St. Francis College's two-year Master of Science in Professional Accounting is designed for anyone looking for a mid-career change or just looking to increase understanding of business practices from an accountant's perspective.

With flexible day and night classes, this program can quickly get professionals, young and old, on track for a new successful career in as few as four semesters. The ten-course, 34-credit program fulfills all requirements to sit for the CPA exam.

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Our M.S. in Management program is ideal for early and mid-level career professionals who want to move up to a managerial position or are looking for a career change. It can also serve as a launchpad for recent graduates who are looking to enter a business management career. Taught by a world-class faculty, it gets you the skills and credentials you need to springboard your career and earn a higher salary in a competitive job market.

Program participants learn the foundations of corporate finance, business analytics, strategic leadership and organizational change management, information technology, and marketing. They explore how businesses are using technology to adapt to socio-economic and environmental challenges, market trends, and changing consumer behaviors. The program offers five different concentrations for career opportunities in healthcare management, general business and operations management, program management, digital marketing, and social innovation and entrepreneurship.

Students can complete the program in one year full-time or within two years part-time. Delivered through a unique program structure of seven-week-long sessions, students benefit from greater flexibility to balance studies with work and family commitments.

The faculty teaches the classes either as a hybrid or fully online course. Hybrid classes meet in the evening once a week at our Brooklyn campus, conveniently located within walking distance from seven major subway lines, and they are supplemented with online activities. Online courses are taught asynchronously. Students can complete coursework assignments throughout the week, based on their own availability.

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The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at St. Francis College is a low residency program with separate genre tracks in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Dramatic Screenwriting/Playwriting, and Graphic Writing. Students complete a total of 36 credit hours over four semesters.

The program includes bi-annual ten-day residencies, offered in each semester - January and July. Residencies consist of intensive faculty workshops, lectures and daily publishing panels with top agents, editors, and publishers. During the 6 months in between residencies, students will regularly exchange writing online with their faculty mentors, continuing the work that began in residency. Students will take 4 online workshops and attend 5 residencies to earn the 36 credits for their MFA degree. The 5^th and final residency will culminate in a creative thesis—a novel, a chapbook of poetry or a short story collection.

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A master's degree in psychology can open a virtually limitless number of doors to career opportunity. Students who obtain advanced degrees in psychology work in business, education, and law, as well as in the diverse field of human services.

We expect our graduates to be prepared for mid-level management careers as behavior management specialists and to work within human service agencies, human resources, government programs, health programs, to name but a few potential career tracks.

This psychology graduate degree will prepare students for careers in the human services field, in the traditions of St. Francis College, or for further advanced study in psychology.

• The first year includes foundation courses such as assessment and intervention, professional and ethical procedures, experimental design, diversity and cognitive neuroscience.
• During the second year, students will be provided the opportunity to gain valuable research experience through the completion of a master’s thesis.

In addition, students who graduate from our MA program are automatically accepted into Alfred University’s Certificate of Advanced Study in Mental Health Counseling program. Completion of this certificate allows students to be eligible for licensure as a Mental Health Counselor.

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Please note: This program is meant to serve as a bridge to a doctoral program or as a terminal degree. It is not intended to qualify students to practice as psychologists or therapists, or to use the title psychologist, psychology, psychological or any derivative, and does not qualify students to sit for licensing exams.

The Master of Science in Exercise and Sport Science will prepare you for a variety of careers across four concentrations in High-Performance Coaching, Strength & Conditioning, Sports Psychology and Generalist studies.

Our Master in Science in Exercise and Sport Science program is built to prepare individuals who are committed to effecting change in the health and fitness industries and who take a holistic approach to exercise, wellness and fitness. Students will learn anatomy, motor behavior, exercise physiology, fitness assessment, biomechanics, and sport and exercise psychology.

The MS in Exercise and Sport Science program allows students to choose from multiple concentrations and still complete the program in as little as a year and a half. Graduates of our program can go on to work in a wide variety of careers, from strength and conditioning coaching to sports performance coaching, from certified personal training to physical education, and from dietary science and sports nutrition to exercise physiology research.

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The Master’s Degree in Childhood Special Education is designed to give students a broad knowledge base through extensive study of advanced theories of human growth and development, language development, theories of cognition, perception, information processing and memory. Coursework also includes sensorimotor, social-emotional, adaptive and aesthetic development in learning situations and family contexts.

In addition, the curriculum is designed to provide students with critical skills through fieldwork experience and meaningful hands-on opportunities to apply theory to practice; develop skills such as effective communication, the designing and conducting of needs assessment, the implementing of principles of teaching and learning; the selection of appropriate instructional materials, and the principles of protocol and ethics.

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The Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education is designed to prepare New York State certified teachers of Early Childhood (Birth-Grade 2). Students receive preparation in the foundations of early childhood education, methods of instruction in the early childhood classroom, including coursework that focuses specifically on methods of teaching early literacy, science, mathematics, play, music, and movement. Students are also given the opportunity to engage in “teacher as researcher” experiences.

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The Master of Science (M.S.) in Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection at St. Francis College is a 30-credit graduate program designed to meet the rising demand for advanced cybersecurity professionals who can safeguard critical systems, data, and infrastructures.

The program combines technical expertise, policy knowledge, and leadership skills with a strong emphasis on AI-driven security, compliance, and risk management. Delivered in hybrid and fully online formats, it is designed to serve both early-career professionals and experienced practitioners seeking to advance their careers.

Graduates will be prepared to secure critical infrastructure against evolving cyber threats, lead cross-functional teams, and contribute to national priorities in cybersecurity resilience.

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The Master’s Degree in Literacy is designed to prepare New York State certified teachers of Literacy (All Grades). Students receive preparation in pedagogical foundations, literacy and literature for children and young adults, literacy instruction and assessment, and the diagnosis and remediation of reading challenges. Coursework is grounded in the research on the science of reading.

In addition, the curriculum is designed to provide students with critical skills through fieldwork experience and meaningful hands-on opportunities to apply theory to practice; develop skills such as effective communication, the designing and conducting of needs assessment, the implementing of principles of teaching and learning; the selection of appropriate instructional materials, and the principles of protocol and ethics.

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The Advanced Certificate in School Building Leadership is a graduate certificate designed to prepare New York State certified School Building Leaders. Students receive preparation to serve as curricular and operational leaders in P-12 settings as they analyze critical and contemporary issues as well as study best practices in school finance and law.

In addition, each student will complete an administrative internship in a school setting where they can apply theories to practice in authentic school environments.

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Hybrid, remote-friendly format: Most coursework is fully online.

Focused in-person labs: General Biology I and General Chemistry I include a 3-day, on-campus intensive lab at SFC’s Brooklyn campus.

Ideal for non-local students: Learn from anywhere and travel to NYC only for the short lab intensives.

Clear outcome: A secured seat in SGU’s 4-Year MD program for students who meet the entry criteria.

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SFC's Master of Public Health with a specialization in Community Health prepares students to address community health needs locally, nationally, or internationally, in collaboration with partnering organizations and entities.

At the completion of the MPH program students will be able to: