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Accountancy

The STEM-designated Master of Accountancy program provides a means of entry into the public accounting profession and for positions in corporate, government and not-for-profit organizations.

Advanced Specialties in Educational Practice

The Master's Degree in Advanced Specialties in Educational Practice is designed to provide innovative educators with opportunities to grow within the profession by reinvigorating their current practice or gaining credentials to seek new roles within education. Emphasis in core coursework and across pathways is placed on advancing justice, building criticality, centering humanistic pedagogies, and building and sustaining a reflexive practice.

Agroecology

Agroecology (AGR) is a degree that provides a foundation in the natural sciences with an emphasis on applying ecological principles to the production of horticulture or agronomic crops. Hands-on courses cover soils, plant pathology, entomology, and integrated farm management. The focus of this program on Agroecology as opposed to simply Agriculture is intentional.

Agroecology

The graduate certificate program focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and competencies to transform food systems and society through agroecology. Rooted in theory from popular education and Participatory Action Research (PAR), the programs examine potential pathways, through agroecology, towards the transformation of food systems by integrating political, economic, social, and ecological perspectives.

Animal Biosciences

The research program focuses on farm animal agriculture involving a combination of courses and graduate research. Areas of research interest include nutrition, metabolism, lactation, reproduction, genetics, and/or animal health.

Animal Biosciences

An interdisciplinary program leading to the Ph.D. degree in Animal Biosciences is offered under the direction of a committee composed of program graduate faculty. The goal of this interdisciplinary program is to provide advanced education and research training in nutrition, metabolism, lactation, reproduction, genetics, and/or animal health. All Ph.D. students will complete a common core of courses as well as specific courses to support their research programs.

Animal Science

Anthropology (B.A.)

Anthropology (B.S.)

Art History

Art: Studio Art

Athletic Training

Autonomy and Robotics

Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The objective of this program is to provide students both a theoretical and practical knowledge of fundamental biochemical concepts while preparing students for careers in research (academic or industrial) or increasing their competitiveness for additional graduate degrees.

Biological Science

Biology

Biology

Students pursue coursework and conduct their thesis research with Biology Graduate Program faculty in one or several biological sub- disciplines.

Biology

Students pursue coursework and conduct their dissertation research with Biology Graduate Program faculty in one or several biological sub-disciplines.

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

Biomedical and Clinical Scientists are health professionals involved in the development, performance, and evaluation of laboratory tests that lead to assessment of health status, diagnosis of disease, and monitoring of therapeutic treatment. Students in this major work closely with faculty members and engage in hands-on learning in the classroom, laboratory, and an applied environment to develop critical thinking and technical skills.

Biomedical Engineering

The B.S. in Biomedical Engineering trains engineers to work at the interface between engineering and the biomedical sciences. The curriculum is structured into three phases: Foundational, Skills, and Specialization. In the Foundational Phase, students take courses in math and science to build a solid foundation in quantitative engineering methods and biomedical science, and to expose them to the opportunities in biomedical engineering.

Biomedical Engineering

Leveraging strong ties between the University of Vermont's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences and the Larner College of Medicine, the Master of Science (M.S.) in Biomedical Engineering gives students the opportunity to develop advanced engineering skills and domain expertise so that they may apply engineering methods to address problems related to human health.

Biomedical Engineering

The program in Biomedical Engineering offers an interdisciplinary research focused path towards the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Graduate students obtain the Ph.D. degree through a program administered by the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. Participating faculty with strong commitments to biomedical engineering research and education are from the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, the College of Medicine, and other departments and colleges across campus.

Biostatistics

The program offers a concentration in biostatistics leading to the M.S. degree. Emphasis is placed on learning how to design studies and perform data analysis as the statistician in a research team. The curriculum takes full advantage of courses taught in the Statistics Program and includes potential experience in a variety of health, biomedical, natural resource and other research projects in the College of Medicine or other departments of UVM.

Business Administration (B.S.BA.)

Business Administration (Co-Major)

Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

The Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program only awards M.S. degrees to students who have matriculated into the Ph.D. program, and their studies committee has determined that their academic progress (research included) is not sufficient to complete a Ph.D. degree, or the student requests to leave the program prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.

Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

Chemistry

An M.S. degree in chemistry prepares students for careers in chemical sciences, biomedical sciences, catalysis, energy, environment, or materials science as well as other professional fields that apply strong research skills or basic chemical understanding. For a description of research by chemical subdivision, please refer to the Chemistry Ph.D. topic in this catalogue.

Chemistry

A Ph.D. degree in chemistry prepares students for careers in chemical sciences and related disciplines including biomedical sciences, biotechnology, catalysis, energy, environment, materials science, or nanotechnology. Individuals having earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at UVM have gone on to careers in academics, the chemical industry, and national research laboratories. Graduate study at UVM is research intensive, and a description of research by chemical subdivision follows.

Chemistry (B.A.)

