Areas of Graduate and Professional Study
Select the area that interests you for more information about degree programs, admission requirements, and the procedure for applying. Students may apply to just one program unless applying to a Combined Degree Program.

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

A

Accounting | MAc**, PhD
Acting | MFA in Theatre Arts
Actuarial Science | MS*
African American World Studies | MA*
American Studies | MA*, PhD
Anatomy and Cell Biology | PhD
Anthropology | MA*, PhD
Applied Mathematical & Computational Sciences | PhD
Art | MA*, MFA
Art Education | MA, PhD
Art History | MA*, PhD
Asian Civilization | MA*
Astronomy | MS*

B

Biochemical Engineering | See Chemical & Biochemical Engineering.
Biochemistry | MS, PhD
Biological Sciences | MS*, PhD
Biomedical Engineering | MS*, PhD
Biophysics | See Physiology & Biophysics
Biosciences |PhD
Biostatistics | MS*, PhD
Business | MBA Also see Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management & Organizations, Management Sciences, or Marketing. Click here for an overview of the graduate offerings in the Tippie College of Business.

C

Chemical & Biochemical Engineering | MS*, PhD
Chemistry | MS*, PhD
Civil & Environmental Engineering | MS*, PhD
Classics | MA**, PhD
Clinical Investigation | MS*
Communication Studies | MA*, PhD
Community & Behavioral Health | MS, PhD
Comparative Literature | MA*, PhD
Comparative Literature/Translation | MFA
Computer Engineering | See Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computer Science | MCS**, MS*, PhD
Counseling Psychology | PhD
Counselor Education | PhD
Creative Writing | MFA
Curriculum & Supervision (Education) | MA*, PhD

D

Dance | MFA
Dental Public Health | MS
Dentistry | DDS Also see Dental Public Health, Endodontics, Operative Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Science, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, or Stomatology. Click here for a complete list of graduate offerings in the College of Dentistry.
Design | MFA in Theatre Arts
Developmental Reading (Education) | MA*
Dietetic Internship Program | DI
Directing | MFA in Theatre Arts
Dramaturgy | MFA in Theatre Arts

E

Economics | PhD
Education | Click here for a complete list of Graduate Programs in Education.
Educational Administration | MA**, EdS**, PhD
Educational Measurement & Statistics | MA*, PhD
Educational Psychology | MA*, PhD
Electrical & Computer Engineering | MS*, PhD
Elementary Education | MA*, PhD
Endodontics | Certificate
Engineering—See Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering. Click here for a complete list of graduate offerings in the College of Engineering.
English Education | MA**, MAT **
English-Literary Studies | MA*, PhD
English-Nonfiction Writing | MFA
English-Creative Writing | MFA
Environmental Engineering—See Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Environmental Health—See Occupational & Environmental Health.
Epidemiology | MS*, PhD
Exercise Science | MS* See Integrative Physiology for PhD program.

F

Film & Video Production | MFA
Film Studies | MA*, PhD
Finance | PhD
Foreign Language Education | MA*, MAT**
Foreign Language & ESL Education | PhD
Free Radical & Radiation Biology | MS*, PhD
French | MA*, PhD

G

Genetics | PhD
Geography | MA*, PhD
Geoscience | MS*, PhD
German | MA*, PhD
Greek | MA**

H

Health Management & Policy | MHA**, PhD
Health & Sport Studies | MA*, PhD
Health Services & Policy | PhD
Higher Education | MA**, EdS**, PhD
History | MA*, PhD
Human Toxicology | PhD

I

Immunology | PhD
Industrial Engineering | MS*, PhD
Informatics | MS, PhD
Integrative Physiology | PhD See Excercise Science for MS programs.
International and Comparative Law | LLM

J-K

Journalism | MA

L

Language, Literacy & Culture (Education) | PhD
Latin | MA**
Law | JD, LLM Click here for an overview of offerings in the College of Law.
Leisure Studies | MA*
Library & Information Science | MA*
Linguistics | MA*, PhD
Literary Studies | MA*, PhD

M

Management & Organizations | PhD
Management Sciences | PhD
Marketing | PhD
Mass Communication | PhD
Mathematics | MS*, PhD
Mathematics Education | MA**, PhD
MBA | See Business.
Mechanical Engineering | MS*, PhD
Medical Education | MME
Medicine | MD Also see Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biosciences, Free Radical and Radiation Biology, Genetics, Human Toxicology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physical Rehabilitation Science, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Program, Physiology & Biophysics, or Translational Biomedicine. Click here for an overview of graduate offerings in the Carver College of Medicine.
Microbiology | PhD
Molecular & Cellular Biology | PhD
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | MS*, PhD
Music | MA*, MFA, DMA, PhD
Music Education | MA, PhD

N

Neuroscience | PhD
Nonfiction Writing | MFA
Nursing | MSN*, PhD, DNP Click here for an overview of offerings in the College of Nursing.

O

Occupational & Environmental Health | MS*, PhD
Operative Dentistry | MS
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | MS
Oral Pathology, Radiology & Medicine | See Stomatology.
Oral Science | MS, PhD
Orthodontics | MS

P

Pathology | MS
Pediatric Dentistry | Certificate
Periodontics | Certificate
Pharmacology | MS, PhD
Pharmacy | PharmD, MS*, PhD Click here for an overview of the offerings in the College of Pharmacy.
Philosophy | MA*, PhD
Physical Rehabilitation Science | PhD
Physical Therapy | DPT**
Physician Assistant Studies Program | MPA**
Physics | MS*, PhD
Physiology & Biophysics | See Molecular Physiology & Biophysics.
Playwriting | MFA in Theatre Arts
Political Science | MA*, PhD
Prosthodontics | Certificate
Psychology | PhD
Public Health | MPH** Also see Biostatistics, Clinical Investigation, Community & Behavioral Health, Epidemiology, Health Management & Policy, Occupational & Environmental Health, or Statistical Genetics. Click here for an overview of program offerings in the College of Public Health.

Q-R

Rehabilitation Counseling | MA**
Rehabilitation Counselor Education | PhD
Religious Studies | MA*, PhD

S

School Counseling | MA*
School Psychology | PhD
Science Education | MS, MAT**, PhD
Second Language Acquisition | PhD
Secondary Education | See Education.
Social Foundations of Education | MA*, PhD
Social Studies Education | MA*, PhD
Social Work | MSW*, PhD
Sociology | MA*, PhD
Spanish | MA**, PhD
Special Education | MA*, PhD
Speech & Hearing Science | PhD
Speech Pathology & Audiology | MA*, AuD
Stage Management | MFA in Theatre Arts
Statistics | MS*, PhD
Stomatology | MS
Student Affairs Administration & Research | PhD
Student Development in Postsecondary Education | MA*

T

Theatre Arts | MFA Also see acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, playwriting, and stage management.
Translational Biomedicine | MS*, PhD

U

Urban & Regional Planning | MA*, MS*

V-Z

Women's Studies | PhD

* Indicates the degree is available with or without a thesis

** Indicates a nonthesis degree