LIU Brooklyn Graduate School Guide

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Graduate Degree Programs

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

• Clinical Psychology – PhD

• Pharmaceutical Sciences – PhD

• Pharmacy – PharmD

• Physical Therapy – DPT

• Social Work – DSW

MASTERS PROGRAMS

• Adult Geriatric Family Nurse Practitioner – MS‡

• Artificial Intelligence – MS

• Business Administration – MBA

• Computer Science – MS

• Creative Writing & Publishing – MFA

• Data Analytics & Strategic Business Intelligence – MS

• Drug Regulatory Affairs – MS

• Exercise Science – MS

• Family Nurse Practitioner – MS‡

• Health Administration – MPA

• Marriage and Family Therapy – MS‡

• Mental Health Counseling – MS‡

• Occupational Therapy – BS/MS (dual degree)

• Pharmaceutics – MS

• Pharmacology/Toxicology – MS

• Pharmacy Administration – MS

• Pharmacy/Business Administration –PharmD/MBA†

• Pharmacy/Public Health – PharmD/MPH†

• Physician Assistant – MS

• Psychology – MA

• Public Administration – MPA

• Public Health – MPH

• School Psychologist – MSeD

• Social Work – MSW

• Speech-Language Pathology – MS

• Sports Management – MS

• Writing and Producing for Television – MFA

New York City is Your Classroom

There is no better place to learn than New York City. On the streets, you’ll hear a symphony of languages from around the world, and you’ll encounter people from all walks of life. The cultural opportunities are endless – from museums that feature the world’s greatest art to venues for every style of music imaginable – and the city’s multitude of neighborhoods allows for endless exploration, from the unparalleled views of the city’s skyscrapers to the urban oasis of Central Park.

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ADVANCED CERTIFICATES

• Manuscript Preparation

• Translation

• United Nations † 5-Year Shared Program.

‡ Also Available as Advanced Certificate.

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National Leader in Engaged Learning

Graduate Visit Days

Prospective graduate students are invited to apply for admission online or at Graduate Visit Day events throughout the year in the Admissions Office on the LIU Brooklyn campus. Graduate admissions counselors are available to help you explore LIU’s graduate programs and find the degree that is right for you. For more information, email bkln-grad@liu.edu.

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Hours of Community Service

76 Countries Represented

LIU Brooklyn's graduate programs provide opportunities to form rewarding connections with classmates, faculty, and professional mentors. At LIU Brooklyn, you will learn across a broad range of instructional formats – including classroom-based courses, seminars, clinical placements, and research projects – which foster independent thought and maximum development of intellectual capacities and professional skills.

Prominent LIU Alumni PLUS 285,000 MORE

Career Connections

With a network of 285,000 LIU alumni across the globe, we will connect you to industry leaders and highranking executives, providing inside access at elite companies.

AL KAHN Pokemon & Nintendo Marketer

DANNY SIMMONS Def Poetry Jam Founder

SARABETH LEVINE Sarabeth’s CEO

STEVEN BANDROWCZAK Xerox CEO

JAMES FLANAGAN Pricewaterhouse Coopers Vice Chairman

ANDREW ZARICK Digital Dumbo CEO

TERRY SEMEL Yahoo! CEO, Ret.

MICHAEL GUTNICK Memorial Sloan-Kettering EVP & CFO, Ret.

FRED GAUDELLI Sunday Night Football Producer

LYNDA LOPEZ WCBS Radio Host

BILL NUTI NCR Chairman Emeritus

DERRICK DAVIS Phantom of the Opera Broadway Actor

ALAN HAHN ESPN New York Sports Analyst & Talk Show Host

BYRON LEWIS UniWorld Group CEO Emeritus

IAN GINSBERG C.O. Bigelow CEO

DIETER WEINAND Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals CEO

HOWARD MURAD MURAD Skincare Inc. Founder

THOMAS BUONAIUTO Empire National Bank President & CEO

IRENE NATIVIDAD Global Summit of Women Founder & President

DAVID KLINE News Corp EVP & CTO

BRIAN KILMEADE Fox News Anchor & Author

ROBERT ARNING KPMG Foundation Chairman & Client Care Executive, Ret.

WINNIE MACK Northwell Health Senior VP of Health Systems Operations, Ret.

HOWARD LORBER Douglas Elliman Chairman; Vector President & CEO

Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing

Over Six Decades of Excellence

Established in 1955, the Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing is the only university-based academic nursing center in Brooklyn.

Nursing is among the top occupations in terms of job growth.

(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Enhance Your Nursing Career

Whether your interest lies in working in a hospital setting, a clinic, or elsewhere in the community, LIU Brooklyn’s School of Nursing offers programs that help individuals develop the skills required to be caring and effective health care professionals.

State-of-the-Art Learning

Students are prepared to address compelling health care challenges in the community and the nation through emphasis on experiential education, training, and simulation of the urban nursing environments.

The School of Nursing’s high-tech facilities feature modern educational laboratories and classrooms with specialized simulation and clinical equipment.

