Science Content Breadth and Depth Courses (6 courses)
The courses to be taken depend upon the type of master’s degree that the entering student holds. Students holding a master’s degree in a specific scientific discipline will be required to complete graduate courses in other science disciplines. Students holding masters degrees in education will be required to complete graduate coursework in their scientific field. Students will be advised individually upon acceptance to the program as to their requirements in this area.
The PhD program has a scientific breadth and depth component. The courses to be taken depend upon the type of master’s degree that the entering student holds. Students holding a master’s degree in a specific scientific discipline will be required to complete graduate courses in other science disciplines. Students holding masters degrees in education will be required to complete graduate coursework in their scientific field. Students will be advised individually upon acceptance to the program as to their requirements in this area. As there are a large number of possible courses that may be taken to meet the requirements two examples are given below.
Example 1. A student who meets the science breadth requirement with a BS degree in Physics and an MAT degree in science education would be required to take 4-6 courses in physics. Suitable courses include but are not limited to:
Physics:
PHY 501 Classical Mechanics
PHY 505/506 Classical Electrodynamics
PHY 511/512 Quantum Mechanics
PHY 514 Current Research Instruments
PHY 516 Methods of Experimental Research II
PHY 521 Stars
PHY 522 Interstellar Medium
PHY 523 Galaxies
PHY 524 Cosmology
PHY 580 Special Research Projects
PHY 582 Optics Rotation
PHY 585 Special Study:
Example 2. A student who meets the depth requirement entering with a Masters degree in chemistry would not be required to take any further graduate chemistry courses but would be required to complete courses (4-6 courses) divided between physics, biology, earth and marine sciences, and will include courses that include science research projects as part of coursework. Suitable courses include the physics courses described above and the following other science courses:
Earth and Marine Sciences
CEN 512 The Planets
CEN 514 Geology of Long Island
GEO 514 Introduction to Physical Hydrogeology
GEO 520 Glacial Geology
GEO 526 Low-Temperature Geochemistry
GEO 533 Geochemistry of the Solid Earth
GEO 535 Regional Structure and Tectonics
GEO 540 Solid Earth Geophysics
GEO 543 Stratigraphy
GEO 546 Mineralogy and Petrology
GEO 549 Structural Geology (Science research project required as part of course.)
GEO 567 Sedimentary Rocks/Crustal Evolution
GEO 585 Directed Studies
MAR 506 Geological Oceanography
MAR 521 Groundwater Problems
MAR 527 Global Change
MAR 528 Ocean Atmosphere Interactions
MAR 546 Marine Sedimentology
MAR 566 Air Pollution and Its Control
MAR 596 Principles of Atmospheric Chemistry
Chemistry Courses
CHE 501 Instrumental Methods in Chemistry
CHE 502 Mechanistic Organic Chemistry
CHE 503 Synthetic Organic Chemistry
CHE 504 Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry
CHE 507 Biomolecular Structure and Reactivity
CHE 511 Structural Inorganic Chemistry
CHE 514 Transition Metal Chemistry
CHE 515 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHE 521 Quantum Chemistry 1
CHE 593 Chemical Demonstrations
Biology
CEB 546 Current Topics in Biotechnology
CEB 547 Current Topics in Molecular Genetics
CEB 548 Current Topics in Immunology
CEB 553 Biology & Human Behavior
CEB 556 Ecology
In addition, with advisor approval students may choose content courses from one of the graduate programs in Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Ecology & Evolution.
Some courses are already offered in the summer and in the evening and we will work with the various programs to make sure that a sufficient number of courses will be offered to allow the students to meet these requirements