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Chemistry complete a set of courses representing the traditional chemical subdisciplines and have great flexibility in the focus of their upper level coursework.

Chemistry (B.S.)

Chinese (B.A.)

Chinese (Co-Major)

The co-major offers students outside of the College of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to complete advanced coursework in Chinese language. edu). Once the application is submitted, students must meet with an advisor in their home college or school to ensure that the co-major can be completed along with degree requirements. Accepted students must also meet with an advisor in the co-major to outline their course of study in the language.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

A graduate program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) that leads to the master of science degree is offered. The curricular and research programs emphasize engineering related to environmental and hydrological processes, sustainable transportation systems, materials, and geotechnical, geoenvironmental and structural engineering.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

A graduate program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) that leads to the Doctor of Philosophy degree is offered. The curricular and research programs emphasize engineering related to environmental and hydrological processes, sustainable transportation systems, materials, and geotechnical, geoenvironmental and structural engineering.

Civil Engineering

The curriculum in civil engineering provides and builds upon a strong foundation in mathematics, and physical, natural and engineering sciences. Instruction in civil engineering disciplines includes structural, geotechnical, environmental, water resources, materials, and transportation engineering. The B.S. in Civil Engineering curriculum is embedded with several courses that meet the University's Sustainability (SU) requirement.

Classics (B.A.)

Classics (Co-Major)

Climate Change and Human Health

The field of environmental health continues to become more global in response to globalization and changing public health issues. Infectious diseases are not bound by borders and are often related to environmental change. Examples like COVID-19 and Zika emphasize the local and global nature of disease, and climate change with its impact on weather, disease, food, water, vectors and emergency response.

Clinical and Translational Science

The Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) is designed for scientists, health care professionals, and scholars in other fields (e.g., ethics, business, engineering, law) who are seeking to broaden their horizons in CTS.

Clinical and Translational Science

Concentration in Investigation This program is designed to effectively and efficiently transform students and healthcare professionals drawn from the large array of disciplines contributing to health into successful independent Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) investigators. Concentration in Research Management This program is designed for individuals who have an interest in contributing to CTS by becoming research coordinators, research administrators, and other science professionals.

Clinical and Translational Science

The Ph.D. in Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) is designed for individuals who wish to become independent investigators.

Collaborative and Resiliency-Oriented Practices with Schools

Building off foundational content, this micro-Certificate emphasizes the collaborative nature of building resiliency-fostering schools and human service environments that prevent trauma and enhance well- being. Students will gain a deeper socioecological understanding of the structural solutions inherent in equity, culturally sustaining collaborative partnerships with students, community professionals, and families, and resilience.

Communication Sciences and Disorders

This major leads to a Bachelor of Science. The major provides the breadth of a liberal arts education plus an introduction to the health sciences, as well as in-depth information about human communication, including opportunities to explore the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. Students are introduced to a variety of communication disorders through classes, observations, and clinical activities.

Communication Sciences and Disorders

The Master of Science degree program in Communication Sciences and Disorders is designed to provide in-depth knowledge and skills in the areas required for a career in speech-language pathology.

Community and International Development

Community-Centered Design

Driven by an overarching question: "How can we design for a better tomorrow?" the Community-Centered Design major helps students learn about creative collaboration and design processes by which we understand complex issues and develop, implement, and share new ideas.

Community Development and Applied Economics

The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) supports sustainable local and international community development through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach that serves the public interest. CDAE offers a Master of Science degree in Community Development and Applied Economics.

Community Entrepreneurship

Successful entrepreneurship is fundamental to a healthy community. Students majoring in Community Entrepreneurship test the entrepreneurial waters in courses designed to provide firsthand experience in launching and strengthening a business. Students build skills applying strategic planning, marketing, management, economics, and public policy on the enterprise level.

Community Music: Organ

Community Resilience and Planning

The 18-credit Certificate of Graduate Studies in Community Resilience and Planning (CRP) helps degree and non-degree graduate students develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to meaningfully contribute to building and maintaining resilient communities in dynamic and changing environments.

Community Schools

The concept of community schools is grounded within an interdisciplinary ecological systems theory framework that emphasizes the interplay between education, community development, and social services. This provides a useful lens for understanding how community schools can function as a microcosm of the broader community, facilitating interactions between students, families, educators, and local organizations, including institutions of higher education.

Complex Systems and Data Science

In complex physical, biological, social and engineered systems, the self-organizing dynamics of interacting entities (be they molecules, cells, genes, bacteria, plants, birds, humans, nanobots, electrical substations, etc.) give rise to emergent system properties (such as consciousness, cancer, global warming, societies, etc.). Fortunately, many essential properties of such systems may be studied, modeled and understood using similar approaches, regardless of the application domain.

Complex Systems and Data Science

The M.S. in Complex Systems and Data Science is a 2-year degree with optional disciplinary tracks. UVM undergraduates may incorporate the degree as part of an Accelerated Master's Program. Our central goal is to help students become protean data scientists with eminently transferable skills (read: super powers).

