University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Accountancy

The Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program focuses on mathematics and statistics within the accounting program and enables all students to understand technical accounting problems from a financial and analytical approach. The program improves critical thinking and management skills with graduate-level topics in accounting, data analytics, finance, taxation, probability theory, information systems, management, and supply chain and operations.

Accounting

Accounting is the process of gathering financial information and presenting it in a manner that will help users of that information make better decisions. Accountants are also frequently called upon to analyze financial information and provide important business advice. The terms and definitions that have emerged from the discipline are used widely. In fact, accounting is commonly described as the "language of business.

Acting

The University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program provides students with a holistic liberal arts education paired with rigorous professional actor training. In a unique partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Guthrie Theater, students benefit from outstanding academic preparation and world-class artistic experiences. This program is designed to develop actors in both mind and body.

Addictions Counseling

The Master of Professional Studies in Addictions Counseling offers rigorous, evidence-based, applied clinical preparation for individuals new to the helping profession, as well as those with allied licenses (LICSW, LP, LPCC, LMFT) seeking an additional credential. The ADDC degree prepares students with educational requirements for licensure in Minnesota through the MN Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy as a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC).

Adult Education

Adult Education

The graduate program in adult education (AdEd), is a specialized academic area of the Human Resource Development program track in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

Adult Education

The graduate program in adult education (AdEd), is a specialized academic area of the Human Resource Development program in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.

Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate

The post-graduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examination.

Adult/Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Adult Health/Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) or other graduate degree in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Adult Literacy

The Adult Literacy Certificate is not taking applications at this time. The Adult Literacy Certificate is designed to prepare teachers, administrators, trainers, and counselors in the broad political, social, economic, and theoretical aspects of adult literacy in a global environment.

Advanced Practices in Second Language Teaching

The University of Minnesota's Advanced Practices in Second Language Teaching Certificate program is designed for teachers of foreign languages and English as a second/foreign language and is offered by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in partnership with the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) Summer Institute Program. Courses are offered on the Twin Cities campus or online.

Advanced Wearable Products

The Advanced Wearable Products certificate is a supplemental curriculum intended to provide and deepen interdisciplinary skills and knowledge related to the design, development, and assessment of wearable functional products including wearable technology, functional clothing, and personal protective equipment.

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

The mission of the bachelor of aerospace engineering and mechanics (B.A.E.M.) program is to produce graduates who are prepared to enter and sustain the practice of aerospace engineering and related fields or to pursue advanced studies.

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

The graduate program in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics emphasizes engineering sciences basic to fluid mechanics, aerospace systems, and solid mechanics. Theoretical, analytical, experimental, and computational aspects of these fields are covered by the courses and research opportunities offered by the department.

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics offers a PhD degree program which emphasizes engineering sciences basic to fluid mechanics, aerospace systems, and solid mechanics. Theoretical, analytical, experimental, and computational aspects of these fields are covered by the courses and research opportunities offered by the department.

African American and African Studies

African American & African Studies (AA&AS) is a place to make connections across the complexities of Africa, Black America, and the African diaspora. Multidisciplinary in its approach to learning, AA&AS students are exposed to the pressing challenges of the modern world, as well as possibilities for transformations through the study of African American and African history, literature, and culture, and the study of Africa in global perspectives.

Agricultural and Food Business Management

The agricultural and food business management major is offered jointly by the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and the Carlson School of Management. The curriculum emphasizes concepts and methods from economics and business management and their use in identifying, analyzing, and solving management problems related to food, agriculture, natural resources, and economic development.

Agricultural Communication and Marketing

This major prepares students for careers in agricultural communication, marketing, sales, training, management, leadership, business, and extension. Agribusinesses, as well as state, federal, and marketing agencies need individuals who have a broad education in the scientific (and technical) aspects of agriculture, effective work and communication skills, and quantitative and qualitative skills to solve business problems.

Agricultural Education

The agricultural education major provides students with a broad understanding of agricultural, food, and natural resource sciences and opportunity to develop professional educator skills. Professional courses in education and agricultural education prepare students to become effective and successful educators.

Agricultural Education & Communication

The MS degree in Agricultural Education and Communication includes a diverse cross-section of coursework and experiences, designed to advance knowledge about agriculture, food, and natural resources while developing professional skills within the context of education and/or communication. This customizable degree program is rigorous but flexible, offering two sub-specialty areas: agricultural education and agricultural communication.

American Indian Public Health and Wellness

The American Indian Public Health and Wellness certificate prepares students to understand how to work respectfully and effectively with Tribes and American Indian communities, to understand the basis of health services, and study the implication of specific local and federal laws to improve the health issues currently experienced by American Indians. Students from all races, cultures, and experience are welcome to pursue the certificate.

American Indian Studies

American Indian studies is dedicated to advancing awareness and understanding of the histories and contemporary experiences of American Indian peoples. The program focuses on the Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada but also draws on the experiences of indigenous peoples from other parts of the world. This multidisciplinary field looks at the histories, cultures, arts, languages, literatures, philosophies, religions, economies, politics, and legal status of indigenous peoples.

American Studies

American Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of American Society. The program provides a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the study of critical issues to American society, with an emphasis on deep historical, cultural, and political understandings. Faculty in the program come from a range of fields and have varied expertise.

American Studies

The American Studies PhD is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental program. The graduate faculty consists of core American Studies faculty members and graduate faculty members drawn from a wide number of departments. Students develop subfields (understood as a more specific focus of research and teaching) and also pursue broad training in analyzing the development of cultural and historical processes that shaped the nation and its diverse cultures, as well as analyzing contemporary practices.

Animal Science

The animal science major prepares students for veterinary school, work as managers or technical advisors for animal production systems, various careers in animal industries or biotechnology, or graduate study in animal-related specializations. Areas of emphasis include industry and business, production, companion animal, equine, or pre-veterinary science.

Animal Sciences

The Animal Science MS program concentrates on one of the animal sciences emphasis areas: genetics, growth biology, nutrition, physiology, or production systems. Students have the option of tailoring their individual programs to include study in more than one emphasis area.

Animal Sciences

The Animal Science PhD program concentrates on one of the animal sciences emphasis areas: genetics, nutrition, physiology, or production systems. Students have the option of tailoring their program to include study in more than one emphasis area and to emphasize basic or applied science.

Anthropology

Note: The Anthropology graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Anthropology PhD program. Please refer to the Anthropology website at https://cla.umn.edu/anthropology/graduate for more information.

Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology offers graduate education in sociocultural and linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. The program admits students only for the PhD, although some students do earn a master's degree as part of their PhD program.

Anthropology (B.A.)

Anthropology is the study of human beings and cultures throughout the world during the present and past. It is the study of who we are, and how we came to be that way. Anthropology is partly a natural science, partly a social science, and partly a humanistic study.

Anthropology (B.S.)

Anthropology is the study of humankind in all of its forms (cultural, biological, and linguistic), using a holistic and global perspective. It comprises four primary subfields: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology, all of which are uniquely linked by the concept of culture. Anthropology combines a set of theories and methods that have, at their core, the development of an understanding of human biological and cultural variability.

Apparel Design

Apparel design students learn to design, produce, and market apparel and wearable products by developing the creative thinking and technical expertise to address contemporary issues while using industry technologies, communicating design ideas, and gaining an understanding of the domestic and global apparel industry. The program incorporates custom design and industry production approaches and trains designers to create products that effectively address both fashion and function.

Applied Biostatistics

This primarily online certificate program is designed for working biostatisticians, such as data managers and analysts, who are not formally trained and want to improve their technical, mathematical, and computational skills. The certificate focuses on key aspects of study design, implementation, and analysis for observational and clinical studies. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Applied Business

The certificate in applied business emphasizes utility and relevance. The option for a fully online curriculum makes this certificate among the most accessible of academic business credentials. Based on the recommendations of private, public, and nonprofit employers, the certificate offers specialized focus areas that target professional needs. This approach ensures its immediate applicability and value.

Applied Business Analytics

Applied Child and Adolescent Development

Students will gain knowledge of developmental processes and competence in the application of theory and research to practice and policy/research. Specialization happens via formal tracks in infant and early childhood mental health, child life, or individualized studies.

Applied Economics

The applied economics major is designed to give students a solid foundation in economics and in how it is applied in the real world to improve people's lives. Core courses provide training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Additional courses focus on environmental and resource economics, international and development economics, agricultural economics, and the economics of the public sector.

Applied Economics

The Applied Economics MS program prepares students for careers in both public and private sectors as well as further graduate study. All students are required to complete a semester-long mathematical treatment of optimization theories and economic models that emphasize cost-benefit analysis. In addition, students will be trained in the statistical economic (econometric) models that are used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes.

Applied Economics

The Applied Economics PhD program prepares students for careers in academia, government, and the private sector. All students are required to complete a sequence of courses involving a year-long mathematical treatment of optimization theories and economic models that emphasize cost-benefit analysis.

Applied Plant Sciences

Applied Plant Sciences is an interdisciplinary program for educating students to become professional scientists well-grounded in the applied disciplines of agronomy/agroecology, horticulture, and plant breeding/molecular genetics. Graduates of the program are able to provide innovative leadership and contribute to problem solving within their disciplines in the public or private sector and within society at large.

Applied Plant Sciences

Applied Plant Sciences is an interdisciplinary program for educating students to become professional scientists well-grounded in the applied disciplines of agronomy/agroecology, horticulture, and plant breeding/molecular genetics. Graduates of the program are able to provide innovative leadership and contribute to problem solving within their disciplines in the public or private sector and within society at large.

Applied Sciences Leadership

The Applied Sciences Leadership MPS is a fully online degree that provides working, non-traditional students the opportunity to enhance the qualitative human- centered and quantitative data-focused professional skills integral to workplace success and advancement. Through coursework and a capstone project, graduates will gain the crucial broad, cross-competency leadership skills and deep knowledge of their selected scientific focus that emphasized by employers.

Architecture (B.D.A.)

In the Bachelor of Design in Architecture (BDA) program, students take a broad approach to design as it relates to architecture. Students learn to think through architecture, often in ways and with projects not necessarily tied to the traditional building scale or to building systems. Students use the lens of architecture to address a broad range of issues within the discipline and practice of architecture and as a bridge to other disciplines and modes of practice.

Architecture (B.S.)

The Bachelor of Science (with a major in architecture) is a pre-professional architecture degree program that offers studio-based design education and a rigorous program of history and theory and building technology courses. The program exposes students to the formal, socio-cultural, material, environmental, and historical factors that shape built environments.

Architecture (M.Arch.)

Architecture encompasses the making and study of the buildings and environments that we inhabit.

Architecture (M.S.)

The School of Architecture offers four distinct master of science in architecture degrees: 1) MS in architecture, sustainable design track (plan A or B) 2) MS in architecture, heritage conservation and preservation track (plan A or B) 3) MS in architecture, metropolitan design track (plan A, B, or C) 4) MS in architecture, applied research in practice (plan C only) Each of the above has its own unique application requirements, prerequisites, and curriculum structure.

Art

The MFA program places major emphasis on creative artistic work of high quality. It promotes not only the conceptual and technical education of the professional artist in their artistic practice, encouraging critical inquiry, excellence, and an understanding of the history of art, but also an experimental approach toward each media.

Art (B.A.)

The bachelor of arts (BA) degree program in studio art provides you with thorough training in techniques and theory as well as a sound background in the history and criticism of art. The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree program in studio art provides training in fine art techniques and theory. Our BA program emphasizes the development of visual awareness and expression through hands-on involvement in the creative process.

Art (B.F.A.)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a rigorous and highly selective degree program for students who plan to either pursue a professional career in art and arts- related fields or prepare for specialized graduate study in art. BFA students develop competencies in the technical, theoretical, and intellectual aspects of fine art, cultivating a desire to explore material and media, both conceptual and tangible.

Art History

Art history is the study of the visual world, both past and present. Starting from the premise that images, objects, and the built environment speak more directly and deeply about a culture than its written records, our courses prepare students to "read" and respond to the increasingly visual world in which we live. Through the close study of artworks from different times and places, majors acquire a unique understanding of the world and their place within it.

Art History

Note: The Art History graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Art History PhD program.

Art History

The University of Minnesota's doctoral program in art history trains scholars who go on to careers in universities, colleges, museums, and other arts institutions throughout the nation and the world. The faculty's unique range of expertise allows us to offer specialized training that only a few other institutions worldwide are able to match.

Arts and Cultural Leadership

The Arts and Cultural Leadership (ACL) program is designed for students who have at least three years of professional, volunteer, and/or advocacy work in the arts and cultural field. Required curriculum, blended with flexible course work, allows students to build a program around their current strengths, experiences, and career direction.

Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media

Note: The Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures & Media program considers applications only from students seeking the PhD degree. It does not admit students directly to the MA. The MA is offered only as an exit degree or interim credential. The Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures & Media (AMCM) program enables students to pursue the study of Asian and Middle Eastern texts and media, broadly understood.

Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media

The Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media (AMCM) program enables students to pursue the study of Asian texts and media, broadly understood. The program encourages work that questions the boundaries of traditional area studies, demands proficiency in the language(s) of concentration, and provides opportunities for students to design a flexible program of study.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The Asian and Middle Eastern regions play integral roles in global culture, trade and commerce, and geopolitics. This major provides students with comprehensive approaches to understanding the cultures, histories, politics, and societies of these diverse regions.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The MA in Asian Studies program is a terminal degree that provides students from a wide range of backgrounds with language proficiency in one Asian or Middle Eastern language, and the relevant knowledge of histories, literatures, and cultures to pursue a wide range of careers, including: government; nonprofit institutions and social work; law, journalism and business; K-12 and community college education; library and archival work; and translation and interpretation.

Astrophysics

The Astrophysics graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MS; rather, the MS is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Astrophysics PhD program. Astrophysics is the study of the universe and its constituent parts. The Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics conducts research in observational, theoretical, and computational astrophysics, as well as instrument development.

Astrophysics

Astrophysics is the study of the universe and its constituent parts. The Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics conducts research in observational, theoretical, and computational astrophysics, as well as instrument development.

Astrophysics (B.A.)

The program in astrophysics develops the skills necessary to tackle complex and ill-defined problems within the physical sciences and prepares students for careers in several broad areas. The program is aimed primarily for students interested in secondary education in the physical sciences, science policy, and science and technical writing. The program can also prepare students for graduate study in astrophysics.

Astrophysics (B.S.)

The astrophysics program enables students to tackle complex and ill-defined problems within the physical sciences. The program prepares students for careers in professional astronomy, computational astrophysics, secondary education in the physical sciences, ROTC programs in the Air Force or Navy, data analysis, or laboratory science.

Audiology

The AuD program, designed to meet audiologist licensure/certification standards, emphasizes diagnostics, rehabilitative techniques and technology, counseling approaches, and human development. Its curriculum and outcome-based learning activities prepare graduates to engage in clinical service delivery and interpret and incorporate research findings into clinical practice. Individuals interested in pursuing an advanced degree in audiology should apply directly to the audiology AuD program.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The certificate program in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is designed to prepare teachers and related service personnel to design and deliver services to children and youth with ASD and their families. This 12-credit program offers specialized training in methods of assessment, intervention, and treatment evaluation.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The certificate program in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is designed to prepare teachers and related service personnel to design and deliver services to children and youth with ASD and their families. This 12-credit program provides a broad overview of major issues in ASD and specialized training in methods of assessment, intervention, and treatment evaluation.

Bachelor of Individualized Studies

The BIS provides flexibility in a student's degree program by allowing him or her to focus coursework on three areas, one of which may consist of courses outside CLA. The areas do not have to be related to each other, but the program proposal must explain how the areas of study connect to the student's overall educational goals. Working closely with a BIS advisor, students develop a written proposal and course list.

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Landscape architecture is a STEM profession engaged in the design, planning, and management of outdoor environments. From urban parks, gardens, streetscapes, and plazas, to regional trail systems, community plans, and ecological reserves, Landscape Architects work across a range of scales and systems to address critical issues like climate change, public health, and social justice.

Biochemistry

Biochemists study molecules found in living organisms, particularly proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates. Biochemistry majors focus their studies on the biosynthesis, metabolism, function, and regulation of these molecules of life. This information is essential to gain an understanding of many biological processes, including how diseases like cancer and diabetes develop, and to learn how genetic engineering and biotechnology can be used in ways that benefit society.

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

The biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics (BMBB) graduate program is an interdisciplinary program that is supported by the College of Biological Sciences (CBS) and the Medical School of the University of Minnesota.

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

The Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (BMBB) graduate program is an interdisciplinary program that is supported by the College of Biological Sciences (CBS) and the Medical School of the University of Minnesota.

Bioethics

Admissions for the Bioethics MA Program are currently on hold. Please contact bthxed@umn.edu for updates. The Center for Bioethics offers two kinds of MA degrees: Plan A and Plan B with a major in bioethics. The curriculum for both Plan A and Plan B degrees includes a set of required core courses, bioethics electives, and a requirement for coursework in fields related to bioethics. The Plan A culminates in a substantial, 10-credit master's thesis.

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB) program offers a curriculum individualized to fit the student's interests, research direction, and professional goals. Students receive training in ethics, leadership, and management, including legal and intellectual property issues and entrepreneurship. Those interested in academic careers have the opportunity to participate in development programs that focus on aspects of teaching and learning.

