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Graduate Catalog 2012-2013

The College of Staten Island is a four-year, senior college of The City University of New York that offers exceptional opportunities to all its students. The Master’s degree is awarded in selected fields of study: Accounting (MS); Biology (MS); Business Management (MS); Cinema and Media Studies (MA); Computer Science (MS); Education: Childhood (Elementary) Education (MSEd); Adolescence (Secondary) Education (MSEd); Special Education (MSEd); Special Education Adolescence Generalist (7-12) (MSEd); English (MA); Environmental Science (MS); History (MA); Liberal Studies (MA); Neuroscience, Mental Health Counseling (MA); Mental Retardation, and Developmental Disabilities (MS); Nursing: Adult Health Nursing (MS) and Gerontological Nursing (MS). Post-Master’s Advanced Certificates are awarded in Leadership in Education, Adult Health Nursing, Cultural Competence, Gerontological Nursing, and Nursing Education.

The Doctoral program in Nursing and Physical Therapy are offered jointly with The City University Graduate School, University Center. The College also participates in The City University Doctoral programs in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics.

The academic year follows a two-semester pattern, with a separate summer session. Classes are scheduled days, evenings, and weekends.

The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York was founded in 1976 through the union of two existing colleges - Staten Island Community College and Richmond College. Staten Island Community College, the first community college in the University, opened in 1955. Richmond College, an upper-division college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees to students who had successfully completed the first two years of college study elsewhere, was founded in 1965. The merger of these two colleges resulted in the only public four-year institution of higher learning on Staten Island.

The Campus

Completed in 1994, the 204-acre campus of CSI/CUNY is the largest site for a college in New York City. Set in a park-like landscape, the campus is centrally located on the Island. Mature trees and woodlands, flowering trees and ornamental plantings, fields and outdoor athletic facilities, the Great Lawn, sculpture, and seating areas create a green oasis in an urban setting.

Fourteen renovated neo-Georgian buildings serve as classrooms, laboratories, and offices. The academic buildings house approximately 300 classrooms, laboratories and instructional spaces, study lounges, department and program offices, and faculty offices. The Library and Campus Center serve as focal points for the Academic Quadrangles with the Center for the Arts located midway between the Quadrangles at the fountain plaza. The Sports and Recreation Center and the athletic fields are located near the main entrance to the campus.

Fifteen works of art, a permanent collection of works either commissioned or purchased through the Art Acquisitions Program of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, are installed throughout the campus. Artists and the free-standing sculptures and reliefs are: Vincenzo Amato, Body of Hector/Glaucus; Miriam Bloom, Shooliloo; Fritz Bultman, Garden at Nightfall (extended loan); Chryssa, Untitled; Lucille Friedland, Big Stride (gift of the artist); Red Grooms, Marathon; Sarah Haviland, Staten Island Arch; Jon Isherwood, Borromini’s Task; Zero Higashida, Maquette for a Small Universe; Valerie Jaudon, Untitled; Niki Ketchman, Red Inside; Win Knowlton, Ellipse; Mark Mennin, Torak; Don Porcaro, Moon Marker; and Hans Van de Bovenkamp, Stele in the Wind.

Astrophysical Observatory: The 16-foot dome astrophysical observatory was completed in 1996. In addition to serving students in astronomy courses, the facility is used for faculty and student research projects, environment monitoring projects, and community programs.

Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences Building: An ultramodern facility, the building contains classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, research facilities for faculty and students, the Center for Environmental Science, and the Center for Developmental Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities.

Campus Center: The Campus Center incorporates facilities for a complete program of student activities and offices for student organizations, food services, health services, a study lounge, bookstore, and the studios of WSIA-FM, the student-operated radio station.

Center for the Arts: Entered from the Great Lawn and from the Alumni Walk, the Center for the Arts houses two academic wings for programs in the arts as well as superb public spaces: the Clara and Arleigh B. Williamson Theatre, a 900-seat concert hall, a recital hall, an experimental theater, lecture halls, an art gallery, and a small conference center.

Library: Designed with inviting reading rooms, open shelves, and study carrels, its research and study facilities are enhanced by computer data-based operations available to all students. Library Media Services makes accessible pedagogical multimedia materials to distant classrooms and laboratories by means of the campus fiber-optic network.

Sports and Recreation Center: This 77,000 square-foot, multipurpose facility and surrounding athletic fields serve the intercollegiate and intramural sports and recreation programs for students.