Complex Systems and Data Science

The Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Data Science provides a pan- disciplinary academic training for graduate students working on complex systems problems across all quantitative sciences. While the Ph.D. resides in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), thereby providing a strong computational and theoretical training, the program's scope is science-wide, encompassing natural, artificial, and sociotechnical systems.

Computer-Aided Engineering Technology

Computer-Aided Engineering Technology (CAET) is the term for an evolving set of computer based tools used for the development, communication and evaluation of product and building designs. The Undergraduate Certificate in CAET will provide students with a critical skill set identified by industry and government at both the state and national levels. Core classes provide students with a solid foundation in computerized automation techniques, three dimensional form and location geometry.

Computer Science

The M.S. program in Computer Science offers thesis, project, and course work only options. Acceptance into thesis or project options is conditional upon the student finding an eligible advisor who agrees to supervise the thesis or project. Please see the Department of Computer Science website for current research interests of the department's faculty.

Computer Science

The interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in computer science offers study in both traditional and cross-disciplinary areas in computing. Please see the departmental website for current research interests of the department's faculty.

Computer Science and Information Systems

Computer Science (B.A.)

Computer Science (B.S.CS.)

Computer Science Education

Fulfilling a Critical Need Very few educators are licensed to teach computer science in Vermont, yet the majority of principals say that computer science is equally or more important than required core classes. UVM's Certificate of Graduate Study in Computer Science Education is designed for educators interested in teaching computer science (grades 7-12) as well as others who work in non-school settings.

Counseling

There are 2 tracks of study in the Graduate Counseling Program: the school counseling program (60 credits) and the clinical mental health program (60 credits). Students may elect to enroll in both programs - the Dual Option, which is 76 credits. The Graduate Counseling Program (including all specialty programs) is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Counselor Education and Supervision

The Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision prepares counseling professionals to enhance their careers in leadership, advocacy, research and scholarship, and the education and supervision of counselors. The program is distinguished by a commitment to develop critically conscious scholar-activists in the counseling profession.

Curriculum and Instruction

The Master of Arts in Teaching program for middle level and secondary teachers is designed for those students who aspire to earn both a master's degree and a license to teach in public middle or secondary schools.

Dance

Data Science

Dietetics

Disability Studies

This online program explores disability as a natural and integral aspect of being human, emphasizing its cultural, social, and personal significance. Students will develop skills to promote inclusion, address inequality, and advocate for justice to enhance access and equity for people with disabilities. The micro-Certificate is ideal for community members, professionals, and current UVM graduate students dedicated to advancing social change.

Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics examines the relationships between ecological, social, and economic systems while working to solve humanity's environmental challenges. It is based on the understanding that the socio-economic system is a subsystem of a larger ecological life support system, and it strives to create an ecologically sustainable, socially equitable, and economically efficient future.

Ecological Landscape Planning and Design

Economics

Economics is the study of how individuals and societies provide for material needs and wants. Economic thinking comes into play in a wide range of settings, from business decision-making to the argument of legal cases in the courts.

Economics: Quantitative

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

The master's degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is designed to cultivate leaders who can apply knowledge toward leading and building learning communities designed to make a positive difference in the lives of children, youth, families, adults, and communities. The program prepares public and private school leaders, curriculum leaders, teacher leaders, leaders of educational and social service agencies, and leaders for other educational organizations.

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Ed.D.)

The Ed.D. (Doctorate in Education) is an applied research program for professionals serving in educational leadership positions in schools, colleges, policy arenas, non-profits and social service organizations. The 3-year-plus (10 semester) low-residency Ed.D. program is offered primarily online, with synchronous evening classes.

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Ph.D.)

The Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is a multidisciplinary program that seeks to examine complex educational and social problems through the integration of multiple theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary lenses. The Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is intended as a full-time program to prepare candidates to attain a high level of scholarly competence and to develop the capacity to contribute knowledge to their field.

Education for Sustainability

The 18-credit Certificate of Graduate Study in Education for Sustainability (EFS) provides preK-12, postsecondary, and informal educators as well as those working in museum education, outdoor education, parks and recreation-and other fields where natural and built environments are part of the curriculum-with the knowledge and skills to empower learners in making positive changes in their communities while shifting societies to improve the quality of life for current and for future generations.

Electrical Engineering

The curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering includes instruction in electrical and electronic circuits, energy systems, electromagnetics, semiconductor devices, signal processing, control systems, communications, digital systems, as well as in the physical sciences, humanities, and social sciences.

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering (EE) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) offers a program of study leading to the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Areas of research expertise in electrical engineering include control systems, signal processing, electric power & energy systems, solid state physical electronics, semiconductor materials and devices, wireless communications, VLSI design & testing, and biomedical engineering.