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB) program offers a curriculum individualized to fit the student's interests, research direction, and professional goals. Students receive training in ethics, leadership, and management, including legal and intellectual property issues and entrepreneurship. The PhD program includes an industrial or clinical internship.

Biological Sciences

The master of biological sciences (MBS) degree is a highly flexible graduate-level program designed to meet the needs of members of the working community who wish to increase their knowledge in areas of modern biology. Students focus their studies in one of three broad areas: molecular biosciences, cellular and organismal biology, or environmental and population biology.

Biology

Students majoring in biology gain a broad understanding of the fundamental nature and characteristics of living things and the ways in which they interact. Their studies cover the full range of life sciences, from cancer genes to acid rain, and from lichens to marine mammals.

Biology, Society, and Environment

The Biology, Society, and Environment program (BSE), housed in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, is a multidisciplinary biology program in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). The BSE major is built on the idea that problems of biology, health, and the environment emerge at the intersection of natural and human systems.

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineers apply the fundamentals of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology to solve medically relevant problems.

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and methods to problems in biology and medicine. The discipline includes the study of fundamental processes in biology and physiology, the study of the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, and the design and development of medical devices and techniques. Students take courses in mathematics, biology, biomedical engineering, and areas of science and engineering that are relevant to the degree objectives.

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and methods to problems in biology and medicine. The discipline includes the study of fundamental processes in biology and physiology, the study of the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, and the design and development of medical devices and techniques. Students take courses in mathematics, biology, biomedical engineering, and areas of science and engineering that are relevant for the degree objectives.

Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

The master of science degree in Biomedical Laboratory Science (MS-BLS) provides additional theory, research, and practice knowledge in the field including topic areas of laboratory operations and management, molecular diagnostic science, education and teaching, or specialty areas of laboratory practice, such as flow cytometry or cytogenetics. The degree plan would prepare candidates for specialty certifications in the field such as Molecular Biology or Microbiology.

Biomedical Sciences

The Biomedical Sciences MS: Gateways to Medicine and Research is designed for students interested in professional health careers or biomedical research who desire additional training, mentoring, and advising to strengthen their academic and professional credentials for admission to health professional or graduate schools, or for entry in the biomedical workforce. This umbrella program has 2 tracks based on desired outcomes.

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

The bioproducts and biosystems engineering curriculum provides a broad fundamental scientific and engineering background to harness the molecular building blocks of renewable resources for sustainable utilization, to design and develop biological systems, and to help improve the environment by developing solutions for environmental and natural resource issues affecting soil, water, and air.

Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Eng and Mgmt

The Bioproducts and Biosystems Science Engineering and Management (BBSEM) graduate program provides a strong foundation in the basic sciences, engineering, and management in support of the renewable bio-resources utilization, environmental quality, and national security, while improving our global competitiveness. The areas of specialization include bioproducts science and engineering, biosystems science and engineering, and bioproducts marketing and management.

Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Engineering and Management

The PhD offered by the Bioproducts and Biosystems Science Engineering and Management (BBSEM) graduate program provides a strong foundation in the basic sciences, engineering, and management in support of the renewable bio-resources utilization, environmental quality, and national security while improving our global competitiveness. The areas of specialization include bioproducts science and engineering, biosystems science and engineering, and bioproducts marketing and management.

Biostatistics

The biostatistics master's degree program teaches and develops statistical skills to put numbers into context as part of public health research for solving human health-related problems. With an MS in biostatistics, students will have the skills to collaborate on the design of biomedical studies, analyze data, and communicate the results for researchers. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Biostatistics

The biostatistics PhD prepares graduates to conduct original research, collaborate and consult with biomedical researchers, implement and disseminate results of this research, and teach and mentor others in the field. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Business Administration

At the Carlson School, students tailor their education to meet their career objectives. Supported by outstanding faculty, cutting-edge coursework, and extensive networking opportunities, students compile an impressive record of professional achievements even before they graduate. The Carlson School offers several pathways to the master of business administration degree: the full-time MBA, the part-time MBA, the online MBA, and the executive MBA.

Business Administration

The Carlson Business Administration PhD program is a rigorous, research-based program designed to prepare students for future research, academic, organizational, or government positions. The full-time program is dedicated to training scholars to advance knowledge in their discipline and to share this knowledge with their students, communities, and organizations.

Business Administration D.B.A.

The proposed 57-credit, cohort-based DBA program is an applied, professional doctoral program directed at high-level executives working in China and the surrounding region. The DBA will go beyond the MBA to prepare participants to better face challenges and pursue opportunities in a complex, global business environment. The program will focus on the application rather than the creation of knowledge.

Business Analytics

Business analytics is integrated into various functional areas of organizations such as finance, accounting, marketing, supply chain, human resources, and information systems, and is driving transformative changes in these areas. With an increasing number of organizations adopting data-driven strategies, there is a growing need for professionals who possess a unique combination of business acumen and technical analytics skills.

Business Analytics

Business analytics and data science is one of the most sought after skill sets in modern industry. The Business Analytics certificate offers candidates the skills to extract insights with creative data analysis, and then apply the results in real business settings.

Business Analytics

The Master of Science in Business Analytics program teaches students how to extract insights from data and apply those results in real business settings. Designed as a 1-year full-time program, students graduate with both data science and artificial intelligence skills as well as the business acumen to be leaders in an increasingly data-driven world.

Business and Marketing Education

This undergraduate program focuses on business and marketing education. Coursework includes leadership, sales training, marketing, e-marketing, project management, business communication, management and supervisory development, and customer relationship management.

Business Research

The business research MS is a terminal master's degree option restricted to eligible business administration PhD students who do not complete the doctoral degree. Applications to the business research MS are not otherwise considered.

Business Taxation

As one of the premier graduate tax programs in the nation, the Carlson School's Master of Business Taxation (MBT) program helps students acquire a conceptual understanding of taxation, and develop technical competence in the practical application of the rules of taxation in business. In addition, courses in government and economic tax policy, tax negotiations, and tax technology and analytics provide breadth to complement the technical tax courses.

Career Readiness

The career readiness certificate is earned by students who intentionally and intensively engage in the career development process during their undergraduate program. The certificate program challenges students to think about the totality of their liberal arts degree and the acquisition of the core career competencies.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering deals with operations such as materials handling, mixing, fluid flow and metering, extrusion, coating, heat exchange, filtration, drying, evaporation, distillation, absorption, extraction, ion exchange, combustion, catalysis, and processing in chemical and biochemical reactors. Because many industries are based on some chemical or physical transformation of matter, chemical engineers are much in demand.

Chemical Engineering

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models.

Chemical Engineering (M.Ch.E.)

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models.

Chemical Engineering (M.S.)

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models.

Chemical Physics

Chemical physics focuses on research areas where the techniques of chemistry and physics are combined for the study of atoms and molecules; their interactions in gases, liquids, and solids; and the detailed structure and dynamics of material changes.

Chemical Physics

Chemical physics focuses on research areas where the techniques of chemistry and physics are combined for the study of atoms and molecules; their interactions in gases, liquids, and solids; and the detailed structure and dynamics of material changes.

Chemistry

While modern research in chemistry is very interdisciplinary, graduate work in the Department of Chemistry falls broadly into the focus areas of analytical chemistry, chemical biology, environmental chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, experimental physical chemistry, and computational chemistry.

Chemistry

While modern research in chemistry is very interdisciplinary, graduate work in the Department of Chemistry falls broadly into the focus areas of analytical chemistry, chemical biology, environmental chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, experimental physical chemistry, and computational chemistry.

Chemistry (B.A.)

An active, modern program of chemical education at the undergraduate level must do more than simply train professional chemists. Chemistry, the central science, is an important component of many disciplines and should be accessible to all students seeking a liberal education. The chemistry department contributes actively to increasing the level of scientific literacy of all students. The program also serves students by recognizing different needs, interests, and career goals.

Chemistry (B.S.)

The mission of the Department of Chemistry is to enrich the science of chemistry through the education of students from all disciplines, the training of future professional chemists, and the pursuit of knowledge. Chemistry probes the fundamental concepts of nature and helps us understand the world around us. It deals with all substances at the molecular level: their composition, their properties, and how they are transformed into new substances.

Chicano-Latino Studies

The program's curriculum explores the dimensions of race, ethnicity, culture and identity, gender, and class in the United States, both historically and in contemporary times. Chicano-Latino studies majors take courses offered in two broadly defined fields of study, humanities and social science. Humanities content includes courses designed to increase awareness of Chicana/o culture, as well as intellectual, aesthetic, literary, historical, ethical, and human values.

Chinese Language Advanced-Level

The purpose of the Certificate is to recognize students who have reached an advanced level of proficiency in Modern Standard Chinese (ACTFL Advanced, ILR 2), along with training in literary Chinese and cultural literacy. Designated as a "tier four" language by the Foreign Service Institute, Chinese is acknowledged as one of the most difficult languages to master.

Civic Engagement

The Civic Engagement MPS meets the unique needs of working adult students looking to enhance their knowledge and credentials as "T-shaped" professionals. The T-shaped professional has a combination of broad applied managerial skills complemented by disciplinary knowledge in a focused area. Students in this major will benefit from exposure to the qualitative human-centered and quantitative data-focused applied professional skills that have become integral to workplace success.

Civil Engineering

Civil engineering deals with the science and art of engineering applied to solving problems and designing systems related to infrastructure and the environment. Civil engineers analyze, design, and supervise the construction of roads, buildings, water supply systems, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and wastewater treatment systems.

Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering master of science (MS) degree balances education in engineering fundamentals and design. The degree prepares students for careers in industry as well as for continued studies at the doctoral level. The degree offers students the opportunity to focus on one of the following areas of engineering: environmental (e.g., pollutant fate and transport, process modeling, soil and groundwater remediation, water and wastewater treatment), geomechanics (e.g.

Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering PhD degree combines coursework and independent research in a comprehensive program for those wishing to attain mastery of their field. Students have the opportunity to focus on one of the following areas of engineering: environmental (e.g., pollutant fate and transport, process modeling, soil and groundwater remediation, water and wastewater treatment), geomechanics (e.g.

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures is an interdisciplinary major with two tracks: "Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures" & "Languages and Literature," reflected over four sub-plans. The major enables students to gain a broad and in-depth appreciation for the complexities of ancient Mediterranean religion and culture.

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures (CNRC) is an interdisciplinary department that brings together faculty and graduate students who might in other settings be dispersed among a wide range of programs. CNRC is dedicated to philological and literary training as well as the examination of material culture and incorporation of theoretical models in the study of antiquity.

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures (CNRC) is an interdisciplinary department that brings together faculty and graduate students who might in other settings be dispersed among a wide range of programs. CNRC is dedicated to philological and literary training as well as the examination of material culture and incorporation of theoretical models in the study of antiquity. The Religions in Antiquity Ph.D.

Clinical Ethics

Admissions to the clinical ethics post-baccalaureate certificate are currently on hold. Please contact bthxed@umn.edu for updates. The Clinical Ethics Post-Baccalaureate Certificate will offer a graduate level educational opportunity for practicing professionals including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and others.

Clinical Physiology and Movement Science

The clinical physiology and movement science postbaccalaureate certificate program is aimed at D.N.P. and M.D. fellows in nursing and medicine, as well as professionals in clinical fields, such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy. In addition, engineers working in the area of medical technology or medical device development are potential candidates.

Clinical Research

The certificate program in clinical research is designed for research coordinators, clinical research project managers, and other health professionals who want to learn how to implement and manage clinical research studies. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree and at least two years of relevant clinical experience or research experience. Students can pursue the certificate on a part-time basis. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Clinical Research

The MS in clinical research is a graduate degree as well as a career development path for physician-scientists, clinical scholars, and biomedical researchers. The clinical research MS program trains students to perform patient-oriented research, develop therapeutic interventions conduct clinical trials, write grants, and develop data analytic skills. The program offers maximum flexibility and it can be completed online and students have varied capstone project opportunities.

Closely-Held Business Taxation

The Closely-Held Business Taxation certificate is designed for tax professionals seeking a credential that identifies them as a tax expert in the field while preparing graduates for greater responsibilities in business management and consulting. A rigorous curriculum, taught online by top faculty in the tax community, focuses on the analytical, problem-solving, writing, and communication skills that foster career advancement.

Cognitive Science

The MS Cognitive Science program is structured to allow students the flexibility to pursue a wide variety of research topics, and to integrate methodologies and perspectives from different disciplines. In addition to a course that introduces students to the field of Cognitive Science, at least three course credits from each of the following areas are required: cognitive psychology, computer science/artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy.

Cognitive Science

Cognitive science is broadly concerned with integrating contemporary approaches to the study of the mind/brain and with the systems and processes underlying the acquisition and use of knowledge. The coherence of the program lies in its intellectual focus on cognition. This program spans cellular, behavioral, and psychological levels of scientific analysis in the study of cognition in a single unified graduate program.

Communication Studies

This program examines human communication using humanistic and social scientific methods. Fields of study include speech writing, rhetorical criticism, ethics, interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, and electronic (broadcasting, cable, satellite, internet) forms of communication. Students are strongly encouraged to declare their major during the first or second year.

Communication Studies

Note: The Communication Studies graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Communication Studies PhD program. The Communication Studies program has a national reputation for excellence in the areas of critical media studies, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric.

Communication Studies

The Communication Studies program has a national reputation for excellence in the areas of critical media studies, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric. Our graduate students are highly motivated scholars at the cutting edge of communication research with an equally strong commitment to becoming skilled instructors. Although most students emphasize one of these areas, students take courses across each of the three subdisciplines en route to designing their PhD thesis research project.

Community Health Promotion

The Community Health Promotion (CHP) MPH program trains students to work with populations to improve health. The curriculum emphasizes the importance of using research and social science to assess population behavioral health patterns and psychosocial risk factors: students learn to design community-wide prevention and intervention programs, how to influence health policies, and evaluate outcomes of behavioral health change.

Comparative and Molecular Biosciences

The mission of the Comparative and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) program is to train outstanding scientists in the basic mechanisms of animal and human health and disease. The CMB program embraces a One Health approach and investigates a wide range of species, including humans, laboratory animals, companion animals, and livestock species.

Comparative and Molecular Biosciences

The mission of the Comparative and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) program is to train outstanding scientists in the basic mechanisms of animal and human health and disease. The CMB program embraces a One Health approach and investigates a wide range of species, including humans, laboratory animals, companion animals, and livestock species.

Comparative Literature

Note: The Comparative Literature (CL) graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Comparative Literature PhD program. Comparative literature is the oldest field of literary criticism, dating back to the seventeenth century.

Comparative Literature

Comparative literature is the oldest field of literary criticism, dating back to the seventeenth century. Among the wide range of studies currently conducted in comparative literature nationally and internationally, this program focuses on theories of literary criticism and its explanatory bases; indeed the program is seen as one of the principal initiators of such fields of study.

Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society

Note: The Comparative Studies and Discourse in Society (CSDS) graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the CSDS PhD program. While most traditional humanistic disciplines tend to focus either on a given mode of discourse (e.g., art history, musicology) or a specific cultural context (e.g.

Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society

While most traditional humanistic disciplines tend to focus either on a given mode of discourse (e.g., art history, musicology) or a specific cultural context (e.g., American studies, European languages and literatures), this program engages a broader problematic—how discourse and cultural production both shape and are shaped by life in time, space, matter, and society.

Computer Engineering

The mission of the computer engineering program is to educate students in core topics, as well as in a broad set of specialties of computer engineering; to impart students with professional attributes that characterize a well-schooled engineer and citizen; and to provide students with opportunities for research experience in one of the leading computer engineering centers of scholarship.

Computer Science

The Computer Science PhD offers coursework from across a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied computer science, combined with research opportunities in nearly all areas of the field.

Computer Science (B.A.)

Computer science concerns the study of the hardware, software, and theoretical aspects of high-speed computing devices and the application of these devices to a broad spectrum of scientific, technological, and business problems. The curriculum gives students a basic understanding of computer science. After completing a required set of fundamental courses, students can arrange their subsequent work around one of several emphases within computer science.

Computer Science (B.S.)

Computer science is concerned with the study of hardware, software, and theoretical aspects of high-speed computing devices and with the application of these devices to scientific, technological, and business problems. A bachelor's degree gives students a basic understanding of computer science.

Computer Science (M.C.S.)

The Master's of Computer Science (MCS) is a terminal, professionally focused coursework-only degree designed for working professionals seeking to boost their current career, or change course. The MCS graduate program core offers coursework from a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied computer science topics and incorporates elective coursework opportunities in nearly all areas of the field.

Computer Science (M.S.)

The Computer Science MS degree offers coursework from across a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied computer science and combines research opportunities in nearly all areas of the field.

Conservation Sciences

The conservation sciences (CS) program has two complementary objectives leading to a unique multidisciplinary program. The first is to provide students with sound graduate training in the biological sciences relevant to the global conservation of plants, animals, and ecosystems. The second objective promotes the study of social, political, and economic sciences that relate to recognition and solution of conservation problems.

Conservation Sciences

The conservation sciences (CS) program has two complementary objectives leading to a unique multidisciplinary program. The first is to provide students with sound graduate training in the biological sciences relevant to the global conservation of plants, animals, and ecosystems. The second objective promotes the study of social, political, and economic sciences that relate to recognition and solution of conservation problems.

