Health Care Policy & Management
Admission Deadlines — New Deadline!!!

FEBRUARY 15, IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING to the Master’s in Health Care Policy and Management and/or the Advanced Certificate in Health Care Management. This is the only time we offer seats to matriculated students.

Applications are completed on line. The on-line application usually becomes available in late October. You may obtain applications by going to Office of Student Service’s web site:
http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/studserv/applyhsc.html

The Master’s Program requires GRE’s.  GRE’s must be taken by FEBRUARY 15.  Go to http://www.gre.orgfor test sites and dates.  (GRE’s may be waived if an applicant has completed an accredited graduate program; this graduate program must be completed prior to applying.) Anyone receiving a 3.0 or less on the writing section of the GRE’s will be required to complete a writing diagnostic program during the summer/fall of the year you are accepted. Completion of diagnostic coursework is required prior to advancing to spring courses.

Applicants must have completed one year of full-time health-related work experience prior to FEBRUARY 15.  A bachelor’s degree must be completed prior to applying.

Non Matric

If you would like to take classes in Spring 2009 / Fall 2009, you may sign up as a non-matriculated student.  Under “Forms” you will find the necessary paperwork. Please contact Fran Shaw at 631-444-3240 if you need assistance.

Non-matriculated students are permitted to register for up to 12 credits.   (Twelve credits is the maximum number of credits you are permitted to take as a non-matriculated student.)  These 12 credits may be transferred to the Master’s Program.  You can download the non-matriculated form from our website. The maximum number of credits a non-matric student can take in one semester is six.

If you begin as a non-matriculated student, you must apply to either the Master’s Program or the Certificate Program by FEBRUARY 15.   In late October each year, please check our website for the online application.