DPA 568 HUNTERS AND GATHERERS 2008–2010 GRADUATE BULLETIN MAR 598 SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY 2008-2010 Graduate Bulletin Shirley Strum Kenny, President Many Voices, Many Visions, One University As members of Stony Brook University, we acknowledge that the primary purpose of this community is education, including academic achievement, social development, and personal growth. In committing ourselves to study and work at Stony Brook, we agree to promote equality, civility, caring, responsibility, accountability, and respect. We also recognize the importance of understanding and appreciating our differences and similarities. As members of a respectful community, we will not encroach on the rights of others, either as individuals or as groups. We recognize that freedom of expression and opinion entails an obligation to listen to and understand the beliefs and opinions of others, and to treat others fairly. We strive to be a responsible community. We are accountable individually for our personal behavior and development, and collectively for the welfare of the community itself. We encourage all Stony Brook community members to celebrate and express pride in our community’s academic, athletic, and social accomplishments, and to involve themselves in the surrounding local communities. In affirming this statement, we commit ourselves to becoming dedicated, active, and full members of Stony Brook University in each and every role we assume. —Year of Community Initiative A Message from the Provost raduate school can be one of the most exciting and interdisciplinary interactions. Stony Brook is fortunate to rewarding times of your professional life. It is an oppor- have two close neighboring institutions that substantially G tunity to learn in depth about disciplines that intrigue broaden the intellectual opportunities for students and faculty. you, hone your skills of inquiry, to make contributions to knowl- Brookhaven National Laboratory to the east is an internation- edge through your own scholarly efforts, and in many cases to ally known center of research in physics, biology, chemistry, explore the joys of teaching others. You will also form some of and other disciplines. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to the the professional and personal relationships that will shape your west is similarly well known for its excellence in the biomed- life. I hope you will consider Stony Brook as the place to do ical sciences. Stony Brook shares graduate programs with your graduate work. Our University, now celebrating only its these institutions, as well as a wide range of rich and informal 50th anniversary, has quickly become recognized as one of the interactions that inevitably occur when a large concentration best institutions of higher learning in the nation. Our reputation of scholars occurs in a small geographical area. is based on an excellent faculty and staff who are organized into The Long Island region is also home to growing electronics the traditional College of Arts and Sciences, an extensive and biotechnology companies. Many of these have been started Health Sciences Center, the School of Marine and Atmospheric by Stony Brook faculty and maintain close ties with the Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the University. As well, our proximity to New York City pro- Business School, and our new School of Journalism. These vides countless opportunities for collaborations in the arts, Colleges and Schools create a stimulating atmosphere across a connection to the business world, and interactions with col- diverse set of disciplines and provide many opportunities for leagues at its many universities. Much of this work is facili- exciting and rigorous interdisciplinary scholarship. tated by our Stony Brook Manhattan location. Your years in graduate school will also be a time to develop Many graduate students become junior colleagues of their close relationships with faculty mentors as you learn the sub- professors by providing instruction for undergraduates. A stance of your discipline and begin to develop and organize full and rewarding time in graduate school should include the your own ideas about your areas of interest. Stony Brook opportunity to develop your skills as a teacher and to learn encourages a diversity of intellectual interactions among stu- to integrate fully your scholarship and your teaching. Stony dents and faculty, as well as outreach to neighboring institu- tions and to our community. Your development into a cre- Brook recognizes the importance of helping graduate stu- ative scholar is a prime goal of graduate education at Stony dents learn to teach and the significance of their contribution Brook. You will find that Stony Brook has high standards for to the education of our undergraduates. its faculty and students, and you will come to realize that this Come and visit our campus and community. You may not level of excellence provides a benchmark against which to realize how beautiful Long Island is or appreciate the many judge your future achievements. opportunities that are provided by having New York City As you consider graduate schools, explore the relationships only 60 miles away. If you do visit, I hope I meet you. that faculty have with their students and the opportunities for Whatever your educational future holds, I wish you well. Eric W. Kaler A Message from the Dean he Graduate Bulletin provides important information Departments and graduate programs provide more about Stony Brook’s rules, regulations, and graduate detailed information about their own rules and procedures, T admission and degree requirements. It is intended to and each department has a complete compilation of Graduate guide the study of students enrolled in our postbaccalaureate School policies. Please be sure to consult all of these sources degree programs, but not to substitute for the advice that can of information; your success here may depend upon it. be provided by the faculty. Graduate students should read If you encounter problems or difficulties during your studies, and understand the introductory sections of this book and the deal with them promptly and completely. If you cannot find a sections about their own programs. Of course, they are solution, contact the Graduate School; we can usually correct expected to be familiar—and to comply—with these rules. any problem that is brought to us in good time. Lawrence Martin 2 Table of Contents An Introduction to Stony Brook . 5 Music (MUS) . .266 Campus Resources and Student Services . .15 Neuroscience (NEU) . .277 Nursing, School of . .280 Financial and Residential Information . .23 Oral Biology and Pathology (HDO) . .281 Admission to Graduate Study . .33 Philosophy (PHI) . .285 Academic Regulations and Procedures . .37 Physics and Astronomy (PHY) . .291 Physiology and Biophysics (HBY) . .302 Degree Requirements . .43 Political Science (POL) . .308 Degrees and Advanced Graduate Certificates Awarded . .49 Professional Development, School of . .315 Degree and Advanced Graduate Certificate Liberal Studies . .315 Professional Studies . .315 Program Descriptions . .53 Teaching . .316 Africana Studies (AFH) . .54 Educational Leadership Program . .317 Anatomical Sciences (HBA) . .58 Advanced Graduate Certificate Programs . .317 Anthropological Sciences (DPA) . .62 Psychology (PSY) . .319 Anthropology (ANT) . .67 Public Health . .327 Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS) . .71 Social Welfare, School of . .339 Art (ARH, ARS) . .80 Sociology (SOC) . .349 Biochemistry and Structural Biology (BSB) . .89 Technology and Society (EST) . .354 Biomedical Engineering (BME) . .93 Theatre Arts (THR, DRM) . .360 Business, College of (MBA) . .100 Women’s Studies (WST) . .365 Chemistry (CHE) . .110 Writing and Rhetoric (WRT) . .368 Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (CLCS) . .118 Computer Science (CSE) . .125 Directories, Maps, Index, Subject Codes .............371 Creative Writing and Literature (CWL) . .138 Directories . .372 Dental Medicine, School of . .141 Campus Map . .374 Ecology and Evolution (BEE) . .142 Directions to Stony Brook . .376 Economics (ECO) . .147 Index . .377 Education and Teacher Certification Professional Education Subject Codes . .380 Program . .151 Electrical and Computer Engineering (ESE) . .160 English (EGL) . .169 European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (GER, RLF, RLI, SLV, DLG, DLF, DLI, DLL, DLR) . .176 Genetics (BGE) . .186 Geosciences (GEO) . .190 Health Technology and Management, School of . .199 Hispanic Languages and Literature (SPN) . .200 History (HIS) . .207 Linguistics (LIN, ESL) . .214 Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (MAS) . .219 Materials Science and Engineering (ESM) . .228 Mathematics (MAT) . .235 Mechanical Engineering (MEC) . .242 Medicine, School of . .250 Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) . .251 Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (HBH) . .257 Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (HBM) . .262 3 Graduate Bulletin Equal Opportunity Press Date: Summer 2008 and Affirmative Action The information in this publication is Stony Brook University does not dis- This publication can be made available accurate as of the press date. 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