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering (EE) Ph.D. program at the University of Vermont is at the forefront of research in the areas of digital signal processing, control systems, power and energy systems, wireless communications, and electronic circuit and system design and testing. This rigorous and focused Ph.D. program offers competitive funding and prepares graduate students for careers in research and technical leadership.

Engineering

The College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences offers instruction leading to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. This degree is designed for those students desiring a program with a strong technical science base and flexibility to pursue interdisciplinary applications of engineering in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Each student will be expected to declare a concentration before completing the first four semesters of study.

Engineering Management

Engineering Management is an interdisciplinary degree that combines engineering fundamentals, analysis and design with business administration and resource management. It is the art and science of planning, organizing, directing and controlling activities that have technical components. Graduates work as Project Engineers, Operations Managers, Cost Estimators, and Quality Engineers, to give a few examples.

English

English

The degree combines the history of literatures in English, from the Medieval period to the 21st century, with literary theory and cultural criticism. The department also has graduate faculty who specialize in Film and Television Studies, and Rhetoric and Composition.

Environmental Engineering

The curriculum leading to a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering provides a strong foundation in mathematics, physical, natural and engineering sciences. Instruction in environmental engineering includes air pollution, surface and groundwater hydrology, water and wastewater engineering, and geoenvironmental engineering. The B.S. in Environmental Engineering curriculum is embedded with several courses that meet the University's Sustainability (SU) requirement.

Environmental Sciences

Environmental Studies

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is often called the "language" of public health, and is the foundation science of public health programs. Epidemiology has many uses and applications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes epidemiology as "the study of the origin and causes of diseases in a community.

Exercise Science

The Exercise Science (EXSC) major comprises in-depth study of the theory and applications of exercise and movement science in health, fitness, and disease prevention in diverse populations. The EXSC program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences (CoAES).

Field Naturalist (Plant Biology)

The Field Naturalist Program is a unique field-based experience that develops the potential of future conservation leaders by emphasizing scientific integration, oral and written communication, and environmental problem solving. Students receive a solid grounding in field-related sciences and are trained to integrate scientific disciplines into a coherent whole at the landscape level.

Film and Television Studies

Food Systems

The food systems curriculum provides students with broad foundational knowledge about the food system that includes environmental, social, and economic sustainability of food production.

Food Systems

Food Systems M.S. graduates gain a broad and deep understanding of contemporary food systems, as well as a set of applied skills and experience - preparing them to succeed. Most students complete required coursework and spend one semester designing and researching a final project. However, upon request of a Food Systems faculty member, a student can design and complete a year-long thesis research project. For more information, please contact the Program Coordinator.

Food Systems

The Ph.D. in Food Systems combines a comprehensive investigation of food systems and a commitment to developing methods for solving the current problems of the food system through a cohort intensive experience. Every year, the food systems cohort will work together to address problems and devise potential solutions. Students then move towards disciplinary depth and mastery by designing a course of study with a dissertation committee and developing a research proposal.

Forestry

French (B.A.)

French (Co-Major)

Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Geography

Geosciences

The Master of Science in Geosciences is a rigorous research program with grounding in related course work. Research programs include environmental geology; geomorphology; water resources; environmental (bio)geochemistry; mineralogy; sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic environments; geochronology and structural geology; tectonics; and the evolution of orogen.

Geosciences (B.A.)

Geosciences (B.S.)

German

German (B.A.)

German (Co-Major)

Gerontology

The mission of the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Gerontology is to prepare students with knowledge and skills for promoting healthy aging among diverse aging populations and communities, and for addressing the challenges and seizing the opportunities of an aging society. It also aims to prepare students to better understand and facilitate their own aging and the aging of their loved ones.

Global and Environmental Health

The field of environmental health continues to become more global in response to globalization and changing public health issues. Infectious diseases are not bound by borders and are often related to environmental change. Examples like COVID-19 and Zika emphasize the local and global nature of disease, and climate change with its impact on weather, disease, food, water, vectors and emergency response.

Global Health

The field of environmental health continues to become more global in response to globalization and changing public health issues. Infectious diseases are not bound by borders and are often related to environmental change. Examples like COVID-19 and Zika emphasize the local and global nature of disease, and climate change with its impact on weather, disease, food, water, vectors and emergency response.

Global Studies

Greek and Latin Languages

Scholars in many disciplines (e.g. Classics, History, English, Medieval studies, Religion, Philosophy) need proficiency in Latin and Greek to conduct research. Other students come to Classics too late in their undergraduate career to have acquired language proficiency at a level which qualifies them for Ph.D. programs. Still others are high school teachers who want to expand their teaching repertoire, or improve their mastery.

Greek and Latin (M.A.)

Our program emphasizes mastery of general philological skills in Greek and Latin, in preparation for further training at the doctoral level, teaching in public and private high schools, and a variety of other interesting paths.

Greek and Latin (M.A.T.)

