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The online BA in Communication & Media degree program offers students an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on critical issues related to communications, with emphasis on new and traditional media. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop communication strategies that are responsive to cultural and audience differences and the requirements of new media
• Understand the global reach of communication and media and how they serve as powerful links between and among the world's cultures
• Explore ethical issues in journalism, advertising, and public relations
• Examine web design, information architecture, page layouts, and user research

Graduates are prepared to pursue careers in advertising, public relations, broadcasting, journalism, digital media, management, and international organizations.

The online Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies degree program from CUNY Graduate School and University Center differs from most conventional college majors in that it affirms the intellectual and professional value of learning to think across conventional disciplinary lines instead of focusing solely on a single discipline. Students gain a well-rounded education by taking courses in a variety of subjects, including:

• English
• History
• Philosophy
• Music
• Math
• Social & Natural Sciences

The online Master of Arts in Museum Studies degree program from CUNY Graduate School and University Center was developed in collaboration with the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) and provides students with the knowledge, skills, and preparation necessary to engage in professional museum practice. Graduates possess an understanding of the theory and practical applications of museum operations, including:

• Administration
• Finance
• Curation
• Technology
• Education

The Advanced Certificate in Management is an online business management degree from CUNY Graduate School and University Center - School of Professional Studies.  This degree helps students become better managers and to understand employee motivation, supervision, and the management of financial resources in organizations.  Emphasis is placed on communication, conflict resolution, and determining individual leadership styles.  Courses are taught by experienced faculty that offer practice, feedback, and networking.  

The courses completed in this advanced certificate are transferable to the MS in Business Management and Leadership online degree program.

Increase your knowledge and ability to apply project management standards, techniques, and practices with the online Advanced Certificate in Project Management. 

You'll learn:

• Multiple phases of the project management lifecycle
• Effective communication and leadership practices
• Project management software and its applications
• Ethical project management skills

The Advanced Certificate in Research Administration program will prepare you for a research administration career across a variety of organizations, including academic institutions, research institutes and centers, hospitals, clinics, and the pharmaceutical industry. You'll finish the program with valuable knowledge in:

• Financial research administration
• Clinical research administration and compliance 
• Intellectual property, technology transfer, and commercialization

The Advanced Certificate in Research Compliance program will prepare you for a research administration career across a variety of organizations, including academic institutions, research institutes and centers, hospitals, clinics, and the pharmaceutical industry. You'll finish the program with valuable knowledge in:

• Research Compliance, ethics, and integrity
• Clinical research administration and compliance 
• Intellectual property, technology transfer, and commercialization

Develop the practical managerial skills needed to thrive in a range of business areas with an online business degree from CUNY Graduate School and University Center. You'll gain necessary business fundamentals through the examination of case studies, global business models, and analytical tools. Learn skills for your own start-up or decision-making practices for operations management. This online degree completion program gives you applicable management skills for a wide range of career opportunities.

In addition to required business courses, choose electives, such as:

• Managerial accounting
• Real estate finance
• Market research essentials

CUNY Graduate School and University Center offers a master’s in Business Management and Leadership, designed to help working professionals become innovators, influencers, and decision-makers across all areas of business. This online business management degree allows students to learn key business practices in addition to new emerging areas. Courses include studies in organizational behavior, accounting and economics, along with other vital knowledge for business leaders.

Graduates are prepared to pursue careers such as:

• Strategy director
• Payroll manager
• Public relations director
• Business analyst and more.

The online MS in Research Administration & Compliance degree program from CUNY Graduate School and University Center will prepare you for research administration and compliance careers in academic institutions, research institutes and centers, hospitals, clinics, and the pharmaceutical industry. This profession is growing in demand as industries face complex issues and regulations. 

Explore key knowledge, including but not limited to:

• Ethical conduct and financial stewardship
• Intellectual property Issues
• Policy development and implementation

Offered fully online, you will complete a core set of courses and then be able to choose from electives, ranging from accounting and program evaluation to project management.

Break into the high-paying world of information technology by earning an online BS in Information Systems from CUNY Graduate School and University Center. You'll gain the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career as a software architect/developer, network security analyst, database manager, IT infrastructure engineer, or information security specialist as you explore subjects such as:

• Computer Network Security
• Enterprise Architectures and Applications
• IS Strategy, Management, and Acquisition
• Systems Analysis and Design

The online MS in Data Science degree program offers foundational knowledge and hands-on programming competencies, resulting in project-based work samples similar to that of a programming boot camp. You'll build a portfolio of complex projects using popular programming languages such as R and Python, mirroring the current experience and demands of the IT workplace. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared to pursue a variety of technical and managerial positions, such as data scientist, business intelligence analyst, knowledge engineer, informatics engineer, data analyst, data mining engineer, and data warehousing manager. 

