Graduate Major

Note: Any graduate major may be used as a graduate minor. Also see Graduate Minor chart for additional fields approved as graduate minors only.

Graduate Degrees

Academic Unit

Note: The academic unit is responsible for directing and managing the majors and minors.

Graduate Areas of Concentration

Note: Areas of concentration are for reference only. They do not appear on your transcript or diploma.

Adult Education

EdM

Dept. of Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership

Workplace and adult skills development, organization development and training, work force development

Agricultural Education

MAg, MS

Dept. of Agricultural Education and General Agriculture

Teacher preparation, leadership and communication in agriculture

Agriculture

MAg

College of Agricultural Sciences

Three agriculturally related areas are required. Areas may be agricultural economics, agricultural education, animal science, botany and plant pathology, crop science, fisheries science, food science, horticulture, rangeland resources, soil science, wildlife science, or other areas approved by the College of Agricultural Sciences

Animal Science

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Animal Sciences

Animal genetics, animal nutrition, dairy production (MS only), embryo physiology, endocrinology, growth and development, livestock management (MS only), nutritional biochemistry, reproductive physiology

Applied Anthropology

MA, PhD

Dept. of Anthropology

American Indians–past and present, biocultural medical anthropology, cultural resource management, globalization/localization, historic archaeology, language and cross-cultural communications, and natural resources and communities (MA only). Business organization and work; ethnicity, culture and health; local values, indigenous knowledge, and environment (PhD only)

Applied Economics

MA, MS, PhD

Graduate School

International trade, public health economics, resource and environmental economics, transportation economics (MA, MS only)

Applied Ethics

MA

Dept. of Philosophy

Bioethics, environmental ethics, and art and morality

Atmospheric Sciences

MA, MS, PhD

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Atmospheric chemistry and pollution, atmospheric radiation and remote sensing, global climate dynamics, large-scale dynamics and planetary atmospheres, turbulence and convection, statistical and applied meteorology

Biochemistry and Biophysics

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biochemistry, biophysics

Biological and Ecological Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

Dept. of Biological and Ecological Engineering

Bio-based products and fuels, bioprocessing, biological systems analysis, food engineering, water quality, water resources

Botany and Plant Pathology

MA, MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology

Applied systematics, ecology, genetics, genomics and computational biology, molecular and cellular biology, mycology, plant pathology, plant physiology, systemics

Business Administration

MBA

College of Business

Business administration

Chemical Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering

Chemical engineering, environmental engineering

Chemistry

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Chemistry

Analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry

Civil Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

School of Civil and Construction Engineering

Civil engineering, construction engineering management, geotechnical engineering, ocean engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering (hydraulics, hydrology, management, planning)

College Student Services Administration

EdM, MS

Dept. of Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership

Student development theory and application; college and university characteristics and environments; history, development, and current issues in higher education; leadership and management of administrative departments; program oversight in specialized administrative areas such as financial aid, student activities, career services, multicultural affairs, recreational sports, and student housing; student development theory and application

Comparative Veterinary Medicine

PhD

College of Veterinary Medicine

Anatomy, clinical sciences, histology and biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, nutrition, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology

Computer Science

MA, MEng, MS, PhD

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Computer graphics, vision, and computational geometry; computer systems and information access; end user software engineering; human-computer interaction; intelligent systems; programming languages

Construction Engineering Management

MBE

School of Civil and Construction Engineering

Construction engineering management

Contemporary Hispanic Studies

MA

Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Contemporary Hispanic studies

Counseling

MS, PhD

Dept. of Teacher and Counselor Education

School counseling (MS only), community counseling (MS only), school counseling licensure (MS only), OBLCT licensure (MS only), counselor education and supervision (PhD only)

Creative Writing

MFA

Dept. of English

Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing

Crop Science

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Crop and Soil Science

Crop breeding, genetics and cytogenetics (cereals, grasses, oilseeds), crop physiology and biochemistry, forage and pasture management, grain crop production, new crop development, post-harvest seed technology, potato production, seed production, seed crop physiology, seed biology, weed biology, weed management

Design and Human Environment

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Design and Human Environment

Human behavior in the near environment, cultural/historic aspects of the near environment, design in the near environment, merchandising management, and textiles

Education

EdM, MS, EdD, PhD

Dept. of Teacher and Counselor Education;
Dept. of Adult and Higher Education

Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education (EdM, Department of Teacher and Counselor Education only); Teacher Leadership (PhD, Department of Teacher and Counselor Education only); Community College Leadership (EdD, PhD, Department of Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership only); Organizational and Human Resource Education (EdM, MS, Department of Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership only)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Analog and mixed signal; computer engineering; energy systems; intelligent systems; materials and devices; R/F microwaves and optics, signal processing and communication systems

English

MA

Dept. of English

English and American literature, literature and culture, rhetoric and composition

Entomology

MA, MAg, MS, PhD

Entomology Program
(College of Agricultural Sciences)