The M.A.T. is designed for 2 groups of people: those who already have licensure as secondary school teachers (but wish a higher qualification); and those who do not yet have licensure.

Health and Society

Health Care Management and Policy

The Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Care Management and Policy is an online, 6-course (18 credits) program introducing students to health care management, finance, and policy. This program provides an overview of US health care policies, organizational structures, and financing systems. These concepts are examined from economic, social, legal, ethical, political, and global perspectives.

Health Equity

Public health is a dynamic and challenging, multidisciplinary field blending public policy, research, and population health sciences. The focus of public health is on promoting healthy practices and preventing disease among entire populations, rather than on treating individual illness.

Health Policy and Law

This micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Policy and Law is a 9-credit (3 courses) program designed for healthcare and public health professionals, students in health professions, other graduate students, and employees and managers of healthcare related programs, and organizations. This certificate provides a foundation and essential skills for advanced study in public health, public health practice, health advocacy, or a population-health focus for healthcare disciplines.

Health Services Administration

This micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Services Administration is a 9-credit (3 courses) program designed for healthcare and public health professionals; students in health professions and other graduate students; and employees and managers of healthcare related programs and organizations. This certificate provides a foundation and essential skills for advanced study in public health, public health practice, or a population-health focus for healthcare disciplines.

Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration

The University of Vermont's Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration (UVM HESA) graduate program is counted among the top programs in the country preparing professional educators to collaboratively transform higher education. The program welcomes full-time and part-time students with various levels of experience and backgrounds. The student cohort model promotes strong and enduring relationships with fellow colleagues, award-winning faculty, and campus partners.

Historic Preservation

All graduate students enter the program in the fall. Most complete their studies after 3 semesters and a summer internship. Part-time enrollment is also possible by special arrangement.

History

History

The Department of History offers a comprehensive program of courses in the history of the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in global and comparative studies. At the graduate level, students develop broad historical knowledge and acquire training in historical interpretation and methods. Students may pursue the M.A. on either a part-time or full-time basis. Additional details about our faculty and current course offerings can be found on the department website.

Human Development and Family Science

The Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) program examines the ways people grow and develop, form relationships and families, and learn to cope with the common and uncommon events of life. The program integrates developmental and ecological systems perspectives and emphasizes information literacy, critical reflection, and community-engaged learning experiences rooted in social justice and strengths-based frameworks of human development and family science.

Individually Designed (B.A.)

Individually Designed (B.S.Ed.)

The Individually Designed Major (IDM) B.S.Ed., prepares students for unique degree configurations tailored to individual interests in interdisciplinary fields. The IDM provides students opportunities to explore and develop individualized interdisciplinary academic interests with faculty and professional advisors. Students connect CESS courses with UVM courses to create a major specific to their academic interests and unavailable elsewhere through existing UVM programs.

Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching

Integrative health & wellness coaching is an emerging health care profession that focuses on helping people to make and sustain healthy behavioral changes. This mCGS fulfills the educational requirements for National Certification from the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching. The University of Vermont's online synchronous micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching is a 9- credit certificate (3 courses) that provides a graduate- level education.

Interdisciplinary Educational Studies

Interdisciplinary Educational Studies provides tools to deepen research, theory, and practice for those seeking academic advancement, professional development, and/or lifelong learning. This degree includes a strand in social justice education and a strand for individually-designed programs in consultation with an advisor. Many students pursue graduate certificates in Disability Studies, Education for Sustainability, and/or Resiliency-Based Approaches with Families, Schools, and Communities.

Interdisciplinary Study of Disabilities

The Certificate of Graduate Study in ISD provides education, social services, healthcare, other professionals, and individuals with disabilities and their family members, access to a cohesive and relevant course of study to enhance their education and instructional knowledge of Disability Studies. The certificate includes a total of 18 credits, 9 in core courses and 9 in approved elective courses. 2 options are offered: 1.

Interprofessional Health Sciences

Interprofessional Health Sciences is translational in nature focusing on understanding the spectrum of human functioning from the basic physiological function of cells and body systems to overall physical and psychological health and unified by the common theme of human performance.

Japanese (B.A.)

Japanese (Co-Major)

Leadership for Sustainability

The Masters of Professional Studies in Leadership for Sustainability is a 2-year online graduate program designed for diverse leaders across a wide array of fields and sectors. This program is rooted in leadership practices that are inspired by the wisdom of nature and challenge forces of domination and oppression.

Linguistics

Materials Science

Students typically engage in research and defend a thesis and must complete a comprehensive exam.

Materials Science

The Materials Science Ph.D. leads to a degree in approximately 5 years. Students must engage in research and defend a dissertation. Successful completion of a comprehensive exam within the first 2 years of the program is required.

