School of Arts and
Sciences
Peter March, Ph.D., Executive Dean
The School of Arts and Sciences, created in 2006, combines
the former Douglass, Livingston, Rutgers, and University Colleges. The school
offers students a wide choice of majors in the humanities, social sciences,
biological/life sciences, and physical and mathematical sciences, as well as
access to a limited number of majors offered by the School of Environmental and
Biological Sciences and the Mason Gross School of the Arts.
School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences
Robert M. Goodman, Ph.D., Executive Dean
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences offers
undergraduate programs in various applied disciplines with an emphasis on
environmental, agricultural, food, and marine sciences. Formerly the College of
Agriculture, later the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, and
most recently Cook College, the school adopted its present name in 2006.
Graduate programs are offered through the Graduate School-New Brunswick.
Edward J. Bloustein
School of Planning and Public Policy
Michael Greenberg, Ph.D., Acting Dean (effective July 1, 2017)
James W. Hughes, Ph.D., Dean (through June 30, 2017)
Founded in 1992, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy provides focus for Rutgers' programs of instruction,
research, and service in planning and public policy. The school offers
undergraduate programs in planning and public policy; public policy; public
health; health administration; and urban planning and design. On the graduate
level, the school confers master of city and regional planning (M.C.R.P.);
master of city and regional studies (M.C.R.S.); master of public affairs and
politics (M.P.A.P.); master of public policy (M.P.P.); and master of health
administration (M.H.A.) degrees. A program also is offered that leads to the
doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in planning and public policy; this degree
is conferred by the Graduate School-New Brunswick. In addition, the school
offers dual-degree programs with Rutgers Law School, with the Rutgers Business
School: Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick, and with the Graduate
School-New Brunswick.
Ernest Mario School
of Pharmacy
Joseph A. Barone, Pharm.D., Dean
The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is part of Rutgers
Biomedical and Health Sciences. First organized in 1892 and incorporated into
the state university in 1927, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy offers a
six-year professional program leading to the doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
degree and a graduate program offering a post-bachelor of science (B.S.)
Pharm.D. degree (both traditional two-year and nontraditional). Other graduate
programs leading to advanced degrees through the Graduate School-New Brunswick
are available. In addition, the school sponsors a continuing education program
for the benefit of practicing pharmacists throughout the state.
Graduate School of
Applied and Professional Psychology
Francine Conway,
Ph.D., Dean
The Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
(GSAPP) was established in 1974 to train direct-service psychologists who have
a special commitment to community involvement. It offers the doctor of
psychology (Psy.D.) degree in professional psychology with specializations in
the areas of clinical psychology and school psychology. GSAPP also awards the
master of psychology (Psy.M.) degree en passant to the doctorate; the Psy.M. is
not offered as a terminal degree.
Graduate School of
Education
Wanda J. Blanchett, Ph.D., Dean
Courses in education were first offered by the former
Rutgers College in the late 19th century. A separate school offering its own
curricula was organized in 1924. The Graduate School of Education offers
programs leading to the degrees of master of education (Ed.M.) and doctor of
education (Ed.D.).
Mason Gross School of
the Arts
George B. Stauffer, Ph.D., Dean
Opened in 1976, the school grants both undergraduate and
graduate degrees. Formed to provide an education in the arts of the highest
professional caliber, the school offers master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degrees in
visual arts, dance, and theater arts; doctor of musical arts (D.M.A.); artist
diploma (A.Dpl.) in music; master of music (M.M.); bachelor of music (B.Mus.);
and bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degrees in dance, design, digital
filmmaking, theater arts, and visual arts.
Rutgers Business
School-Newark and New Brunswick
Lei Lei, Ph.D., Dean
Rutgers Business School offers undergraduate and graduate
programs in Newark and New Brunswick. Rutgers
Business School: Undergraduate-Newark offers the bachelor of science (B.S.)
degree in accounting, finance, management, management information systems,
marketing, and supply chain management. Rutgers Business School:
Undergraduate-New Brunswick offers the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in
accounting, business analytics and information technology, finance, management,
marketing, and supply chain management. Rutgers Business School: Graduate
Programs-Newark and New Brunswick offers the master of business administration
(M.B.A.), an M.B.A. degree in professional accounting, a master of accountancy
in taxation, a master of accountancy with options in governmental accounting or
financial accounting, a master of information technology, a master of
quantitative finance, a master of financial analysis, an online master of
science (M.S.) in supply chain management, a master of science (M.S.) in health
care services management, and a master of science (M.S.) in business of fashion,
and a variety of dual degrees. The doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in
management is available in 11 areas of concentration and is offered by the
Graduate School-Newark in cooperation with the New Jersey Institute of
Technology.
