A-Z List of Graduate Degree Programs
Browse this A-Z degree list to find graduate degree programs @ Mizzou. Follow links to learn about specific admission criteria, application deadlines and how to apply to a graduate degree program.
Notes: Graduate minors and certificates are also available @ Mizzou. Graduate courses (classes) are listed in myZou.Visitorscan follow these myZou instructions to browse courses. Graduate School policies and forms are kept updated on our web pages. Historic information is saved in the catalog archive.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
- Accountancy (M Acc, PhD)
- Agricultural Economics (MS, PhD)
- Agricultural Education (MS, PhD)
- Anatomy (Integrative Anatomy) – see Pathobiology Area Program
- Ancient Studies (graduate minor)
- Animal Science (MS, PhD)
- Anthropology (MA, PhD)
- Applied Mathematics (MS) - see Mathematics
- Architectural Studies *
- Emphasis: Design with Digital Media (MA, MS)
- Emphasis: Environment and Behavior (MA, MS)
- Art (MFA)
- Art History & Archaeology (MA, PhD)
- Astronomy – see Physics and Astronomy
A
- Biochemistry (MS, PhD, Dual PhD/MD)
- Biological Engineering (ME, MS, PhD)
- Bioinformatics - for MS see Health Informatics; for PhD see Informatics
- Biological Sciences (MA, PhD)
- Biomedical Sciences
- Emphasis: Biomedical Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Emphasis: Comparative Medicine (MS)
- Emphasis: Vet Medicine and Surgery (MS)
- Emphasis: Pathobiology (MS)
- Biostatistics (MA) – see Statistics
- Black Studies (graduate minor)
- Business Administration (MBA, PhD)
- For Finance, Management or Marketing courses, see Business Administration
B
- Chemical Engineering (MS, PhD)
- Chemistry (MS, PhD)
- Civil Engineering (MS, PhD) - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Classical Languages (MA) – see Classical Studies
- Classical Studies (PhD)
- Communication (MA, PhD)
- Communication Science and Disorders
- Emphasis: Speech-Language Pathology (MHS, PhD)
- Comparative Medicine – see Biomedical Sciences MS with emphasis area
- Computer Engineering (MS) – For PhD, see Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Computer Science (MS, PhD)
C
- Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound (MHS)
- Dispute Resolution - Law (LLM; select dual degrees offered)
D
- Economics (MA, PhD)
- Educational Leadership (EdD) offered by the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
- Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis:
- Emphasis: Educational Administration (EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis: Educational Leadership (EdD)
- Emphasis: Educational Policy Studies (PhD)
- Emphasis: Higher Education (MA, M Ed, PhD)
- Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology:
- Emphasis: Counseling (MA, M Ed, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis: Educational (MA, M Ed, PhD)
- Emphasis: Health Education & Promotion (MA, M Ed, PhD)
- Emphasis: School (EdSp, PhD)
- Electrical Engineering (MS)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
- Engineering (ME, interdivisional; see specific engineering disciplines for MS and PhD degrees)
- English (MA, PhD)
- Exercise Physiology – see Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
E
- Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Food Science (MS, PhD)
- Forestry (MS, PhD)
- French - see Romance Languages & Literatures
- Emphasis: French Language Teaching (MA)
F
- Genetics Area Program (interdisciplinary PhD)
- Geography (MA)
- Geology (MS, PhD)
- Gerontology (graduate minor)
- German (MA)
G
- Health Administration * (MHA; dual degrees)
- Health Informatics and Bioinformatics
- Emphasis: Bioinformatics (MS)
- Emphasis: Health Informatics (MS)
- History (MA, PhD)
- Human Development & Family Studies
- Emphasis: Gerontology * (MA or certificate)
- Emphasis: Youth Development * (MA or certificate)
- Human Environmental Sciences
- Emphasis: Architectural Studies (PhD)
- Emphasis: Human Development & Family Studies (PhD)
- Emphasis: Human Nutrition, Foods, and Food Systems (PhD) see Nutritional Science
- Emphasis: Personal Financial Planning *(PhD)
- Emphasis: Textile & Apparel Management (PhD)
- Human Nutrition and Food Systems Management (MS)
H
- Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MS, PhD, dual degrees)
- Informatics
- Emphasis: Bioinformatics (PhD)
- Emphasis: Health Informatics (PhD)
- Information Science & Learning Technologies
- Emphasis: Educational Technology (M Ed, EdSp)
- Emphasis: Learning & Instruction (M Ed)
- Emphasis: Library Science (MA)
- Information Science & Learning Technologies (PhD)
- International Development (graduate minor)
I
- Journalism * (MA, PhD)
J
- Law (dual degrees with several graduate programs; for the JD, refer to http://law.missouri.edu/students/ )
- Law, Dispute Resolution (LLM)
- Law and Conflict Resolution (graduate minor for Journalism doctoral students only)
- Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
- Emphasis: Art Education (M Ed, PhD)
- Emphasis: Business and Marketing * (M Ed)
- Emphasis: English Education * (M Ed, PhD)
- Emphasis: Early Childhood Education * (M Ed, PhD)
- Emphasis: Elementary Education (M Ed, EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis: Learning and Instruction * (M Ed)
- Emphasis: Mathematics Education (M Ed, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis: Music Education (MA, M Ed, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis: Reading Education (M Ed, EdSp, EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis: Science Education (M Ed, EdSp, PhD)
- Emphasis: Social Studies Education * (M Ed, PhD)
- Library Science – see Information Science & Learning Technologies
- Linguistics (graduate minor)
