List of Graduate Programs and Certificates

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The path to career advancement begins at Rhode Island College.

Many Advanced Degree Options

Our nationally recognized graduate programs include advanced degrees in healthcare, counseling, social work, business, management, teaching, community leadership, and arts and sciences – plus doctoral programs in education and nursing, and over 20 certificates of graduate study in a variety of disciplines.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Program	Director	Deadlines
Art Education, M.A.T.	Rebecca Shipe rshipe@ric.edu 401-456-9580	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
M.A. in Art with concentration in Art Education	Rebecca Shipe rshipe@ric.edu 401-456-9580	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Biology, M.A. Modern Biological Sciences, C.G.S.	Deborah Britt dbritt@ric.edu 401-456-8705	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
English, M.A.	Brandon Hawk bhawk@ric.edu 401-456-8675	Rolling Admissions
Advanced Study of Literature, C.G.S.	Brandon Hawk bhawk@ric.edu 401-456-8675	Rolling Admissions
English, concentration in Creative Writing, M.A. Advanced Study of Creative Writing, C.G.S.	Brandon Hawk bhawk@ric.edu 401-456-8675	Rolling Admissions
English, M.A.T.	see Educational Studies
History, M.A. Historical Studies, C.G.S.	Leslie Schuster lschuster@ric.edu 401-456-9723	Rolling Admissions
Public History, C.G.S.	Erik Christiansen echristiansen@ric.edu 401-456-9989	Rolling Admissions
Justice Studies, M.A.	Mikaila Arthur marthur@ric.edu 401-456-8681	Rolling Admissions
Mathematical Studies, M.A.	Leonardo Pinheiro lpinheiro@ric.edu 401-456-9781	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Psychology, M.A.	Katherine Lacasse psychgradprgm@ric.edu 401-456-8592	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1

Feinstein School of Education and Human Development

Department	Program	Director	Deadlines
	Joint Ph.D. in Education, A Cooperative Program offered by URI and RIC
Counseling, Educational Leadership & School Psychology
	M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling	Monica Darcy mdarcy@ric.edu 401-456-2710	Fall-Feb 1
	Advanced Counseling, C.G.S.	Monica Darcy mdarcy@ric.edu 401-456-2710	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	School Psychology, M.A., CAGS	Shannon Dowd-Eagle seagle@ric.edu 401-456-8023	Fall-Feb 1
Elementary Education
	Elementary Education, M.A.T.	Martha Horn mhorn@ric.edu 401-456-8016	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Early Childhood, M.Ed.	Nandita Gurjar ngurjar@ric.edu	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Reading, M.Ed. Reading Specialist/Consultant, C.G.S	Natasha Feinberg nfeinberg@ric.edu 401-456-8016
	Reading and Dyslexia Endorsement	Cara McDermott-Fasy cmcdermott@ric.edu 401-456-8603
Health & Physical Education
	Health Education, M.Ed.	Soumyadeep Mukherjee smukherjee@ric.edu 401-456-8046	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	School Nurse Teacher Certification Credential Review Pathway	Carol Cummings ccummings@ric.edu 401-456-9685 Erin Papa epapa@ric.edu 401-456-8601
Educational Studies
	Art Education, M.A.T.	Rebecca Shipe rshipe@ric.edu 401-456-9580	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Secondary Education (English Pedagogy) , M.A.T.	Janet Johnson jjohnson@ric.edu 401-456-8701	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Secondary Education (Mathematical Pedagogy), M.A.T.	Rudolf Kraus rkraus@ric.edu 401-456-8170	Fall-March 1 Spring – Nov. 1
	Music Education, M.A.T. Music Education, M.M.Ed.	Laura Stambaugh lstambaugh@ric.edu	Rolling Admissions
	Middle Level Education, C.G.S.	Julie Horwitz jhorwitz@ric.edu 401-456-8170	Fall-March 1 Spring – Nov. 1
	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.Ed. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), C.G.S. TESOL Bilingual Education Concentration, C.G.S.	Sarah Hesson shesson@ric.edu 401-456-8170 Alia Hadid ahadid@ric.edu 401-456-1931	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	World Languages Education, M.A.T.	Erin Papa epapa@ric.edu 401-456-8601	Fall - May 1, Rolling to July 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Youth Development, M.A.	Victoria Restler vrestler@ric.edu 401-456-8503	Rolling Feb. 1 - May 31
Special Education
	Exceptional Learning Needs, M.Ed. Autism Education, C.G.S. Transition for Youth with Exceptionalities, C.G.S.	Paul LaCava placava@ric.edu 401-456-9703	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Urban / Multicultural Education, M.Ed.	Ying Hui-Michael yhui@ric.edu 401-456-8604	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Early Childhood Special Education, M.Ed.	Paul LaCava placava@ric.edu 401-456-9703	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Early Childhood Special Education, C.G.S.	Casey Ferrara cferrara1@ric.edu	Rolling Admissions
	Severe Intellectual Disabilities, M.Ed.	Paul LaCava placava@ric.edu 401-456-9703	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Elementary or Secondary Special Education, M.Ed Elementary or Secondary Special Education, C.G.S.	Paul LaCava placava@ric.edu 401-456-9703	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1

School of Business

Program	Director	Deadlines
Health Care Administration, M.S.	Marianne Raimondo mraimondo@ric.edu 401-456-8096	none
Master of Professional Accountancy, M.P.Ac. Financial Planning, C.G.S.	Sean Cote scote@ric.edu 401-456-9028	none

Onanian School of Nursing

Program	Director	Deadlines
Masters to DNP, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) B.S.N. to D.N.P. (Specialization in Nurse Anesthesia)	Kara Misto kmisto@ric.edu 401-456-8013	Rolling Admissions
Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, M.S.N. Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, M.S.N. Population/Public Health, M.S.N. Nursing Care Management, C.G.S. Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, C.G.S. Post-Master Adult/Gerontology Acute Care for Clinical Nurse Specialists, C.G.S. Post-Masters Adult/Gerontology Acute Care for Nurse Practitioners, C.G.S	Deb Servello dservello@ric.edu 401-456-8013	Rolling Admissions Oct. 15 – Feb. 15 for following fall June 15th - October 15th for following summer Rolling Admissions

School of Social Work

Program	Director	Deadlines
Master of Social Work, M.S.W. Integrated Behavioral Health, C.G.S. Childhood and Adolescent Trauma, C.G.S.	Jenn Meade jmeade1@ric.edu 401-456-8116	Fall-Feb 1
Nonprofit Leadership, C.G.S.	Michael Andrade mandrade@ric.edu	Rolling admissions
Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, C.G.S. (open to all advanced, clinical, second-year M.S.W. students)	Aswood Bousseau abousseau@ric.edu 401-456-8627	Rolling admissions