School of
Communication and Information
Jonathan Potter, Ph.D., Dean
The School of Communication and Information is a community
of scholars, students, alumni, and professionals seeking to make a difference
in an age of global information and communication. With roots in academic
programs offered at Rutgers beginning in the 1920s, the current name of the
school was adopted in 2009 to reflect its 21st-century outlook. The School of
Communication and Information offers undergraduate programs of study in
communication, information technology and informatics, and journalism and media
studies. Students are admitted to these majors through a competitive process
after they have been admitted to the university. At
the graduate level, the
school offers programs leading to the degrees of master of communication
and media (M.C.M.), master of information (M.I.), and doctor of
philosophy (with the Ph.D. awarded by the Graduate School-New
Brunswick).
Professional development courses and certificate programs for working
professionals also are provided.
School of Engineering
Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D., Dean
Instruction in engineering began at Rutgers in 1864 when the
State of New Jersey designated the Rutgers Scientific School as the State
College for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The College of
Engineering became a separate unit in 1914 and was renamed the School of
Engineering in 1999. The school is dedicated to the sound technical and general
education of the student. It offers a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in nine
disciplines, including bioenvironmental engineering with the School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences, and a curriculum in applied sciences.
Its graduate programs are conducted through the Graduate School-New Brunswick.
School of Graduate Studies
Jerome J. Kukor, Ph.D., Dean
Kathleen W. Scotto, Ph.D., Vice Dean
As of July 1, 2017, the Graduate
School-New Brunswick and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences merged to
become the new School of Graduate Studies, which provides personalized academic support
for approximately 5,200 Rutgers students enrolled in more than 150
doctoral, master's, and dual-degree programs across New
Brunswick, Piscataway, and Newark.
School of Management
and Labor Relations
Adrienne Eaton, Ph.D., Acting Dean (effective July 1, 2017)
James Hayton, Ph.D., Dean (through June 30, 2017)
The School of Management and Labor Relations, formed in
1994, provides undergraduate instruction in labor studies and employment
relations leading to a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree conferred jointly by the
school and the School of Arts and Sciences, as well as a bachelor of science
(B.S.) degree awarded by the School of Management and Labor Relations alone. At
the graduate level, programs are offered that lead to the degrees of master of
human resource management (M.H.R.M.), master of labor and employment relations
(M.L.E.R.), and, through the Graduate School-New Brunswick, a doctor of
philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in industrial relations and human resources.
School of Nursing
William L. Holzemer, Ph.D., Dean
The School of Nursing is part of Rutgers Biomedical and
Health Sciences. With classes in both
Newark and New Brunswick, the School of Nursing offers baccalaureate, master's,
and doctoral degrees and certificates, including a bachelor of science (B.S.)
in nursing, accelerated B.S.N., R.N. to B.S. program, a master of science
(M.S.) in nursing leadership, doctor of nursing practice (D.N.P.) and a Ph.D.
program in nursing awarded by the Graduate School-Newark.
School of Social Work
Cathryn C. Potter, Ph.D., Dean
Established in 1954 to prepare students for professional
social work practice, the School of Social Work offers a two-year graduate
curriculum leading to the master of social work (M.S.W.) degree. The school's
faculty also teaches an undergraduate social work program. The School of Social
Work offers a doctor of social work (D.S.W.) degree program, and through the
Graduate School-New Brunswick, it offers a program leading to the doctor of
philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
Summer Session-New
Brunswick
Elizabeth H. Beasley, M.A., Director
The Summer Session, begun in 1913 and established as a
division of the university in 1960, offers a wide variety of graduate and
undergraduate courses during three sessions in the summer months. In addition,
select noncredit programs for targeted audiences are conducted.
Divisions of the University 
