C.W. Post Offers Five Master's Courses at
Suffolk County Community College's Main Campus
To make it more convenient for Suffolk County college students to take
classes closer to home, the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
will offer five master's level courses at Suffolk County Community College's
(SCCC) Ammerman Campus in Selden.
"We began offering graduate courses in SCCC for the first time
in January and we received a terrific response," said Dr. Joe Shenker,
Provost of the C.W. Post Campus in Brookville. "Beginning this fall
semester, we are expanding our course offerings into other disciplines
to meet the needs of the Suffolk County community." Classes begin
September 7, 1999.
Starting in the Fall 1999 semester, C.W. Post will offer the following:
- Selected Topics in Nutrition: Program Planning, Management
and Funding: taught by faculty from C.W. Post's School of Health Professions,
this course is geared toward current nutrition/dietetics professionals
and is an elective course in the Master of Science degree in nutrition.
Students will learn how to manage projects, conduct needs assessment,
write proposals, obtain grants, and market, implement and evaluate programs.
Mondays beginning September 13 from 6 to 7:50 p.m.
- Economic Environment and the Public Sector: taught by faculty
from the School of Public Service within C.W. Post's College of Management,
this class is a foundation course required for the Master of Public Administration
degree. Students will learn how to understand the role of the public sector
in economic decision making; the nature of public goods as related to allocation,
stabilization and distribution functions of the economic system; the role
of private investment; relations between government and business; governmental
regulations; and fiscal monetary policy and action. Thursdays from 6 to
8:15 p.m.
- Ground Water Geology: taught by faculty from C.W. Post's College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, this course is an elective class for the
Master of Science in Earth Science Education or Environmental Studies.
It considers the factors controlling the occurrence and movement of ground
water; the hydrologic cycle; ground water regimes; theories and models
of ground water flow and storage; porosity and permeability; the problems
of ground water quality and contamination; and ground water management
techniques. Mondays from 8 to 9:50 p.m.
- The Supervisor in the School Setting: taught by faculty from
C.W. Post's School of Education, this course is an elective in the Master
of Science degree program in School Administration and Supervision. Learn
the major components of the school supervisor; the nature of the supervisory
process; function of the supervisor; principles of supervision; leadership
styles; and the supervision of teachers and evaluation of the supervisor.
Wednesdays from 6 to 7:50 p.m.
- School Law: taught by faculty from C.W. Post's School of Education,
this course is an elective in the Master of Science degree program in School
Administration and Supervision. A study of the major topics of law related
to public schools; sources and scope of the law; law and the organization
for public education; pupils, employees and school law; school officers
and the law; theory of governmental non-liability; and personal liability
of school employees. Wednesdays from 8 to 9:50 p.m.
The C.W. Post Campus is part of Long Island University, the eighth largest
private university in America. Located in Brookville, C.W. Post offers
undergraduate and graduate programs in accounting, business, education,
liberal arts & sciences, health professions, library & information
science, public service, and the visual & performing arts.
For more information call the C.W. Post Graduate Admissions Office at
(516) 299-2719.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
