The Psychology Department provides students with a background in the major areas of expertise within the modern discipline of psychology. Completion of requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology ensures that students have been given an extensive background in research methods and have been...
In this minor, students will learn about how our social, political and economic environment shapes population health, about the structure of the U.S. health system, and about how to apply the empirical skills of epidemiology. They will also gain expertise in major topic areas. All electives offered...
The Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health enables students to understand the underlying social, political and behavioral forces that shape health status. Our students also learn how to assess critically factors that contribute to the health of populations, integrating real-world experience...
Faculty Advisors: Martha Livingston (PH), Diana Papademas (SY) This minor is intended to give students an opportunity to explore the role of government in addressing current issues of public concern.
Faculty Advisors: Martha Livingston (Public Health), B. Runi Mukherji (Psychology), Rachel Kalish (Sociology)
The Sociology Major has five components. Basic courses provide students who have no training in sociology with a general introduction to the discipline. Foundation courses provide necessary grounding in sociological theory, analysis and methods. Cross-cultural component courses which will enhance...
The B.S. in Sociology degree program requires students to complete 60 credits in the liberal arts, rather than the 90-credit requirement of the campus' B.A. in Sociology offering. In practical terms, this means that students with many credits from technical schools, teacher education programs or...
With a foundation in Spanish language, the Spanish Language, Hispanic Literature and Culture degree permits students to focus on Hispanic culture, especially literature and history, on both sides of the Atlantic. With some additional courses in Teacher Education, the major earns a provisional...
The Spanish minor consists of 20 credits. Up to two courses may be transferred from another institution. Students must take a sequence of four ML language courses and choose one survey course in English, in either literature or cultural studies, from a number of HI, PEL or ML options. The objectives...
Teachers equipped with a degree in childhood special education possess the potential to profoundly influence the lives of children, particularly those attending elementary school with unique learning requirements.
The Master of Science in Taxation program is geared to meet the increasing complexity of the accounting field and its critical impact on the effective management of business, financial, industrial, governmental and nonprofit organizations. The program provides a framework of conceptual, technical...
The Microcredential in The Foundations of Cognitive Neuropsychology will provide students with detailed knowledge in the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system and the molecular and biochemical basis of cognitive higher-order cortical information processing as it relates to typical and...
Professional accounting instruction. Affordable SUNY tuition. The convenience of online study. You’ll experience each of those benefits as a student of the Online M.S. in Accounting program at SUNY Old Westbury. The degree program's objective goes beyond technical training in accounting practices...
The Visual Arts minor consists of a core of three required courses (12 credits) and three elective options: art history; fine art; or electronic media for a total of 20 credits. The minor is intended to serve two different groups of students. Students pursuing a liberal arts major would take the...
The department’s course of study is divided into three levels. First, the foundation level allows students to differentiate between authentic personal decisions and those dictated by social and cultural conditions. Second, a tutorial level allows students to focus on creative problems connected with...
The B.F.A. degree program has two concentrations, both offering an interdisciplinary approach. One, in Studio Art, includes drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. The other, in Electronic Media, includes print media, web design, multimedia design, three-dimensional modeling, animation, and...
Like the B.A. in Visual Arts, the curriculum is organized into courses of study in three levels: First, the foundation level allows students to differentiate between authentic personal decisions and those dictated by social and cultural conditions. Second, a tutorial level allows students to focus...
Women and Gender Studies is a multidisciplinary field that examines the creation, reconstruction, and perpetuation of asymmetrical sex and gender systems, as well as their connections to other systems of power and inequality. It explores the ways in which gender intersects with women’s and men’s...
The undergraduate degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies provides students with an interdisciplinary understanding of the creation, reconstruction, and perpetuation of asymmetrical gender, sex, and sexuality systems and their connections to other operations of power and inequities...