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Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009 - 11:15pm

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:

FROM:

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

 

 

SUBJECT:

The City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, Master of Science (M.S.) Degree

 

DATE:

May 5, 2009

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goals 2 and 4

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Board of Regents authorize the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York to confer the additional degree of Master of Science (M.S.) at the Graduate School and University Center?

 

Reason(s) for Consideration

 

Required by State statute.

 

Proposed Handling

 

The question will come before the Board of Regents at its May 2009 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken. 

 

Procedural History

 

At its meeting on February 23, 2009, the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York adopted the following resolution: “RESOLVED, That the online program in Business Management and Leadership leading to the Master of Science degree to be offered at the Graduate School be approved, March 1, 2009, subject to financial ability.”  The Department received CUNY’s proposal on March 3, 2009.

 


 

Background Information

 

The Board of Trustees is not authorized to confer the Master of Science (M.S.) degree at the Graduate School and University Center.  Subdivision (8) of §6206 of the Education Law authorizes the CUNY Trustees to:

 

. . . grant the certificates, diplomas and degrees which were announced in the bulletins of the existing public institutions of higher learning published for the term beginning immediately prior to April sixteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and also such other degrees and honors as the regents thereafter specifically authorized or may hereafter authorize it to grant.

 

              At the Graduate School and University Center, the Trustees are authorized to award the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.), Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.), Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.), Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.), Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.S.), Doctor of Public Health (D.P.H.), and Doctor of Social Welfare (D.S.W.).  The Graduate School offers programs in the Biological Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, the Fine Arts, the Health Professions, the Humanities, the Physical Sciences, and the Social Sciences.

 

              The Department has determined that the proposed program would meet the standards for registration set forth in the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.

 

Recommendation

 

It is recommended that the Board of Regents authorize the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York, effective May 19, 2009, to confer the degree of Master of Science (M.S.) on students completing registered programs at the Graduate School and University Center. 

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

If the Board authorizes CUNY’s Trustees to award the Master of Science (M.S.) degree, the Department will register the program and the Graduate School will recruit and enroll students.