LIU Post 2018 - 2019 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, 2018. However, circumstances may require that a given course be withdrawn or alternate offerings be made.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 2018 - 2019 Financial Policies 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Payment Plans 20 LIU 4 Student Health Insurance 20 ABOUT LIU POST 5 FINANCIAL AID 21 Mission Statement 5 Application Process 21 Overview 5 Awards 21 Faculty 5 Standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 22 University Policies 5 CAMPUS LIFE AT LIU POST 24 DIRECTORY 6 Community Service and Interfaith Center 24 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2018-2019 8 Community Standards and Civic Engagement 24 ADMISSION 10 Living on Campus 24 Admission Procedures 10 Public Safety 24 Graduate Admission Status 10 Recreational Sports 25 International Admission 10 LIU POST FACILITIES 26 Readmission 10 Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams Communication Center 26 New York State Immunization Law 11 Center for Healthy Living 26 ACADEMIC POLICY 12 Communications and Film Department Labs 26 Grading and Quality Points 12 Digital Art and Design Lab 26 Attendance 12 Digital Games Lab 26 Absence from Final Examination 12 Hillwood Commons 26 Oral Qualifying or Comprehensive Examination 12 Jerrold Mark Ladge Speech and Hearing Center 26 Graduation and Diplomas 12 LIU Post Community Arboretum 26 Student Conduct 13 Music Technology Laboratory 26 Academic Conduct Policy 13 Pratt Fitness and Recreation Center 27 Appeals Process 13 Psychological Services Center 27 Criminal Background and Drug Testing 14 Steinberg Museum of Art 27 Additional Academic Policies 14 Student-Run Businesses 27 Related Curricular Matters 14 Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 27 REGISTRATION 15 Winnick Student Center 27 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 17 LIBRARY 33 Transcript Requests 17 COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DESIGN 34 Administrative Matters 17 School of Performing Arts TUITION AND FEES 18 School of Visual Arts, Communications and Digital Technologies Rate Schedule 18 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND 59 Residence Life Rates 18 TECHNOLOGY LIU Post Graduate Bulletin 2018 - 2019 Page 2 LIU Post Palmer School of Library and Information Science School of Education COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 121 COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT 187 School of Business School of Computer Science, Innovation and Management Engineering School of Professional Accountancy, Finance and FinTech Department of Cyber Anayltics and Criminal Justice SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND NURSING 214 PROGRAMS Art 35 Biology 122 Biomedical Sciences 216 Communication Sciences and Disorders 60 Computer Science, Innovation, and Management Engineering 200 Counseling and Development 65 Criminal Justice 209 Curriculum and Instruction 72 Design and Digital Technologies 44 Doctoral Program (Ed.D.) in Interdisciplinary Educational Studies 100 Earth and Environmental Science 129 Educational Leadership and Administration 88 English 136 Foreign Languages 149 Health Care and Public Administration 227 History 152 Interdisciplinary Studies 159 Library and Information Science 106 Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) 188 Mathematics 160 Music 45 Nursing 236 Nutrition 242 Political Science / International Studies 164 Professional Accountancy, Finance and FinTech 195 Psychology 170 Social Work 249 Special Education and Literacy 93 Theatre, Dance, and Arts Management 56 LIU POST APPROVED PROGRAMS 256 LIU TRUSTEES AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 259 LIU POST FACULTY 260 Page 3 LIU Post Graduate Bulletin 2018 - 2019 Bulletin 2018 - 2019 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 2018 - 2019 Page 4 LIU Post ABOUT LIU POST by world-class faculty. LIU Post also offers office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421- students access to student-run businesses, a high- 3481. tech incubator to launch their own startups, and 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-five 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 one of 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-seven miles east of New York City on as well as a Subway, End Zone, and Twisted Taco. Long Island’s historic Gold Coast, LIU Post is a Other facilities include Bleecker Street, the Doll leader in cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit. LIU House, Pratt Smoothies, and the Pioneer Wagon. Post's campus is built on the estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast cereal Faculty creator Charles William Post and the architect of the Post company’s growth into General Foods. LIU Post is a teaching institution, and The Posts embodied ingenuity, determination, and classroom instruction is its priority. Distinguished courage – qualities that are living inspirations for faculty members and world-class visiting the University’s faculty and students. Academic professors educate LIU Post students. units include: the LIU Post Honors College, the Approximately 90 percent of full-time faculty College of Education, Information and Technology members hold the highest degree available in their and its Palmer School of Library and Information field. The faculty also includes accomplished Science; the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; scholars