L
- Mathematics (MA, 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://medicine.missouri.edu)
- Medical Pharmacology & Physiology (MS, PhD)
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies (graduate minor)
- Microbiology (MS, PhD) - see Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Mizzou Online (courses and degrees available via online learning)
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (PhD offered by the School of Medicine)
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (cooperative MD/PhD offered by the School of Medicine)
- Multicultural Psychology (graduate minor)
- Museum Studies (graduate minor)
- Music (MA, MM)
- Music Education (MA, M Ed, EdSp, and PhD) see Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
M
- Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program (MS, PhD)
- Nuclear Engineering (PhD)
- Emphasis: Health Physics (MS)
- Emphasis: Medical Physics (MS)
- Nursing * (PhD) †
- Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (MS, DNP)
- Adult Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (MS)
- Advanced Public Health Nurse (MS)
- Advanced Public Health/School health Nurse (MS)
- Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (MS, DNP)
- Family Nurse Practitioner (MS, DNP)
- Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare Systems (MS)
- Nurse Educator (MS)
- Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (MS, DNP)
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (MS, DNP)
- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
- Exercise Physiology (MS, PhD)
- Nutrition (MS, PhD)
N
- Occupational Therapy (MOT)
- Online courses and degrees - see Mizzou Online
O
- Parks, Recreation & Tourism (MS)
- Pathobiology Area Program (PhD)
- Pathology (MS) offered by the Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences
- Personal Financial Planning
- Emphasis: Consumer & Family Economics (MS)
- Emphasis: Personal Financial Planning (MS)
- Pharmacology - see Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
- Philosophy (MA, PhD)
- Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Physics and Astronomy (MS, PhD)
- Physiology - see Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
- Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Political Science (PhD)
- Psychological Statistics and Methods (graduate minor)
- Psychology
- Emphasis: Child Clinical and Developmental (PhD)
- Emphasis: Child Development and Developmental Psychology (MA)
- Emphasis: Cognition & Neuroscience (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis: Clinical Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis: Clinical and Quantitative Psychology (PhD)
- Emphasis: Developmental Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis: Quantitative Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Emphasis: Social/Personality Psychology (MA, PhD)
- Public Affairs (MPA, PhD)
- Public Health (MPH degree offered by Public Health)
- Emphasis: Health Promotion and Policy (MPH)
- Emphasis: Veterinary Public Health (MPH)
- Public Health (MS degree offered by Family and Community Medicine)
P
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Emphasis: Public Policy (MA)
- Religious Studies (MA)
- Romance Languages & Literatures (PhD)
- see also French (MA)
- see also Spanish (MA)
- Rural Sociology (MS, PhD)
- Russian & Slavonic Studies (MA)
R
- Social Work (MSW, PhD)
- Sociology (PhD)
- Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Spanish (MA) - see Romance Languages & Literatures
- Special Education
- Emphasis: Administration and Supervision (EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis: Behavioral Disorders (MA, MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis: Developmental Disabilities (Mental Retardation) (MEd, PhD)
- Emphasis: General (Cross Categorical) (MA, MEd, EdSp, EdD)
- Emphasis Area: Early Childhood Special Education (MA, MEd, EdD, PhD)
- Emphasis: Learning and Instruction (MEd)
- Emphasis: Learning Disabilities (MEd, EdD, PhD)
- Statistics (MA, PhD)
- Biostatistics (MA)
- Statistics (graduate minor)
S
- Teaching (graduate Minor in College Teaching)
- Textile & Apparel Management (MA, MS)
- Theatre (MA, PhD)
T
- 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)
V
- Women’s & Gender Studies (graduate minor)
W
* Asterisk denotes that online courses are available for this degree. See Mizzou Online
† Unlike the Master's and DNP degree programs, the Nursing Ph.D. program does not have emphasis areas.
Definition of Graduate and Professional Degrees @ Mizzou (click here)
Dual master's degrees – in select cooperating programs, two master’s degrees may be pursued simultaneously, with some coursework in common. The student must be eligible and admitted into both degree programs.
Joint graduate/professional degrees – in select cooperating programs, a graduate student may concurrently pursue course work in a professional school (e.g., law, vet med, medicine). Examples include the MD/PhD and MS/JD. The student must be eligible and admitted into both degree programs.
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.
JOINT DEGREE OPTIONS FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS:
Some disciplines also offer a joint graduate-professional degree, such as the MPH-DVM, JD-PhD, or the MD-PhD. For information on joint degree options, please refer to your program area of interest and the MU Schools of Law, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Some disciplines also offer a joint graduate-professional degree, such as the MPH-DVM, JD-PhD, or the MD-PhD. For information on joint degree options, please refer to your program area of interest and the MU Schools of Law, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
