Our Degrees

The graduate program in child development is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree.

The program focuses on the social scientific study of human communication using quantitative research methods with a concentration in mediated communication and digital society.

This program is designed to prepare students for careers in nonprofit and governmental organizations as administrators, designers, planners, researchers, and technicians.

Cultural studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and society that highlights how sexuality, race, ability, citizenship, gender, nationality, class, and language organiz

The Environmental Policy and Management Program combines a background in scientific preparation with training in diverse social science, management, and professional disciplines.

The program offers comprehensive programs in German language, literature, culture, philosophy, theory, media studies, and film that span all periods from the Middle Ages to the present.

The program offers advanced study in the fields of United States; medieval, early modern, and modern Europe; China and Japan; Middle East and/or South Asia; Latin America; and Africa.

The Native American Studies Graduate Group’s interdisciplinary and hemispheric approach includes attention to the increasing diaspora of indigenous peoples throughout the Americas, and calls upon t

This graduate program provides strong substantive and methodological training in political science and promotes close working relationships between faculty and students.

The graduate program emphasizes rigorous preparation in sociological theory and research methodologies as the basis of sound scholarship.