Mathematical Sciences

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers programs towards the Master of Science (M.S.) in Mathematical Sciences. Each student declares a concentration in either Pure Mathematics or Applied Mathematics. Within this major, the student may pursue either course work or a thesis; the last of the two options requires the student to find an advisor within the department faculty. Opportunities for research arise from the research interests of the department faculty.

Mathematical Sciences

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers programs towards the Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences in 3 areas of concentration: applied mathematics, pure mathematics and statistics.

Mathematics

Mathematics (B.A.)

Mathematics (B.S.MSC.)

Mathematics (Co-Major)

The co-major offers students outside of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences the opportunity to complete advanced coursework in Mathematics. Students first meet with an advisor in their home college or school to ensure that the co-major can be completed along with degree requirements. Students apply to the co-major through an application available from the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

Mechanical Engineering

The curriculum leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering offers instruction in design, solid and thermo-fluid mechanics, materials, manufacturing processes and systems, as well as in engineering, life and physical sciences, humanities, and social sciences.

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program offers a Master's of Science (M.S.) degree in mechanical engineering. Each student must meet the general requirements for admission as outlined under the regulations of the University of Vermont Graduate College. Typically, students entering the program have received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program offers a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in mechanical engineering. Each student must meet the general requirements for admission as outlined under the regulations of the University of Vermont Graduate College. Typically, students entering the program have received a master's degree in mechanical engineering or a closely-related field.

Medical Laboratory Science

The Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Science (MMLS) program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required for leadership roles in management, education, and research related to advanced clinical practice in the medical laboratory profession.

Medical Radiation Sciences

The B.S. in Medical Radiation Sciences offers a clinical track in Radiation Therapy. Radiation Therapy students gain skills in radiation safety, patient care and cancer management and treatment using a Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Trainer (VERT) and by working side-by-side with radiation therapists in the UVM Medical Center on campus. A semester-long placement in a hospital setting with one of UVM's clinical affiliates completes the four-year program.

Medical Science

The goal of the Master of Science in Medical Science Program is to provide a rigorous curriculum in the basic biomedical sciences that prepares students with the background knowledge and skills required to gain acceptance into and succeed in healthcare-related professional degree programs such as medical, dental, or pharmacy programs. The program offers a cohesive set of core courses in biomedical disciplines that together provide foundational understanding of human structure and function.

Microbiology

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics offers a Master of Science Degree. The M.S. degree is a thesis-based program. The program requires a minimum of 30 credits of research and coursework, a qualifying exam for candidacy, and the writing and defense of a thesis.

Molecular Genetics

Music

Natural Resources

The Master of Science in Natural Resources prepares students to pursue studies in advanced disciplinary topics. They will learn scientific and practical methods and develop technical skills for understanding ecological, physical, social, political, and economic aspects of environmental and natural resource issues. Students choosing to pursue research in this program will take 15 to 27 credits of advanced course work and write and defend a thesis or project.

Natural Resources

The Ph.D. program provides the opportunity for focused, in-depth research in any of the specialties of the school, while fostering an interdisciplinary appreciation and perspective through course work and interactions with ecological, physical, and social scientists in an integrated academic setting.

Natural Resources: Master of Environmental Law and Policy/Master of Science in Natural Resources (MELP/MSNR)

The Master of Environmental Law and Policy (MELP)/Master of Science in Natural Resources (MSNR) Dual Degree Program offered by Vermont Law and Graduate School's Environmental Law Center and the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources gives students an opportunity to deepen their graduate education by integrating significant aspects of the complementary disciplines of environmental law, policy, and science.

Neuroscience

The Neuroscience Graduate Program awards M.S. degrees only to students who have matriculated into the Ph.D. program but whose academic and research progress is deemed by their advisory committee to be suitable for a M.S. rather than a Ph.D. degree, or to students requesting to leave the program prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree. In either case, terminal M.S. degrees are not automatically offered to students leaving the program prematurely.

Neuroscience

The Neuroscience Graduate Program is a university-wide, multidisciplinary, Ph.D. granting program that has more than 50 faculty mentors across 13 departments and 5 colleges. This program emphasizes rigorous training in neuroscience-related research, educates students about human health, and encourages interdisciplinary research projects.

Neuroscience (B.A.)

Neuroscience (B.S.)

Nursing

Nursing

The Department of Nursing offers a graduate program leading to a Master of Science degree. The Master of Science in nursing is an innovative graduate program that prepares nurses with a comprehensive and cohesive body of knowledge and skills essential for nursing practice at an advanced level.

Nursing Practice

The Department of Nursing offers a graduate program leading to a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. The program prepares nurses to assume leadership roles within health care systems in a variety of settings, to expand knowledge of the discipline of nursing, and to acquire the foundation for doctoral study and continued professional development.

Nutrition and Food Sciences

Nutrition and Food Sciences

The vision of the Nutrition and Food Sciences Department at the University of Vermont is to be a leading academic department of excellence in nutrition and food sciences. The program conducts research that contributes to the public good by advancing knowledge in inclusive nutrition; safe and innovative foods, food security and food agency; and sustainable nutrition and food sciences.