Research Institutes and Centers

Center for Developmental Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities

Dr. Alejandra del Carmen Alonso, Director

Office: Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences Building (6S), Room 229

The Center for Developmental Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities (CDNDD) is a CUNY Center that conducts, promotes, and sponsors research, education, and training in the developmental neurosciences with special emphasis on research and educational programs in developmental disabilities. The Center serves as a hub for collaborative efforts between the College and other research institutions in offering a Master of Science degree in Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities, and also partnering with the CUNY Doctoral programs in multiple disciplines in mentoring Ph.D students. On the CSI campus, the Center has established research laboratories for investigations in cellular, molecular, behavioral, and clinical neuroscience and provides advanced research training for graduate and undergraduate students.

Center for Environmental Science

Dr. Alfred M. Levine, Director

Office: Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences Building (6S), Room 310

The Center for Environmental Science, established in 1987, provides support for research and policy recommendations concerning environmental problems. One of the major purposes of the Center is to define and solve environmental problems on Staten Island and its environs through research that includes studies of respiratory diseases, toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in the air, and the population at risk for lung cancer.

Center for the Study of Staten Island: Staten Island Project (SIP)

Dr. Mirella Affron, Director

The Center for the Study of Staten Island is designed to integrate the work of the College with the public affairs concerns of the people of Staten Island. To that end, it mediates and facilitates the collaboration of the College's faculty, students, and staff with government, civic organizations, and businesses in order to identify and assist in finding solutions to the borough's pressing public issues. More specifically, the Center serves as an information and consultation resource to prepare citizens and leaders to make better informed decisions about public life; it fosters the development of faculty research and undergraduate and graduate education through engagement with the Staten Island community; and it builds bridges to other public affairs institutes and local communities as a spur to innovations in public life on Staten Island. Whenever possible, the Center seeks to partner with community groups and agencies in advancing initiatives of mutual interest and in fulfilling consonant missions.

While encouraging and facilitating debate that accommodates differing and sometimes conflicting positions on controversial issues crucial to the community, the Center is committed to maintaining a nonpartisan stance.

Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

The Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences brings together a wide range of research faculty and students with interests in interdisciplinary applications of mathematics and computational science.

The Center’s activities include the use of the campus super-computer, faculty collaboration, grant writing, student mentoring, undergraduate research, and sponsored lectures. More information can be found at www.math.csi.cuny.edu/ciamcs.

The City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY), of which the College of Staten Island is a part, traces its beginning to 1847 and a public referendum that provided tuition-free higher education for residents of New York City. The municipal college system grew rapidly and its various colleges were consolidated as The City University of New York by an act of the New York State Legislature in 1961. CUNY is comprised of 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, and the Sophie David School of Biomedical Education. It is the largest municipal college system and the third largest university in the nation.

University Administration

Chancellor
Matthew Goldstein

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer
Allan H. Dobrin

Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost
Alexandra W. Logue

Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Jay Hershenson

Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Frederick P. Schaffer

Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Budget, Finance and Financial Policy
Marc Shaw

Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Peter G Jordan

Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations
Pamela S. Silverblatt

Vice Chancellor for Research
Gillian Small

Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Management
Gloriana B. Waters

Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management
Iris Weinshall

Associate Vice Chancellor & University CIO
Brian Cohen

Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance
Matthew Sapienza

Board of Trustees

Benno Schmidt, B.A., J.D., Chairperson

Philip Alfonso Berry, M.B.A., M.S.W., B.A., A.A., Vice Chairperson

Valerie Lancaster Beal, B.A., M.B.A.

Wellington Z. Chen, B.S.

Rita DiMartino, A.A., B.A., M.P.A.

Freida D. Foster, B.A. M.S

Judah Gribetz, A.B., LL.B, LL.M

Joseph J. Lhota, B.S., B.A., M.B.A.

Hugo M. Morales, MD, DPN-P, F.A.P.A.

Peter S. Pantaleo, J.D., B.A.

Kathleen M. Pesile, A.A.S., B.B.A., M.P.A.

Carol A. Robles-Roman, B.A., J.D.

Charles A. Shorter, B.A., M.A.

Sam A. Sutton, B.A.

Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, B.A.

Kafui Kouakou, B.B.A., B.S.

