Science Degrees Online

This degree program is a flexible, upperdivision program and prepares you to deliver comprehensive nursing care to patients of all ages in a variety of health care settings as direct care providers and leaders. Our courses build on, but do not duplicate, the content taught in basic nursing programs.

Our bachelor’s program is a direct response to today’s health care situation: patients are sicker, hospital stays shorter, and community health nursing stronger. The curriculum emphasizes the leadership skills essential for problem-solving and improving the delivery of health care. The curriculum includes courses in epidemiology, gerontology, ethics, health policy and politics, patient education, family health nursing, statistics, research and management. Clinical experiences augment classroom theory in the Community Health Nursing course and capstone course, Trends in Practice.

To accommodate students’ schedules, courses are offered in the fall and spring during the day, late afternoon and evening. A few courses are offered during the summer session. Classes are taught Monday through Thursday. Most classes meet once a week for three hours. Often, two or three courses may be scheduled on the same day to fulfill eight or nine credits per semester. In addition, classes are alternately scheduled; for example, nursing courses offered during the daytime one year will be scheduled during evening hours the next year.

Each student is assigned a nursing faculty member as an academic advisor to work closely with students to help fit courses and program requirements into their work and daily lives.

A. Core Requirements
COG 166 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
COG 266 - Brains, Minds and Consciousness
B. Elective Requirements (15-18 cr)
Select five courses from the following:
ANT 344 - Language and Culture
CSC 212 - Principles of Programming
CSC 241 - Abstract Data Types and Programming Methodology
COG 468 - Cognitive Science Capstone Seminar
LIN 100 - Introduction to Linguistics
PHL 309 - Logic, Language, and Thought
PHL 471 - Philosophy of Mind
PSY 280 - Analysis of Psychological Data
PSY 290 - Research Methods in Psychology

COG 366 - Computational Models of Cognitive Processes

or
CSC 366 - Computational Models of Cognitive Process

PSY 305 - Cognition

or
PSY 405 - Cognition

A. Core Requirements (41-42 cr)
COG 166 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
COG 266 - Brains, Minds and Consciousness
COG 366 - Computational Models of Cognitive Processes
COG 468 - Cognitive Science Capstone Seminar
ANT 344 - Language and Culture
CSC 212 - Principles of Programming
CSC 241 - Abstract Data Types and Programming Methodology
LIN 100 - Introduction to Linguistics
PHL 309 - Logic, Language, and Thought
PHL 471 - Philosophy of Mind
PSY 280 - Analysis of Psychological Data
PSY 290 - Research Methods in Psychology

PSY 305 - Cognition

or
PSY 405 - Cognition
B. Learning Agreement (9 cr)
A student, along with a faculty member, will devise a learning agreement containing a minimum of nine credit hours, which are at the 300- or 400-level. The proposed agreement is to be submitted to the Cognitive Science Program Faculty Committee and the Cognitive Science Director for approval, typically by the end of the student’s sophomore year. The sequence of courses comprising the learning agreement may be from different departments.
C. Cognate Requirements (None

Cognitive Science Major (68-71 cr)
A. Core Requirements (59-62 cr)
COG 166 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
COG 266 - Brains, Minds and Consciousness
COG 366 - Computational Models of Cognitive Processes
COG 468 - Cognitive Science Capstone Seminar
ANT 344 - Language and Culture
CSC 212 - Principles of Programming
CSC 221 - Foundations of Computer Science
CSC 241 - Abstract Data Types and Programming Methodology
CSC 350 - Computational Linguistics
CSC 416 - Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages
CSC 466 - Artificial Intelligence and Heuristic Programming
LIN 100 - Introduction to Linguistics
PHL 309 - Logic, Language, and Thought
PHL 471 - Philosophy of Mind
PSY 280 - Analysis of Psychological Data
PSY 290 - Research Methods in Psychology

One of the following three course choices must be taken at the 400-level
PSY 301 - Perception
or
PSY 401 - Perception
PSY 303 - Biopsychology
or
PSY 403 - Biopsychology
PSY 305 - Cognition
or
PSY 405 - Cognition
B. Learning Agreement (9 cr)
A student, along with a faculty member, will devise a learning agreement containing a minimum of nine credit hours, which are at the 300- or 400-level. The proposed agreement is to be submitted to the Cognitive Science Program Faculty Committee and the Cognitive Science Director for approval, typically by the end of the student’s sophomore year. The sequence of courses comprising the learning agreement may be from different departments.
C. Cognate Requirements (None

Natural resources management
Forest product industry
Aquatic resources industry (including sport and commercial fisheries, aquaculture, and wetland management)
Recreation and tourism industry
Environmental technology (including water treatment and brown field reclamatio

The Renewable Resources bachelor of technology (B.Tech.) program is designed to prepare students for entry into public and industrial jobs at field, supervisory, and management levels in natural resources conservation, environmental science, environmental technology, and aquaculture and aquatic science.

