Graduate Degrees and Certificates by College or School
College of Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Education, MAg, MS
Agriculture, MAg
Animal Science, MAg, MS, PhD
Applied Economics, MA, MS, PhD
Applied Systematics in Botany, PSM
Botany and Plant Pathology, MA, MAg, MS, PhD
Crop Science, MAg, MS, PhD
Entomology, MA, MAg, MS, PhD
Fisheries Management, Graduate Certificate
Fisheries Science, MAg, MS, PhD
Fisheries and Wildlife Administration, PSM
Food Science and Technology, MAg, MS, PhD
Horticulture, MAg, MS, PhD
Rangeland Ecology and Management, MAg, MS, PhD
Soil Science, MAg, MS, PhD
Toxicology, MAg, MS, PhD
Wildlife Science, MAg, MS, PhD
College of Business
Business Administration, MBA (administered by the College of Business)
Business Administration and Accountancy (MBAA) (administered by the College of Business)
Design and Human Environment, MA, MS, PhD
College of Education
Adult Education, EdM
College Student Services Administration, EdM, MS
Counseling, MS, PhD
Education, EdM, MS, EdD, PhD
Mathematics Education, MA, MS, PhD
Science Education, MA, MS, PhD
Teaching, MAT
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Geographic Information Science, Graduate Certificate
Geography, MA, MS, PhD
Geology, MA, MS, PhD
Marine Resource Management, MA, MS, Graduate Certificate
Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, MA, MS, PhD
Water Conflict Management and Transformation, Graduate Certificate
College of Engineering
Biological and Ecological Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Chemical Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Civil Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Computer Science, MA, MEng, MS, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Environmental Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Industrial Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Materials Science, MS, PhD
Mechanical Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Medical Physics, MMP, MS, PhD
Nuclear Engineering, MEng, MS, PhD
Radiation Health Physics, MA, MHP, MS, PhD
College of Forestry
Forest Ecosystems and Society, MF, MS, PhD
Natural Resources, MNR
Sustainable Forest Management, MF, MS, PhD
Sustainable Natural Resources, Graduate Certificate
Wood Science, MS, PhD
College of Liberal Arts
Applied Anthropology, MA, PhD
Applied Ethics, MA
Contemporary Hispanic Studies, MA
Creative Writing, MFA
English, MA
History of Science, MA, MS, PhD
Public Policy, MPP, PhD
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, MA
College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy, MS, PhD
College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Exercise and Sport Science, MS, PhD
Health Management and Policy, Graduate Certificate
Human Development and Family Studies, MS, PhD
Nutrition, MS, PhD
Public Health, Graduate Certificate
Public Health, MPH, PhD
College of Science
Applied Physics, PSM
Biochemistry and Biophysics, MA, MS, PhD
Chemistry, MA, MS, PhD
Management for Science Professionals, Graduate Certificate
Mathematics, MA, MS, PhD
Microbiology, MA, MS, PhD
Physics, MA, MS, PhD
Statistics, MA, MS, PhD
Zoology, MA, MS, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Science, MS
Interdisciplinary/Institutional Programs
Applied Biotechnology, PSM
College and University Teaching, Graduate Certificate
Environmental Sciences, MA, MS, PhD, PSM
Interdisciplinary Studies, MAIS
Molecular and Cellular Biology, MS, PhD
Water Resources Engineering, MS, PhD
Water Resources Policy and Management, MS
Water Resources Science, MS, PhD
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Graduate Majors, Minors, and Academic Units
Graduate Major
Note: Most graduate majors may be used as a graduate minor. Also see Graduate Minor chart for additional fields approved as graduate minors only.
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Graduate Degrees
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Academic Unit
Note: The academic unit is responsible for directing and managing the majors and minors.
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Graduate Areas of Concentration
Note: Areas of concentration are for reference only. They do not appear on transcripts or diplomas.
