List of Graduate Programs and Certificates

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List of Graduate Programs and Certificates

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The path to career advancement begins at Rhode Island College.

35+ Master Degree Options

Our nationally recognized graduate programs include more than 35 master’s degrees in healthcare, counseling, social work, business, management, teaching, community leadership, and arts and sciences – plus doctoral programs in education and nursing, and 18 certificates of graduate study.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Program	Director	Deadlines
Art Education, M.A.T.	Rebecca Shipe rshipe@ric.edu 456-9580	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
M.A. in Art with concentration in Art Education	Rebecca Shipe rshipe@ric.edu 456-9580	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Biology, M.A. Modern Biological Sciences, CGS	Deborah Britt dbritt@ric.edu 456-8705	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
English, M.A.	Anita Duneer aduneer@ric.edu 456-8678	Rolling Admissions
Advanced Study of Literature, CGS	Mark Anderson manderson@ric.edu 456-8804	Rolling Admissions
English, concentration in Creative Writing, M.A. Advanced Study of Creative Writing, CGS	Anita Duneer, aduneer@ric.edu 456-8678	Rolling Admissions
English, M.A.T.	see Educational Studies
History, M.A. Historical Studies, CGS Public History, CGS	Leslie Schuster lschuster@ric.edu 456-9723 Erik Christiansen echristiansen@ric.edu 456-9989	Rolling Admissions
Justice Studies, M.A.	Tanni Chaudhuri tchaudhuri@ric.edu 456-8681	Rolling Admissions
Mathematical Studies, M.A.	Leonardo Pinheiro lpinheiro@ric.edu 456-9781	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Mathematics, M.A.T.	Leonardo Pinheiro lpinheiro@ric.edu 456-9781
Music Education, M.A.T.	Todd Borgerding t borgerding@ric.edu 456-9713	Rolling Admissions
Music Education, M.M.Ed.	Todd Borgerding tborgerding@ric.edu 456-9713	Rolling Admissions
Psychology, M.A.	Katherine Lacasse klacasse@ric.edu 456-8592	Fall-March 15 Spring-Nov 15

Feinstein School of Education and Human Development

Department	Program	Director	Deadlines
	Joint Ph.D. in Education, A Cooperative Program offered by URI and RIC	Adrienne Goss agoss@ric.edu 456-8170	Fall-Jan 27
Counseling, Educational Leadership & School Psychology
	M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling	Monica Darcy mdarcy@ric.edu 456-2710	Fall-Feb 1
	Advanced Counseling, CGS	Monica Darcy mdarcy@ric.edu 456-2710	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	School Psychology, M.A., CAGS	Shannon Dowd-Eagle seagle@ric.edu 456-8023	Fall-Feb 1
Elementary Education
	Elementary Education, M.A.T.	Martha Horn mhorn@ric.edu	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Early Childhood, M.Ed.	Mary Ellen McGuire–Schwartz mmcguire@ric.edu 456-8250	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Health & Physical Education
	Health Education, M.Ed.	Carol Cummings ccummings@ric.edu 456-9685	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
Educational Studies
	English, M.A.T.	Janet Johnson jjohnson@ric.edu 456-8701	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Mathematics, M.A.T.	Vivian LaFerla vlaferla@ric.edu 456-8038	Fall-March 1 Spring – Nov. 1
	Music Education, M.A.T.	see Faculty of Arts and Sciences
	Music Education, M.M.Ed.	see Faculty of Arts and Sciences
	Art Education, M.A.T.	see Faculty of Arts and Sciences
	Middle Level Education, CGS	Julie Horwitz jhorwitz@ric.edu 456-8170	Fall-March 1 Spring – Nov. 1
	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, M.Ed. TESOL, CGS TESOL Bilingual Education Concentration, CGS	Alia Hadid ahadid@ric.edu 456-8170 Sarah Hesson shesson@ric.edu	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	World Languages Education, MAT	Erin Papa epapa@ric.edu 456-8601	Fall - May 1, Rolling to July 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Youth Development, M.A.	Victoria Restler vrestler@ric.edu 456-8503	Rolling Feb. 1 - May 31
Special Education
	Exceptional Learning Needs, M.Ed. Autism Education, CGS Transition for Youth with Exceptionalities, CGS	Paul LaCava placava@ric.edu	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Urban / Multicultural Education, M.Ed.	Ying Hui yhui@ric.edu 456-8604	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Early Childhood Special Education, M.Ed.	Beth Pinheiro bpinheiro@ric.edu	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Severe Intellectual Disabilities, M.Ed.	Susan Dell sdell@ric.edu 456-8557	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1
	Elementary or Secondary Special Education, M.Ed Elementary or Secondary Special Education, CGS	Marie Lynch mlynch@ric.edu 456-8763	Fall-March 1 Spring-Nov 1

School of Business

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

Program

Director

Deadlines

Health Care Administration, M.S.

Marianne Raimondo
mraimondo@ric.edu
456-8096

none

Master of Professional Accountancy, M.P.Ac.

Financial Planning, CGS

Sean Cote
scote@ric.edu
456-9028

none

Onanian School of Nursing

Program	Director	Deadllines
Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP	Kara Misto kmisto@ric.edu 456-8013	Rolling Admissions
Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, M.S.N. Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, M.S.N. BSN to DNP in Nurse Anesthesia Population/Public Health, M.S.N. Nursing Care Management, CGS Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, CGS	Deb Servello dservello@ric.edu 456-8013	Rolling Admissions Oct. 15 – Feb. 15 for following fall June 15th - October 15th for following summer Rolling Admissions

Program

Director

Deadllines

Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP

Kara Misto
kmisto@ric.edu
456-8013

Rolling Admissions

Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, M.S.N.

Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, M.S.N.

BSN to DNP in Nurse Anesthesia

Population/Public Health, M.S.N.

Nursing Care Management, CGS

Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, CGS

Deb Servello
dservello@ric.edu
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, CGS	Paula Coutinho pcoutinho@ric.edu 456-9830 Jenn Meade jmeade1@ric.edu 456-8116	Fall-Feb 1
Nonprofit Leadership, CGS	Eileen Ryan eryan@ric.edu 456-8864	Rolling admissions
Child and Adolescent Trauma, CGS	Daniel Harvey dharvery@ric.edu 456-8761	Rolling admissions
Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, CGS	Aswood Bousseau abousseau@ric.edu 456-8627	Rolling admissions