List of 2008~2009 Graduate Degrees
Because requirements vary, you must refer to a degree program's graduate admission page to learn about specific admission criteria, application deadlines, and how to apply to the program. Use the degree links in the A-Z list (below) to locate a department or program's Web page link and contact information. Follow the Web page link to locate degree-specific admission criteria and related information for prospective graduate students. Read all information carefully to make certain that you understand a degree program's admission criteria, application deadline, eligibility, and steps in the graduate student application process.
To browse all current degree programs, please begin with Part II (page 106) of the 2008-2009 Graduate Catalog (PDF). Alternatively, a small PDF about each degree program, including admission criteria and application deadlines, may be obtained by clicking on the A-Z links below.
Key to MU Graduate and Professional Degrees (click bar)
Dual degrees – a combination of two graduate degrees, pursued and conferred simultaneously, such as MD/PhD
DVM – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. In some programs, the DVM may be offered as a dual degree.
EdD – Doctor of Education
EdSp – Education Specialist
JD – Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence (law). In some programs, the JD may be offered as a dual degree.
LL.M – Master of Laws
MA – Master of Arts
MD - Medical Doctorate. In some programs, the MD may be offered as a dual degree.
MEd – Master of Education
MS - Master of Science
M (any other combination). The first “M” indicates a master’s degree. The letter(s) following the M represent a discipline or degree area. For example, M Acc is Master of Accountancy.
PhD – Doctor of Philosophy
post - means following. For example, post-master’s indicates that a student must first earn a master’s degree.
A
- Accountancy (M Acc, MS, PhD)
- Agriculture (M Ag)
- Agricultural Economics (MS, PhD)
- Agricultural Education (MS, PhD)
- Animal Science (MS, PhD)
- Anthropology (MA, PhD)
- Architectural Studies (MA, MS)
- Architectural Studies degrees online – see MU Direct
- Art (MFA)
- Art History & Archaeology (MA, PhD)
- Astronomy – see Physics and Astronomy
B
- Biochemistry (MS, PhD, Dual PhD/MD)
- Biological Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Biological Engineering (ME)
- Bioinformatics (MS) – see Health Informatics
- Biological Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Biomedical Sciences Area (PhD)
- Biomedical Sciences (Master Programs)
- Emphasis Area: Comparative Medicine Veterinary
- Emphasis Area: Veterinary Clinical Sciences
- Emphasis Area: Pathobiology Veterinary
- Biostatistics (MA) – see Statistics
- Business (PhD) – see Business Administration (PhD)
- Concentration: Finance
- Concentration: Management
- Concentration: Marketing
- Business Administration (MBA, PhD)
C
- Chemical Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Chemistry (MS, PhD)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Classical Languages (MA) – see Classical Studies
- Classical Studies (MA, PhD)
- Communication (MA, PhD)
- Communication Science and Disorders (MHS, PhD)
- Comparative (Veterinary) Medicine (MS offered Post DVM)
- Computer Engineering (MS, PhD) – see Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Computer Science (MS, PhD)
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Emphasis Area: Art Education (MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Business and Marketing MEd)
- Emphasis Area: English Education (MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Early Childhood Education (PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Elementary Education (MA, MEd, EdSp, EdD PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Learning and Instruction (MEd)
- Emphasis Area: Literacy Education (MEd, MEd, EdSp, EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Mathematics Education (MEd, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Music Education (MA, MEd, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Reading Education (Med, EdSp, EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Science Education (MEd, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Social Studies Education (Med, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MEd, MEd,EdSp, PhD)
D
- Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (MHS)
- Dispute Resolution - Law (LLM; select dual degrees offered)
- Distance degrees - see MU Direct
E
- Economics (MA, PhD)
- Education degrees available online are listed under MU Direct
- Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis:
- Emphasis Area: Educational Administration (EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Educational Leadership (EdD)
- Emphasis Area: Educational Policy Studies (PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Higher and Continuing Education (MA, MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Learning and Instruction (MEd)
- Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology:
- Emphasis Area: Counseling Psychology (MEd, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Educational Psychology (MA, MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Health Education & Promotion (MA, MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: School Psychology (EdSp, PhD)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
- Engineering (ME; see specific engineering disciplines for PhD degrees)
- English (MA, PhD)
- Exercise Physiology (MA, PhD)
F
- Financial Planning – see MU Direct
- Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Food Science (MS, PhD)
- Forestry (MS, PhD)
- French (MA) - see Romance Languages & Literatures
G
- Genetics Area Program (interdisciplinary PhD)
- Geology (MS, PhD)
- Geography (MA)
- German (MA)
- Gerontology (MA) – see MU Direct
H
- Health Administration (MHA; dual degrees)
- Health Administration, Executive Program (MHA) - see MU Direct
- Health Informatics (MS)
- Health Informatics, Executive Program (MHS) - see MU Direct
- History (MA, PhD)
- Human Development & Family Studies (MA, MS; dual degrees)
- Human Environmental Sciences (PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Architectural Studies
- Emphasis Area: Consumer & Family Economics - see Personal Financial Planning
- Emphasis Area: Human Development & Family Studies
- Emphasis Area: Human Nutrition, Foods, and Food Systems - see Nutritional Sciences
- Emphasis Area: Personal Financial Planning
- Emphasis Area: Textile & Apparel Management
I
- Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MS, ME, PhD, dual degrees)
- Informatics (PhD)
- Concentration: Bioinformatics
- Concentration: Health Informatics
- Information Science & Learning Technologies
- Emphasis Area: Educational Technology (MA, MEd, EdSp)
- Emphasis Area: Learning & Instruction (MEd)
- Emphasis Area: Library Science (MA with initial library certification)
- Information Science & Learning Technologies (PhD)
J
- Journalism (MA, PhD)
- Journalism online degrees are listed under MU Direct
L
- Law (dual degrees with several graduate programs; for the JD, refer to http://law.missouri.edu/students/ )
- Law, Dispute Resolution (LLM)
- Learning, Teaching and Curriculum (degrees conferred under Curriculum and Instruction)
- Library Science (MA) – see MU Direct
M
- Mathematics (MA, MS, MST, PhD; dual degrees)
- Mathematics, Applied (MS) – see Mathematics
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Medicine (for MD, MD/MS, or MD/PhD refer to http://som.missouri.edu/)
- Medical Pharmacology & Physiology (MS, PhD)
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (cooperative MD/PhD)
- Music (MA, MM)
- MU Direct (Mizzou Online degrees)
N
- Natural Resources (MNR)
- Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program (MS, PhD)
- Nuclear Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Health Physics
- Emphasis Area: Medical Physics
- Nursing (MS, PhD)
- Nursing online degrees are listed under MU Direct
- Nutritional Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Nutritional Sciences Area Program (Interdisciplinary PhD) – see Nutritional Sciences
O
- Occupational Therapy (MOT)
- Online degrees - see MU Direct
P
- Parks, Recreation & Tourism (MS)
- Pathobiology Area Program (PhD)
- Pathology & Anatomical Sciences (MS)
- Personal Financial Planning (MS)
- Emphasis Area: Consumer & Family Economics
- Emphasis Area: Personal Financial Management
- Pharmacology - see Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
- Philosophy (MA, PhD)
- Physics (MS)
- Physics and Astromomy (PhD)
- Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Physiology - see Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
- Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Political Science (PhD)
- Political Science Emphasis Area Public Policy (MA) – see Political Science
- Psychology
- Emphasis Area: Child Clinical – Developmental (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Cognition & Neuroscience (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Clinical Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Clinical and Quantitative Psychology (PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Developmental Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Quantitative Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis Area: Social/Personality Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Public Affairs (MPA)
- Public Health (MS) (degree offered by Family and Community Medicine)
- Public Health (MPH) (degree offered by Public Health)
- Concentration Area: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Concentration Area: Public Health Policy and Administration
- Concentration Area: Veterinary Public Health
R
- Religious Studies (MA)
- Romance Languages & Literatures (MA)
- Emphasis Area: Foreign Language Teaching emphasis, in Spanish or French
- Romance Languages & Literatures (PhD)
- Emphasis Area: French
- Emphasis Area: Spanish
- Rural Sociology (MS, PhD)
- Russian & Slavonic Studies (MA)
S
- Social Work (MSW, PhD)
- Sociology (MA, PhD)
- Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Spanish (MA) - see Romance Languages & Literatures
- Special Education (MEd, MA, EdSp, PhD and EdD):
- Emphasis Area: Administration and Supervision
- Emphasis Area: Behavioral Disorders
- Emphasis Area: Curriculum Development, Students with Exceptional Abilities (Cross-Categorical)
- Emphasis Area: Early Childhood Special Education
- Emphasis Area: Learning and Instruction
- --Focus Area: Gifted Education
- --Focus Area: Early Childhood Special Education
- Emphasis Area: Learning Disabilities
- Emphasis Area: Special Education General
- --Focus Area: Autism
- Statistics (MA, PhD)
- Biostatistics (MA)
T
- Textile & Apparel Management (MA, MS)
- Theatre (MA, PhD)
V
- Veterinary Biomedical Sciences – see Biomedical Sciences MS degrees with Emphasis Areas
- Veterinary Pathobiology (PhD) – see Pathobiology Area Program
- Veterinary Medicine (for DVM, see College of Veterinary Medicine)
Y
- Youth Development (MA) - see MU Direct
W
- Women’s & Gender Studies (Graduate Minor)
