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Northeastern University

Last Updated: September 1, 2006 Website: http://www.northeastern.edu/ School Address: 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Phone: +1 617-373-2000 U.S. News Ranking: National Universities, 98 School Type: Private Year Founded: 1898 Undergraduate Students: 14,618 Total international students: 686 (5%) Application deadline: January 15 (Fall), May 20 (Spring) TOEFL may be submitted in place of SAT or ACT: No Minimum TOEFL score required: 550 (paper), 213 (computer) Average TOEFL score: 570 (paper) Tuition and Fees: $30,309 Room and Board: $10,950 Academics

College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Majors

• African-American Studies • American Sign Language • Cultural Anthropology • Architecture Journalism • Behavioral Neuroscience • Biochemistry • Biology • Biomedical Physics • Chemistry • Communication Studies

• Economics • Education • English • Environmental Geology • Environmental Studies • Geology • History • Human Services • Independent Major • International Affairs • Journalism • Liberal Arts Major Preference (LAMP) • Linguistics • Mathematics • Modern Languages • Music • Philosophy • Physics • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology • Theatre • Visual Arts Dual Majors

• American Sign Language and Human Services • American Sign Language and Psychology • American Sign Language and • Cinema Studies and Communication Studies • Cinema Studies and English • Cinema Studies and Journalism • Cinema Studies and Modern Languages • Cinema Studies and Philosophy • Cinema Studies and Theatre • Environmental Geology and Biology • Environmental Geology and Chemistry • Environmental Geology and Environmental

Studies • Environmental Geology and Mathematics • Environmental Geology and Physics • Geology and Biology • Geology and Chemistry • Geology and Mathematics • Geology and Physics • Linguistics and English • Linguistics and Psychology • Multimedia Studies with a concentration in

Animation • Multimedia Studies with a concentration in

Graphic Design • Multimedia Studies with a concentration in Music

Technology




• Multimedia Studies with a concentration in Photography

• Physics and Philosophy • Biology and Computer Science • Cognitive Psychology (Cognitive Psychology

concentration) and Computer Science (College of Computer and Information Science)

• Mathematics and Computer Science (College of Computer and Information Science)

• Music (Music Technology concentration) and Computer Science (College of Computer and Information Science)

• Multimedia Studies and Computer Science (College of Computer and Information Science)

• Physics and Computer Science (College of Computer and Information Science)

• Physics and Electrical Engineering (College of Engineering)

Graduate Programs

• Architecture • Biology, Bioinformatics, Marine Biology • Biotechnology • Chemistry and Chemical Biology • Economics • Education • English • History • Journalism • Law, Policy and Society • Mathematics • Physics • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology

College of Business Administration

• B.S. in Business Administration • B.S. in International Business • MBA • MS in Finance/MBA

• MS in Accounting/MBA

College of Computer and Information Science Undergraduate Programs

• BS in Computer Science • BS in Information Science • BA in Computer Science • Dual Major of CS and IS • Dual Majors with Other Colleges Graduate Programs

• Ph.D. in Computer Science • M.S. in Computer Science • M.S. in Telecommunication Systems

Management • M.S. in Information Assurance

College of Engineering

Undergraduate Programs

• Chemical Engineering • Civil & Environmental Engineering • Computer Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Engineering Technology Graduate Programs Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

• General Program Master of Science in Civil Engineering

• Construction Management • Environmental Engineering • Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Engineering • Structures • Transportation Engineering Master of Science in Computer Systems Engineering

• CAD/CAM • Engineering Software Design Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

• Communications and Signal Processing • Computer Engineering • Control Systems and Signal Processing • Electromagnetics, Plasma and Optics




• Electronic Circuits and Semiconductor • Devices • Power Systems Master of Science in Engineering Management

• Computer and Information Systems • General Program • Manufacturing Systems • Quality Control and Reliability Analysis Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

• Computer and Information Systems • General Program • Manufacturing Systems • Quality Control and Reliability Analysis Master of Science in Information Systems

• General Program Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

• Materials Science and Engineering • Mechanics and Design • Thermofluids Engineering Master of Science in Operations Research

• General Program Master of Science in Telecommunication Systems Management

• Telecom Networking • Telecom System Development • Telecom Business Mangement Doctor of Philosophy

• Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Computer Systems Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Interdisciplinary • Mechanical Engineering

Bouvé College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Programs

• Athletic Training • Clinical Exercise Physiology (BS/MS) • Exercise Physiology (BS) (accepting upperclass

transfer students only) • Health Science Major (BS in Health Science) • Medical Laboratory Science (BS) • Nursing Undergraduate, BS • Pathways Program • PharmD • Physical Therapy (DPT)