Entomology

Environmental Science

MA, MS, PhD

Environmental Sciences Program (Graduate School)

Biogeochemistry, ecology, environmental education, natural resources, quantitative analysis, social science, water resources

Exercise and Sport Science

MS, PhD

Dept. of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Biomechanics, exercise physiology, movement studies in disability, sport and exercise physiology, sport medicine, sport pedagogy

Fisheries Science

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife

Aquaculture, conservation biology, fish genetics, ichthyology, limnology, parasites and diseases, physiology and ecology of marine and freshwater fishes, stream ecology, toxicology, water pollution biology

Food Science and Technology

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Food Science and Technology

Brewing, enology, flavor chemistry, food chemistry/biochemistry, food engineering, food microbiology/biotechnology, food and seafood processing, sensory evaluation

Forest Engineering

MF, MS, PhD

Dept. of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

Forest engineering (MF, MS), forest hydrology (MF, MS, PhD), forest operations (MF), forest soil science (MF, MS, PhD), harvesting, harvesting/silviculture

Forest Resources

MF, MS, PhD

Dept. of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

Forest biometrics/modeling, forest ecology, forest management, forest management science/operations research, forest measurement, forest recreation resource management and tourism, forest social science, forestry/wildlife, master of forestry, natural resource education and extension, natural resource policy and law, remote sensing and GIS, restoration ecology, silviculture, soils

Forest Science

MF, MS, PhD

Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society

Agroforestry/sustainable forestry (MS only), forest biology (MF only), forest ecology (MS, PhD), forest genetics (MS, PhD), forest tree physiology (MS, PhD), integrated forest protection (MS, PhD), silviculture (MF, MS, PhD), silviculture/harvesting systems (PhD only)

Geography

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Geosciences

Geographic information science, physical geography, resource geography

Geology

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Geosciences

Glacial geology; geochemistry, hydrogeology, structural geology; geomorphology; geophysics; igneous petrology; tectonics; volcanology and mineral deposits

History of Science

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of History

Development of the physical, biological, and environmental sciences; history of science and medicine; intellectual and social history of science in Europe and the U.S.

Horticulture

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Horticulture

Biotechnology/molecular biology, culture and management of horticultural crop production, genetics and breeding, physiology and biochemistry

Human Development and Family Studies

MS, PhD

Dept. of Human Development and Family Sciences

Human development and family studies

Industrial Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Human systems engineering, information systems engineering, manufacturing systems engineering, nano/micro fabrication

Interdisciplinary Studies

MAIS

Graduate School

Selected from three fields offering graduate majors or minors

Marine Resource Management

MA, MS

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Marine resource management

Materials Science

MS, PhD

Material Science Program (School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering-Coord Unit)

Materials science-chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, forest products, mathematics, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, physics

Mathematics

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Mathematics

Actuarial science, algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, computational mathematics, differential equations, financial mathematics, geometry, mathematics education, number theory, numerical analysis, probability, topology

Mathematics Education

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Science and Math Education

Free-choice learning, mathematics education, elementary school mathematics, middle school mathematics, secondary mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Applied mechanics, applied thermodynamics, biomechanics, combustion, design, design and analysis of mechanical and thermal fluid systems, dynamics, energy, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, materials science, mechanical engineering, physical and mechanical metallurgy, solid mechanics, stress analysis, systems and control

Medical Physics

MMP, MS, PhD

Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Medical health physics, therapeutic radiologic physics

Microbiology

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Microbiology

Biotechnical microbiology, environmental microbiology, food microbiology, genomics, immunology, microbial ecology, microbial evolution, microbial genetics and molecular biology, pathogenic microbiology, virology

Molecular and Cellular Biology

MS, PhD

Molecular and Cellular Biology Program (Graduate School)

Bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell biology, developmental biology, genome biology, molecular biology, molecular pathogenesis, molecular virology, plant molecular biology, structural biology

Nuclear Engineering

MEng, MS, PhD

Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Application of nuclear techniques, arms control technology, nuclear instrumentation and applications, nuclear medicine, nuclear power generation, nuclear reactor engineering, nuclear systems design and modeling, nuclear waste management, numerical methods for reactor analysis, radiation shielding, radioisotope production, space nuclear power, and thermal hydraulics

Nutrition

MS, PhD

Dept. of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Applied nutrition and dietetics, bionutrition

Oceanography

MA, MS, PhD

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Biological, chemical, geological, physical, interdisciplinary oceanography

Pharmacy

MS, PhD

College of Pharmacy

Biopharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, natural products chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, pharmacoeconomics, toxicology

Physics

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Physics

Atomic physics, computational physics, nuclear physics, optical physics, particle physics, relativity, solid state physics, physics education

Public Health

MPH, PhD

Dept. of Public Health

Environment, safety and health (MPH, PhD), health management and policy (MPH, PhD), health promotion (MPH only), health promotion and health behavior (PhD only), international health (MPH only), public health