Construction Management

This undergraduate certificate will give you an in-depth understanding of the design and technology framework and the communication and management skills required for your career advancement. Designed and taught by industry professionals, the program is for people interested in a career as a construction manager or industry professional who want to increase their knowledge of new technologies or improve their management and communication skills.

Construction Management

Construction management transforms project design and its engineering requirements into a physical structure, focusing on management and business skills needed to deliver high-quality construction results on time and within budget.

Corporate Financial Management

The Corporate Finance certificate is a curated introductory credential that lays out the foundations of the discipline for those seeking to enter or advance. It is designed to convey a comprehensive understanding of financial management principles, the essentials of financial planning and analysis, major financial decisions, and business valuation.

Creative Writing

The creative writing program in the Department of English offers the master of fine arts (MFA) degree for students committed to pursuing the writing life. This three-year degree provides advanced, graduate-level coursework in writing, language, and literature, as well as study in a related field. The third year of the program focuses on the final development of a book-length manuscript suitable for publication.

Cross-Cultural Health in Spain

Students will take 6–12 credits in Toledo, Spain, as part of this certificate. Students will minimally take 6 credits at UMN, ideally in their second-year, ahead of the learning abroad program in Toledo, Spain. All courses taken will provide adequate philosophical or historical context for 21st-century healthcare practice across myriad cultures.

Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

The major in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (CSCL) is a flexible and multidisciplinary BA program in the Liberal Arts. Our courses examine the ways global cultural and artistic practices reflect and transform modes of knowing, feeling, and acting politically and underpin conceptions of both individual and collective social identity. The CSCL curriculum covers a wide range of media and art forms, from literature to cinema, popular culture, music, and the visual arts.

Curriculum and Instruction

The master of education (MEd)/professional studies degree programs are designed to meet the needs of practicing professionals in education and human development fields. Students admitted typically have interests in improving their current professional practice and applying their education to their present work responsibilities.

Dakota Language

The goal of the Dakota language major is to best situate both heritage and non-heritage Dakota students to be able to positively intervene in the cultural life of the state's Dakota communities by contributing to the revitalization of the Dakota language. As a land grant institution, the University has a mission to contribute to the state's communities, and the major will help fulfill that mission. The department also prioritizes local American Indian community engagement and advocacy.

Dance (B.A.)

The BA in dance emphasizes general studies of contemporary dance in a global context. This degree prepares the student for further studies in such areas of dance as performance, choreography, dance theory, teaching, arts management, movement therapy, and kinesiology. The Dance BA is also designed to accommodate students interested in double majors that desire rigorous dance/movement practice and research to support and inform other academic studies.

Dance (B.F.A.)

Founded in the context of global contemporary dance, the BFA in dance emphasizes excellence in technique, composition, performance, and dance studies. The program accepts students through a rigorous audition and prepares them through subsequent training designed to support professional careers in performance, creative or discursive work, or further studies.

Data Science

A data scientist is a person who should be able to leverage existing data sources and create new ones as needed in order to extract meaningful information and actionable insights. These insights can be used to drive business decisions and changes intended to achieve business goals.

Data Science

The Data Science post-baccalaureate certificate program provides a strong foundation in the science of Big Data and its analysis by gathering in a single program the knowledge, expertise, and educational assets in data collection and management, data analytics, scalable data-driven pattern discovery, and the fundamental concepts behind these methods.

Data Science

The Data Science MS program provides a strong foundation in the science of Big Data and its analysis by gathering in a single program the knowledge, expertise, and educational assets in data collection and management, data analytics, scalable data-driven pattern discovery, and the fundamental concepts behind these methods.

Data Science for Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

The M.S. in Data Science for Chemical Engineering and Materials Science degree bridges disciplinary expertise in chemical engineering and materials science with data and computational science. It aims to educate the next generation of chemical engineers and materials scientists that will be able to work seamlessly with digital technologies.

Data Science in Operations Research

The MS in Data Science in Operations Research program emphasizes an integrated approach to data-driven decision making that moves from data collection and data analysis to mathematical modeling to optimization and decision making. The possibility and importance of such an integrated approach arises because of the ubiquity of data in the modern world.

Dental Hygiene

Within the University's liberal arts curriculum, the baccalaureate program provides advanced knowledge and practice in both general university courses and dental hygiene theory and research methodology. It prepares the dental hygienist to assume roles in many different healthcare environments, such as general and specialty practices, public schools, community health clinics, insurance companies, dental hygiene educational programs, extended care facilities, and in the health products industry.

Design

The Design PhD program focuses on the study of relationships between humans and their designed environments. This focus is based on the assumption that design and analysis of environments contributes to the improvement of the human condition. The program addresses theory, research, and application, using a shared disciplinary base from the arts and social and behavioral sciences.

Design Justice

This program focuses on addressing structural inequality in design through social, cultural, and environmental lenses. Courses from multiple design disciplines within the College of Design offer an in-depth understanding of how design creates benefits and burdens for people with different identities, as well as how design applies and enhances community-based, indigenous practices and knowledge.

Design (M.F.A.)

The design graduate program focuses on the study of relationships between humans and their designed environments. This focus is based on the assumption that design and analysis of environments contributes to the improvement of the human condition. The program addresses theory, research, and application, using a shared disciplinary base from the arts and social and behavioral sciences.

Design (M.S.)

The design graduate program focuses on the study of relationships between humans and their designed environments. This focus is based on the assumption that design and analysis of environments contributes to the improvement of the human condition. The program addresses theory, research, and application, using a shared disciplinary base from the arts and social and behavioral sciences.

Developmental Psychology

The PhD in developmental psychology focuses primarily on training for research in normal human development. The goal of the program is to train all students for careers in research and college teaching in developmental psychology and to prepare students in the developmental psychopathology and clinical science program options for careers in applied areas of child psychology as well.

Developmental Psychology (B.A.)

Developmental psychology (formerly child psychology) focuses on behavioral development from the prenatal period to maturity. Students complete coursework in topic areas including social development, cognitive development, language development, emotional and behavioral disorders, biological development, and research methods.

Developmental Psychology (B.S.)

Developmental psychology (formerly child psychology) focuses on behavioral development from the prenatal period to maturity. Students complete coursework in topic areas including social development, cognitive development, language development, emotional and behavioral disorders, biological development, and research methods.

Development Practice

The Development Practice master's degree (MDP), jointly administered by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, prepares students for careers in sustainable development. The degree provides a rigorous, interdisciplinary education and equips students with the competencies, skills, and knowledge needed to work toward poverty alleviation and sustainable development in developing regions of the world.

Dietetics

The Dietetics Master of Professional Studies (MPS) focuses on coursework that combines advanced knowledge of nutrition, dietetics, and evidence-based practice. Graduates will be positioned to interpret and communicate evidence-based nutrition concepts to socioeconomically and culturally diverse audiences including content experts, educators, media, patients/clients, and the public.

Disability Policy and Services

The certificate in disability policy and services is designed to allow graduate, as well as community professionals, to study policies and services that affect the lives of children, youth, and adults with disabilities. The 12-credit program surveys the spectrum of education, health, and social services available to individuals with disabilities and their families, and examines the public and private networks of disability services from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Dual Language and Immersion Education

This graduate-level certificate program gives students an opportunity to complete a coordinated series of courses in the area of dual language and immersion education. The program does not lead to a state teaching certificate or licensure (note that a university certificate program or certificate is distinct from a state certificate or certification).

Early Care and Education

This non-licensure M.Ed. provides students with a robust preparation for work in the field of early childhood education. The degree combines coursework in cutting-edge child development research with opportunities to engage in supervised applied work with young children and options to create individualized areas of study. This M.Ed.

Early Childhood

The undergraduate program in early childhood prepares students to work with young children (birth through age eight) and their families. The curriculum includes a variety of courses that are central to early childhood teaching and child development.

Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education MEd prepares outstanding teachers of young children with a strong foundation in child development theory and research and developmentally appropriate methodology for educating the different ages within the early childhood years (birth to age 8). Clinical experiences in the Child Development Laboratory School and in local urban/suburban public schools create a strong experiential base in which to apply the principles and methods learned in University courses.

Early Childhood Policy

The Early Childhood Policy post-baccalaureate certificate gives students expertise in applying research-based knowledge to public policies affecting young children and the adults who care for them. The certificate provides a vehicle for students to gain fundamental early childhood policy skills and knowledge and to foster connection between the University of Minnesota and the early childhood policy community.

Earth Sciences

The modern earth sciences are a remarkable synthesis of the physical and biological sciences. They are at the forefront of inquiry into and solutions of most of the major issues involving the global environment: climate, oceans, freshwater in all its forms, natural resources, and natural disasters. Like no other field, they integrate all the systems, from surface to great depth, from physics to chemistry to biology, and over all of geologic time and all geographic scales.

Earth Sciences

The modern earth sciences are a remarkable synthesis of the physical and biological sciences. They are at the forefront of inquiry into and solutions of most of the major issues involving the global environment: climate, oceans, freshwater in all its forms, natural resources, and natural disasters. Like no other field, they integrate all the systems, from surface to great depth, from physics to chemistry to biology, and over all of geologic time and all geographic scales.

Earth Sciences (B.A.)

Earth sciences is the study of the composition, structure, and history of the Earth, as well as the processes that operate on and within it. Emphasis on the crust, oceans, and atmosphere. The BA prepares students for graduate study or professional employment. Earth scientists are employed in a wide range of fields, including exploration for and development of natural resources, environmental science, urban planning, education, oceanography, and other areas related to natural science.

Earth Sciences (B.S.)

Earth sciences is the study of the composition, structure, and history of the Earth and of the processes that operate on and within it, with emphasis on the crust, oceans, and atmosphere. The department's programs emphasize applications of physics, chemistry, and biology to understanding the Earth.

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

The graduate program in ecology, evolution, and behavior (EEB) links faculty and students interested in the biology of organisms from molecules to ecosystems. Studies address questions from molecular mechanisms of evolution, the interactions of organisms in social groups and populations, the distributions and abundances of species in communities and ecosystems, to global biogeochemical processes.

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

The graduate program in ecology, evolution, and behavior (EEB) links faculty and students interested in the biology of organisms from molecules to ecosystems. Studies address questions from molecular mechanisms of evolution, the interactions of organisms in social groups and populations, the distributions and abundances of species in communities and ecosystems, to global biogeochemical processes.

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Students majoring in ecology, evolution, and behavior (EEB) focus on three related areas of biology. Ecology examines the growth and maintenance of populations and their interactions in communities and relationships among organisms and physical events in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Evolution investigates the origin and change of biological diversity by studying evolutionary patterns and processes at various temporal and spatial scales.

Economics

Note: Students are admitted only for the PhD in economics; the MA is an optional part of the PhD program. The economics graduate program offers degree work in both theoretical and applied fields of economics with an emphasis on quantitative economic analysis. The strong quantitative component in this degree emphasizes multivariate calculus, linear algebra, and econometrics (statistical methods of economic data).

Economics

Note: Students are admitted only for the PhD in economics; the MA is an optional part of the PhD program. The economics graduate program offers degree work in both theoretical and applied fields of economics with an emphasis on quantitative economic analysis. The strong quantitative component in this degree emphasizes multivariate calculus, linear algebra, and econometrics (statistical methods of economic data).

Economics (B.A.)

The Bachelors of Arts in Economics gives students the economic and analytical tools necessary to examine and solve contemporary economic problems.

Economics (B.S.)

The Bachelors of Science in Economics gives students the economic, mathematical, and analytical tools to solve contemporary economic problems. This major pathway is recommended for students considering graduate studies in economics or pursuing a career as a professional economist or in an analytics-based field.

Economics - Business Economics Emphasis

The Bachelors of Arts in Economics–Business Economics Emphasis program gives students the economic and analytical tools, including data science tools, necessary to examine and solve contemporary economic problems. It is an economics degree for students interested in a business orientation in their study of economics. It is not a business degree.

Economics - Quantitative Emphasis

The Bachelors of Arts in Economics gives students the economic and analytical tools necessary to examine and solve contemporary economic problems. This major pathway adds quantitative training in calculus, linear algebra, and econometrics.

Editing and Publishing

The Editing and Publishing Certificate provides students with the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to enter the field of publishing. The certificate focuses particularly, but not exclusively, on literary publishing. Students take two required upper-division courses and complete an experiential learning requirement.

Educational Psychology

The Educational Psychology MA program has five tracks: counselor education (CE); school psychology; special education (including applied behavior analysis); psychological foundations of education (with emphases in learning and cognition/educational technology, social psychological and social developmental processes in educational psychology, including human relations); and quantitative methods in education.

Educational Psychology

The educational psychology program has four tracks: school psychology; special education; psychological foundations of education (with emphases in learning and cognition/educational technology, social psychological and social developmental processes in educational psychology including human relations); and quantitative methods in education.

Educational Psychology Specialist in Education and School Psychological Services

Students' graduate preparation focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in provision of research-based school psychological practices within multi-tier systems of support to improve academic, social, behavioral, and emotional competence of children and youth, as well as to develop, implement, and use applied research in school settings.

Educational Psychology Specialist in Education and Special Education

The special education track aims to improve outcomes for individuals who require specialized support to experience success across the lifespan. We are committed to engaging in meaningful research and to bridging research and practice to improve the lives of children and families in diverse contexts, and to have a lasting impact on teacher education, leadership, and policy.

Education, Curriculum, and Instruction

Focusing on the curricular and instructional processes central to all educational endeavors, graduate programs within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction prepare students for professional roles in K-12 education, postsecondary education, research settings, educational service agencies, and public service and policy.

Education, Curriculum, and Instruction

Focusing on the curricular and instructional processes central to all educational endeavors, graduate programs within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction prepare students for academic and professional roles in K-12 education, post-secondary education, research settings, educational service agencies, and public service and policy.

Election Administration

The undergraduate certificate in election administration prepares professional election officials across the country for advancement in the field as well as undergraduate students interested in entering the field of election administration. Students will acquire and develop the skills and knowledge of election operations and procedures. All courses are offered in an online format and include topics such as election law, election security, data analysis, and voter participation.

Election Administration

The Election Administration post-baccalaureate certificate prepares professional election officials across the country for advancement in the field as well as students interested in entering the field of election administration. Students will acquire and develop the skills and knowledge of election operations and procedures. All courses are offered in an online format and include topics such as election law, election security, data analysis, and voter participation.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers diverse educational programs that encompass nearly all aspects of modern electrical and computer engineering, ranging from the very theoretical system and information theory to highly experimental work in novel device research and microelectronics.

Electrical Engineering

The mission of the electrical engineering program is to educate students in core topics, as well as in a broad set of specialties of electrical engineering. The program will impart students with professional attributes that characterize a well-schooled engineer and citizen and provide opportunities for research experience in one of the leading electrical engineering centers of scholarship.

Electrical Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers diverse educational programs that encompass nearly all aspects of modern electrical and computer engineering, ranging from the very theoretical system and information theory to highly experimental work in novel device research and microelectronics.

Electrification Engineering

The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Electrification Engineering is designed to provide technologists, engineers, and technically-focused managers with an applied graduate credential focusing on the core systems underpinning the electrified world. This 12-credit program is suitable for industry professionals and new college graduates looking for a hands-on learning approach with immediately applicable skills.

Elementary Education: Foundations

The bachelor of science degree program in elementary education: foundations prepares students to work with children, including those with special needs and in urban school settings. The program does not lead directly to teaching licensure but prepares students to enter the master of education (MEd)/initial licensure program in elementary education, which leads to state of Minnesota teaching licensure.

English

Students who major in English study literature and other forms of verbal expression, literary history and criticism, critical theory, linguistics, and creative writing. Courses offered by the department explore a wide range of discourses written in English, including poetry, drama, fiction, film, popular culture, and electronic media. Students examine the cultural, social, political, and economic contexts that condition a variety of texts.

English

Over the past 20 years, the field of English studies has changed dramatically from a discipline concerned with studying the literary works produced by English speakers in Britain and the United States to encompass writings in English from around the globe. The concerns of literary scholars have broadened to include not only textual analyses but also cultural, social, political, and economic contexts.

English

Over the past 20 years, the field of English studies has changed dramatically from a discipline concerned with studying the literary works produced by English speakers in Britain and the United States to encompass writings in English from around the globe. The concerns of literary scholars have broadened to include not only textual analyses but also cultural, social, political, and economic contexts.

Entomology

Entomology centers on the study of insects and includes specializations in ecology, behavior, molecular biology, microbiology, neurobiology, physiology, population dynamics, systematics, and taxonomy. Specialized or applied areas include apiculture, biological control, cell culture, insect conservation, insect- vector relations, integrated pest management, and modeling.

Entomology

Entomology centers on the study of insects and includes specializations in ecology, behavior, molecular biology, microbiology, neurobiology, physiology, population dynamics, systematics, and taxonomy. Specialized or applied areas include apiculture, biological control, cell culture, insect conservation, insect- vector relations, integrated pest management, and modeling.

Entrepreneurial Management

The entrepreneurial management major is designed for students who are interested in starting a new business (entrepreneurship), helping existing organizations to develop new business opportunities (intrapreneurship), or creating positive social impact through the development of new ventures (social entrepreneurship).