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Adult Education
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EdM
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College of Education
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Organization development and training, work force development, workplace and adult skills development
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Agricultural Education
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MAg, MS
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Dept. of Agricultural Education and General Agriculture
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Teacher preparation, leadership and communication in agriculture
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Agriculture
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MAg
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College of Agricultural Sciences
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Three agriculturally related areas are required. Areas may be applied economics, agricultural education, animal science, botany and plant pathology, crop science, entomology, fisheries science, food science and technology, horticulture, rangeland ecology and management, soil science, toxicology, wildlife science, or other areas approved by the College of Agricultural Sciences
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Animal Science
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Animal and Rangeland Sciences
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Animal nutrition, dairy production (MS only), embryo physiology, endocrinology, growth and development, livestock management (MS only), nutritional biochemistry, reproductive physiology
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Applied Anthropology
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MA, PhD
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School of Language, Culture, and Society
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Native Americans–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). Archaeology; business organization and work; ethnicity, culture and health; local values, indigenous knowledge, and environment (PhD only)
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Applied Biotechnology
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PSM
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Graduate School
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Applied Economics
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Agricultural Sciences
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Resource and environmental economics, trade and development, public health economics, transportation economics (MA, MS only)
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Applied Ethics
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MA
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School of History, Philosophy and Religion
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Bioethics, environmental ethics, and art and morality
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Applied Systematics in Botany
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PSM
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Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
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Applied Physics
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PSM
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Dept. of Physics
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Biochemistry and Biophysics
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Biochemistry, biophysics
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Biological and Ecological Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Biological and Ecological Engineering
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Bio-based products and fuels, bioprocessing, biological systems analysis, ecosystems analysis and modeling, water quality, water resources
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Botany and Plant Pathology
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MA, MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
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Applied systematics, ecology, genetics, genomics and computational biology, molecular and cellular biology, mycology, plant pathology, plant physiology, systemics
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Business Administration
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MBA
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College of Business
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Business administration, clean technology, commercialization, executive leadership, research thesis
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Business Administration and Accountancy
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MBAA
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College of Business
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Chemical Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
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Chemical engineering
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Chemistry
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Chemistry
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Analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry
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Civil Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Civil and Construction Engineering
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Civil engineering, coastal and ocean engineering, construction engineering management, geomatics, geotechnical engineering, infrastructure materials, structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering
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College Student Services Administration
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EdM, MS
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College of Education
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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
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Computer Science
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MA, MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning; computer systems and networking; human-computer interaction; programming languages; software engineering
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Contemporary Hispanic Studies
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MA
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School of Language, Culture, and Society
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Contemporary Hispanic studies
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Counseling
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MS, PhD
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College of Education
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Clinical mental health counseling (MS only), counseling (PhD only), school counseling (MS only)
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Creative Writing
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MFA
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School of Writing, Literature, and Film
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Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing
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Crop Science
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Crop and Soil Science
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Crop breeding, genetics and cytogenetics (cereals, oilseeds, potatoes), forage and pasture management, grain crop production, post-harvest seed technology, seed biology, seed crop physiology, seed production, weed biology, weed management
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Design and Human Environment
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MA, MS, PhD
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School of Design and Human Environment, College of Business
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Human behavior in the near environment, cultural/historic aspects of the near environment, design in the near environment, merchandising management, and textiles
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Education
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EdM, MS, EdD, PhD
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College of Education
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Community college leadership (EdD, PhD); Elementary, middle, and secondary education (EdM); organization and human resource education (EdM, MS); teacher leadership (PhD)
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Electrical and Computer Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Analog and mixed signal; artificial intelligence and machine learning; communications and signal processing; computer systems; energy systems; materials and devices; RF/microwaves
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English
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MA
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School of Writing, Literature, and Film
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Literature and culture; or rhetoric, writing, and culture
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Entomology
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MA, MAg, MS, PhD
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Entomology Program
(College of Agricultural Sciences)
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Entomology
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Environmental Engineering |
MEng, MS, PhD |
School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
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Air pollution control, groundwater remediation, industrial and hazardous wastes management, solid wastes, sustainability within the built environment, water and wastewater treatment |
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Environmental Sciences
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MA, MS, PhD, PSM
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Graduate School
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Biogeochemistry, ecology, environmental education, natural resources, quantitative analysis, social science, water resources
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Exercise and Sport Science
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MS, PhD
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School of Biological and Population Health Sciences
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Exercise physiology, movement studies in disability, neuromechanics, physical activity and public health, sport and exercise psychology, sport pedagogy
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Fisheries and Wildlife Administration
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PSM
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Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
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Fisheries Science
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
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Aquaculture, conservation biology, fish genetics, ichthyology, limnology, parasites and diseases, physiology and ecology of marine and freshwater fishes, stream ecology, toxicology, water pollution biology
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Food Science and Technology
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Food Science and Technology
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Brewing, enology, flavor chemistry, food chemistry/biochemistry, food engineering, food microbiology/biotechnology, food and seafood processing, sensory evaluation
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Forest Ecosystems and Society
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MF, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society
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Forest biology (MF only); forest, wildlife and landscape ecology; genetics and physiology; integrated social and ecological systems; silviculture (MF only); science of conservation, restoration and sustainable management; social science, policy, and natural resources; soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; sustainable recreation and tourism
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Geography
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
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Geographic information science, physical geography, resource geography
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Geology
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
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Solid Earth processes and history:
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Volcanology, igneous petrology and economic geology
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Active tectonics and earthquake geology
Surface Earth processes and history:
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Earth system history
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Hydrogeology and hydrology
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Geomorphology and surface processes
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Climate and biogeochemical cycles
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History of Science
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MA, MS, PhD
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School of History, Philosophy, and Religion
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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.