The number of immigrants in the United States is growing, as is the number of professionals who confront issues regarding immigrants. This innovative online law degree is designed for those professionals.  

Expand your knowledge and gain skills that will allow you to advance in the field. You will identify and analyze immigration issues to assess legal status and options. Graduates are able to identify major immigration applications and forms, their purposes, and issues.

Health information management (HIM) involves acquiring, analyzing, and protecting electronic and traditional medical information that is vital to providing quality patient care. In the online BS in HIM degree program, you'll focus on the key areas of:

• Information Governance 
• Information Protection
• Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use
• Revenue Management 
• Compliance
• Leadership

Skilled HIM professionals play a critical role in ensuring an organization has the correct information on hand when and where it is needed while maintaining the highest standards of data integrity, confidentiality, and security. Start on the path to an exciting career in HIM today!

Prepare yourself for a career in leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, healthcare systems, clinics, nursing homes, and smaller medical facilities with the online BS in Health Services Administration. This program provides a combination of business and healthcare coursework, giving students the knowledge and skills to:

• Develop departmental goals and objectives
• Manage finances
• Evaluate laws and policy regulations
• Train staff
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders

In today's healthcare industry, there is increased demand for complete and accurate coded clinical data in public health, medical research, and healthcare settings. Prepare yourself to meet this demand with the online Certificate in Medical Coding from CUNY Graduate School and University Center. This unique certificate program thoroughly prepares graduates for the American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) Certified Coding Associate (CCA) credential, an entry-level credential for those working in the industry. 

You can gain the knowledge and skills needed to play a critical role in helping nurses obtain the expertise needed to meet the challenges of our evolving healthcare system by completing the Advanced Certificate in Nursing Education. From community colleges to major universities, as well as in academic health centers and community-based health facilities, nurse educators are in demand. In this program, you'll explore topics in:

• Curriculum and program planning
• Measurement and evaluation
• Pedagogical strategies and best practices

In the Advanced Certificate in Nursing Informatics program, you'll gain the knowledge and skills needed to use, integrate, and analyze technology to make changes in nursing practice, advance health outcomes, and facilitate research and education. You'll explore topics in:

• Management of decision support and health information systems 
• Project management, systems analysis, and design for quality patient outcomes
• Nursing informatics applications for education, research, quality management, patient care, and evidence-based practice

Enhance your skills in team leadership, systems thinking, decision-making, and quality improvement with the online Advanced Certificate in Nursing Organizational Leadership. You'll explore content in:

• Leading and managing healthcare disparities and underserved populations
• Nursing quality and safety strategic planning
• Transformational nursing leadership in community, regulation, and healthcare organizations

The Master of Science in Nursing / Nursing Education program from CUNY is helping to address the nationwide shortage of qualified nursing instructors by streamlining the process of advancing from associate to master’s level education. The online RN to MSN program is accelerated, allowing students to complete both their BSN and MSN degrees in less time than the traditional degrees earned separately.

Nurses in the online Nursing Education program learn how to develop curricula focused on the changing healthcare system, adapt and teach education strategies for diverse learners, and develop clinical and classroom evaluation strategies. Courses examine ways to incorporate evidence-based practices in academic as well as clinical healthcare settings.

Students learn advanced skills in:

• Health assessment and promotion with culturally diverse populations
• Global health and policy issues
• Leadership and management in healthcare
• Nursing informatics
• Nursing research

Nurses with a MSN in Nursing Informatics can work in any healthcare setting, ensuring that the best available data and technologies are used to design and implement plans for patient care. This accelerated online RN to MSN program allows students to progress through the curriculum and achieve their goals in less time than traditional BSN and MSN programs completed separately. 

Students in this online Nursing Informatics program learn how to utilize technology to improve nursing practice, advance health outcomes, and facilitate research and education. Online coursework is combined with a practicum to gain experience with compliance and accreditation mandates, staff education, and the design of new data management systems. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Informatics Nursing Certification Examination from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Career possibilities for graduates include:

• Clinical informatics nurse
• Director of clinical informatics
• RN clinical applications coordinator
• Informatics nurse specialist

CUNY Graduate School and University Center offers the online RN to BS-MS in Nursing Organizational Leadership, providing registered nurses the opportunity to complete all of the requirements for both the BS in Nursing and the MS in Nursing Organizational Leadership at an accelerated pace. BS level course requirements are satisfied through the more advanced MS coursework, which includes all essential content, but with an expanded approach. You'll learn to:

• Initiate and maintain effective working relationships
• Lead change to improve patient outcomes 
• Promote evidence-based nursing research and practice
• Build and lead collaborative and inerprofessional healthcare teams
• Manage organizations providing care coordination

Schools, hospitals, and medical centers have identified a need for more nurse educators to enhance the level of instruction to nursing students and new nurses, and support ongoing professional staff development. You can learn to develop curricula focused on our evolving healthcare systems, adapt and teach education strategies for diverse learners, develop clinical and classroom evaluation stategies, and adopt effective evidence-based practices in academic as well as clinical healthcare settings by enrolling in the online MS in Nursing Education degree program. 