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

How do you take a new idea or technology and turn it into a commercially successful offering? The post-baccalaureate certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation brings together a set of courses designed to help take you through that journey: from idea generation and opportunity identification, through business planning, funding, product development, and testing, all the way to managing a growing business.

Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineers design and apply technologies to resolve issues of environmental concern. They design systems that produce safe drinking water, treat wastewater so that it can be reused and/or safely returned to the environment, accommodate municipal and hazardous waste, mitigate air pollution, and protect public health.

Environmental Geosciences

Environmental geoscience is the study of processes within, and interactions between, the atmosphere, the ocean, and the land that determine the habitability and sustainability of the planet. In short, it is the branch of geoscience that is concerned with the interactions between humans and the geologic environment.

Environmental Geosciences BA

Environmental geoscience is the study of processes within, and interactions between, the atmosphere, the ocean, and the land that determine the habitability and sustainability of the planet. In short, it is the branch of geoscience that is concerned with the interactions between humans and the geologic environment.

Environmental Health

Environmental health is the study of how exposures to external hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents, affect human health. Environmental health researchers and professionals seek to understand how to evaluate exposures that create risk to human health, how those exposures elicit biological responses that lead to disease and injury, and how policy is developed and used to prevent adverse health effects.

Environmental Health and Safety

THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER ADMITTING STUDENTS. The Environmental Health and Safety certificate will equip professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully manage and administer safety programs. The five required courses are taught online. The curriculum focuses on technical information, critical thinking skills, legal and ethical concepts, effective communication and interpersonal skills, management principles, and the ability to work as a member or leader of a team.

Environmental Health (M.P.H.)

Environmental health is the study of how exposures to external hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents, affect human health. Environmental health researchers and professionals seek to understand how to evaluate exposures that create risk to human health, how those exposures elicit biological responses that lead to disease and injury, and how policy is developed and used to prevent adverse health effects.

Environmental Health (M.S.)

Environmental health is the study of how exposures to external hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents, affect human health. Environmental health researchers and professionals seek to understand how to evaluate exposures that create risks to human health, how those exposures elicit biological responses that lead to disease and injury, and how policy is developed and used to prevent adverse health effects.

Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management

The environmental sciences, policy and management (ESPM) major is designed to address the needs posed by the complexity of environmental and renewable resource issues that are faced on a state, national, and global level. This interdisciplinary, environmental major prepares graduates to solve environmental problems from an integrated knowledge base.

Epidemiology

The Epidemiology PhD program trains students to use rigorous quantitative methods to build evidence for public health and clinical care. Training covers descriptive methods to examine public health trends; theories of causal inference; study design and implementation; statistical methods for estimating exposure–outcome associations; and interpretation of research results. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Epidemiology (M.P.H.)

The epidemiology (EPI) MPH program trains students to: analyze public health trends in the burden of disease, identify risk factors for disease, design and implement studies, and interpret results for disease prevention and control policies and programs. Two tracks are available to students in the Epidemiology MPH program: Standard Program or Accelerated Program. Students in the Standard Program are required to complete a minimum of 48 credits.

Epidemiology (M.S.)

Note: Students are not admitted directly into the MS Epidemiology program; it is available only by special arrangement. Students interested in a master's degree in epidemiology should apply for the master of public health (MPH) degree through the School of Public Health.

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

The Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP) graduate program was designed specifically for students interested in clinical research. Its goal is to advance the science of human pharmacology and therapeutics to improve the safe, effective, and economical use of drugs by patients. Students study such topics as experimental pharmacotherapy, drug metabolism, infectious disease, neuroscience/neuropharmacology, pharmacometrics, and pharmacogenomics.

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

The Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP) graduate program was designed specifically for students interested in clinical research. Its goal is to advance the science of human pharmacology and therapeutics to improve the safe, effective, and economical use of drugs by patients. Students study such topics as experimental pharmacotherapy, drug metabolism, infectious disease, neuroscience/neuropharmacology, pharmacometrics, and pharmacogenomics.

Facility Management

THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING STUDENTS. The facility management certificate offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program in which students study the complete building life cycle, from design inception and construction to maintenance, recommissioning, and demolition, with the objective of serving on the owner's side to develop, construct, and maintain buildings for the long term.

Family Education

The Family Education MEd develops and strengthens professionals' competencies to work with individuals and families to enhance family life. This practitioner- based program, offered by the Department of Family Social Science (FSoS), prepares licensed teachers to further develop their knowledge and skills in the family education field, or non-licensed professionals to work with adults, youth, or children in a variety of settings.

Family Social Science

Family social science is a multidisciplinary major for those who are interested in helping people, counseling, and understanding human relationships. This major prepares graduates for careers in working with individuals, families, or systems in human services. The major is enhanced by a required internship related to the student's specific program and career goals.

Family Social Science

Family Social Science offers a unique program of study using the insights and methods of the social sciences to examine how families work within various contexts and cultures.

Family Social Science

Family social science (FSoS) offers a unique program of study using insights and methods of the social sciences to examine how families work within various contexts and cultures. A doctoral degree in family social science provides a broad foundation of expertise in theory, research, and practice.

Feminist Studies

Note: The Feminist Studies graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Feminist PhD program.

Feminist Studies

The Ph.D in Feminist Studies is designed to help students develop a high level of competence in feminist theories, research methods, interdisciplinarity, and pedagogies. Our graduates demonstrate a high level of competence in interdisciplinary feminist theories, research methods, and pedagogies. Our graduate program provides a rigorous interdisciplinary education designed to develop well-prepared scholars in the field of feminist studies and gender, women, and sexuality studies.

Finance

Finance is about understanding economic value. Specifically how the decisions made by firms determine the economic value of firms or investment opportunities. Since all firms must invest capital (cash) to operate and grow, all firms simultaneously compete with each other, and all other investment opportunities, for capital in Capital Markets. Finance professionals estimate and evaluate economic value and risk focusing on estimating future cash flow and using information from Capital Markets.

Finance

The 39-credit Master of Science Program in Finance provides students with an advanced understanding of the tools and methods used in businesses and in financial markets. The program focuses on combining financial theory with quantitative and computational methods and real-world applications. Students can complete this full-time graduate program in 10 or 16 months. Graduates will be able to analyze and interpret complex financial data and communicate its implications.

Finance & Risk Management Insurance

The Finance & Risk Management Insurance major applies theory to practice using principles of finance, law, and mathematics in the transfer and reduction of risk for individuals, corporations, and government. Risk management is the practice of identifying the risks that affect a company's business and finding ways to mitigate and offset those risks. Risk management tools and techniques help corporations deal with a wide variety of issues and legal concerns.

Financial Mathematics

The Master of Financial Mathematics (MFM) degree program helps students understand the underlying mathematics of quantitative finance. The program offers a range of courses, from theoretical to practical, including a mathematical course on stochastic processes, a practitioner's course offering hands-on application of financial software tools, and a programming course focusing on Python and C#.

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

The fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology curriculum gives students a broad science background emphasizing biological and environmental sciences and other coursework needed for careers in fisheries, wildlife, conservation biology, and other natural resource and environmental fields. Graduates are prepared to research, plan, and implement the management, protection, and enhancement of fisheries and aquatic resources, wildlife resources, and biological diversity.

Food Science

Food science applies chemistry, microbiology, and engineering to the science and technology of developing healthy, safe, convenient, and innovative food products with extended shelf life. Chemistry is a major component in food science because foods and their constituents undergo chemical reactions and interactions during thermal treatment, processing, refrigeration, freezing, storage and in the presence of unique additives or microbes.

Food Science

Food science applies scientific principles to the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and consumer aspects of food. Food scientists apply the basic principles and techniques of many disciplines, including chemistry, physics, microbiology, and nutrition, to food processing and preservation, new product development, and food marketing.

Food Science

Food science applies scientific principles to the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and consumer aspects of food. Food scientists apply the basic principles and techniques of many disciplines, including chemistry, physics, microbiology, and nutrition, to food processing and preservation, new product development, and food marketing.

Forest and Natural Resource Management

The forest and natural resource management curriculum prepares students to plan, implement, and research the management, protection, and sustainable use of forest and related natural resources and environments, including vegetation, timber, water, wildlife, recreation, and aesthetic resources.

French

The French program, which offers MA and PhD degrees, covers all areas of French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. Traditional areas of study and scholarship are inflected by the faculty's interests, expertise, and research in areas that are shaping the discipline of French studies.

French

The French PhD program covers all areas of French literature and culture from the renaissance to the present. Traditional areas of study and scholarship are inflected by the faculty's interests, expertise, and research in areas that are shaping the discipline of French studies.

French Advanced-Level Proficiency

This certificate is designed for students interested in achieving advanced-level proficiency in French and having their skills formally recognized. People who have advanced-level proficiency in French possess the speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills sufficient to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations at home and at work. They also generally understand and are understood by native speakers of French.

French and Italian Studies

The French and Italian studies major allows students interested in both cultures and languages to pursue a combined major. Students study specific works in each nation's literature while also exploring the interrelations and cross-cultural exchanges that have contributed to Italian and French literature and culture. This comparative perspective introduces students to a broad range of issues and cultural practices.

French Studies

French is now more widely spoken as a first language outside of France than within it and is the sixth most-commonly spoken language in the world. Studying French at the U of M takes you far beyond the stereotypes and basics. The major in French Studies introduces students to world cultures and history, preparing them for our interconnected, global future. The program cultivates students' cultural sophistication and their skills in language, communication, analysis, and argument.

Fundamentals of Quantitative Finance

The 15-credit Fundamentals of Quantitative Finance (FQF) certificate is good preparation for the Financial Mathematics master's (MFM) program.

Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota is committed to an inclusive study of gender and sexuality, informed by differences such as class, ethnicity, citizenship, disability, race, and age.

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

The Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development (GCD) program focuses on the mechanisms by which genetic information is used to specify cell structure and function, and how that information drives cellular interactions that convert a single cell to develop into a complete organism. GCD students learn about advances in the field by studying model organisms like plants, fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice.

Geoengineering

Geoengineers solve problems and design systems with, on, and in geological materials, while at the same time protecting the environment. For example, they learn how to evaluate a site on which a tunnel, dam, or road might be built.

Geoengineering

The Geoengineering master of science (MS) degree balances education in engineering fundamentals and design with research and development. It is designed for students wishing to pursue a career in industry or to continue toward a PhD. Emphases are in fundamental aspects of geomechanics and its applications. Research focuses on the use and development of discrete and continuum theories such as elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, and poroelasticity for solving engineering problems.

Geographic Information Science

The professional master of geographic information science (MGIS), administered by the Department of Geography, provides graduate-level work in the theory, applications, and technology of geographic information science (GIS). Courses for the program are divided into three broad categories.

Geography

The Geography graduate program at the University of Minnesota reflects the intellectual breadth of the discipline by maintaining strengths in the broad areas of human geography, physical geography, nature-society relationships, and geographic information science.

Geography

The geography graduate program at Minnesota reflects the intellectual breadth of the discipline by maintaining strengths in the broad areas of human geography, physical geography, nature-society relationships, and geographic information science.

Geography (B.A.)

Geography is a discipline for the curious and the open-minded. It answers the need in our society for an integrated, critical understanding of the relation between people and their built and natural environments. As a geography major, you will develop the knowledge and skills to confront the challenges of a changing world.

Geography (B.S.)

Geography is a discipline for the curious and the open-minded. It answers the need in our society for an integrated, critical understanding of the relation between people and their natural and built environments. As a geography major, you will develop the knowledge and skills to confront the challenges of a changing world.

German Advanced-Level Proficiency

This certificate is designed for students interested in achieving advanced-level proficiency in German and having their skills formally recognized. People who have advanced-level proficiency in German possess the speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills sufficient to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations at home and at work. They also generally understand and are understood by native speakers of German.

Germanic Studies

The Germanic Studies program in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch (GNSD) is distinguished for its interdisciplinary approach to the study of literature and culture. The program equips students to be creative scholars and skillful teachers through research and teaching programs covering the literature and culture of German-speaking and Nordic countries. Students work closely with faculty dedicated to scholarly innovation, teaching excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Germanic Studies

The Germanic studies program in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch (GNSD) is distinguished for its interdisciplinary approach to the study of literature and culture. The program equips students to be creative scholars and skillful teachers through research and teaching programs covering the literature and culture of German-speaking and Nordic countries. Students work closely with faculty dedicated to scholarly innovation, teaching excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

German, Scandinavian, Dutch

The Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch offers a major, several minors, and a broad range of courses in the languages, literatures, intellectual history, media, cultures of Germany, the Scandinavian countries, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Global Health

The Global Health Certificate is designed for students who have a strong interest in global health, who have a desire to understand cultures, and who may want to experience first-hand a global applied practice experience that could prepare them for work in a global setting. Many students may want to complete the Certificate to complement their graduate degree.

Global Studies

Global Studies students use a wide-angle lens to cultivate broad perspectives on the contemporary world. For example, you will learn to think of climate change not only in terms of CO2 levels in the atmosphere, but also in terms of politics, ecologies, social movements, and global inequalities. When you examine migration, you will study not only laws and non-governmental organizations' analyses of mobility trends, but the geopolitical upheavals and food systems failures that drive these trends.

Graphic Design

The graphic design program educates students in design thinking, user-centered design methods, design theory, creative problem solving, and visual and verbal literacy. An emphasis is placed on visual components: how humans communicate, perceive, interpret, and understand visual information. The program fosters flexibility, which enables graduates to adapt to social, cultural, and technological change in graphic design. The program's foundation is broadly based.

Health and Wellbeing Sciences

The Health and Wellbeing Sciences major is a broadly interdisciplinary, individualized bachelor of science degree. The lower division preparatory requirements and the upper division core curriculum include the foundational biological, physical, and social sciences relevant to health and wellbeing in the 21st century. Working closely with an adviser, students personalize their degree plan to meet their individual interests and professional goals.

Health Care Administration

The Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) offers both a residential program and an executive track. The residential program, delivered in a learning cohort model, is a competency-based curriculum that emphasizes deep understanding of healthcare delivery and financing institutions, problem-solving, innovation, strategic thinking, and leadership development.

Health Care Design and Innovation

The postbaccalaureate certificate in health care design and innovation prepares health care and design practitioners to create optimal healing environments. Students learn how to apply design thinking in creating new processes, systems, and care environments. The certificate emphasizes principles that promote healing and safe patient care while maximizing clinical and financial outcomes.

Healthcare Management

The Healthcare Management Certificate is designed for employed healthcare business and clinical professionals seeking to advance their management and leadership competencies. It provides students with practical knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately within their organizations. The certificate curriculum includes a focus on management in healthcare organizations and systems and is instructed by a combination of active practitioners and research- active faculty.

Health Communication

The Health Communication MA prepares students for healthcare careers that rely on the strategic use of health information to communicate with patient and nonpatient publics, care providers, administrators and other public health stakeholders. The program is designed around a curriculum of academic and professional skills courses from strategic communication, public health, and other relevant disciplines. Admissions to this program currently are not being accepted.

Health Informatics

Health informatics (also known as biomedical informatics) is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that applies computer, information, statistical, management, and related scientific methods to enable biomedical discovery and support the effective and efficient use and analysis of data, management of information, and application of knowledge across the spectrum from basic science to clinical care.

Health Informatics (M.H.I.)

Health informatics (also known as biomedical informatics) is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that applies computer, information, statistical, management, and related scientific methods to enable biomedical discovery and support the effective and efficient use and analysis of data, management of information, and application of knowledge across the spectrum from basic science to clinical care.

Health Informatics (M.S.)

Health informatics (also known as biomedical informatics) is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that applies computer, information, statistical, management, and related scientific methods to enable biomedical discovery and support the effective and efficient use and analysis of data, management of information, and application of knowledge across the spectrum from basic science to clinical care.

Health Services Management

The health services management certificate provides an option for current members of the health services workforce who need additional credentials and/or content knowledge for career advancement. Through a focused grouping of courses, students will gain conceptual understanding of business and management aspects of the health care industry along with analytical and problem-solving skills to apply that knowledge in a variety of settings.

Health Services Management

Health care continues to be one of the largest areas of growth of hiring in the United States. This major offers experience and education in support of many opportunities in health care business management. It provides practical instruction for undergraduates leading to entry-level administrative and management positions in hospitals, clinics, health care systems, medical offices, long-term care administration, home health, consulting, managed care, and many other related fields.

Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration

The Health Services Research, Policy & Administration (HSRPA) MS program includes a robust, multidisciplinary core curriculum that provides the foundation for conducting health services research and health analytics. Students work closely with their advisor on an area of specialization to develop a program tailored to their interests and professional needs. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration

The health services research, policy, and administration doctoral program offers a multidisciplinary examination of the social, political, and economic forces that affect the organization, financing, and delivery of health care.

Heritage Studies and Public History

Heritage studies and public history (HSPH) are the publicly engaged and community-accountable practices of historical scholarship, whether it is based in archival research, archaeology, material culture studies, architecture, preservation, or landscape studies.

High Net-Worth Individual Taxation

The High Net-Worth Individual Taxation certificate is designed for tax professionals seeking a credential that identifies them as a tax expert in the field while preparing graduates for greater responsibilities in financial consulting. A rigorous curriculum, taught online by top faculty in the tax community, focuses on the analytical, problem solving, writing, and communication skills that foster career advancement.

Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics

Note: Students are admitted only to the PhD program. The Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics MA program provides students with a focused and rigorous formation in the literatures, languages, and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the Portuguese speaking world.

Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics

The Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics PhD program provides students with a focused and rigorous formation in the literatures, languages, and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the Portuguese speaking world. Students choose one of three areas of emphasis: Hispanic Literatures & Cultures, Lusophone Literatures & Cultures, or Hispanic Linguistics.

History

At this critical moment, there are few majors more important to understanding the past, navigating the present, or imagining the future than history. History majors make sense of the world through the study of ancient times, the recent past, and everything in between. History majors are detectives, analysts, critical thinkers, and storytellers.

History

Note: The History graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the History PhD program. For more information, refer to the History program website: www.hist.umn.edu.

History

The History graduate program offers the following areas of concentration: Africa; ancient history; East and South Asia; late antiquity and the middle ages; medieval, early modern, and modern Europe; the early modern world; Middle East; Latin America; and the United States and its colonial background.

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

The program offers opportunities for advanced research and study in the history of science and technology (with particular expertise in the history of the physical sciences, biological sciences, technology, and American science and technology) and the history of medicine.

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

The program offers opportunities for advanced research and study in the history of science and technology (with particular expertise in the history of the physical sciences, biological sciences, technology, and American science and technology) and the history of medicine.

Horticulture

The master of professional studies in horticulture is designed to enhance the capacity of those currently working in the horticulture industry and to provide the knowledge base needed by others interested in beginning new careers, starting their own business, or pursuing personal interests in horticulture. The degree provides a solid foundation of contemporary horticultural knowledge, yet is flexible enough to allow individuals to focus on the specific skills they wish to hone.

Human Factors and Ergonomics

Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) is the study of how to make technological systems safe, effective, and easy and enjoyable to use. The graduate program offers interdisciplinary coursework that addresses human performance and how it can be enhanced through the design of tools, systems, working environments, processes, and organizations.

Human Factors and Ergonomics

Human factors and ergonomics (HFE) is the study of how to make technological systems safe, effective, and easy and enjoyable to use. The graduate program offers interdisciplinary coursework that addresses human performance and how it can be enhanced through design of tools, systems, working environments, processes, and organizations.

Human Physiology

The human physiology major concentrates on understanding the functions of the human body from individual cells to organ systems. The program is based upon principles from chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biological sciences. This major is particularly appropriate for students who intend to enter medical school or graduate study in any of a variety of biological, health, or biomedical sciences. The required courses form a strong core in biomedical science.

Human Resource Development

The Human Resource Development Certificate equips learners with the knowledge, skills, and abilities that enable them to make meaningful contributions to the advancement of organizational systems in a variety of sectors, based on the principles, methods, and tools of the fields of workplace learning, training, organization development, leadership development, and career development.

Human Resource Development

The undergraduate program in human resource development equips learners with the knowledge, skills, and abilities that enable them to make meaningful contributions to the advancement of organizational systems in a variety of sectors, based on the principles, methods, and tools of the fields of workplace learning, training, organization development, leadership development, and career development.

Human Resource Development

The certificate program in human resource development (HRD) focuses on training of human resources and organizational change issues. The HRD program is offered by the Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). Courses at the University of Minnesota campus are offered at a variety of times, including late afternoons and evenings.

Human Resource Development

The master of education (MEd)/professional studies program in human resource development (HRD) focuses on training of human resources and organizational change issues. This graduate-level, practitioner-based program can be tailored to meet the needs of individual students. The HRD program is offered by the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD).

Human Resources and Industrial Relations

Human Resource Management is critical to the successful functioning of an organization. As an HR major, you will learn how organizations use human resources management to create a competitive organization and to help employees achieve fulfilling work lives.

Human Resources and Industrial Relations

Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR) students study the employment relationship. Teaching and research are guided by the belief that the employment relationship must be investigated through the lenses of different disciplines using systems thinking. The professional masters degree is for individuals interested in private and public sector careers in human resource management, labor relations, and related fields.

Human Rights

The master's of human rights is a two-year interdisciplinary professional master's degree to prepare students to work in the field of human rights or to advance their knowledge and skills in the field.

Human Services Leadership

Admissions are being paused for the 2023-2024 academic year. Human service professionals face extraordinary challenges that require innovative thinking and an interdisciplinary approach. The Human Services Leadership post-baccalaureate certificate, designed in collaboration with field leaders, is intended for working professionals involved in human service program development and delivery.

Human Sexuality

Human sexuality and associated gender roles and sexual behavior are an integral part of health care, clinical and social sciences, biological sciences, and a determinant of population dynamics and population science. The HIV pandemic, and the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide, make training in human sexuality an essential component of international development, reproductive and population health, and social policy.

Individually Designed Interdepartmental

The individually designed interdepartmental major (IDIM) enables students to fulfill program requirements for the BA degree by completing an interdepartmental program of coursework focused on a theme of their own choosing, designed in consultation with faculty and staff advisers. IDIM programs consist of three or four areas of concentration, integrated in such a way that the major has strong thematic unity and coherence.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Industrial and systems engineering focuses on the design, planning, and management of complex, large-scale systems such as global supply chains, healthcare delivery systems, financial services systems, and other critical business infrastructures. The Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of analytics and management to support the modeling, design, and optimization of systems across a wide range of applications and domains.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

The Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) MS program offers coursework and research in industrial and systems engineering, operations research, and human factors. Special emphasis is on methodologies for design, planning, and management of service and manufacturing systems. Examples of research applications include logistics, transportation, healthcare delivery systems, revenue management, and supply chain management.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

The Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) PhD program offers coursework and research in industrial and systems engineering, operations research, and human factors. Special emphasis is on methodologies for design, planning, and management of service and manufacturing systems. Examples of research applications include logistics, transportation, healthcare delivery systems, revenue management, and supply chain management.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

The University of Minnesota online Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Certificate Program is an intensive, interdisciplinary postbaccalaureate training program for students and professionals in domains of mental health, health and early care, and education.

Information Technology Infrastructure

The information technology (IT) infrastructure certificate will help you develop the knowledge and skills to design, implement, and maintain the IT infrastructure that organizations need to manage daily business practices. Designed and taught by industry professionals, the curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning and application as well as theory, allowing you to apply what you've learned right away.

Information Technology Infrastructure

Information technology infrastructure (ITI) concerns the design, construction, and management of technology operations. The ITI major is the study and application of this knowledge to the needs of businesses and organizations. The curriculum combines a strong foundation in systems, networks, data science and analytics, security, and the software service lifecycle with essential applied business and communication courses.

Integrated Behavioral Health

The Master of Professional Studies in Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) prepares students for the clinical realities of supporting clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The IBH degree integrates mental health and substance use education and training into a single cohesive program, representing an important and pioneering shift in the preparation of clinicians.

Integrated Biosciences

The all-University integrated biosciences graduate program offers study toward the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. The program has two areas of emphasis: cell, molecular, and physiological (CMP) biology; and ecology, organismal, and population (EOP) biology.

Integrated Degree Program

The College of Education and Human Development's (CEHD) integrated degree program (IDP) is a multidisciplinary major comprised entirely of CEHD content, which allows students to combine preexisting curricular areas in the college. Areas consist of coursework from CEHD minors, certificates, and other departmental-designated groupings of core courses that can be combined to create an integrated course of study within the CEHD that fits the needs and interests of students.

Integrative Biology and Physiology

Note: The Integrative Biology and Physiology graduate program does not routinely accept applications directly to the MS; rather, the MS is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Integrative Biology and Physiology PhD program. The Twin Cities graduate program has a cardiovascular emphasis, although other areas of specialization are represented.

Integrative Biology and Physiology

Physiology may be defined as the application of mathematics, physics, and chemistry to the study of structure and function in living systems. As such, physiology is a "hybrid" field in which expertise from many other disciplines is ordinarily required and combined. The program emphasizes a quantitative approach to understanding the functions of cells, organs, and systems in living animals.

Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching

Health coaching is an emerging method of partnering with clients/patients to help them achieve their overall goals. Integrative health coaches practice from a holistic perspective that views the client as intrinsically healthy, whole, wise, and the ultimate expert in their own well-being journey. Health coaches do not diagnose or treat illness but assist those with health conditions to make meaningful changes in their lives to enhance their overall well-being.

Integrative Therapies & Healing Practices

The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices is an innovative, interdisciplinary program designed to expose students to a global range of integrative, complementary, cross-cultural, and spiritual healing practices. The program enables students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills to enhance their professional careers, their own lives, and the lives of their patients.

Inter-College Program (B.A.)

Founded in 1930, the Inter-College Program (ICP) embodies the University of Minnesota's commitment to individualized undergraduate education by providing cross-college, course/credit-based degree options. Drawing upon the curricular offerings of most of the University's colleges and departments, students design either a bachelor of arts (BA) or a bachelor of science (BS) degree incorporating a significant amount of coursework from at least two different colleges within the University system.

Inter-College Program (B.S.)

Founded in 1930, the Inter-College Program (ICP) embodies the University of Minnesota's commitment to individualized undergraduate education by providing cross-college, course/credit-based degree options. Drawing upon the curricular offerings of most of the University's colleges and departments, students design either a bachelor of arts (BA) or a bachelor of science (BS) degree incorporating a significant amount of coursework from at least two different colleges within the University system.

Interior Design

Interior design is a professional program accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Its focus is on the design of the interior environment while improving the quality of life and protecting human health and safety and providing for human welfare. Students study design fundamentals and technology, through theory, process, communication, and research methods, to identify and solve problems related to people and their use of interior space.

International Business

The international business co-major supports a primary major by providing students with exposure to international breadth in areas such as economics and globalization and deepens their knowledge of a given region by a semester study abroad, language proficiency, and coursework specific to where they are studying. The student learns how business is done within a culture and the importance of understanding the nuances of working across multiple cultures.

International Taxation

The International Taxation certificate is designed for tax professionals seeking a credential that identifies them as an expert in the field while preparing graduates for greater responsibilities in business management and consulting. A rigorous curriculum, taught online by top faculty in the tax community, focuses on the analytical, problem-solving, writing, and communication skills that foster career advancement.

Italian Studies

The Italian studies undergraduate program examines Italian and Italian-American literature, culture, society, and history. Courses offered provide a historical perspective from the Middle Ages to the present. Students explore a variety of themes ranging from nation-building and national identity to emigration and travel, to gender relations and feminist discourses, to the study of different narrative forms and representations of Italian and Italian-American culture.

Jewish Studies

This broad, interdisciplinary field studies Jewish history and cultures from biblical antiquity to the present. The diverse quality of Jewish civilizations and the unifying forces of religion and language offer ample material for the study of continuity, adaptation, and change.

Journalism

The Journalism major prepares students for careers such as news reporting, writing, editing, producing, and photojournalism in traditional and emerging media. Students learn how to inform the public through newspapers, television, radio, magazines, blogs, websites, mobile apps, and social media. The major also prepares students for careers outside the traditional and emerging news media as they learn to write and edit content and create stories and images for a broad range of audiences.

Juridical Science

The SJD program at the University of Minnesota Law School is intended for those who wish to carry on advanced legal study and original research under faculty supervision. SJD students must present research which makes a significant, original contribution of long-term value to legal scholarship. The dissertation must be of publishable quality and provide lawyers, scholars, or governmental officials with a useful understanding, not previously available, of a particular area of the law.

K-12 Technology Integration

The K-12 Technology Integration certificate program prepares students to use technology (computers and the web) to develop instructional materials for use in a wide range of educational contexts (note that a university certificate program or certificate is distinct from a state certificate or certification). The program is designed for K-12 teachers or administrators interested in using technology in the classroom.

Kinesiology

The bachelor of science (BS) program in kinesiology is a comprehensive, science-based academic degree program centered around the physical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences related to the study of physical activity and human movement. Major coursework includes content focusing on human anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, movement science, sport history and philosophy, sport sociology, and sport and exercise psychology.

Kinesiology

The School of Kinesiology spans a wide range of inquiry connected by the common thread of the study of human movement. Graduate programs reflect a broad study of physical activity ranging from exercise science, movement science, and human performance, to physical activity and sport science and sport management.

Kinesiology

The School of Kinesiology spans a wide range of inquiry connected by the common thread of the study of human movement. Graduate programs reflect a broad study of physical activity ranging from exercise science, movement science, and human performance, to physical activity and sport science and sport management.

Land and Atmospheric Science

Land and atmospheric science (LAAS) is a science-based interdisciplinary program focused on the fundamentals of Earth system processes related to land and atmosphere and their coupled interactions. Students have the option to develop a program based on one of the more traditional areas in atmospheric science or soil science or to design their own interdisciplinary course of study bridging the two disciplines.

Land and Atmospheric Science

Land and atmospheric science (LAAS) is a science-based interdisciplinary program focused on the fundamentals of Earth system processes related to land and atmosphere and their coupled interactions. Students have the option to develop a program based on one of the more traditional areas in atmospheric science or soil science or to design their own interdisciplinary course of study bridging the two disciplines.

Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.)

The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) is a first-professional degree for students who wish to become licensed landscape architects. The MLA program is an interdisciplinary three-year degree accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB). The curriculum introduces students to the practice and discipline of landscape architecture, providing them with the knowledge, methods, and skills required to practice as landscape architects.

Landscape Architecture (M.S.)

The MS is for students with a clear focus in research related to landscape architecture. MS students build expertise related to the discipline of landscape architecture as they learn how to conduct research. Students specialize within areas of faculty expertise, which may include art and landscape architecture, landscape ecology, landscape architectural history and theory, public space design, landscape planning, transportation, climate change adaptation, and urban design.

Leadership for Managers

The Leadership for Managers Certificate offers candidates a challenging academic curriculum that teaches critical management, team leadership, and problem- solving skills. Candidates will apply real world knowledge through hands-on opportunities and develop a culture of teamwork and collaboration to meet organizational goals.

Leadership for Science Professionals

The Leadership for Science Professionals (LSP) certificate is designed for individuals—whether career starters or career advancers—seeking the strong foundation in leadership skills necessary for advancement in a wide range of professional science and science-adjacent careers in government, non-profit agencies, international organizations, and corporations. The LSP certificate can be completed as a standalone credential or in conjunction with other University graduate degrees.

Leadership in Education

The master of education (MEd)/professional studies program in leadership in education, offered jointly by the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), builds leadership skills and facilitates analysis of K-12 school culture, policies, and practice.

Leadership in Health Information Technology for Health Professionals

By combining formal clinical or public health advanced preparation with course work in health information technology (HIT), individuals who earn the postbaccalaureate certificate in leadership in health information technology for health professionals will be able to lead the successful deployment and use of HIT to achieve transformational improvement in the quality, safety, outcomes, and thus in the value of health services.

Learning Analytics

The Learning Analytics postbaccalaureate certificate aims to develop skills in the use of data to optimize learning and the environments in which it occurs. Learning analytics uses the power of information technology and data science to improve learning and teaching in various contexts. With the rise of big data, knowing how to effectively and ethically utilize educational data to inform research and practice is crucial.

Learning and Talent Development

The fully online Master of Learning and Talent Development is focused on learning, training, and development of human resources in organizational contexts. Aimed for early career and more experienced practitioners with interests in design, development, and delivery of learning and training for individuals, teams, and organizations.

Learning Sciences

The Learning Sciences post-baccalaureate certificate provides a strong foundation in learning theory and methodology across diverse educational environments to promote effective design, implementation, and assessment of human learning.

Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of the human capacity for language.

Linguistics

The Linguistics MA program trains students in the scientific study of the human mental capacity for language. Successful study in this area investigates the syntactic, phonological, and semantic/pragmatic properties of the language systems that humans naturally acquire, and asks what kinds of underlying mental capacity is implicated by these properties.

Linguistics

The Linguistics PhD program trains students in the scientific study of the human mental capacity for language. Successful study in this area investigates the syntactic, phonological, and semantic/pragmatic properties of language systems that humans naturally acquire, and asks what kind of underlying mental capacity is implicated by these properties.

Literacy Education

The master of education (MED)/professional studies program in literacy education is designed to improve the quality of literacy education in K-12 schools. The program aims to address the growing state and national emphasis on pupils' reading skills and achievement. The literacy education program provides instruction on current developments in literacy theory and research, as well as teaching methods for reading, writing, language, speech, and media studies.

Long Term Care Management

This certificate utilizes existing state-accredited long term care courses from the Health Services Management program to prepare students to lead in the burgeoning field of long-term services and supports. Graduates may lead a nursing home, assisted living facility, independent senior housing, home care, hospice, or other nonprofit that serves older adults and their families.

Management Information Systems

The management information systems (MIS) major prepares students to plan for, design, use, and manage digital assets of an organization. Digital assets of a modern business environment involve not only technology but also the IT-enabled processes governing business activities as well as the associated information/knowledge acquisition, processing, synthesis, management, and transfer processes.

Management of Technology

The Master of Science in Management of Technology is a 21-month, executive-format program that integrates the fields of technology and management and provides working engineers, scientists, and other professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to become successful technology leaders and innovators across all business, engineering, and industry sectors.

Management Science

The Carlson School's Management Science MBA degree is a full-time MBA degree that covers traditional management topics across business disciplines while focusing on developing students' capabilities in a specific set of skills including statistical modeling, programming, forecasting, and operations research techniques to better understand business organizational performance. The curriculum includes a variety of mathematical, statistical modeling, and testing techniques.

