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New LIU Post 64-Credit Blended IDS Bachelor's Degree Completion Program for Adults, 2013-14
Consists of:
Fourteen 3-credit Liberal Arts courses in 8-week sessions (42 credits)
Six 3-credit Professional Track courses in Business Administration or Health Care Administration (18 credits )
One 4-credit capstone course (4 credits)
TOTAL: 21 COURSES
| SPRING 2013 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
Class Meeting Dates |
| Session I |
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| Course 1 |
March 7-May 1 |
8 |
3 |
ECO 422
Economic Issues and Policy |
Buttet |
Thursdays in Weeks 1, 3,7 |
Course 2
BUS and HCA Tracks |
March 7-May 1 |
8 |
3 |
HPA 20
Computer Based Management Systems |
Dominguez |
Thursdays in Weeks 1, 3,7 |
| SUMMER 2013 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| Session II |
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| Course 3 |
May 9-June 19 |
6 |
3 |
ITL 422
From Michelangelo to Fellini |
Codebo |
Course 4
Bus Track |
May 9-June 19 |
6 |
3 |
MKT 11 Marketing Principles and Practices |
Black |
Course 4
HCA Track |
May 9-June 19 |
6 |
3 |
HAD 10
American Health Care Systems |
Mullins |
| Session III |
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| Course 5 |
June 27-Aug. 7 |
6 |
3 |
BIO 423
Evolution: Basic Concepts and Modern Evidence |
Draud |
| FALL 2013 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| Session IV |
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| Course 6 |
Sept. 5-Oct. 30 |
8 |
3 |
PSY 421
Making Sense of Data |
Frye |
Course 7
BUS Track |
Sept. 5-Oct. 30 |
8 |
3 |
MAN 11
Principles of Management |
Cohn |
Course 7
HCA Track |
Sept. 5-Oct. 30 |
8 |
3 |
HAD 11
Management of Health Care Organizations
|
Vila |
| Session V |
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| Course 8 |
Oct. 31-Dec. 24 |
8 |
3 |
ENG 421
Writing in the Workplace |
Rydan |
Course 9
BUS Track |
Oct. 31-Dec. 24 |
8 |
3 |
ACC 11 Accounting Principles 1 |
Staff |
Alternate Course 9
HCA Track |
Oct. 31-Dec. 24 |
8 |
3 |
HPA 13
Legal Aspects of Health & Public Administration |
Vila |
| SPRING 2014 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| Session VI |
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| Course 10 |
Jan. 9 – March 5 |
8 |
3 |
BIO 422
Biology of the Mind: Brain, Hormones and Behavior |
Snekser |
Course 11
BUS Track |
Jan. 9 – March 5 |
8 |
3 |
FIN 11 Corporation Finance |
Andreadis |
Course 11
HCA Track |
Jan. 9 – March 5 |
8 |
3 |
HPA 14
Financial Management in Health &Public Administration |
Henderson |
| Session VII |
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| Course 12 |
March 6- April 30 |
8 |
3 |
POL 422
American Foreign Policy, Past, Present and Future |
Tomlinson |
| Course 13 |
March 6- April 30 |
8 |
3 |
PHI 422 Critical Reasoning |
Welnak |
| SUMMER 2014 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| Session VIII |
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| Course 14 |
May 1-June 11 |
6 |
3 |
BIO 424
Modern Genetics |
Anderson |
| Course 15 |
May 1-June 11 |
6 |
3 |
POL 423
Global Politics
Since 1945 |
Freedman |
| Session IX |
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| Course 16 |
June 12-July 31 |
6 |
3 |
ENG 422 Dorothy Sayers |
Miller |
Course 17
BUS Track |
June 12-July 31 |
6 |
3 |
LAW 13
Legal Environment of Business |
Staff |
Course 17
HCA Track |
June 12-July 31 |
6 |
3 |
HPA 22
Personnel Administration in Health Care & Public Administration |
Forman |
| FALL 2014 |
Dates |
Length in Weeks |
Credits |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| Session X |
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| Course 18 |
Sept. 4-Oct. 29 |
8 |
3 |
PHY 422
Modern Physics for Nonscientists: Black Holes, The Quantum, & Cosmology |
Liebling |
| Course 19 |
Sept. 4-Oct. 29 |
8 |
3 |
SOC 422
American Social Problems in a Global Context |
Lichten |
| Session XI |
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| Course 20 |
Oct. 30-Dec. 24 |
8 |
3 |
PHI 424
Ethics |
Welnak |
| Capstone |
Oct. 30-Dec. 24 |
8 |
4 |
IDS 421
Capstone Course-Independent Study |
Various |
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| TOTAL |
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154 |
64 |
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TOTAL TIME TO DEGREE COMPLETION: 22 MONTHS
* Students take a maximum of 2 courses at a time in any given semester, and one course in summer sessions III
*Assumption is that students enter core complete with approximately 64 credits, or will fulfill this prior to graduation from program.