Welcome to the Queens College Office of Graduate Studies and Research website. Dr. Richard J Bodnar, the Acting Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, may best be contacted by e-mail, or by making an appointment with the Administrative Assistant, Ms. Carol Capalone (see Office Information at right). Ms. Capalone will determine if you may initially be best served by another office or if you need an appointment with Professor Bodnar.

This site provides basic information about graduate study at Queens College to present and potential students, as well as links to other pages with details concerning your own academic interests. Whatever your goals, we hope that your experience with us will be both enriching and enjoyable. All matters concerned with scholastic standards and academic appeals, registration permits, maintenance of matriculation and filing for graduation for all of the graduate programs based at Queens College, as well as changes in the graduate curriculum and new graduate programs (the Graduate Curriculum Committee) are the responsibility of this office. For entering students, matters concerning admission to graduate programs at Queens College may best be addressed by contacting the Office of Graduate Admissions, or by directly contacting the particular program in which you are interested. For enrolled students, matters concerning registration for courses may best be addressed by contacting your Program Advisor or the Assistant Registrar for Graduate Studies (Jefferson Hall, Room 100; 718-997-4432).

Graduate Programs: The college offers programs leading to the Master's Degree, the Master of Arts in Teaching Degree, and the Master of Science in Education Degree. The college also offers programs leading to the Post-Baccalaureate Advanced Certificate and the Post-Masters Advanced Certificate. Queens is an active participant in Doctoral Programs at the Graduate Center of CUNY.

Research: A major indicator of academic viability in higher education is the strong scholarly activity of full-time faculty. Queens College and CUNY have demonstrated a strong commitment in support of its faculty’s scholarly achievements through such university-run initiatives as the PSC/CUNY Award Program and the CUNY Collaborative Research Program and such college-sponsored initiatives as the Research Enhancement Program. Contact the Queens College Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for more information about submission of internal and external proposals.

The faculty of Queens College has continued to demonstrate great scholarly productivity in their books, peer-reviewed publications, and book chapters, as well as their presentations at national meetings, performances, exhibitions and scholarly reviews. Scholarly activity by each department from 2005-2008 can be accessed. The faculty of Queens College has also been very successful in the recent awarding of Competitive External Grants.