Marketing

Marketing is about understanding customers. Marketers create, communicate, and deliver value with the goal of satisfying customers' needs. Marketers include puzzle solvers, data scientists, consumer psychologists, and inspired innovators. - Marketers are investigative, identifying unfulfilled needs and desires. - Marketers are analytically-driven, quantifying the size of markets and potential for profits. - Marketers are strategic, pinpointing how a company can win in a competitive environment.

Marketing

The Marketing M.MKTG program provides a strong foundation in marketing by combining a year of intentionally designed course work, an experiential project with a real client, the opportunity to gain industry connections, and job interview preparation through the Carlson School Graduate Business Career Center. Students who graduate from this full-time 9-month, 32-credit program will have substantial marketing capabilities including understanding interactions (e.g.

Mass Communication

The master's degree in mass communication emphasizes the theoretical study of mass communication and the analysis of media systems and effects. The degree is intended for those who wish to pursue PhD degrees or teaching and research careers, as well as those who seek communication-related professional careers. The general master's program is not designed to provide professional skills training in journalism.

Mass Communication

The Mass Communication PhD offers training for academic careers primarily in mass communication instruction, research, or policy. Areas of specialization include media processes, influences, and effects (including journalism, health communication, advertising, public relations, and political communication); media law, ethics, history; and media management. The program is suffused with the study of new communication technologies.

Materials Science and Engineering

The program in materials science and engineering leads to a bachelor's degree that enables students to immediately enter the profession. The program develops an understanding of the properties and the origin of these properties in a broad range of materials, including metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and composites.

Materials Science and Engineering

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models.

Materials Science and Engineering (M.Mat.S.E.)

The Master of Materials Science and Engineering (MMatSE), also known as the professional master's, is designed for working professionals who are interested in obtaining a master's degree part-time.

Materials Science and Engineering (M.S.)

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models.

Maternal and Child Health

The maternal and child health MPH program focuses on public health skills development and maternal and child health content. There are two options: the standard program is for students who have limited professional experience, and the advanced standing program is for students who either have an advanced degree (e.g., MD, MS, MSW, MED) or at least three years of professional experience related to maternal and child health or public health.

Mathematics

The School of Mathematics offers a master of science (MS) in mathematics. Students may also earn the MS degree with emphasis in applied and industrial mathematics or with emphasis in mathematics education.

Mathematics

The School of Mathematics offers a PhD in mathematics and a PhD in mathematics with emphasis in applied mathematics. Special areas of research include ordinary and partial differential equations; probability; real, complex, harmonic, functional, and numerical analysis; differential and algebraic geometry; topology; number theory; commutative algebra; group theory; logic; combinatorics; mathematical physics; and applied and industrial mathematics, mathematical biology, and dynamical systems.

Mathematics (B.A.)

The mission of the program is to provide high-quality mathematics instruction in a stimulating intellectual atmosphere. The goal is to educate students at all levels to provide cultural enrichment, to give them the analytic tools they need to become responsible citizens, and to prepare them for careers involving mathematics. The School of Mathematics offers a program in the College of Liberal Arts leading to a bachelor of arts degree.

Mathematics (B.S.)

The mission of the program is to provide high-quality mathematics instruction in a stimulating intellectual atmosphere. The goal is to educate students at all levels to provide cultural enrichment, to give them the analytic tools they need to become responsible citizens, and to prepare them for careers involving mathematics. The School of Mathematics offers a program leading to the bachelor of science degree.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is involved in most technological activities of society and dominates many fields, including automotive, transportation, materials handling, environmental and pollution control systems, refrigeration and cryogenics, power systems design, automation, system dynamics and control, computer-aided design and manufacturing, capital equipment design, and consumer products production.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Media and Information

The Media and Information major helps you develop knowledge and skills about the role of media and mass communication in society and media storytelling with strategy and purpose. Areas of study include: 1) Emerging Media, Technology, and Management, 2) Global Media and Diversity, 3) Health Communication, 4) Media History, 5) Media Ethics and Law, and 6) Media, Politics, and Psychology.

Medical Device Innovation

The Medical Device Innovation master of science degree is an interdisciplinary program comprising courses in the core areas of technology innovation management and medical industry dynamics. Students' experiences are enhanced through therapeutic-area-based group activities and hands-on experiences in innovative biodesign through practicums at the Medical Devices Center.

Medical Industry

The Medical Industry certificate provides a curriculum that uses an interdisciplinary and intercollegiate approach to provide market analysis of promising medical technologies and services. Candidates will learn from industry experts on the healthcare marketplace, institutions, regulations, reimbursement, payment, and healthcare analytics.

Medical Laboratory Sciences MMLS

The Masters in Medical Laboratory Sciences (MMLS) is a 5 semester full-time, or 8 semester part-time, graduate-level program for students with a baccalaureate (or higher) degree in biology or a related field. The program includes all of the essentials of the bachelor of science in medical laboratory science (BS in MLS) program, plus additional graduate work.

Medical Physics

The program is made up of faculty members with primary appointments in the departments of radiation oncology and radiology. Affiliate faculty have primary appointments in other departments.

Medical Physics

The program is made up of faculty members with primary appointments in the departments of radiation oncology and radiology. Affiliate faculty have primary appointments in other departments.

Medicinal Chemistry

Note: Students are not admitted directly to the MS program. See the Medicinal Chemistry PhD or contact the Director of Graduate Studies for more information. The medicinal chemistry program emphasizes the application of chemical principles to research on the action of drugs on biological systems.

Medicinal Chemistry

The program in medicinal chemistry emphasizes the application of chemical principles to research on the action of drugs on biological systems. Courses offered by the program focus on general principles of medicinal chemistry, drug design and synthesis, chemical aspects of drug metabolism, chemical mechanisms of drug toxicity and carcinogenicity, computer-assisted drug design, and receptor modeling.

Metropolitan Design

The metropolitan design certificate at the College of Design prepares students with the essential knowledge and understanding of the city within the complexities of the 21st-century metropolis. The certificate is open to graduate students in the College of Design and other colleges. The certificate is a 12-credit program. Interested students should enroll during the second semester (spring) of graduate studies.

Microbial Engineering

Microbial engineering allows students to pursue an interdisciplinary program that combines microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, chemical engineering, and related sciences. Students perform brief rotations in faculty laboratories to choose an independent project, and tailor their coursework to support and complement their research. Projects can span modern basic microbiology, applied industrial engineering, as well as include computer science and informatics disciplines.

Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Note: Students are not admitted directly into the master's program; it is available only by special arrangement with the program. Students prepare for careers in biomedical research and teaching by completing broad training in molecular biology or biological sciences, and coursework specialization in one of three concentrations: microbiology, immunology, or cancer biology.

Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Students prepare for careers in biomedical research and teaching by completing broad training in molecular biology or biological sciences, and coursework specialization in one of three concentrations: microbiology, immunology, or cancer biology.

Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics

The MCDB&G MS degree offers genetic counseling track that integrates selected coursework with first-hand experience in diagnostic medical genetics laboratories and supervised work in clinical settings with patients and families. Students who pursue the track have the opportunity to participate in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. Applications to a free-standing research MS degree are not accepted.

Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics

This program provides scientific training in the basic life sciences, with emphasis on the molecular basis of genetics, development, and cell biology. Areas of specialization include membranes, receptors, membrane transport, cell interactions, macromolecular structure, extracellular matrix, cytoskeleton, cell motility, regulation of gene expression, neuroscience, developmental mechanisms, human genetics, plant cell and molecular biology, genetic mechanisms, and genomics.

Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Pharmacology is the study of drugs, the mechanisms through which they affect living systems, and the ways in which drugs are acted upon by living systems. A drug is defined as any foreign entity that exerts an effect on a biological system, whereas a therapeutic is a drug that is intentionally administered in order to elicit a favorable outcome.

Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Pharmacology is the study of drugs, the mechanisms through which they affect living systems, and the ways in which drugs are acted upon by living systems. A drug is defined as any foreign entity that exerts an effect on a biological system, whereas a therapeutic is a drug that is intentionally administered in order to elicit a favorable outcome.

Mortuary Science

The program of mortuary science at the University of Minnesota, established in 1908, was the first program of its kind to be organized at a state university. For detailed information, please visit the program's website (www.med.umn.edu/mortuaryscience), or contact the program office via email mortsci@umn.edu or phone 612-624-6464.

Multidisciplinary Studies (B.A.)

Founded in 2006 in response to the growing demand for high quality pathways to degree completion, multidisciplinary studies (MdS) embodies the University of Minnesota's commitment to individualized undergraduate education by providing returning adult learners with access to cross-college, individualized degree options.

Multidisciplinary Studies (B.S.)

Founded in 2006 in response to the growing demand for high quality pathways to degree completion, multidisciplinary studies (MdS) embodies the University of Minnesota's commitment to individualized undergraduate education by providing returning adult learners with access to cross-college, individualized degree options.

Music (B.A.)

The BA program is for students who wish to major in music within a broad liberal arts degree program. Students gain a solid foundation in music and join a vibrant community of students with an astonishingly diverse range of interests. BA majors are assigned to a faculty advisor based on their interests in music and career goals. Together they develop an appropriate trajectory of course selections that support the student's aspirations in the study of music and career objectives.

Music (B.Mus.)

The B.Mus. in performance is a professional degree in which music courses make up approximately 75 percent of the program. The performance major is a professional degree program for musicians wishing to pursue in-depth study and practice in one of six sub-plans: classical guitar; harp; organ; piano; strings; woodwind, brass, percussion; and voice.

Music (D.M.A.)

The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) offers emphases in instrumental performance, piano, organ, voice, guitar, collaborative piano, and conducting.

Music Education

The degree in music education is offered with two concentrations: Instrumental/General Music The instrumental sub-plan is for students interested in teaching band, orchestra, or general classroom music for K-12 students in the state of Minnesota. Students in this major will pursue coursework in instrumental techniques, methods and conducting, applied instrumental courses, and will participate in band or orchestra and a jazz or similar ensemble.

Music Education Post-Baccalaureate Licensure

This post-baccalaureate certificate has two emphases that align with state teacher education requirements: K12 Instrumental/General Music and K12 Vocal/ General Music. The certificate enables students with previous performance degrees to complete the required curriculum for licensure to teach music in K12 settings in the state of Minnesota.

Music (M.A.)

The School of Music offers a Music MA degree with emphases in composition, music therapy, musicology/ethnomusicology, and theory.

Music (M.M.)

The master of music degree offers emphases in instrumental performance (violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, and harp), collaborative piano/coaching, orchestral conducting, wind ensemble/band conducting, choral conducting, and music education.

Music (Ph.D.)

The Music PhD offers emphases in music theory, musicology/ethnomusicology, composition, and music education.

Music Therapy

The bachelor of music in music therapy is a professional, four-year degree program of intensive study in the field of music therapy. This program prepares students for a profession in music therapy, using music to influence behavioral changes in people, from pre-school through geriatrics, in a variety of educational and health-related environments. Completion of the BMus in music therapy ensures eligibility to take the board certification exam.

Natural Resources Science and Management

Natural Resources Science and Management

Neuroscience

Neuroscience majors study the molecular and cellular building blocks that make up the brain and control its function. The study of neuroscience aims to understand how complex animals, including humans, see, hear, move, think, and feel. Neuroscientists also study abnormalities that cause diseases and mechanisms that underlie pain and addiction. A BS in neuroscience prepares undergraduates to pursue advanced studies in neuroscience, professional degrees in medicine, or related fields.

Neuroscience

Note: Neuroscience does not admit students directly to the MS program. Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. The objects of this inquiry, the brain, and nervous system, are sufficiently complex and unique among biological systems to require experimental and analytical approaches that cross the traditional boundaries of molecular and cell biology, behavioral biology, biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology.

Neuroscience

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. The objects of this inquiry, the brain and nervous system, are sufficiently complex and unique among biological systems to require experimental and analytical approaches that cross the traditional boundaries of molecular and cell biology, behavioral biology, biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology.

Nonprofit Management

The Nonprofit Management post-baccalaureate certificate is designed particularly for those individuals, whether students or working professionals, who want to pursue or further advance their careers in managing or leading a nonprofit organization. Students acquire knowledge and skills in effective leadership and management, organizational development, nonprofit governance, strategic planning, policy analysis, human resource development, finance, and fundraising.

Nurse Midwifery Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nurse midwifery offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Nursing

The four-year BSN program consists of one year of foundational courses and a three-year nursing sequence. Admission is once per year for the upcoming fall semester. The program has a full-time curriculum. Students admitted as freshmen are located on the Twin Cities campus. These students complete the curriculum in four years. Transfer options are available on the Rochester and Twin Cities campus.

Nursing

Nursing M.N.

The master of nursing degree (MN) is an accelerated, entry level, full-time, 16-month, graduate-level program for students with a baccalaureate (or higher) degree in a non-nursing field. The program includes all the essentials of a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program, plus additional graduate work.

Nursing Practice D.N.P.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program is offered as the post-baccalaureate with specialty (12 specialties). The School of Nursing also offers a post- master's DNP program for students who have completed a master's degree in a nursing practice specialty. The DNP program is an innovative, practice-focused program that prepares students to be leaders in health care, develop quality improvement, and systems problem solving.

Nutrition

The nutrition major explores how nutrients and the foods from which they are derived aid the body in health, growth, and development. With major national and international concerns for how food and nutrition affect health and disease, registered dietitians and nutritionists have many career opportunities. Students choose one of three options: 1) nutrition studies, 2) the Didactic Program in Dietetics, or 3) nutritional science.

Nutrition

Nutrition is the study of how nutrients, both essential and nonessential, affect health and all life processes. Consequently, nutrition is an extremely broad field that encompasses physiology, biochemistry, education, public health, and public policy. The nutrition graduate program is interdisciplinary.

Nutrition

Nutrition is the study of how nutrients, both essential and nonessential, affect health and all life processes. Consequently, nutrition is an extremely broad field that encompasses physiology, biochemistry, education, public health, and public policy. The nutrition graduate program is interdisciplinary. This program equips students with expertise as an independent researcher, conducting original and impactful research in specialized areas within the field.

Occupational Hygiene

The Occupational Hygiene program focuses on the health and safety of people at work, the community at large, and the environment. Specific concerns are with the recognition, evaluation and control of potential workplace hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents. To complete program requirements, students will choose electives, in consultation with their academic advisor, which may include credits towards a minor.

Occupational Hygiene

The Occupational Hygiene program focuses on the health and safety of people at work, the community at large, and the environment. Specific concerns are with the recognition, evaluation and control of potential workplace hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents.

Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy (OT) program is minimally a 37-month, 116-credit, graduate-level professional program completed over nine semesters. The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Ojibwe Language

The goal of the Ojibwe language major is to best situate both heritage and non-heritage Ojibwe students to be able to positively intervene in the cultural life of the state's Ojibwe communities by contributing to the revitalization of the Ojibwe language. As a land grant institution, the University has a mission to contribute to the state's communities, and the major will help fulfill that mission. The department also prioritizes local American Indian community engagement and advocacy.

Online Distance Learning

The online distance learning certificate is designed to prepare educators and other professionals to design and deliver distance learning opportunities in academic or business settings (note that a university certificate program or certificate is distinct from a state certificate or certification). Technology experience is not required, and courses are designed for learners with a wide range of experience.

Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development is a leader in advancing knowledge about educational and organizational change in local, national, and international contexts. Our research, teaching, and outreach reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary and intercultural engagement with educators, scholars, and policy makers seeking to enhance leadership, policy, and development around the globe.

Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (Ed.D.)

Admission to the Education Policy and Leadership track, the Higher Education track, and the Human Resource Development track of the Ed.D. are currently suspended. The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development is a leader in advancing knowledge about educational and organizational change in local, national, and international contexts.

Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (Ph.D.)

The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development is a leader in advancing knowledge about educational and organizational change in local, national, and international contexts. Its research, teaching, and outreach reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary and intercultural engagement with educators, scholars, and policy makers seeking to enhance leadership, policy, and development around the globe.

Orthoptics

The Orthoptics post-baccalaureate certificate program is a vital part of the ophthalmic health care profession. This is a specialized profession, the focus of which is the evaluation and treatment of disorders of vision, eye movements, and eye alignment in children and adults. The study of orthoptics follows a logical sequence of studies vital to the understanding of the visual system. The didactic education is integrated with practical clinical experience.

Otolaryngology

This program prepares students in both clinical and experimental aspects of otolaryngology. The Ph.D.Otol. degree requires a publishable thesis. Rotations at University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis Children's Hospital, and Hennepin County Medical Center provide a wide range of opportunity for clinical education and surgical experience.

Parent Education

The parent education certificate prepares well-qualified, parent education professionals to deliver programs designed to address the intellectual, emotional, cultural, social, and physical needs of parents and children in a variety of educational settings.

Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Post-Graduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examination.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Pharmaceutics

The Pharmaceutics program offers emphases in physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics.

Pharmaceutics

The Pharmaceutics program offers emphases in physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics. Minor fields of particular value include biochemistry, biomedical engineering, biometry, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, molecular biology, pharmacology, and statistics.

Philosophy

If you have ever pondered, "Why am I here?" or "What is the meaning of life?" then you have already thought about philosophy. Philosophy poses questions about human endeavors and examines our basic assumptions about everything we think we know. It takes on challenging issues that sometimes defy resolution and trains the brain to think in a rigorous and analytic way about all the possible answers and what's at stake. Philosophy is not just a subject matter but a way of thinking.