Occupational Therapy

The entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Degree is designed to prepare students to become Occupational Therapy practitioners. Graduates will learn how to help people attain their desired level of participation in life regardless of age, race, ethnicity, culture, or socioeconomic background. They will learn Occupational Therapy practice across the lifespan and across practice settings.

Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Pathology

The Department of Pathology offers both a thesis and non-thesis based Master of Science degree. The thesis-based M.S. is a course and research-based program, with 24 credits in coursework, and a minimum of 6 credits of research culminating in a written thesis and defense. It is available to all applicants. A non-thesis M.S. requires 30 credits in coursework but does not require a thesis or thesis defense.

Pharmacology

The objective of the Department of Pharmacology Master's Programs is to provide a broad knowledge base of pharmacological concepts, preparing students for careers in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries or to increase their competitiveness to pursue additional graduate degrees.

Philosophy

Physical Activity and Wellness Science

The Master's program in Physical Activity and Wellness Science provides the competencies necessary to promote health and wellness, assist in reducing health risks, and improve quality of life for individuals and communities. The curriculum examines the science underlying the relationship between physical (in)activity and chronic disease and emphasizes health interventions based on scientific data and established behavioral and learning theories.

Physical Activity Promotion in Children and Youth

Physical Therapy

The Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) consists of 102 graduate credits offered in a 2.5-year full-time program format, over 8 semesters inclusive of summers, that leads to a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. The program is well recognized for preparing D.P.T graduates as primary care movement system experts who translate evidence into contemporary best practice.

Physics

The Department of Physics offers research opportunities in theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, astronomy and astrophysics, and soft condensed matter physics and biophysics. Research in theoretical condensed matter physics focuses on the dynamics of quantum systems with application to electronic, magnetic, optical, structural, and thermal properties of nanomaterials including fullerene-derived solids (buckyballs) and carbon nanotubes.

Physics

The Department of Physics offers research opportunities in theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, astronomy and astrophysics, and soft condensed matter physics and biophysics.

Physics (B.A.)

Physics (B.S.)

Place-Based Education

This program is not currently accepting applicants. Place-based education is an approach grounded in the local environment, its various narratives, and the lived experience of students. The certificate is open to all UVM students.

Plant and Soil Science

The mission of the Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment (formerly Plant and Soil Science) is to expand, integrate, and extend the knowledge of agricultural systems and environmental quality in plant/soil ecosystems affecting the people of Vermont, the region, and the world. The department will provide excellence in education, research, and extension that will foster environmentally, economically, and socially sound practices.

Plant and Soil Science

The mission of the Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment (formerly Plant and Soil Science) is to expand, integrate, and extend the knowledge of agricultural systems and environmental quality in plant/soil ecosystems affecting the people of Vermont, the region, and the world. The department will provide excellence in education, research, and extension that will foster environmentally, economically, and socially sound practices.

Plant Biology

Plant Biology

Plant Biology

Ph.D. students in the Department of Plant Biology have the opportunity to join research programs covering a diverse set of disciplines including physiology, developmental genetics, molecular regulation of gene expression, cell biology, plant-microbe interactions, ecological genomics, systematics and biogeography, and ecology of plant population and community dynamics.

Political Science

Psychological Science (B.A.)

Psychological Science (B.S.)

Psychology

The terminal Master of Arts in Experimental or Clinical Psychology is aimed at students who wish to pursue a doctorate and want to strengthen their credentials to be competitive for doctoral programs, students who wish to pursue careers that require research skills, or students who wish to gain an understanding of research as it pertains to intervention and prevention. A thesis-based and a non- thesis based option is offered.

Psychology

The Ph.D. program in Experimental Psychology admits students in 4 broad areas of concentration ("clusters"): Biobehavioral Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology; and Behavioral Psychopharmacology. The Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology places equal emphasis on research and clinical training. The Clinical Psychology program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association.

Public Administration

The University of Vermont's Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, housed in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, is a gateway to becoming an effective, innovative leader in public service. As Vermont's only NASPAA- accredited Master's program in public and nonprofit policy, affairs, and administration, the top-100 ranked program is essential training both emerging professionals and seasoned leaders across the Green Mountain State and beyond.

Public Communication

Public Health

Public health is a dynamic and challenging, multidisciplinary field blending public policy, research, and population health sciences. The focus of public health is on promoting healthy practices and preventing disease among entire populations, rather than on treating individual illness.

Public Health

The UVM online public health program offers a generalist M.P.H. degree or an M.P.H. with a concentration in Global Health Leadership. All graduates, regardless of concentration, will complete sufficient course work to attain depth and breadth in the 6 core areas of public health knowledge (Public Health and Health Policy, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy and Management, and Social and Behavioral Sciences), as well as interdisciplinary/cross-cutting areas.