Sandi E. Cooper, B.A., M.A., Ph.D

Secretary of the Board
Jay Hershenson

General Counsel
Frederick P. Schaffer

Council of Presidents

GRADUATE SCHOOLS, HONORS COLLEGE and PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

The Graduate Center
William P. Kelly, President

The Graduate School of Journalism
Stephen B. Shepard, Dean

City University School of Law at Queens College
Michelle Anderson, Dean

School of Professional Studies
John Mogulescu, Dean

Macaulay Honors College
Ann Kirschner, Dean

City University School of Public Health
Kenneth Olden, Dean

THE SENIOR COLLEGES

Baruch College
Mitchel B. Wallerstein, President

Brooklyn College
Karen L. Gould, President

City College
Lisa Staiano-Coico, President

College of Staten Island
William J. Fritz, Interim President

Hunter College
Jennifer J. Raab, President

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Jeremy Travis, President

Lehman College
Ricardo R. Fernández, President

Medgar Evers College
William L. Pollard, President

New York City College of Technology
Russell K. Hotzler, President

Queens College
James L. Muyskens, President

York College
Marcia Keizs, President

THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Borough of Manhattan Community College
Antonio Pérez, President

Bronx Community College
Carole B. Joseph, President

Hostos Community College
Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, President

Kingsborough Community College
Regina S. Peruggi, President

LaGuardia Community College
Gail O. Mellow,President

The New Community College Initiative
Scott E. Evenbeck, President

Queensborough Community College
Diane Call, Interim President

Sponsorship and Accreditation

The College of Staten Island 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 Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.

The Chemistry Program is accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS), 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 800.227.5558.
The Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET accredits the BS degree in Computer Science. The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET accredits the BS degree in Engineering Science. The Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET accredits the AAS degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. ABET is based at 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202; 410.347.7700.
The Nursing Programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC), 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404.975.5000.
The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1488; 703.706.3245 accredits the Physical Therapy program.
The Education Programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, 202.466.7496.
The MA in Liberal Studies program is accredited by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP), c/o Duke University, Box 90095, Durham, NC, 27708; 919.684.1987.
The Medical Technology program utilizes hospital affiliations accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018-5119; 847.939.3597.

Copies of these accreditation documents, as well as the respective accreditation documents for the various academic disciplines, are available for review through the Office of Academic Affairs.

Mission of the College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island, one of the 11 senior colleges of The City University of New York, is, like the University, committed to both access and excellence. This double commitment is especially critical given CSI’s status as the only public college on Staten Island and the one instance in which CUNY is represented in a borough by one unit alone. The College offers the associate degree in selected areas, a comprehensive range of baccalaureate programs, selected master’s programs, and, in cooperation with the CUNY Graduate Center, doctoral programs.

The College of Staten Island’s remarkable campus, with its superb laboratories, studios, and classrooms, serves the pivotal endeavors of teaching and research that promote discovery and dissemination of knowledge while developing human minds and spirits.

The College’s faculty, administration, and staff practice their commitment to educational excellence as they instill in students preparing to enter their chosen careers an enduring love of learning, a sensitivity to pluralism and diversity, a recognition of their responsibility to work for the common good, and an informed respect for the interdependence of all people.

Goals

To view the quality and success of the College’s educational mission not by the qualifications of entering students alone but by the qualifications of those we educate and those who receive degrees.
To foster and enhance faculty commitment to effective teaching and learning.
To encourage and support faculty scholarship, research, publication, creative work, and the involvement of students as partners in research and creative activities.
To extend the benefits of the College to the larger community by making educational, intellectual, and cultural activities available to all, and by supporting research programs that serve the people of Staten Island, its agencies, and institutions.
To offer rigorous general education and degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences and in a range of professional disciplines.
To advance the effective use of technology in all aspects of the College’s operations, so as to strengthen support services, teaching, and research.
To provide, with efficiency and sensitivity, the broad range of academic and administrative services required by a commuting student population.
To further, in all aspects of the College’s activities, an appreciation of the pluralism of American society and an awareness of the importance of global education and international understanding.
To cultivate civility and dialogue between and among all members of the College’s communities.
To build academic and research programs through collaborative initiatives with the community colleges, senior colleges, and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York, and with national and international counterparts.
To forge professional relationships with educators at all levels, and to work collectively to seek new and effective approaches to K-12 education.
To strengthen student interest in lifelong learning, their purposeful participation in the issues that face our society, and their lively commitment to their own physical and spiritual well-being.