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Horticulture
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Horticulture
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Breeding, genetics and biotechnology; community and landscape horticultural systems; sustainable crop production
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Human Development and Family Studies
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MS, PhD
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School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
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Human development and family studies
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Industrial Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Human systems engineering, information systems engineering, manufacturing systems engineering, nano/micro fabrication
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Interdisciplinary Studies
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MAIS
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Graduate School
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Selected from three fields offering graduate majors or minors
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Marine Resource Management
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MA, MS
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
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Marine resource management
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Materials Science
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MS, PhD
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Material Science Program (School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering-Coord Unit)
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Materials science-chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, forest products, mathematics, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, physics
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Mathematics
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Mathematics
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Actuarial science, algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, computational mathematics, differential equations, financial mathematics, geometry, mathematics education, number theory, numerical analysis, probability, topology
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Mathematics Education
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Education
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Elementary school mathematics, free-choice learning, mathematics education, middle school mathematics, secondary mathematics
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Mechanical Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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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
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Medical Physics
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MMP, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics
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Medical health physics, therapeutic radiologic physics
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Microbiology
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Microbiology
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Biotechnical microbiology, environmental microbiology, food microbiology, genomics, immunology, microbial ecology, microbial evolution, microbial genetics and molecular biology, pathogenic microbiology, virology
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Molecular and Cellular Biology
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MS, PhD
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Graduate School
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Bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell biology, developmental biology, genome biology, molecular biology, molecular pathogenesis, molecular virology, plant molecular biology, structural biology
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Natural Resources
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MNR
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College of Forestry
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Fisheries Management, Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Marine Resources Management, Sustainable Natural Resources, Water Conflict Management and Transformation
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Nuclear Engineering
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MEng, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics
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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
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Nutrition
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MS, PhD
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School of Biological and Population Health Sciences
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Nutrition
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Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
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Atmospheric sciences, geophysics, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, geological oceanography, physical oceanography
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Pharmacy
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MS, PhD
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College of Pharmacy
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Biopharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, natural products chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, pharmacoeconomics, toxicology
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Physics
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Physics
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Atomic physics, computational physics, nuclear physics, optical physics, particle physics, relativity, solid state physics, physics education
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Public Health
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MPH, PhD
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College of Public Health and Human Sciences
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Biostatistics (MPH only); environmental and occupational health and safety (MPH, PhD); epidemiology (MPH only); health management and policy (MPH only); health policy (PhD only); health promotion and health behavior (MPH, PhD); international health (MPH only)
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Public Policy
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MPP, PhD
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College of Liberal Arts, School of Public Policy
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Environmental policy, international policy, rural policy, science policy, social policy
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Radiation Health Physics
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MA, MHP, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics
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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
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Rangeland Ecology and Management
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Animal and Rangeland Sciences
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Agroforestry, ecology of rangelands, physiology of range plants, range improvement, range nutrition, restoration ecology, riparian zone management, watershed management
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Science Education
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MA, MS, PhD
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College of Education
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Elementary school science, free-choice learning, middle school science, science education, secondary science
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Soil Science
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Crop and Soil Science
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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
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Statistics
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Statistics
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Statistics
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Sustainable Forest Management
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MF, MS, PhD
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Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management
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Engineering for sustainable forestry; forest biometrics and geomatics; forest operations planning and management; forest policy analysis and management; forest watershed management; silviculture, fire, and forest health
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Teaching
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MAT
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College of Education
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Teaching*
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Toxicology
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
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Environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, mechanistic toxicology, molecular and cellular toxicology, neurotoxicology
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Veterinary Science
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MS
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College of Veterinary Medicine
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Anatomy, clinical sciences, immunology, laboratory animal medicine, microbiology, pharmacology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, and toxicology, as these fields pertain to veterinary medicine
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Water Resources Engineering
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MS, PhD
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Graduate School
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Groundwater engineering, surface water engineering, watershed engineering
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Water Resources Policy and Management
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MS
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Graduate School
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Water resources policy and management
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Water Resources Science
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MS, PhD
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Graduate School
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Water resources science
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Wildlife Science
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MAg, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
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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
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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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MA
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School of Language, Culture, and Society
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Contemporary women’s issues; leadership and community engagement; race, class and gender; sexuality studies; transnational perspectives
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Wood Science
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MS, PhD
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Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering
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Biodeterioration and materials protection, chemistry and chemical processing, forest products business and marketing, physics and moisture relations, process modeling and analysis, renewable materials science and engineered composites, wood anatomy and quality, wood engineering and mechanics
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Zoology
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MA, MS, PhD
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Dept. of Zoology
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Behavioral ecology, behavioral endocrinology, cell biology, chemical ecology, conservation biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, host-microbe interactions, marine ecology, paleontology, physiology, population biology
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*Professional Teacher Licensure
Content Areas for the Master of Arts in Teaching Degree
(not available for use as a graduate minor)
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Advanced Mathematics Education
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Integrated Science Education
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Agricultural Education
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Language Arts Education—Cascades campus only
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Biology Education
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Music Education
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Chemistry Education
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Physics Education
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Elementary Education
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Spanish Education
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Family and Consumer Sciences Education
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2004 Oregon State University