• Respiratory Therapy (BS) (accepting upperclass transfer students only)

• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Graduate Programs

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner • Adult Health Nurse Clinical Specialist • Applied Behavorial Analysis (MABA) • Audiology (D) • Biotechnology (MS) • Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) • Clinical Exercise Physiology (MS) • College Student Development and Counseling

(MS) • Combined School and Counseling Psychology

(PhD) • Communication Disorders • Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology • Counseling Psychology (MS/CAGS) • Critical Care Nursing • Direct Entry Nursing • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner • Nurse Anesthesia • Nursing Administration • Nursing BSN/MS • Nursing MS/MBA • Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) • Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) Pharmaceutics

and Drug Delivery Systems • Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS): Interdisciplinary

Concentration • Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS): Toxicology

Concentration • Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD) • Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD):

Interdisciplinary Concentration • Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD): Pharmaceutics

and Drug Delivery Systems • Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD): Pharmacology

Specialization • Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD): Toxicology

Specialization • Pharmacology (MS): Pharmacology

Specialization • Physical Therapy (DPT) • Physician Assistant Program (MS) • Primary Care Nursing • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing • Respiratory Therapy (MS) • School Counseling (MS)




• School Psychology (MS / CAGS) • Speech-Language Pathology (MS) About Northeastern University Northeastern University is dedicated to providing a broad diversity of students with the benefits of an academic program of the highest quality. Northeastern’s basic mission as a large urban university founded on the cooperative model of education remains what is has always been: to provide individuals with the opportunity for upward mobility through excellence in education.

The university is committed to achieving excellence through high-quality instruction in a liberal / professional curriculum that values equally, knowledge for its own sake, knowledge as a means to success in the workplace and knowledge as a cornerstone of personal achievement and satisfaction.

By placing strong emphasis on professional education, the university will continue to encourage and provide the opportunity for students to obtain the specific information and skills required for a

lifetime of productive work in society. By committing itself to the research and scholarly activities of its faculty, the university will continue to encourage and provide the opportunity for teachers to make contributions to the body of knowledge from which society draws to sustain progress. By building a physical campus with the facilities and amenities that are conducive and necessary to the educational enterprise, the university will continue to encourage and provide the opportunity for all its constituents — students, teachers, employees and neighbors — to weave the educational process into their daily lives.

Excellence in teaching is the quintessential goal of the university. The university must be assured that its offerings to both undergraduate and graduate students are rigorous, relevant and rewarding in order both to provide a solid structure for educational excellence and to attract and retain students. The university also remains committed to the search for knowledge through research as well as through scholarly and artistic undertakings.

The university believes that its educational mission can be achieved only if the student body is not limited by economic status, cultural or racial




background, geographic origin, sex or age. The university is committed to finding, attracting and keeping the ablest high school graduates as well as those whose promise suggests they can benefit from a Northeastern education.

The role of the university is to challenge individuals to perform to the limits of their intellectual capacity and to assist them in doing so. The university intends to structure its programs to better accomplish this goal with a student body of widely varied academic talents, abilities and accomplishments.

Northeastern has a long history of servicing the education needs of the nontraditional student in its School of Professional and Continuing Studies and life-long learning programs. The university will continue its commitment to provide quality degree and nondegree programs for those people whose circumstances prevent them from following the standard undergraduate and graduate program of studies by offering excellent courses and programs outside the typical college time frame.

Cooperative education has been the keystone of Northeastern University’s uniqueness for three quarters of a century. As a greater and greater percentage of the nation’s population becomes a part of the work force, and as the technological revolution continues daily to change the nature of work, the university must rededicate itself to keeping pace with those changes. The cooperative plan provides the ideal vehicle for doing this, but the university must continue to explore new ways of adapting the cooperative model to a changing work place.

A new sense of place at Northeastern has resulted from marked improvements in the campus and from the dramatic development of Northeastern’s neighborhood over the past 10 years. The university is determined, over the next 10 years to make its campus even more accommodating for its students, its teachers and its employees. The university is committed to increasing the residential facilities for its students, to constructing a complex of academic and research buildings centered around a new library, to developing new performing arts, recreations and athletic facilities, and to providing more parking structures on the periphery of the campus. The university is also determined to




maintain and strengthen its reputation as a friend to the city of Boston and a partner of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The university is committed to communicating to all its current and potential constituencies its dedication to excellence in teaching, in programs, in scholarship, in research, in facilities and in ambience. The most important constituencies for the fiscal stability of Northeastern as well as for its intellectual vitality, are prospective and current students. The blueprint for excellence set forth in this document attempts to put Northeastern University’s vision of itself into words. Quick Facts Overview Northeastern University is a private research university (Carnegie Classification: Doctorate/Research Universities—Extensive), offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate.