Over 50 Clinical Affiliations

Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

School of Health Professions

Programs

• Clinical Psychology – PhD

• Physical Therapy – DPT

• Social Work – DSW & MSW

• Exercise Science – MS

• Marriage and Family Therapy – MS‡

• Mental Health Counseling – MS‡

• Physician Assistant – MS

• Psychology – MA

• School Psychologist – MSeD

• Speech-Language Pathology – MS

• Occupational Therapy – BS/MS (dual degree)

The Future of Health Care

Responding to the dramatic changes taking place in the organization and delivery of health care, the School of Health Professions offers nationally recognized programs to educate health professionals for the 21st century. Programs are supported by an exceptional faculty, state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, and affiliations with hundreds of hospitals, medical centers, and clinics, where students gain hands-on experience in their chosen areas of specialization.

‡Also available as advanced certificate

The School of Health Professions is the most comprehensive in New York and provides students with interdisciplinary and interactive learning opportunities that are at the cutting edge of healthcare education.

All School of Health Professions Programs are Accredited

• Physical Therapy

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)

• Physician Assistant

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physical Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)

• Social Work

Council on Social Work Education

• Speech-Language Pathology

Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

State-of-the-Art Facilities

In the Center for Physical Rehabilitation, physical therapy students learn aquatic therapy techniques and provide rehabilitation services to members of the community suffering from MS, Lupus, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as injuries and physical ailments, in our HydroWorx 2000 therapeutic pool.

Healthcare support (23 percent) and healthcare practitioners (16.4 percent) are projected among the fastest-growing occupational groups through 2024. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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Turn Your Love of the Game into a Lucrative Career

The MS in Exercise Science will prepare you for careers in college and professional athletics, corporate fitness, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and more.

Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (LIU Pharmacy)

Over a Century of Excellence

Founded in 1886, LIU Pharmacy—Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences—has been providing student-centered training for pharmacists for more than a century. LIU Pharmacy is a member of the National Institute for Pharmacy Technology and Education (NIPTE), creating collaborative research opportunities for students and faculty with colleagues at 15 other top colleges of pharmacy across the country.

LIU Pharmacy’s curriculum places heavy emphasis on ethical and experiential learning in a variety of settings in order to prepare students for leadership positions within interdisciplinary teams dedicated to patient-centered care.

The heavy concentration of pharmaceutical industry and medical institutions in the New York metropolitan area provides incomparable opportunities for practical experience and professional advancement.

Programs

• Doctor of Pharmacy – PharmD

• Pharmaceutical Sciences – PhD, with specializations in: Pharmaceutics or Pharmacology/Toxicology

• Drug Regulatory Affairs – MS

• Pharmaceutics – MS, specializations in: Industrial Pharmacy or Cosmetic Science

• Pharmacology/Toxicology – MS

• Pharmacy Administration – MS

• Pharmacy/Business Administration – PharmD/MBA

• Pharmacy/Public Health – PharmD/MPH

Centers & Institutes

LIU Pharmacy has a number of institutes and programs established to bring together faculty and students towards becoming leaders in pharmaceutical and biomedical research. Pharmaceutical scientists and clinical faculty conduct research and provide training to professional and graduate students. The mission of the Institutes and programs is excelling in science education and research by accelerating discovery, development and manufacturing of new drugs for treatments of various diseases. Our goal is training the next generation of scientists who will combat cancer, diabetes and obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, addiction and aging.

Research is conducted in major areas of the pharmaceutical sciences:

• Drug Discovery and Development

• Basic Research: cancer, asthma, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, HIV

• Drug Discovery and Validation

• Lead Identification and Optimization

• Pharmacology, Efficacy and Predictive ADMET

• Preclinical development: Safety, Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

• Formulations and Manufacturing, Regulatory Support

Modern Research Facilities

• Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Analysis

• Williamson Institute for Pharmacometrics

• Natoli Engineering Institute for Industrial Pharmacy Development and Research

George Polk School of Communications

Programs

• Creative Writing & Publishing – MFA

• Manuscript Preparation – AC

• Translation – AC

MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing

The MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing program prepares students to both be professional writers in the world and to be visionary literary citizens. Situated in the heart of Brooklyn, LIU’s MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing is an innovative creative writing program centered on world literature, multi-genre education, and publishing. Our applied MFA prepares students for careers in creative writing, academia, translation, and publishing. During their two-year residential program, students have the opportunity to study poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, and translation, and thus receive a robust multi-genre education.

Writing Center

The LIU Brooklyn Writing Center’s mission is to support and develop student writing and reading at LIU’s Brooklyn Campus. The Center complements the classroom instruction of writing in the Writing Program and across the academic disciplines with one-on-one, student-centered tutoring, student writing groups, and writing workshops. Staff at the center work with students during all stages of the writing process—from understanding an assignment and brainstorming for ideas to developing stronger arguments, critically analyzing and applying course readings, and mastering techniques for proofreading and editing.

