clinical psychology, and the Ed.D. in interdisciplinary educational oasis, steps away from world-class arts and entertainment venues like Brooklyn studies. Academy of Music and the Barclays Center, as well as the hip restaurants and The campus was established on the former estate of cereal heiress Marjorie cafes of Fort Greene. Just a 10-minute subway ride from the professional and Merriweather Post in 1954 to accommodate the growing educational needs of cultural opportunities of Manhattan, the vibrant campus includes residence Nassau County following World War II. Ranked a “Best Regional University,” halls for more than 1,100 students. by U.S. News and World Report, LIU Post offers its full-time, part-time, and LIU Brooklyn offers nearly 160 associate, undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, non-credit students a comprehensive range of nearly 200 associate, and certificate programs, including Ph.D. programs in clinical psychology and undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs and certificates. In pharmaceutics, the D.P.T. in physical therapy, and the Pharm.D. in pharmacy. addition, the campus offers college credit courses to high school students in Serving a diverse student body, its academic units include the