A world leader in practice-oriented education, Northeastern emphasizes educational programs that link classroom learning with workplace experience

and integrate professional preparation with study in the liberal arts and sciences. Location Northeastern's main campus is situated on 67 acres in Boston's cultural district, the Avenue of the Arts, between the Museum of Fine Arts and Symphony Hall. It consists of 41 academic and administrative buildings and 28 residence facilities.

Schools and Colleges

• Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Graduate Schools, School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy

• College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School, School of Education, School of Journalism

• College of Business Administration and Graduate School, Graduate School of Professional Accounting

• College of Computer and Information Science and Graduate School

• College of Criminal Justice and Graduate School • College of Engineering and Graduate School,

School of Engineering Technology, The Lowell Institute School

• School of Law • School of Professional and Continuing Studies • Division of Adult and Continuing Education Undergraduate Academic Calendar Two 15-week semesters and two 7.5-week summer sessions. Faculty Full-time: 830; part-time in day programs: 316. Libraries Northeastern offers four library facilities: Snell Library and the Law Library, both on campus, and libraries that support programs at the Burlington,




Mass., campus and the Marine Science and Maritime Study Center in Nahant, Mass.

Computing Resources Northeastern University provides a broad range of academic and administrative computer resources available to students, faculty and staff. Many computing resources are available on the Boston and satellite campuses, including InfoCommons in Snell Library. Accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week (excluding holidays), the InfoCommons offers an e-bar, Computer Help Desk, training and more than 200 computers for general use.

Internet access is available in Northeastern-owned residence halls through ResNet, a service of Information Services and Residential Life. The myNEU portal allows students to access many administrative and academic functions online, including e-mail, class schedules, co-op, student payroll, financial services and more. The university also offers specialized computer research facilities in the College of Engineering and the College of Computer and Information Science.

Student Life and Activities Students have access to more than 200 clubs and organizations and an extensive network of advisement and counseling services. • Student Organizations • African-American Institute • Latino/a Student Cultural Center • Hillel Foundation • International Student & Scholar Institute • Counseling and Student Development Center • Spiritual Life Office

History of Northeastern At the end of the 19th century, more than half of Boston's population were either immigrants or first-generation Americans. Hard-working and industrious, they sought to improve their lives and the lives of their children. Chief among the city's institutions committed to helping these people achieve their dreams was the Boston YMCA. Founded in 1844 in London, the Young Men's Christian Association chose Boston as the location of its first American branch, in 1851. In its articles of




incorporation, the Boston YMCA announced that it would have "a committee on lectures, whose duty it is to procure teachers and lecturers for any private classes that may be formed by the members." These lectures proved to be immediately popular, drawing large numbers of young men seeking self-improvement.

Among those attending was the young Dwight L. Moody, the future evangelist. With great joy, he wrote home to his brothers that he now had a place to go where he could read "all the books I want free from expense." According to Moody, the Boston YMCA was a place where "smart men from Boston lecture." Moody's enthusiasm was infectious, and soon the YMCA became a place where young men gathered to hear lectures on literature, history, music, and any number of other subjects intended to help improve their lives.

Building on this success, the directors of the YMCA took a bold step in May 1896, when they organized the "Evening Institute for Young Men." Frank Palmer Speare, a well-known teacher and principal with considerable experience in the public schools, was hired as the institute's director. Two years later,

under Speare's direction, the YMCA advertised the creation of the "Department of Law of the Boston YMCA." On Monday evening, October 3, 1898, Robert Gray Dodge convened the first class. The program became an immediate success. This new phase in the YMCA marked the birth of Northeastern University. Later, Speare would remark, "We started with an eraser and two sticks of chalk." Soon the YMCA was offering a variety of programs. The Automobile School was opened in 1903, offering courses to ladies and gentlemen. The following year, the School of Law was incorporated and granted the authority to award LLB degrees. In the same year, the Evening Polytechnic School began offering courses in art, architecture, navigation, surveying, mathematics, and other subjects. The School of Commerce and Finance began instruction in 1907 for those interested in a career in business.