A full-semester, 600-hour internship (15 credits) is a unique course requirement that enables students to get a foot in the door, providing them with opportunities to gain valuable experience, make professional contacts, and build their resumes in preparation for future employment and career decisions. Most internships are paid and opportunities do exist nationwide in both the public and private sectors. Many placement sites are available in New York state, but students who wish to travel can find opportunities in other parts of the country. Some successful internships have included environmental education with the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, landscape design and development with Hamilton College, GIS (geographic information system) mapping with the Onondaga County Parks Department, and wildlife management studies for the Great Swamp Conservancy.

Students admitted into this upper division baccalaureate program must posses an associate in applied science (A.A.S.) or equivalent degree with a minimum 2.20 grade point average (GPA). A student who does not meet the minimum GPA requirement may be admitted on conditional basis. An associate degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science or a closely related field is strongly recommended. An individual seeking to enroll in the Renewable Resources B.Tech. with an unrelated associate degree may be granted admittance on the condition that prerequisite course requirements (typically 15 credits) in natural resources, aquatic science, and environmental technology are met

Associate of Applied Science Degree

The first degree of its kind in the SUNY system, the Adventure Recreation program offers you the opportunity to enter a dynamic and ever-expanding field. This program is designed to incorporate all of the programming skills necessary to develop and operate a challenging and inviting adventure program. From a weekend backpacking excursion to a high-ropes course, you will experience a wide variety of adventure activities firsthand. From these experiences you will develop a working encyclopedia of the tools necessary for success in the field. While earning your degree, you will complete the educational requirements to become certified as a Recreational Associate with the National Recreation and Park Association.

After obtaining this degree, you can go to work for resorts, schools, corporations, and social service agencies, or, you can go on for your bachelor’s degree in recreation.

Stellenbosch University has been involved in Forestry education since 1932, and is the only South African university that offers complete undergraduate programmes in forestry and natural resource sciences, as well as conservation ecology. Over the years these programmes have become renowned as foremost in this field in Africa. Students from all our neighbouring countries and also from as far afield as North Africa, Europe and South America come to Stellenbosch to study these degrees. Because of this, most classes are presented in English and students may do their tests and assignments in either English or Afrikaans. Classes are small and allow for personal attention.
In contrast to popular belief, forestry is not a “men only” career. Over the last couple of years, a large number of women have completed their studies in forestry at Stellenbosch and are successful in this field of work.
Our training is scientific, but also has a practical orientation. From the outset students participate in excursions, visits to the industry and fieldwork. The degree programmes are discussed under the relevant agribusiness areas of the labour market.

In addition to meeting the requirements for admission to a degree program as stated in this catalog, the applicant for enrollment in the program leading to the M.A.T. in adolescence education: science (7-12) should present the following:

1. All undergraduate transcripts that reflect the requirements listed under relevant science:

Biology
evidence of completion of a bachelor’s degree in biology or functionally related area
at least 30 credit hours of course work in biology
at least 12 credit hours of course work in chemistry
at least eight credit hours of introductory physics
at least four credit hours of physical geology

Chemistry
evidence of completion of a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or functionally related area
at least 30 credit hours of course work in chemistry
at least eight credit hours of course work in both introductory biology and introductory geology
at least eight credit hours in introductory physics

Earth Science
evidence of completion of a bachelor’s degree in geology or functionally related area
at least 30 credit hours of course work in geology/earth science, including a course in meteorology
at least eight credit hours of course work in biology and eight credit hours in chemistry
at least eight credit hours in physics, plus three credit hours of astronomy

Physics
evidence of completion of a bachelor’s degree in physics or functionally related area
a least 30 credit hours of course work in physics
at least eight credit hours in chemistry
at least eight credit hours of course work in introductory biology or introductory geology
Calculus I, II, III and differential equations

2. An overall undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.5 and a grade point average in the major of at least 2.5.

3. Three letters of recommendation from former professors or professional colleagues who can speak to the candidate’s preparation and competence for teaching science in grades 7-12.

4. An interview with the coordinator of adolescence education: science (7-12).

5. Application to the SUNY Cortland Teacher Education Program.