Boston University
Boston, MA 02215

Overview
Boston University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian university. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church for the improvement of theological training, it has since its incorporation in 1869 been fully open to women and to all minorities. Its more than 24,022 full-time students and more than 3,500 faculty members contribute to its ranking as one of the world's largest independent universities. The main campus, on the south bank of the Charles River just west of downtown Boston, houses the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Law, the School of Management, Metropolitan College, the College of Communication, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, the School of Social Work, the School of Theology, and the University Professors' Program. On the medical campus are the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health, the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and University Hospital.

The Graduate School has 1,910 students, of whom approximately 49 percent are women and 35 percent come from abroad.

The Location and Community
The character of Boston results from a rich blend of its historical heritage, active cultural life, and contemporary growth in business, technology, and medicine. Some sixty colleges and universities are located in Greater Boston. Within Boston's compact central area are a host of galleries, the Public Garden, an active theater district, and the Freedom Trail, along which are located some of the most important landmarks in U.S. history. The Museum of Fine Arts, open without charge to Boston University students, has notable Oriental, Egyptian, American portrait, and French Impressionist collections. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Company of Boston, and many fine chamber and jazz groups offer annual seasons; the Boston Pops season includes free outdoor summer concerts. Boston is the home of the Red Sox, the New England Patriots, the Celtics, and the Bruins.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University offers forty-two M.A. programs and thirty-two Ph.D. programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. There is, in addition, one division within the Graduate School that provides formal linkage to other professional graduate opportunities at Boston University: the Division of Religious and Theological Studies.

Freestanding M.A. programs within the Graduate School are offered through some research centers and institutes.

Additional academic options may be pursued through cross-registration in any of the University's other schools and colleges, including the University Professors' Program. Through an area consortium arrangement, students may also register for courses at many other graduate schools in the Boston area.

Facilities & Resources
The Boston University library system holds more than 4.5 million volumes in books and microform. Central service is provided by the Mugar Memorial Library. Among the units contained within this central facility are a music library, an African Studies library, and a department of Special Collections, containing rare books and manuscripts. Numerous departmental libraries are located throughout the campus. An interlibrary loan system further extends the available resources, and a consortium arrangement enables graduate students to use the facilities of many Boston area academic and research libraries.

The University provides laboratories for research and training in disciplines ranging from the physical sciences to the dramatic arts. The recently constructed Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, for example, houses state-of-the-art facilities for science and engineering students. The University's Academic Computing Center, the Center for Computational Science, and individual departments provide computing resources, from parallel supercomputers to personal workstations, interconnected on a campuswide broadband network.

Expenses and Aid
Full-time tuition is $33,912 for the academic year. Part-time tuition is $1,295 per credit hour. The registration fee was $40 per semester, and the George Sherman Union fee was $83 per semester. Graduate students enrolled for continuing study paid $1782 per semester. The estimated cost of books and supplies is $957 per year.

Financial Aid:
Highly qualified graduate students are eligible for Presidential Fellowships and Dean's Fellowships, which included full tuition scholarships and a stipend of $17,500 for the academic year. Teaching fellowships provided stipends that ranged from $14,000 to $18,000, plus a tuition scholarship. The Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowships are available to African-American students beginning graduate studies in any department. A wide variety of grants and awards (e.g., graduate scholarships and research assistantships) are made annually by individual departments and centers. In addition, graduate students at Boston University are eligible to participate in a variety of federally funded programs.

Housing/Living Expenses:
A limited number of rooms and apartments in University residences are available for graduate students. Information may be obtained from the Housing Office, 985 Commonwealth Avenue. The Office of Rental Property, 19 Deerfield Street, has information about off-campus housing.

Costs of living in Boston are comparable to those in any large metropolitan city. Average housing costs range from $850 to $1200 per month.

How to Apply
Applications for admission with financial aid consideration for the fall semester must be received by January 15 for most programs; students should refer to the Graduate School Bulletin for exceptions. Some departments accept students in the spring semester, for which applications must be received by October 15 for financial aid consideration. Applications must include official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, letters of recommendation from at least 2 faculty members in the proposed field of graduate study, and official results of the Graduate Record Examinations (General and Subject Tests) and/or the Miller Analogies Test, as required by the department to which the student is applying. A nonrefundable application fee of $60 is required of all applicants. This fee cannot be waived.

Although financial aid competitions within individual programs begin in early January, students who wish to be considered for special Graduate School fellowships are urged to submit their application with all supporting documents by December 1.

International Students
Students from abroad must also submit the International Student Data Form and official English translations of all academic records. Students whose native language is not English must submit results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Who to Contact
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Boston University
705 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

617-353-2696

E-mail: grs@bu.edu

http://www.bu.edu

Graduate Programs and Faculty Heads

• African American Studies Program: Ronald K. Richardson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., SUNY at Binghamton.

• American and New England Studies Program: Anita Patterson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Anthropology Department: Thomas Barfield, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Applied Linguistics Program: Mary Catherine O'Connor, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley.