Over 70 Years of Intrepid Journalism

For over 70 years, LIU has been the proud home of the George Polk Awards in Journalism, the first major award of its kind to recognize reporting across all media. This prestigious honor focuses on the intrepid, bold, and influential work of the reporters themselves, placing a premium on investigative work that is original, resourceful, and thought-provoking. Among the many journalism greats who are Polk laureates are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Christiane Amanpour, I.F. Stone, Isabel Wilkerson, James Baldwin, Russell Baker, Norman Mailer, Seymour Hersh, and more.

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School of Business and Information Science

Entrepreneurial Startup Lab

LIU’s Center for Entrepreneurship offers programs, resources, networking opportunities, and incubator space to connect the LIU community with the New York startup ecosystem.

Brooklyn Trading Floor

Featuring Bloomberg Terminals and other business technology, this simulated trading floor empowers students to use the latest financial tools.

CHARGING BULL OF WALL STREET

Programs

• Business Administration – MBA

• Data Analytics & Strategic Business Intelligence – MS

The School of Business and Information Science at LIU Brooklyn prepares students for professional business careers. In addition to excellence in teaching, the depth and variety of academic study options and professional enrichment offerings combine to create a dynamic learning environment that provides students with the stimulation, networking opportunities, diversity and inspiration required for true academic success and professional development. Students are engaged and challenged by an internationally recognized faculty. Small classroom environments allow students to better gain knowledge, skills and ethical values in their study areas, as well as to develop the ability to evaluate current and emerging global issues and opportunities. Students’ experiential learning includes multidisciplinary teamwork, case studies and consulting projects, all of which have helped our students gain national recognition and placement in top firms.

Career Opportunities

Business school graduates are hired by top 10 companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list, including JP Morgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Bank of America and Amazon.

School of Engineering, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Programs

• Artificial Intelligence – MS

• Computer Science – MS

Center of Excellence in Life Sciences and Research

The Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Center of Excellence at Long Island University focuses on research with high societal impact to advance the fields of pharmaceutical sciences, precision medicine and health care in the digital age. Research includes precision medicine using “Virtual Twins,” or exact digital models of human anatomy being developed by LIU and Dassault Systèmes; pandemic preparedness and the digitization of healthcare; innovation in medical devices; and telemedicine through the “Internet of Things,” or the exchange and analysis of data between physical objects that are connected digitally.

Artificial Intelligence Program Highlights

• Robotics, IoT, autonomous systems, market dynamics, machine intelligence, cybersecurity, games

• A new pedagogy in cutting-edge immersive environment using Dassault Systèmes (3D, AR/VR)

• State-of-the-art digital engineering laboratory

• Hands-on training with robotics, augmented reality and virtual reality

• Internship opportunities at national laboratories and top companies in the biggest AI hub, New York

• Led by Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui, winner of the Obama Award under the Materials Genome Initiative and a World’s Top 2% of Scientists

School of Film and Digital Media

Transform Your Vision Into A Reality

The LIU School of Film and Digital Media develops students into thoughtful, powerful artists who understand all means of interactive media production. State-of-the-art production equipment and post production facilities combined with the distinguished faculty of working artists will help students build a network of support for their future careers.

The Film School focuses on the art of film-making, leveraging a vast array of impressive professional mentors and guest artists, exciting potential collaborations with music, acting, writing, and visual arts students and faculty. The project-based curriculum will ensure students are making their own films, individually or in teams, every semester, graduating with an impressive portfolio and a solid base of professional connections.

Program

• Writing and Producing for Television – MFA

LIU Film School Advisory Board

MICHAEL TADROSS Film Producer WHOOPI GOLDBERG Actor & TV Host

WENDY FEDERMAN Broadway Producer

Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment Program

• Sports Management – MS

New York City is home to one of the largest and most iconic sports markets in the world. Roc Nation School Sports Management graduate students earn their master’s degree while studying in a top market within the $500 billion sports industry.

As the sport industry expands, so does the need for passionate and innovative leaders. Students in this program will:

• Study with renowned faculty members

• Learn innovative ways to approach the many responsibilities and challenges faced by professional sports teams, college athletics, and the business of sports

The rigorous curriculum, infused with experiential learning opportunities, are specifically designed to provide students with the skills necessary to be successful within the sport industry.

The Roosevelt School Programs

• Health Administration – MPA

• Public Administration – MPA

• Public Health – MPH

• United Nations – AC

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the health administration field is expected to grow 20% between 2016 and 2026, at a much faster rate of growth than the average occupation.

The Master of Public Administration in Health Administration prepares students for careers in fields that offer numerous professional paths while the Master of Public Administration prepares students for public service responsibilities, blending management theory with practical applications in government, health and non-profit organizations.

Both programs are N.A.S.P.A.A.-accredited.

Students from diverse backgrounds with varying levels of professional expertise, are taught by faculty members who are current in all aspects of this continuously evolving and growing field.

The programs are flexible and can be tailored to accommodate the professional requirements of the student by offering specialization courses that provide them with the opportunity to examine a specific management function or an area of application in greater depth.

Areas of specialization include public administration, nonprofit management, social policy management, health care administration, health care management, health care policy and aging/long-term care. Other specializations can be developed in consultation with a faculty advisor from the broad spectrum of courses available through the Program and the School, as well as through courses available across the campus.

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