Philosophy

Note: The Philosophy graduate program rarely accepts applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Philosophy PhD program. In rare instances, MA applications are considered for individuals with professional goals in other fields.

Philosophy

The Philosophy PhD is noteworthy for its emphasis on the individual student's research interests. With the help of an advisor, students design their own program of study, which consists of the philosophy major and either a supporting program or a minor that complements the student's research focus.

Physical Activity and Health

The M.Ed. in physical activity and Health relates to the M.P.H. in community health promotion in the School of Public Health in the following ways: 1.The ultimate goals of the programs are to promote health and prevent chronic diseases; 2. Both programs study the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations; and 3. Both programs adopt population-based interventions. However, they are essentially different in that the M.P.H.

Physical Activity and Health Promotion

Physical Activity and Health Promotion is an area of study that explores how individuals and families can increase physical activity and improve healthy lifestyles to help prevent disease and/or the progression of chronic disease. Health Promotion professionals are trained to collect and analyze data to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate programs designed to encourage physical activity and healthy lifestyles.

Physical Therapy

The Division of Physical Therapy Program, a division within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, offers a professional doctoral degree in physical therapy (DPT). Physical therapy is a healthcare discipline involved with the study and rehabilitation of movement impairments, such as muscular weakness, impaired coordination, joint stiffness, and pain, which can lead to functional problems affecting self care, employment, ambulation, etc.

Physics

Physics is the study of the fundamental structure and interactions of matter. Research areas in the program include experimental and theoretical studies in astrophysics and cosmology, biological physics, condensed matter physics, elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, space and planetary physics, and physics education research.

Physics

Physics is the study of the fundamental structure and interactions of matter. Research areas in the program include experimental and theoretical studies in astrophysics and cosmology, biological physics, condensed matter physics, elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, space and planetary physics, and physics education research.

Physics (B.A.)

The undergraduate physics program prepares students for employment, often in industrial or governmental laboratories, or for further study at graduate or professional schools in physics, engineering, biophysics, medicine, education, law, or business. The program integrates a broad foundation in physics that can be flexibly combined with coursework in other technical disciplines or used to specialize in physics.

Physics (B.S.)

The physics program prepares students for employment, often in industrial or governmental laboratories, or for further study at graduate or professional schools in physics, engineering, biophysics, medicine, education, law, or business. The program integrates a broad foundation in physics that can be flexibly combined with coursework in other technical disciplines or used to specialize in physics. Students should consult a physics adviser to help formulate objectives for study.

PK-12 Administration

The PK-12 Administration post-baccalaureate certificate, housed within the University's Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, offers coursework specifically designed to address competencies required by the state of Minnesota for the following licenses: K-12 Principal; Superintendent; Director of Special Education; and Director of Community Education.

Plant and Microbial Biology

The plant and microbial biology (PMB) major trains students in all aspects of biology as they pertain to plants and microorganisms. Students have the flexibility to focus their studies on plants, microorganisms, or the interactions between the two, such as symbiotic interactions or pathogenic interactions. All PMB majors are guaranteed experience in a research laboratory, as long as they show satisfactory progress toward their degree and make arrangements by the middle of their junior year.

Plant and Microbial Biology

Plant and microbial biology encompasses all aspects of plant and microbial life, from molecular biology to genomics to ecosystem science. Students study plants from the subcellular and molecular to the whole plant and community levels of biological organization. They also have opportunities for laboratory and field research at state, national, and international levels.

Plant and Microbial Biology

Plant and Microbial Biology encompasses all aspects of plant and microbial life, from molecular biology to genomics to ecosystem science. Students study plants and microbes from the subcellular and molecular to the whole plant and community levels of biological organization. They also have opportunities for laboratory and field research at state, national, and international levels.

Plant Pathology

Plant pathology focuses on the biology of plant-microbe interactions, and incorporates research involving biochemical, molecular, genetic, physiological, whole organism, population, and community levels of biological organization. Plant pathology interfaces with all plant science disciplines, and with food sciences, veterinary medicine, biobased products, and ecology.

Plant Pathology

Plant pathology focuses on the biology of plant-microbe interactions, and incorporates research involving biochemical, molecular, genetic, physiological, whole organism, population, and community levels of biological organization. Plant pathology interfaces with all plant science disciplines, and with food sciences, veterinary medicine, biobased products, and ecology.

Plant Science

The plant science major provides a broad course of study in plant sciences, as well as options to concentrate more specifically within an area of individual interest.

Policy Issues on Work and Pay

The Policy Issues in Work and Pay post-baccalaureate certificate provides an understanding of, and the ability to evaluate and develop, federal, state, and local policies that affect the employment relationship. Students learn about the role of government in the employment relationship, including statutes, and how employers, unions, and the government interpret and utilize policies.

Political Science

Political science examines who gets what, when, and how from government. Political scientists study voters, politicians, interest groups, political parties, social movements, institutions, states, and public policies at all levels, from local communities to the global community. The discipline covers four thematic areas: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory.

Political Science

Note: The Political Science graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Political Science PhD program.

Political Science

The political science curriculum is divided into five subfields: formal models and methodology, political theory, American politics, international relations, and comparative politics.

Population Health Informatics & Technology Post Baccalaureate

The Population Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Post-Baccalaureate Certificate prepares trainees to harness the power of data for improving public and population health. Students will learn about various information systems in public health, electronic data exchanges and tools for consumer engagement along with the utility of data for health equity and better population health.

Poultry Health

The Poultry Health post-baccalaureate certificate is a 12-credit, 12-month online program designed for early- to mid-career professionals interested in advanced understanding of poultry health and disease. The certificate focuses on basic understanding of the avian host as it relates to poultry production systems, the technologies and tools to assess health, and diagnosing and addressing disease at the gross and molecular levels.

Private College Leadership

The Private College Leadership Certificate is not accepting new students at this time. Created for professionals who are in faculty positions or beginning levels of college administration, this graduate-level certificate offers specific knowledge and skills related to organizational development, leadership, entrepreneurship, and decision-making necessary for leading independent colleges.

Product Design

The product design program is a creative, interdisciplinary major that blends elements of design, engineering, business, and humanities. This program provides methods and tools for inventing our future in the form of innovative objects, systems, and services. In addition to design fundamentals, this program is strengthened by the sciences.

Professional Development

The certificate in professional development is designed to prepare leaders in designing, implementing, and evaluating learning opportunities for preK-12 educators and related staff. This 12- to 15-credit graduate-level program offers professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and others involved in school improvement initiatives.

Program Evaluation

The program evaluation certificate program offers intensive study of processes and applied methods for evaluating programs and services in school, health, government, nonprofit agencies, and market research settings. This interdisciplinary program surveys program evaluation techniques and processes and examines the social and political contexts of the studies.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Psychology

The Psychology MA is an additional or alternative credential for students in the Psychology PhD program and is not available as a stand-alone degree.

Psychology

We are a collaborative department with highly-ranked programs in both basic and applied areas of psychology and a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The doctoral program offers tracks in clinical science and psychopathology research; cognitive and brain sciences; counseling psychology; industrial-organizational psychology; personality, individual differences, and behavior genetics; quantitative/psychometric methods; and social psychology.

Psychology (B.A.)

For millennia, our survival as human beings has depended on our ability to understand and predict others' behaviors. Today, personal and professional success continues to depend on understanding and predicting human experiences and behavior. Psychology is the scientific study of these experiences and behaviors. Given humans' imposing complexity, psychologists employ a range of perspectives, including evolutionary, biological, social, organizational, institutional, and sociocultural.

Psychology (B.S.)

For millennia, our survival as human beings has depended on our ability to understand and predict others' behaviors. Today, personal and professional success continues to depend on understanding and predicting human experiences and behavior. Psychology is the scientific study of these experiences and behaviors. Given humans' imposing complexity, psychologists employ a range of perspectives, including evolutionary, biological, social, organizational, institutional, and sociocultural.

Public Affairs

The Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree prepares mid-career professionals with advanced skills in public and nonprofit leadership, policy and program analysis and evidence-based decision-making. The curriculum is designed to stimulate personal and professional growth through concentrated work with dedicated peers, enabling students to design a program that aligns with their career goals at local, state, national, and international levels.

Public Affairs

The Public Affairs PhD offers students opportunities for rigorous, advanced study in the areas of public affairs, policy analysis, and planning. The goal of the PhD program is to train researchers who will enter academia or join highly respected public or nonprofit institutions involved in cutting edge research in public affairs, policy, planning, and management.

Public Affairs Leadership

The Public Affairs Leadership post-baccalaureate certificate is a 9-month program that offers mid-career professionals the specific knowledge and skills in public and nonprofit leadership, policy and program analysis, and evidence-based decision-making to succeed in today's public affairs environment.

Public Health Administration and Policy

The Public Health Administration and Policy (PHAP) MPH program emphasizes the skills needed to become a leader and innovator in population health management analyses and policy. This MPH offers three routes to completion: the traditional, primarily residential 44-credit option; the fully online 44-credit option; and the executive, 42-credits option for working professionals.

Public Health Core Concepts

The Public Health Core Concepts Certificate program is designed for working health or human services professionals and includes the core content from our Master of Public Health degree programs. The certificate provides training that prepares public health workers and others to respond to emerging public health issues. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Public Health Data Science

The Biostatistics (BIO) MPH in Public Health Data Science is intended for individuals with a strong interest in advancing public health via the application of methods from data science. The program equips students with the data management, computational manipulation, statistical analysis, and scientific communication skills that will allow them to contribute to designing, understanding, and implementing public health efforts in the future.

Public Health Food Protection

The Public Health Food Protection certificate is designed for professionals working in health or human services. It prepares public health workers and others to respond to incidents of bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other emerging public health issues. Many students use the knowledge and skills gained to enhance opportunities in their current work or career path.

Public Health Nutrition

The Public Health Nutrition MPH program is for students dedicated to creating healthy communities that promote active living and healthy eating. The curriculum focuses on food access, community nutrition interventions, health disparities, and public health nutrition policies. Housed within the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, the program offers interdisciplinary education with access to diverse courses and faculty.

Public Health Practice

The Public Health Practice MPH brings together the science and the art of public health, addressing public health as a broad social enterprise that seeks to extend the benefits of current knowledge in ways that will have the maximum impact on the health status of populations.

Public Health Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

This certificate program helps to prepare public health workers and others to effectively respond to emerging public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and a range of environmental exposure events.

Public & Nonprofit Management

The nonprofit sector is one of the most important components of American life, yet one of the most misunderstood. Nonprofit organizations vary enormously in scope and scale, ranging from grassroots charitable groups to multimillion-dollar foundations, universities, and health care organizations. There is little doubt that every American is directly or indirectly touched by the services of nonprofits in their daily life.

Public Policy

The Public Policy master's (MPP) curriculum is built upon a core of required theoretical and methodological courses. In remaining courses, students choose either to emphasize more advanced study of analysis or management, or to focus on a particular substantive area of public policy.

Regulatory Affairs for Food Professionals

The Regulatory Affairs for Food Professionals postbaccalaureate certificate is a graduate-level credential that prepares individuals for professional careers in the government sector, non-profit agencies, international organizations, and corporations with more engagement in leadership practices within regulatory affairs. Graduates will be well prepared to contribute and collaborate on problem solving and real solutions.

Rehabilitation Science

The mission of the graduate program in Rehabilitation Science is to discover and disseminate rehabilitation knowledge and improve the quality of life, participation, health, performance, and well-being of people in Minnesota and throughout the world. The mission further encompasses the cultivation of premier leaders and researchers in academia, industry, and clinical environments to transform the science and practice of rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation Science

The mission of the graduate program in Rehabilitation Science is to discover and disseminate rehabilitation knowledge and improve the quality of life, participation, health, performance, and well-being of people in Minnesota and throughout the world. The mission further encompasses the cultivation of premier leaders and researchers in academia, industry, and clinical environments to transform the science and practice of rehabilitation.

Religious Studies

Students in religious studies are trained in the critical study of religious thought, practice, institutions, and communities throughout the world and across time periods. The subject of religion is by its very nature interdisciplinary, attracting interest from many perspectives, including textual and literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, the arts, and philosophy. Students in the religious studies program select one of two tracks.

Retail and Consumer Studies

Retail and Consumer Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities highlights the intersection between the retail industry and design. You will learn about a wide range of retail strategies and management capabilities such as industry research, consumer behavior, promotions and marketing, sourcing and buying, leadership skills, retail technology, digital retail analytics and social media, consumer insights, as well as omnichannel environments and shopper behaviors.

Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication

The Department of Writing Studies trains students to understand how people use written communication (textual, digital, and visual) to shape the world around them, with a particular emphasis on communication in scientific and technical areas. The MA program prepares students for doctoral-level research by training them in the areas of rhetorical theory and history; writing studies and pedagogy; and technical communication, technology, and culture.

Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication

The Department of Writing Studies trains students to understand how people use written communication (textual, digital, and visual) to shape the world around them, with a particular emphasis on communication in scientific and technical areas. The PhD program prepares students to become researchers and teachers with expertise in rhetoric, writing studies, and technical communication.

Robotics

The Robotics MS program provides a strong foundation in robotics by gathering in a single program the relevant knowledge, expertise, and educational assets such as robot modeling and control, perception using cameras and other sensors, and cognition to reason, plan, and make decisions.

Russian

Russian is the native language of some 150 million citizens of the Russian Federal Republic. It is one of the five official languages of the UN and ranks with English, Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, and Spanish as a major world language. Russian remains the unofficial lingua franca of the former Soviet republics, an indispensable communications tool across all of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Sales

The Sales Certificate is an undergraduate-level certificate that includes 16-17 credits. The prerequisites include 45 credits required for admission and degree- seeking student status. This certificate will provide you with unique experiences in furthering your knowledge in sales education while developing practical skills for sales training.

Science Patent Law

The Master of Science in Patent Law is a professional master's degree for scientists and engineers interested in pursuing a career in the growing field of patent law. The program requirements may be completed in one year of full-time study or in two years (with an optional third year) on a part-time basis. This program is offered through the University of Minnesota Law School.

Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy

The Master of Science in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (MSSTEP) at the Humphrey School is one of the few programs in the nation that prepares individuals with backgrounds in natural sciences, physical sciences, or engineering to become leaders and innovators who integrate science with policy and action to solve grand challenges.

Security Technologies

The Master of Science in Security Technologies shapes tomorrow's analytical and risk management policy makers and innovators through a multi-disciplinary graduate program developed in response to growing demand in many levels of industry and government.

Sex Therapy

The 12-credit graduate-level online certificate in Sex Therapy is offered in partnership with the Institute for Sexual and Gender Health, University of Minnesota Medical School.

Sexual Health

The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Sexual Health provides a broad overview of the human sexuality field in addition to current, evidence-based practices that prepares students for careers as sex therapists or sex educators. Components of the curriculum are accepted by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) toward certification.

Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Social and administrative pharmacy (SAPh) is the application of behavior-oriented interdisciplinary theories to pharmacy problem solving and pharmacy system development. This includes the study of the social, psycho-social, political, legal, public policy, historic, and economic factors that impinge upon the use, non- use, and abuse of drugs.

Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Social and administrative pharmacy (SAPH) is the application of behavior-oriented interdisciplinary theories to pharmacy problem solving and pharmacy system development. This includes the study of the social, psycho-social, political, legal, public policy, historic, and economic factors that impinge upon the use, non- use, and abuse of drugs.

Social Work

The MSW prepares students for advanced social work practice. A 53-credit program and a 34-credit advanced standing program are available. The curriculum offers specializations in clinical mental health; community practice; families and children; and health, disabilities, and aging.

Social Work

The PhD program in social work prepares students to provide intellectual leadership for the social work profession through advanced levels of scholarship, research, theory development, and policy analysis. Students are expected to acquire skill in research design and statistics and to develop a comprehensive knowledge of social work and social welfare history, theory, and policy. The PhD program does not focus on the development of advanced skills for clinical practice.

Sociology

Note: The Sociology graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Sociology PhD program.

Sociology

Through the exploration of social and individual dynamics, students are prepared to enrich social scientific understandings of the complex problems societies face today. Research specialties include: 1. Demography, family, and life course 2. Global, transnational, and comparative sociology 3. Inequalities and culture 4.

Sociology (B.A.)

Sociology examines stability and change in social life by addressing the underlying patterns of social relations in formal organizations, in legal institutions, and in the family, economy, and political arena. Coursework focuses on the criminal justice system and criminal behavior, mental health, families and close relationships, education, urban and rural communities, politics and policy formation, social movements and social change, diverse racial and ethnic groups, and social psychology.

Sociology (B.S.)

Sociology examines stability and change in social life by addressing the underlying patterns of social relations in formal organizations, in legal institutions, and in the family, economy, and political arena. Coursework focuses on the criminal justice system and criminal behavior, mental health, families and close relationships, education, urban and rural communities, politics and policy formation, social movements and social change, diverse racial and ethnic groups, and social psychology.

Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Justice (B.A.)

Sociology examines stability and change in social life by addressing the underlying patterns of social relations in formal organizations, in legal institutions, and in the family, economy, and political arena. Coursework focuses on the criminal justice system and criminal behavior, mental health, families and close relationships, education, urban and rural communities, politics and policy formation, social movements and social change, diverse racial and ethnic groups, and social psychology.

Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Justice (B.S.)

Sociology examines stability and change in social life by addressing the underlying patterns of social relations in formal organizations, legal institutions, and the family, economy, and political arena. Coursework focuses on the criminal justice system and criminal behavior, mental health, families and close relationships, education, urban and rural communities, politics and policy formation, social movements and social change, diverse racial and ethnic groups, and social psychology.

Software Engineering

The Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) program provides a thorough understanding of the fundamental issues related to software development and the software development process. The MSSE curriculum provides a solid grounding in theoretical methods, principles, and tools, and an examination of fundamental software development issues and processes. These concepts are explored using realistic and relevant case examples and projects to ensure that the theory works in practice.

Spanish and Portuguese Studies

The program develops analytical skills and methodologies needed to explore Hispanic, Hispanic-American, and Luso-Brazilian languages and cultures. The department offers two majors (Spanish studies and combined Spanish-Portuguese studies) and two minors (Spanish studies and Portuguese studies).

Spanish Language Advanced-Level Proficiency

This certificate is designed for students interested in achieving advanced-level proficiency in Spanish and having their skills formally recognized. People who have advanced-level proficiency in Spanish possess the speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills sufficient to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations at home and at work. They also generally understand and are understood by native speakers of Spanish.

Spanish Studies

The program develops analytical skills and methodologies needed to explore Hispanic and Hispanic-American languages and cultures. It is important to note that department majors and minors are not simply Spanish and Portuguese language majors or minors; rather, they are liberal arts majors and minors concentrating on Spanish, Latin American, and/or Luso-Brazilian literary, cultural, and linguistic studies with language skills at the foundation.

Special Education

The bachelor of science degree program in special education (BS/SE) prepares students to serve individuals with disabilities, ages birth through 21. The program emphasizes the fundamentals of special education, effective intervention strategies, and the problem-solving approach to instruction. The BS/SE undergraduate program maintains the integrity of a research-based degree program recognized nationally.

Special Education

Graduates of the University's Special Education MEd program are student-centered, collaborative professionals who deliver robust, high-quality, and specialized educational services, adding value to the learning and development of infants, children, and adults with disabilities from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Special Education Initial License

Graduates of the University's Special Education Initial License MEd are student-centered, collaborative professionals who deliver robust, high-quality, and specialized educational services, adding value to the learning and development of infants, children, and adults with disabilities from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Specialist in Education and General Education Administration

Applications to this certificate currently are not being accepted. The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development is a leader in advancing knowledge about educational and organizational change in local, national, and international contexts. Our research, teaching, and outreach reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary and intercultural engagement with educators, scholars, and policy makers seeking to enhance leadership, policy, and development around the globe.

Speech-Language-Hearing Science

The Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences offers an MA with three tracks: speech-language pathology, audiology, and speech-language-hearing sciences; however, the department only accepts MA applications for the speech-language pathology track. The speech-language pathology track focuses on meeting standards for certification as a speech-language pathologist by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Language plays a central role in human communication, serving as a conduit for expressing personal, regional, social, and cultural identities. The Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in Speech-Language-Hearing sciences (SLHS) stands as an internationally recognized, comprehensive, science-based degree program that offers students a broad liberal arts education in an interdisciplinary field of study.

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Emphases in the PhD program are speech-language pathology, audiology, speech science, language science, or hearing science. The program prepares students for careers in research, teaching, and advanced clinical applications. Most students entering the program have a master's degree in speech-language pathology, audiology, or a related area. The PhD degree usually requires five or more years of work beyond the master's degree.

Sport and Exercise Science

The sport and exercise science MEd is a practitioner-oriented, graduate-level program designed to prepare students for advanced study or careers in the coaching of sport, sport or physical performance, or professions related to health and physical activity. Students may focus their studies on one of three career tracks: sports performance, sports medicine, and health promotion.

Sport Management

The sport management major prepares students to identify, define, and solve problems in the management, development, and delivery of sport in local and global contexts. Program coursework will challenge students to examine sport from a variety of perspectives including social, psychological, legal, and economic. Graduates are prepared to think innovatively about the manner by which sport impacts, and is impacted by, broader cultural, economic, technological, and societal shifts.

Sport Management (M.A.)

The Master of Arts in Sport Management provides academic excellence by combining theoretical instruction and practical experience to prepare tomorrow's leaders for success in the sports industry and marketplace. Students develop the tools of research and learn core concepts through an interdisciplinary curriculum with an emphasis on cultivating new ideas and improving operations in the sport industry.

Sport Management (M.Ed.)

The sport management master of education (MEd) is a practitioner-oriented, graduate-level program designed to prepare students for advanced study or careers in sport administration, sport management, or sport and fitness-related professions. With guidance from professional program advisers, students choose at least 30 semester credits, which may include coursework, independent study, internships, workshops, and professional site-based experiences.

Sports Coaching

The sports coaching certificate offers students the opportunity to study the theoretical and applied nature of coaching through an integrated series of courses, based on national standards. The educational objectives of the certificate in Sports Coaching are for students to acquire knowledge of theoretical foundations of sport coaching and the growth and development of athletes.

Statistical Practice

Statistics and Data Science are the sciences of gathering and learning from data, of measuring, controlling, and communicating uncertainty, and of leveraging existing data sets and creating new ones to extract meaningful information and actionable insights. They provide the navigation essential for controlling the course of scientific and societal advances.

Statistical Science

Statistics is the science of learning from data, measuring, controlling, and communicating uncertainty. It provides the navigation essential for controlling the course of scientific and societal advances. The statistical science BS degree is designed to help prepare students for graduate programs in statistics or careers as statisticians. It shares a core sequence of applied statistics courses with the statistical practice BA program, but requires more mathematics.

Statistics

The School of Statistics is the primary venue at the University for research, teaching, and dissemination of the theory, methodology, and applications of statistical procedures. Students may specialize in any area of statistics. The core program for all students has strong components of both theoretical and applied statistics.

Statistics

The School of Statistics is the primary venue at the University for research, teaching, and dissemination of the theory, methodology, and applications of statistical procedures. Students may specialize in any area of statistics. The core program for all students has strong components of theoretical, computational, and applied statistics.

Stem Cell Biology

The stem cell biology master's program is a multidisciplinary program that prepares graduates for a career in research, teaching, or industry within the field of stem cell biology. It offers training in stem cell biology, a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that rests on foundations provided by molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Students will take lecture, lab, and seminar courses in these various disciplines, in addition to stem cell biology.

Strategic Communication

The Strategic Communication MA is designed to serve working communications professionals in advertising, public relations, corporate communications, nonprofit organizations, and government. The 30-credit program, which can be completed in 24 calendar months, is conceptually and structurally distinct from the academic master's degree in mass communication in that it focuses on advanced professional study of communications strategy, media, planning, evaluation, and creative management.

Strategic Communication: Advertising and Public Relations

This Strategic Communication: Advertising and Public Relations major prepares students for careers in advertising, public relations, and corporate, non-profit, political, and health communication fields. Students develop the tools that are essential to public relations and advertising careers and learn to craft messages and campaigns about products, brands, companies, organizations, services, and information across multiple media platforms.

Strategic Management

The Strategic Management certificate draws on insights of strategic decisions that drive success or failure within an organization. Candidates will study cases, complete group projects, and dive deeply into curriculum that exposes them to the difficult landscape of organizational decision making.

Strategic Marketing

The Strategic Marketing certificate explores the most current practices in digital, social media, and traditional marketing. The curriculum covers strategic decisions and creates a better understanding of the marketing needs of the firm, while leveraging the power of marketing techniques used in business today.

Stream Restoration Science and Engineering

The Stream Restoration Science and Engineering post-baccalaureate certificate is a three-semester program producing graduates who understand how to blend engineering, physical, biological, and social sciences in prioritizing, designing, implementing, and evaluating stream restoration projects.

Studies in Cinema and Media Culture

Studies in cinema and media culture (SCMC) examines cinema and media by emphasizing its location within the intricate social, historical, and cultural matrix of audiovisual forms and practices. Core courses and electives are offered not only in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (CSCL), but also in a number of other contributing departments.

Supply Chain Management

The one-year, 32-credit MS degree in supply chain management will provide students with an end-to-end view of supply chain and will develop both their strategic and analytical capabilities needed to manage supply chains.

Supply Chain Management for the Medical and Health Sector

The Supply Chain Management for the Medical & Health Sector certificate offers a foundation for supply chain operations in the medical industry and beyond. Curriculum focuses on an understanding of inputs to outputs, analysis of industrial resources and management of complex logistics, and supply chain found within the medical and healthcare sectors.

Supply Chain & Operations Management

Supply chain and operations (SCO) professionals manage the flow of goods, services, and information both within and across organizations. In every organization and in every industry, SCO professionals make sure that products get made, services are provided, and customers are satisfied. SCO professionals: - Tackle sustainability challenges, including efficient use of resources and responsible sourcing. - Take a broad view of business by collaborating across functions and organizations.

Surgery

The general surgery residency program trains medical doctors for the practice of surgery and for academic positions. During residency, research trainees spend two to three years in either a basic science laboratory or in clinical translational surgery. The Department of Surgery offers supervised work in its experimental research laboratories, hospital, and outpatient departments.

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Food systems are interconnected sets of biological, technological, economic, and social activities that nourish human populations. The activities include farming, food processing and manufacturing, food distribution and retailing, food consumption, and managing post-consumption food waste.

Sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance Leadership

The Certificate in Sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance (SESG) Leadership is sponsored by the Carlson School of Management, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and the Institute on the Environment (IonE).

Sustainable Systems Management

Businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations are making decisions with sustainability in mind with increasing frequency. They recognize that to ensure positive environmental, economic, and social outcomes, they must prepare comprehensive, long-term plans and employ informed, proficient individuals to carry them out.

Talent Development and Gifted Education

This 12-credit certificate program is intended to give teachers, administrators, education professionals, and other individuals with an interest in the education of gifted and talented students the opportunity to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement, and supervise programs in the education of gifted and talented students.

Taxation

The Certificate in Taxation is designed for tax professionals seeking a credential that identifies them as an expert in the field while preparing graduates for greater responsibilities in business management and consulting. A rigorous curriculum, taught online by top faculty in the tax community, focuses on the analytical, problem solving, writing, and communication skills that foster career advancement.

Tax Executive

The Tax Executive certificate is designed primarily for tax professionals working in tax departments of large corporations. It prepares graduates for greater responsibilities within their tax department. A rigorous curriculum, taught online by top faculty in the tax community, focuses on the analytical, problem solving, writing, and communication skills that foster career advancement.

Teaching

The Master of Education and Initial Teaching License curriculum earns you a master's degree and will train you to become a teacher in your field of choice. The master of education (MEd)/initial licensure programs are for individuals with bachelor's degrees who want to become teachers.

Teaching English as a Second Language

Four courses are required to complete the undergraduate certificate: Teaching English as a Second Language. This certificate prepares students to teach English in community ESL programs, during study abroad, or after you graduate with programs like JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching), the Peace Corps, or the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants program. This program DOES NOT lead to state teaching certification or licensure. ESL teaching licensure is offered only at the graduate level.

Teaching Writing and Critical Literacy

The certificate in teaching writing and critical literacy prepares preK-college educators to strengthen their skills and knowledge of current practice and research in the teaching of critical reading and writing (note that a university certificate program or certificate is distinct from a state certificate or certification). Writing and reading complement one another, and their interconnectedness is critical to literacy instruction.

Technical Communication

The Department of Writing Studies trains students to understand how people use written communication (digital, visual, textual) to shape the world around them, with a particular emphasis on communication in scientific and technical areas. The Certificate in Technical Communication focuses on applying basic theory and research-driven approaches to create and adapt content to solve complex problems in technical communication workplaces.

Technical Communication

The Department of Writing Studies trains students to understand how people use written communication (digital, visual, textual) to shape the world around them, with a particular emphasis on communication in technical areas. The MS in Technical Communication focuses on applying basic theory and research- driven approaches to the creation and adaptation of content to solve complex problems in technical communication workplaces.

Technical Writing and Communication

The Department of Writing Studies offers a B.S. in Technical Writing and Communication (TWC). Technical writing and communication creates a bridge between experts and various audiences who put knowledge into practice. The TWC major offers students who enjoy writing the opportunity to put into practice written, digital, oral, and visual communication theory, as it happens in the current workplace.

Technology Leadership

The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Technology Leadership is designed to provide technology industry professionals with critical competencies in personal leadership, organizational development, business and future technologies, and growth of leadership roles in technology organizations.

Theatre Arts

Located in a large urban area with a vibrant theatre community, our BA in theatre arts offers rigorous practice-focused training with a nationally recognized faculty of working artists and scholars. Our students learn to be versatile, cross-disciplinary thinkers and artists, adept in collaboration and critique, and committed to a practice of cultural citizenship that sees theatre as an act of political and social consequence.

Theatre Arts

The University of Minnesota offers a unique graduate program drawing from the varied research expertise of its core faculty. Together, the faculty is committed to the study of theatre and performance as practices of social, cultural, and political consequence. The department's work in theatre historiography and performance criticism examines the stakes of acts of representation, movement, and meaning-production both within and without the discipline of theatre.

Theatre Arts (M.A.)

The University of Minnesota offers a unique graduate program drawing from the varied research expertise of its core faculty. Together, the faculty is committed to the study of theatre and performance as practices of social, cultural, and political consequence. The department's work in theatre historiography and performance criticism examines the stakes of acts of representation, movement, and meaning-production both within and without the discipline of theatre.

Theatre Arts (M.F.A.)

The three-year, performance-oriented, terminal MFA degree specializes in design and technical production. All areas of design are studied to increase understanding in specialization areas, and technology is studied as an essential part of design. Students are expected to achieve proficiency in at least two areas of any combination of design and technology (scenery/properties, costuming, lighting, sound) and a level of expertise in at least one of these areas.

Transgender & Gender Diverse Health

The 12-credit graduate-level online certificate in Transgender & Gender Diverse Health is offered by the College of Continuing and Professional Studies (CCAPS) in collaboration with the Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (ISGH) and the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health (NCGSH).

Urban and Regional Planning

The Urban and Regional Planning master's degree (MURP) is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students to analyze, forecast, design, and implement plans for regions, communities, and neighborhoods. Students develop a comprehensive understanding of the built environment (land use, transportation, housing, regional economies) and the ability to mediate among competing interests. The degree prepares individuals for jobs in public, nonprofit, and private sectors.

Urban Studies (B.A.)

The University established the urban studies program in 1969. In the 1960s, studying cities and urban life and form was considered avant-garde in all disciplines. Urban studies is an explicitly cross-disciplinary major rooted in College of Liberal Arts but accepting courses from a diversity of undergraduate colleges.

Urban Studies (B.S.)

The University established the urban studies program in 1969. In the 1960s, studying cities and urban life and form was considered avant-garde in all disciplines. Urban studies is an explicitly cross-disciplinary major rooted in College of Liberal Arts but accepting courses from a diversity of undergraduate colleges.

Veterinary Sciences

The Veterinary Sciences graduate program focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms of transmission and progression of diseases of importance to domestic animals, wildlife, and humans with applications to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Includes training in infectious and noninfectious disease, epidemiology, environmental biology, ethology, anatomical, clinical, and molecular pathobiology.

Veterinary Sciences

The Veterinary Sciences graduate program focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms of transmission and progression of diseases of importance to companion animals, livestock, and humans with applications to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Includes training in infectious and noninfectious disease, epidemiology, environmental biology, ethology, anatomical, clinical, and molecular pathobiology.

Water Resources Science

This cross-campus interdisciplinary program provides comprehensive training in water resources science with integration across scientific disciplines. A structured interdisciplinary graduate curriculum is offered. The program includes a set of core courses plus electives in the following areas of interest: aquatic biology, environmental chemistry, hydrologic science, limnology, water management technology, water policy, water quality, and watershed science and management.

Water Resources Science

This cross-campus interdisciplinary program provides comprehensive training in water resources science with integration across scientific disciplines. A structured interdisciplinary graduate curriculum is offered. The program includes a set of core courses plus electives in the following areas of interest: aquatic biology, environmental chemistry, hydrologic science, limnology, water management technology, water policy, water quality, and watershed science and management.

Women's Health/Gender Related Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate

The postgraduate certificate program in nursing offers students with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in a clinical nursing specialty area the opportunity to complete an additional area of study. Completion of required coursework and practice hours provides eligibility to take certification examinations.

Work and Human Resource Education

Admission to the Work and Human Resource Education(WHRE) MED program is currently suspended. The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development is a leader in advancing knowledge about educational and organizational change in local, national, and international contexts.

Youth Development Leadership

Youth development leadership (YDL) understands leadership as a practice everyone does every day, regardless of age. You will be invited to reflect on your own leadership experiences within a learning community that includes fellow students, community practitioners, and faculty. You will learn about your own leadership, deepen your understanding of the young people you work with, and expand your connection within the larger youth work community both locally and globally.

Youth Studies

Youth Studies is a major that allows you to learn about youth as an idea across time, place and community; about young people as they experience their everyday lives; and about youth work or the various approaches and practices involved in working with young people. Youth Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores the social construction of youth and our responses to them.