Public Policy

MPP

College of Liberal Arts

Environmental policy, international policy, rural policy, science policy, social policy

Radiation Health Physics

MA, MHP, MS, PhD

Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Application of nuclear techniques, boron neutron capture therapy, emergency response planning, environmental monitoring, environmental pathways assessment, nuclear medicine, radiation detection and instrumentation, radiation dosimetry, radiation health physics, radiation shielding, radioactive material transport, radioactive waste management, research reactor health physics, and risk assessment

Rangeland Ecology and Management

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Rangeland Ecology and Management

Agroforestry, ecology of rangelands, physiology of range plants, range improvement, range nutrition, restoration ecology, riparian zone management, watershed management

Science Education

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Science and Math Education

Free-choice learning, science education, middle school science, elementary school science, secondary science

Soil Science

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Crop and Soil Science

Environmental soil science, forest soils, nutrient cycling, soil conservation and land use, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil genesis and classification, soil geochemistry, soil microbiology, soil physics

Statistics

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Statistics

Statistics

Teaching

MAT

Dept. of Teacher and Counselor Education

Teaching*

Toxicology

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

Environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, mechanistic toxicology, molecular and cellular toxicology, neurotoxicology

Veterinary Science

MS

College of Veterinary Medicine

Anatomy, clinical sciences, immunology, laboratory animal medicine, microbiology, pharmacology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, and toxicology, as these fields pertain to veterinary medicine

Water Resources Engineering

MS, PhD

Graduate School

Groundwater engineering, surface water engineering, watershed engineering

Water Resources Policy and Management

MS

Graduate School

Water resources policy and management

Water Resources Science

MS, PhD

Graduate School

Water resources science

Wildlife Science

MAg, MS, PhD

Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife

Animal-habitat relationships; behavior; biology of big game and small mammals; conservation biology; community studies; ecology of avian and mammalian predators; ecology of waterfowl and upland gamebirds; effects of parasites, diseases, and environmental contaminants; nutrition; population; population dynamics; reproductive biology; toxicology of pesticides; wildlife ecology; wildlife-forestry interactions; wildlife science

Wood Science

MS, PhD

Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering

Biodeterioration and wood preservation, computer-aided wood processing, forest products marketing, material science, wood composites, process modeling and analysis, timber engineering, wood anatomy and quality, wood chemistry, wood physics, moisture relations

Zoology

MA, MS, PhD

Dept. of Zoology

Behavioral ecology, behavioral endocrinology, cell biology, chemical ecology, comparative immunology, conservation biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, marine ecology, neurobiology, parasitology, physiology, population biology

Minor

Academic Unit

Graduate Areas of Concentration

Anthropology

Dept. of Anthropology

Applied cultural anthropology, biocultural evolution, cultural resource management, cross-cultural communication, general anthropology, historic archeology, medical anthropology, natural resource and community development, prehistoric archeology

Art

Dept. of Art

Fine arts, art history, photography

Community College Education

Dept. of Adult Education and Higher Education

Instruction, curriculum, management and adult extension, community college

Community Health

Dept. of Public Health

Community health

Ecosystem Informatics

Dept. of Geosciences

Ecosystem informatics

Ethnic Studies

Dept. of Ethnic Studies

Ethnic studies

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Modern languages, French, German, Spanish

Gerontology

Dept. of Human Development and Family Sciences

Gerontology

History

Dept. of History

American history (U.S.), Western U.S. history, European history, non-American and non-European history (Asian, African, Latin American, Islamic), history of science

International Agricultural Development

College of Agricultural Sciences

International agricultural development

Music

Dept. of Music

Composition, Conducting, music education, performance

Philosophy

Dept. of Philosophy

Ethics (including environmental ethics and biomedical ethics), logic and philosophy of science, aesthetic theory, history of philosophy, religious studies

Political Science

Dept. of Political Science

American politics, judicial politics, public administration, political theory, state and local government, international relations, comparative politics, gender politics, environmental policy

Psychology

Dept. of Psychology

General psychology

Sociology

Dept. of Sociology

Environmental and natural resources, international sociology, social policy

Speech Communication

Dept. of Speech Communication

Interpersonal and group communication; rhetoric and social influence; theatre arts costume and scene design; theatre arts directing, performance, and management; theatre arts history, criticism/literature, and playwriting

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Dept. of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Sport and exercise psychology

Water Resources

Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability (Coordinating Unit)

Hydrology, water quality, water resources planning and management

Women Studies

College of Liberal Arts
Women Studies Program 

Contemporary women’s issues; race, class and gender; women and international issues

Graduate Certificate

Academic Unit

Fisheries Management

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (primary coordination) and College of Agricultural Sciences

Geographic Information Science

Dept. of Geosciences

Health Management and Policy

College of Health and Human Sciences

Marine Resource Management

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Sustainable Natural Resources

College of Forestry; Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Dept. of Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership

Water Conflict Management and Transformation

College of Science (primary coordination), College of Agricultural Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Forestry, College of Liberal Arts