Overview
Established in 1957, the University achieved national stature within a generation. Founded in Oyster Bay, Long Island, the school moved to its present location in 1962. Stony Brook has grown to encompass more than 110 buildings on 1,100 acres. There are over 1,568 faculty members, and the annual budget is more than $805 million. The Graduate Student Organization oversees the spending of the student activity fee for graduate student campus events. International students find that the additional four-week Summer Institute in American Living is very helpful. The Intensive English Center offers classes in English as a second language. The Career Development Office assists with career planning and has information on permanent full-time employment. Disabled Student Services has a Resource Center that offers placement testing, tutoring, vocational assessment, and psychological counseling. The Counseling Center provides individual, group, family, and marital counseling and psychotherapy. Day-care services are provided in four on-campus facilities. The Writing Center offers tutoring in all phases of writing.

Alumni find careers in all areas of business, nonprofit management, and public-sector management and policymaking.

The Location and Community
Stony Brook’s campus is approximately 50 miles east of Manhattan on the north shore of Long Island. The cultural offerings of New York City and Suffolk County’s countryside and seashore are conveniently located nearby. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Brookhaven National Laboratories are easily accessible from, and have close relationships with, the University.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The Harriman School’s graduate degree programs include the standard program and the advanced credit program. The standard and advanced credit programs offer the M.S. degree in management and policy. Both programs have curricula that are essentially equivalent to those found in M.B.A. programs. Courses include accounting, marketing, finance, management information systems, operations management, human resource management, and business strategy. In addition, there are courses in economics, statistics, and ethics. The standard program provides a comprehensive graduate management education to students coming from any undergraduate major. The advanced credit program is designed for students who possess a graduate degree in another area and who wish to supplement their education with management. The Harriman School offers three New York State advanced certificates in health-care management, human resource management, and information systems management. An elective specialization in finance is also offered.

Facilities & Resources
Research support is provided by the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, the Health Sciences Library, and six branch science libraries, holding more than 2 million volumes and 3 million publications in microformat. The Business Learning Center is also a major asset for the department’s students. Sun, IBM, and DEC computers in the Division of Information Technology and in other academic departments are available for general research use. There are more than 800 publicly available, state-of-the-art computers for student use. E-mail and Internet accounts are provided to all full-time students. Other research facilities include the Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Humanities Institute, and the Marine Science Research Center.

Expenses and Aid
In 2004-05, full-time tuition was $3450 per semester for state residents and $5460 per semester for nonresidents. Part-time tuition was $288 per credit hour for residents and $455 per credit hour for nonresidents. Additional charges included an activity fee of $22 and a comprehensive fee of $322 per semester for full-time students and $31.85 for part-time students.

Financial Aid:
.Because Stony Brook is committed to attracting high-quality students, the Graduate School provides two competitive fellowships for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Graduate Council fellowships are for outstanding doctoral candidates studying in any discipline, and the W. Burghardt Turner Fellowships target outstanding African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American students entering either a doctoral or master’s degree program. For doctoral students, both fellowships provide a minimum annual stipend of $15,975 for up to five years, as well as a full tuition scholarship. For master’s students, the Turner Fellowship provides an annual stipend of $10,000 for up to two years, along with a full tuition scholarship. Health insurance subsidies are also provided within a scale, depending on the size of the fellow’s dependent family. Departments and degree programs award approximately 900 teaching and graduate assistantships and approximately 600 research assistantships on an annual basis. Full assistantships carry a stipend amount that usually ranges from $11,947 to $18,000, depending on the department.

Housing/Living Expenses:
University apartments range in cost from approximately $323 to $1400 per month, depending on the size of the unit. Off-campus housing options include furnished rooms to rent and houses and/or apartments to share that can be rented for $350 to $1500 per month.

How to Apply
Applicants are judged on the basis of distinguished undergraduate records (and graduate records, if applicable), thorough preparation for advanced study and research in the field of interest, candid appraisals from those familiar with the applicant’s academic/professional work, potential for graduate study, and a clearly defined statement of purpose and scholarly interest germane to the program. A baccalaureate degree is required with a minimum overall grade point average of 2.75 and an average grade of B in the major and related courses. Some programs require a higher GPA. Students should submit admission and financial aid applications by January 15 for the fall semester and by October 1 for the spring semester. Decisions are made on a rolling basis as space permits. The $60 application fee may be waived in some circumstances.

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