{"id":774,"date":"2012-09-10T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad1213\/sps\/school-of-professional-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:39:05","slug":"school-of-professional-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/sps\/school-of-professional-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Joan Palladino, Interim Dean, WH 123
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Phone: (203) 837-9500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\neckertb@wcsu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryann Rossi, Associate Dean, WH 121<\/td>\nPhone: (203) 837-8950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nrossim@wcsu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Koschel, Administrative Assistant, WH 123<\/td>\nPhone: (203) 837-8576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nFax: (203) 837-8526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nkoschele@wcsu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Department<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katherine Roe, Chair<\/p>\n

Educational Psychology Co-Chairpersons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Kuhn, Co-Chair, ABA Program Coordinator, WH 318B, (203) 837-3206<\/p>\n

Lorrie-Anne Monte, Co-Chair, Counselor Education Program Coordinator (Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling), WH 322C, (203) 837-3262<\/p>\n

Health Promotion\u00a0and Exercise Sciences Co-Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robyn Housemann, Chair, BR 230D, (203) 837-8882<\/p>\n

Health Promotion\u00a0and Exercise Sciences\u00a0Assistant Chairperson<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Stevens, BR 230E, (203) 837-3903<\/p>\n

Justice and Law Administration Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kim Marino, WS 353, (203) 837-3973<\/p>\n

Nursing Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeanette Lupinacci, WH 107AE, (203) 837-8570<\/p>\n

Social Work Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen Mclean, WH 101C, (203) 837-8937<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mission and Objectives\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The mission of the School of Professional Studies is to prepare students to be highly competent professionals in\u00a0education, nursing, health promotion, and social work. The programs in the school are nationally recognized for achieving high professional standards and intensive clinical experiences. The school recognizes the\u00a0effect of a dynamic, changing society on these professions and is committed to responding positively to these changes. This is accomplished by close involvement with practicing professionals and timely updates to our programs of study.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0school\u00a0actively contributes to the body of knowledge of these professions. Through applied research and scholarly activities, the faculty challenges students in scientific inquiry and performance-based practice. The school provides entry to these professions through initial preparation at the undergraduate level and further development through master’s and doctoral programs.<\/p>\n

Departments in the School of Professional Studies are responsive and creative in providing best-practice teaching methods in each of their disciplines.\u00a0Each department\u00a0uses evidence-based, experimental, teaching and learning methods and engages in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other units within the university and the professional communities.\u00a0The School of Professional Studies is the\u00a0leading education center for western Connecticut in the professions\u00a0of education, nursing, health promotions,\u00a0and social work.<\/p>\n

Graduate Degree Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education and Educational Psychology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certificate for Intermediate Administration and Supervision (Endorsement 092)<\/p>\n

Master of Arts in Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Options:<\/p>\n

Secondary Education-Biology<\/p>\n

Secondary Education – Chemistry<\/p>\n

Secondary Education – English<\/p>\n

Secondary Education-Mathematics<\/p>\n

Secondary Education – Social Studies<\/p>\n

Secondary Education-Spanish<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis<\/p>\n

Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Options:<\/p>\n

Curriculum<\/p>\n

Instructional Technology (non-certification)<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Education in Literacy and Language Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Master of Science in Education in Special Education\u00a0 (K-12)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Master of Science in Counselor Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Options:<\/p>\n

Clinical Mental Health Counseling<\/p>\n

School Counseling<\/p>\n

Certificate<\/p>\n

Justice and Law Administration<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Master of Science in Homeland Security<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nursing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctor of Education in Nursing Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Master of Science in Nursing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Adult-Gerontology Clinical Specialist<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner<\/p>\n

Post-Master\u2019s Certificate in Adult Nurse Practitioner<\/p>\n

Admissions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please refer to the department area in this catalog for specific procedures and requirements for admissions, or contact the\u00a0Office of Graduate Studies\u00a0at (203) 837-8243.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Joan Palladino, Interim Dean, WH 123 Phone: (203) 837-9500 \u00a0 eckertb@wcsu.edu Maryann Rossi, Associate Dean, WH 121 Phone: (203) 837-8950 \u00a0 rossim@wcsu.edu Elizabeth Koschel, Administrative Assistant, WH 123 Phone:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":756,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}