As a nurse informatics specialist, you'll play a crucial role in all healthcare environments by ensuring that the best available scientific data and technology are available to design and implement plans for patient care. The online MS in Nursing Informatics degree program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to use, integrate, and analyze technology to make changes in nursing practice, advance health outcomes, and facilitate research and education. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared for the American Nurses Credentialing Center Informatics Nursing Certification Examination, as well as the pursuit of positions such as:

• Clinical Informatics Nurse
• Informatics Nurse Specialist
• Director of Clinical Informatics
• RN Clinical Applications Coordinator

Develop your knowledge, leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills beyond the undergraduate level with the online MS in Nursing Organizational Leadership. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared to:

• Promote innovative change and quality outcomes;
• Translate evidence-based research into practice;
• Build collaborative interprofessional healthcare teams to coordinate care; and
• Employ advocacy strategies to influence healthcare policy across the healthcare spectrum

Get started on the path to a meaningful career in health care today!

Gain a new understanding of contemporary culture, not only for people with disabilities, but for society as a whole with the online Advanced Certificate in Disability Studies. This certificate examines the importance of disability research and its influence in the formation of public policies for people with and without disabilities.

The online BA in Disability Studies program takes a "person-centered" approach to the study of disability, equipping students with not only the educational credentials to advance their careers, but the knowledge and skills to improve the lives of people with disabilities. There are four concentrations offered:

• Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Mental/Behavioral Health
• Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

Discover the history that many textbooks overlook, develop strategies to support those with disabilities, and learn new ways of thinking about disability and society with the BA in Disability Studies. 

CUNY Graduates School and University Center offers a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology to the online student.  This fully online program is flexible and accessible to the working adult, providing principles, theories, concepts, trends, and research applicable to the workplace.  Graduates with this degree may find pursuable entry-level careers in healthcare, government, management, social services, and more.

Highly qualified faculty bring the highest level of academic achievement to the online classroom.  This degree may be a stepping stone towards graduate professional programs studying law, administration, or international development.  Develop effective communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning skills to enhance a professional and academic career with CUNY online.

Earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology online through CUNY Graduate School and University Center.  This program is designed to prepare students for a rapidly expanding and changing marketplace.  Studies may cover topics including but not limited to:

• Data analysis
• Immigration and demographic transitions
• Inequality

Students will take on theory, enhance their research methodology, and explore sociological and public concerns in a flexible online format.  Graduates with this degree are prepared for entry-level careers in a variety of different fields, from criminal justice and social policy to education and human resources.  Develop skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and more with this CUNY online social work degree.

The online MA in Disability Studies program combines studies in social sciences, humanities, science, social policy, and the law to give students a truly interdisciplinary perspective on disability. With special focus on the direct experience of individuals with disabilities, the curriculum allows students to discover a new understanding of disability and society. Graduates of this program are able to think, write, and speak critically about:

• Disability experience, both individual and social
• Disability and the arts/creativity in disability culture
• Improvement in quality of life and justice for people with disabilities
• Field based applications to disability-related practice
• Research for ongoing learning and writing in disability studies

An online Master of Arts in Psychology degree is available to the working adult student through CUNY Graduate School and University Center.  This fully online program is designed to instill concepts, theories, and applications of psychology within student’s professional pathways.  Specializations offered within this program are as follows:

• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Developmental Psychology

Highly qualified faculty bring the highest level of academic achievement to the online classroom.  Graduates with this degree are prepared to pursue or advance their current careers in social services, marketing research, personnel and training, and more.  Students will develop skills in critical evaluation, along with research design, data analysis, and communicative qualities.  Earn an advanced degree in a field covering subjects from theories of personality to learning and cognition with CUNY online.

The online MS in Disability Services in Higher Education degree program equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to provide mandated accommodations to students with disabilities in higher education settings. The curriculum was developed with the participation of disability service office directors, lawyers familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADA/AA) as is applies to collges and universities, assistive technology specialists, and educators. Graduates of this degree program are prepared to:

• Advocate for equal access for students with disabilities in college settings
• Develop policies and guidelines for provision of services to students with disabilities
• Support students with learning, sensory, psychiatric disabilities, and in the autism spectrum, as well as veterans with service-related disabilities
• Arrange access in dormitories, libraries, computer labs, and public college events
• Enter or advance in a career as a Disability Service specialist