As demand rose, Speare moved to expand the programs, and in 1909 the day colleges commenced. In that same year, the Evening Polytechnic School announced "Co-operative Engineering Courses," a new program pioneered at the University of Cincinnati, in which students would have an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in the workplace. With their only building on the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets filled to overflowing, the YMCA's directors began to plan for new headquarters. But before they could begin construction on a new building, intended for a site near the existing one, fire destroyed the YMCA. While programs were held in rented space all over the city, the directors voted to construct a new home on Huntington Avenue, next to the American League baseball field. The cornerstone was laid by




President William Howard Taft, and in 1913 the new building opened. In recognition of the growth of the academic programs, Northeastern College was incorporated in 1916. Six years later, by permission of the Massachusetts General Court, its name was changed to Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association. Northeastern continued to grow, and this required more space. The Boston Red Sox had left their field on Huntington Avenue for their new stadium in the Fenway in 1912. Since that time, the field area had been used for evangelist Billy Sunday's Tabernacle, visiting circuses and rodeos, and other events. Recognizing the pressing need for space that could only be provided by a building devoted exclusively to college use, Speare urged Northeastern to purchase this property.

Northeastern did so in 1929. Unfortunately, the stock market crash in October of that year delayed plans for construction. Finally, in 1934, the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott was awarded the contract to design Richards Hall. Using what was to become the campus signature - white brick - Shepley, Bulfinch presented a building neoclassical in symmetry and proportions. Opened in 1938, Richards Hall was the first building to appear on the front quadrangle. As the campus grew, so did Northeastern's programs. In 1935, the College of Liberal Arts was added, a clear indication that Northeastern was on its way to becoming a great university. As Northeastern expanded, it sought its own identity separate from the YMCA. For example, in the same year the College of Liberal Arts was created, the words "of the Boston Young Men's Christian

Association" were eliminated from the corporate name "Northeastern University." Two years later, the Northeastern University Corporation was established. Of the corporation's seventy-four members, thirty-one would serve as trustees. No more than eight trustees could also be directors of the YMCA. Finally, in 1948, a revision of the University Charter and Bylaws made Northeastern completely separate from the YMCA.

In 1940, Speare stepped down as president and was replaced by Carl Stephens Ell, dean of the College of Engineering. President Ell had joined Northeastern in 1910 as an engineering instructor and sometime basketball coach. Under his leadership, Northeastern first admitted women to the full-time day programs and then adjusted to the massive changes in American higher education that followed World War II.

In the post-war world, Northeastern, like its sister institutions, saw a phenomenal increase in the numbers of people coming to college. The University expanded its programs to accommodate more and increasingly diverse students. In rapid succession, additional programs and colleges were established: College of Education, 1953; University College, 1960; College of Pharmacy, 1962; College of Nursing, 1964; Boston Bouvé College, 1964; College of Criminal Justice, 1967; and College of Computer Science, 1982. Again, expansion of programs brought with it a massive building program. Ell retired as president in 1959, succeeded by Asa S. Knowles, who continued and accelerated the University's expansion.




Suburban properties in Weston, Nahant, and Burlington were acquired. The Boston campus, too, blossomed with new buildings, including a variety of undergraduate dormitories opened to accommodate the increasing number of residential students arriving on what had hitherto been primarily a commuter campus.

When Knowles retired in 1975, he was succeeded by Kenneth G. Ryder, who had begun his career at Northeastern as a member of the History department and had risen through the ranks to become executive vice president before his election as president. Under his leadership, the University expanded and enriched its programs, particularly in the areas of arts and humanities. President Ryder also was committed to increased and improved facilities. He acquired the suburban campus in Dedham, and under his direction, plans were finalized for the Snell Library. Not only were buildings constructed but, at his insistence, the campus itself took on a more gracious and pleasant aspect resulting from the planting of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and the creation of small parks. Through the initiation and sponsorship of a variety of special programs, the Ryder years were also a time when Northeastern displayed a growing commitment to the city and its neighborhoods. In 1989, Ryder stepped down as the fourth president of the University. He was succeeded by John A. Curry, Northeastern's executive vice president and its first alumnus to become president. With President Curry in charge, the University embarked on a series of ambitious undertakings, including a new science

and engineering research center, a state-of-the-art classroom building, a recreation complex, and several new graduate and undergraduate programs.

To support these new ventures, Curry led the University in the largest and most successful fundraising campaign in its history. His years of leadership also featured significant restructuring as the University prepared to enter its second century. In June 1996, after four decades of service, Curry retired from Northeastern. To succeed him, the trustees elected Richard M. Freeland as the University's sixth president. A distinguished historian and administrator, President Freeland brought to the University a renewed sense of energy and mission. He has defined a vision for carrying Northeastern into the next century. Freeland has characterized the themes of Northeastern's excellence as a national research university that is student-centered, practice-oriented, and urban. He believes that these concepts evoke the accomplishments of our past while pointing us toward new frontiers of achievement. Thanks to the dedication and work of an energetic University community, Frank Palmer Speare's "eraser and two sticks of chalk" have become one of America's great universities. As Northeastern looks forward to its second century, it can look back to its first hundred years with pride and a hearty sense of "well done."

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