• Archaeology Department: Julie Hanson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota.

• Art History Department: Kim Sichel, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Yale.

• Astronomy Department: Harlan Spence, Associate Professor; Ph.D., UCLA.

• Biology Department: Geoffrey Cooper, Professor; Ph.D., Miami (Florida).

• Biostatistics Program: Ralph B. D'Agostino, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Cellular Biophysics Program: M. Carter Cornwall, Professor; Ph.D., Utah.

• Chemistry Department: Thomas Tullius, Professor; Ph.D., Stanford.

• Classical Studies Department: Ann Vasaly, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana.

• Cognitive and Neural Systems Program: Stephen Grossberg, Professor; Ph.D., Rockefeller.

• Computer Science Department: Azer Bestavros, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Creative Writing: Leslie Epstein, Professor; D.F.A., Yale.

• Earth Sciences Department: Richard Murray, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley.

• Economics Department: Larry Kotlikoff, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• English Department: James Winn, Professor; Ph.D., Yale.

• Geography Department: Curtis Woodcock, Professor; Ph.D., California, Santa Barbara.

• History Department: Charles Dellheim, Professor; Ph.D., Yale.

• International Relations Department: H. Joachim Maître, Professor; Ph.D., McGill.

• Boston University Marine Program: Jelle Atema, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan.

• Mathematics and Statistics Department: Steven Rosenberg, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley.

• Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Department: Dennis Costa, Associate Professor and Chair ad interim; Ph.D., Yale.

• Music Department: André de Quadros, Professor; Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Monash (Australia).

• Neuroscience Department: William Eldred III, Professor; Ph.D., Colorado Health Science Center.

• Philosophy Department: Charles Griswold, Professor; Ph.D., Penn State.

• Physics Department: Sidney Redner, Professor; Ph.D., MIT.

• Political Science Department: David Mayers, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago.

• Preservation Studies: Richard Candee, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania.

• Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry: Gary R. Jacobson, Professor and Director; Ph.D., Stanford.

• Psychology Department: Henry Marcucella, Professor; Ph.D., Boston University.

• Religious and Theological Studies Division: Stephen Prothero, Professor and Director; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Sociology Department: John Stone, Professor; D.Phil., Oxford.

• Sociology/Social Work (Interdisciplinary): Mary Ellen Collins, Professor; M.S.W., Ph.D., Chicago.

• Women's Studies: Shakla Haeri, Assistant Professor and Director; Ph.D., UCLA.

• Centers and Institutes

• Center for Adaptive Systems: Stephen Grossberg, Professor; Ph.D., Rockefeller.

• African Studies Center: James C. McCann, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State.

• Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders: David Barlow, Professor; Ph.D., Vermont.

• Center for Archaeological Studies: James Wiseman, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago.

• Institute for Astrophysical Research: James Jackson, Professor; Ph.D., MIT.

• Institute for Classical Traditions: Meyer Reinhold, Professor; Ph.D., Columbia; Wolfgang Haase, Professor; Ph.D., Tübingen (Germany).

• Center for Computational Science: Claudio Rebbi, Professor; Ph.D., Turin.

• Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy: Uri Ra'anan, Professor; Ph.D., Oxford.

• International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History: Robert Murowchick, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology: Thomas Kunz, Profesor; Ph.D., Kansas.

• Institute for Economic Development: Dilip Mookherjee, Professor; Ph.D., London School of Economics.

• Editorial Institute: Christopher Ricks, Professor; D.Litt. (hon.), Oxford; Geoffrey Hill, Professor; D.Litt (hon.), Oxford.

• Center for Einstein Studies: John J. Stachel, Professor; Ph.D., Stevens.

• Center for Energy and Environmental Studies: Cutler Cleveland, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Illinois.

• International History Institute: Cathal Nolan, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Toronto.

• Center for International Relations: Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor; Ph.D., Princeton.

• Elie Weisel Center for Judaic Studies: Steven Katz, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Institute for Medieval History: Thomas Glick, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Center for Milennial Studies: Richard Landes, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Princeton.

• Neuromuscular Research Center: Carlo De Luca, Professor; Ph.D., Queen's (Canada).

• Center for the Philosophy and History of Science: Alfred Tauber, Professor; M.D., Tufts.

• Institute for Philosophy and Religion: Leroy Rouner, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Columbia.

• Center for Polymer Studies: H. Eugene Stanley, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard.

• Institute on Race and Social Division: Glenn Loury, Professor; Ph.D., MIT.

• Center for Remote Sensing: Farouk El-Baz, Research Professor; Ph.D., Missouri-Rolla.

• Science and Mathematics Education Center: Kenneth Brecher, Professor; Ph.D., MIT.

• Center for Space Physics: Supriya Chakrabarti, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley.

• Center for Transportation Studies: T. R. Lakshmanan, Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State.

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