Graduate Programs and Requirements

Below, you will find a listing of our graduate programs which include Advanced Certificate, Masters and Doctoral programs. You may also visit the Graduate Catalog for additional information and degree requirements.

Doctoral Programs

Program Coordinator/Director Application Deadline
Community-Based Leadership (EdD) Professor Bethany Rogers
Building 3S, Room 221
718.982.4147
Bethany.Rogers@csi.cuny.edu
Summer Cohort - January 17
(Priority Deadline)
Doctorate of Nurse Practice (DNP) Professor Michael Dreher
Building 5S, Room 210
718.982.3713
Michael.Dreher@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 19
Physical Therapy (DPT)
 
Professor Michael Chiacchiero
Building 5N, Room 205
718.982.2987
Michael.Chiacchiero@csi.cuny.edu
Summer - October 1
Summer Admission Only

 

Masters, Post-Master's and Advanced Certificates Programs

Program Coordinator/Director Application Deadline
Accounting (MS) Professor Seokyoun Hwang
Building 3N, Room 227
718.982.2963
Seokyoun.Hwang@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 25 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - November 25 (Priority Deadline)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (Advanced Certificate) Professor Kristen Gillespie
Building 4S, Room 103
718.982.4121
Kristen.Gillespie@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - May 15 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - November 25 (Priority Deadline)
Rolling applications are permitted


Biology (MS)
 

  • General Biology Track
     
  • Biotechnology Track
Professor Jianying Gu
Building 6S, Room 142
718.982.4123
Jianying.Gu@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - July 1
Spring - November 25
Business Analytics of Large Scale Data (Advanced Certificate) Professor Hyoung Suk Shim
Building 3N, Room 224A
718.982.3309
Hyoungsuk.Shim@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 25
Spring - November 25
(Priority Deadlines)


Business Management (MS)
 

  • Strategic Management Track
     
  • Large-Scale Data Analysis Track 
Professor Chandan Acharya (Strategic Management)
Building 3N, Room 214
718.982.2953
Chandan.Acharya@csi.cuny.edu

Professor Hyoung Suk Shim (Large-Scale Data Analysis)
Building 3N, Room 224A
718.982.3309
Hyoungsuk.Shim@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 25 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - November 25 (Priority Deadline)
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA) Professor Frances Melendez
Building 4S, Room 106
718.982.3960    
Frances.Melendez@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - March 10
Fall Admission Only
Computer Science (MS) Professor Xiaowen Zhang
Building 1N, Room 213
718.982.3262
Xiaowen.Zhang@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - July 20
Spring - December 5

Education (MSEd)

  • Adolescence Education: Grades 7-12 (Biology, English, Mathematics and Social Studies)
     
  • Bilingual Education (Advanced Certificate)
     
  • Childhood Education: Grades 1-6
     
  • Childhood Education: Sequence 3 (Teacher Residency Program)
    (Starting semester TBA)
     
  • Early Childhood Education: Birth-Grade 2
     
  • Early Childhood Education (Advanced Certificate)
     
  • Special Education: Grades 1-6
     
  • Special Education Adolescence Generalist: Grades 7-12
     
  • Special Education (Advanced Certificate)
     
  • Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Advanced Certificate)
     
  • Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MSEd)

 

Professor Diane Brescia
Building 3S, Room 211
718.982.3877    
Diane.Brescia@csi.cuny.edu
 

Professor Rebecca Curinga (Bilingual and TESOL)
Building 3S, Room 225
718.982.3724
Rebecca.Curinga@csi.cuny.edu
 

Professor Deirdre Armitage (Teacher Residency Program)
Building 3S, Room 207C
718.982.3741
Deirdre.Armitage@csi.cuny.edu
 

Fall - April 25 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - November 25 (Priority Deadline)
Summer - June 30 (Extended Deadline) (Childhood Sequence 3 ONLY) 
Electrical Engineering (ME) Professor Vinay Vaishampayan
Building 1N, Room 231
718.982.3132
Vinay.Vaishampayan@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - June 30 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - December 31 (Priority Deadline)
English (MA) Professor Sohomjit Ray
Building 2S, Room 233
718.982.3686
Sohomjit.Ray@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 30 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - October 31 (Priority Deadline)

(Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up to three weeks
prior to the start of each semester)
Environmental Science (MS) Professor Alfred Levine
Building 1N, Room 227
718.982.2822
Alfred.Levine@csi.cuny.edu 
* Rolling Admission for Fall and Spring
Healthcare Management (MS) Professor Chandan Acharya
Building 3N, Room 214
718.982.2953
Chandan.Acharya@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 25
Spring - November 25
(Priority Deadlines)
History (MA) Professor Alexander Zevin
Building 2N, Room 202
718.982.2873
Alexander.Zevin@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - July 20
Spring - December 2


Leadership in Education (Post-Master's)
 

  • School District Leader
     
  • School Building Leader and School District Leader (Dual Certificate)

 

Dr. Rhema Stradford-Dai
Building 3S, Room 218
718.982.3744
Rhema.Stradford-Dai@csi.cuny.edu
Fall Cohort - May 25
Liberal Studies (MA) Professor Roslyn Bologh
Building 4S, Room 208
718.982.3776
Roslyn.Bologh@csi.cuny.edu
The application for 2027 will open September 2026
Neuroscience (MS) Professor Greg Phillips
Building 6S, Room 131
718.982.3723
Greg.Phillips@csi.cuny.edu 
*Rolling Admission for Fall and Spring

   

Nursing: Adult-Gerontological Health   
 

  • Adult-Gerontological Health (MS)
     
  • Adult-Gerontological Health (Post-Master's)

 

Professor Michael Dreher
Building 5S, Room 210
718.982.3713
Michael.Dreher@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - April 19
Public History (Advanced Certificate) Professor Natalie Kimball
Building 2N, Room 215C
718.982.2917
Natalie.Kimball@csi.cuny.edu
Fall - July 20
Spring - December 2
Social Work (MSW) Professor Paul Archibald
Building 2A, Room 201
718.982.2038
Paul.Archibald@csi.cuny.edu
Priority Deadline - February 15 (Summer / Fall Admission Only)
(Summer start for Advanced Standing Only)
 
Teacher on Sabbatical (TOS) Professor Gail Rosenberg
Building 3S, Room 216
718.982.3692
Gail.Rosenberg@csi.cuny.edu
*Rolling Admission for Fall and Spring
Teaching of Writing (Advanced Certificate)
Professor Sohomjit Ray
Building 2S, Room 233
718.982.3686
Fall - April 30 (Priority Deadline)
Spring - October 31 (Priority Deadline)
(Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up to three weeks prior to the start of each semester)