Graduate Program Orientation, Advising & Course Registration Information

Scroll down this table to find information specific to your program.  If you cannot find your program, have questions or need assistance, please contact RIT’s Graduate Enrollment Office at 585-475-2229 or by email at grad@rit.edu.

Information on specific graduate program orientations will be updated as we receive information from the academic departments. Check back with this page periodically for updated information.

Sustainability & Architecture

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Sustainability, PhD	Contract Program Chair Dr. Thomas Smith twwsch@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Sustainable Systems	Dr. Thomas Smith twwsvh@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Architecture	Dr. Alex Bitterman aebfaa@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students

Art, Design, Craft, Photography, Film & Graphic Arts

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Photography MFA	Therese Mulligan mtmpph@rit.edu or Jenny LaFlam jegpph@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Film & Animation MFA	Howard Lester helpph@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Print Media MS	Dr. Scott Williams sawppr@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Graphic Design MFA	Chris Jackson cbjpgd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Industrial Design MFA	Stan Rickel srrfaa@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Computer Graphic Design, MFA	Chris Jackson cbjpgd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Fine Arts Studio	Tom Lightfoot trlfad@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Visual Art	Carole Woodlock cmwfaa@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Medical Illustration	Glen Hintz grhfad@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
School for American Crafts	Rich Tannen rdtfaa@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students

Engineering

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Computer Engineering, MS	Kathy Stefanik kiseec@rit.edu	First week of classes	Department will register students	Contact department for more details
Electrical Engineering, MS	Patti Vicari pmveee@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students	Mandatory seminar required - contact department for more info
Mechanical Engineering, MS	Diedra Livingston djleme@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Industrial Engineering, MS & ME	Marilyn Houck msh3592@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students	General Advising, tours and faculty meet and greet
Sustainable Engineering	Marilyn Houck msh3592@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Microelectronics Engineering ME & MS	Rob Pearson repemc@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Applied Statistics MS & Advanced Certificate	Francine Smeltzer francine.smeltzer@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Microsystems Engineering, PhD	Sharon Stevens slseen@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students

Business

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
MBA, MBA Accounting, MS Finance, MS Management, MS Innovation Mgmt.	Sonya O’Neil soneil@saunders.rit.edu	TBD

Communication, Education, Psychology & Public Policy

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Applied Experimental & Engineering Psychology, MS	Renee Walker fawgla@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Communication & Media Technologies MS	Dr. Rudy Pugliese rrpgsl@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Science, Technology & Public Policy MS	Dr. Franz Foltz mspolicy@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
School Psychology MS	Jennifer Lukomski jalgsp@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Secondary Education MS			Department will register students

Computing & Information Sciences & Technology

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Computer Science MS	Dr. Hans-Peter Bischof hpb@cs.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Software Engineering MS	Dr. Stephanie Ludi sal@se.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Computing Security & Information Assurance MS	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Information Technology MS	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Human Computer Interation MS	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Game Design & Development MS	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Networking & System Administration MS	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Information Assurance - Advanced Certificate	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Interactive Multimedia Development Advanced Certificate	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Network Planning & Design Advanced Certificate	Ms. Dianne Bills itgradcord@it.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students

Applied Science & Technology / Engineering Technology / Multidisciplinary / General Studies / Hospitality & Service Management / Human Resources

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Civil Eng Tech / Environmental Health & Safety  Mgmt. MS	Refer to your advisor assignment contained in the admission packet your received	TBD	Department will register students
Service Leadership & Innovation MS & Advanced Certificate	Anne Zachmeyer abzhrd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Hospitality / Tourism Management MS	Anne Zachmeyer abzhrd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Health Systems Adm. MS & Advanced Certificate	Anne Zachmeyer abzhrd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Senior Living Mgt., Health Information Systems, Health Systems Finance, & Elements of Health Care Leadership Advanced Certificates	Anne Zachmeyer abzhrd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Human Resources Development MS	Anne Zachmeyer abzhrd@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Professional Studies MS, Project Mgmt. Advanced Certificate, Technical Information Design Advanced Certificate	Abby Berner abby.berner@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Telecommunications Engineering Technology	Syndey Seaver sascms@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Manufacturing & Mechanical Systems Integration MS	S. Marian Ramkumar smmet@rit.edu		Department will register students
Packaging Science MS	Deanna Jacobs dmjipk@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students

Science, Mathematics, Statistics & Imaging Science

Program	Graduate Contact	Department - Program Orientation	Course Registration	Additional Notes
Applied & Computational Mathematics MS	Tamas Wiandt tiwsma@rit.edu	TBD	Students will be registered during program orientation	Orientation, tour, TA Training and Faculty meet and greet sent in August
Chemistry, MS	Dr. Joseph Hornak hornak@cis.rit.edu		Department will register students
Material Science & Engineering, MS	Dr. Kalathur Santhanam ksssch@rit.edu	Contact program advisor	Department will register students
Environmental Science MS	Dr. Karl Korfmacher mfkscl@rit.edu		Department will register students
Bioinformatics, MS	Michael Osier michael.bioinformatics@rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Imaging Science MS & PhD	Dr. Anthony Vodacek vodacek@cis.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students
Color Science MS & PhD	Mark Fairchild mdf@cis.rit.edu	TBD	Department will register students