Public Health Informatics

Epidemiology is often called the "language" of public health, and is the foundation science of public health programs. Epidemiology has many uses and applications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes epidemiology as "the study of the origin and causes of diseases in a community.

Public Health Sciences

Religion

Religious Literacy in Professions

Resiliency-Based Approaches with Families, Schools, and Communities

The program is built to address the growing need to improve workforce capacity for professionals who can successfully implement resiliency building strategies addressing the heightened incidence of trauma and adverse childhood experiences.

Russian (B.A.)

Russian (Co-Major)

The co-major offers students outside of the College of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to complete advanced coursework in Russian language. edu). Once the application is submitted, students must meet with an advisor in their home college or school to ensure that the co-major can be completed along with degree requirements. Accepted students must also meet with an advisor in the co-major to outline their course of study in the language.

Scientific Computing

The Scientific Micro-Certificate program trains students on theoretical and practical skills of scientific computing, preparing them for a wide range of job opportunities in the public sector, industry, and academia. Students completing the program acquire in-depth knowledge of numerical methods for scientific computing, their implementations (including coding), and their applications to real- world problems in science and engineering.

Self-Designed

Semiconductor Engineering and Physics

Semiconductor Engineering and Physics

Certificate of Graduate Study in Semiconductor Engineering and Physics (CGS-SEP) program aims to expand the depth of instruction in semiconductor-related areas for students who are pursuing graduate degrees in electrical or mechanical engineering, materials science, as well as physics or chemistry. It is also highly suitable for people already working in the industry who want to broaden their experience in other areas of semiconductor technology.

Social-Emotional and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education

The Ph.D. in Social-Emotional and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (Ph.D. in SHIE) engages scholars in the examination of critical interdisciplinary and multi-level issues focusing on collaboration between families, schools, and communities in supporting the social, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth.

Social Work

Social Work

The Department of Social Work offers a full-time and part-time course of study toward the M.S.W. degree. An Advanced Standing option is also available for eligible students who have completed an undergraduate degree in social work from a bachelor's program accredited by CSWE within 7 years of admission.

Sociology

Spanish (B.A.)

Spanish (Co-Major)

Special Education

There are 2 primary areas of emphasis within the M.ED.: Special Education K-age 21 and Early Childhood Special Education. Within those 2 tracks there are different special education licensure pathways as well as a non-licensure option. 1.

Speech Language Pathology Assistant

Statistics

Statistics

The Statistics Program offers biostatistics, statistics, data science and probability courses for the entire university community along with traditional degree programs and individually designed degree programs emphasizing statistics applied to other fields.

Sustainability, Ecology and Policy

Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance

The Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance (SDPEG) Ph.D. program offers a transdisciplinary doctoral education in the policies, practices and theories of sustainable development.

Sustainable Enterprise

The Certificate of Graduate Study in Sustainable Enterprise provides a comprehensive framework for learning how enterprises can be both profitable and responsible, providing students with the business strategies, experience, professional network, and credentials to make an impact on their careers and the planet.

Sustainable Family Enterprise

Sustainable Innovation

The Sustainable Innovation MBA at the University of Vermont is the leading program for emerging changemakers who believe business can - and must - become a force for good. The accelerated, 12-month program integrates sustainable business practices across disciplines, focusing on the tools needed to manage business today and lead through change tomorrow.

Teacher Education: Art Education (PreK-12)

The College works cooperatively with the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts and Sciences to offer a program in Art Education, which leads to both degree and licensure for grades PreK-12. Students fulfill course requirements in general education, professional art education, professional education, studio art, art history, and related subjects.

Teacher Education: Early Childhood Education (Birth-Gr3)

The EDEC Professional Preparation sequence begins with a series of course work that build the foundation and skills for any educator working with young children and/or their families.

Teacher Education: Elementary Education (K-6)

The Elementary Education program prepares teachers for an endorsement in grades kindergarten through six. The Bachelor of Science in Education is awarded upon satisfactory completion of the approved program, which includes a planned sequence of professional courses, field experiences, and a full-semester internship experience. The Elementary Education program focuses on a central theme of "Teaching All Children Strategically in Diverse Communities."

Teacher Education: Middle Level Education (5-9)

The mission of the Middle Level Education program is to prepare and support critically conscious middle level educators who are leaders and advocates for social justice and who center developmentally and culturally responsive practices in their work with youth. The program provides a minimum of four supervised school-based experiences within reasonable commuting distance whereby university students engage with a diverse range of middle level educators and students.

Teacher Education: Music Education (Pre-K - 12)

Teacher Education: Secondary Education (7 - 12)

Teacher Education: Special Education (Birth-Age 21)

Teaching Artist in Music

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Theatre

Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability

The Ph.D. in Transdisciplinary Leadership & Creativity for Sustainability (TLCS) program will prepare students to sustain rigorous, collaborative, and original scholarly knowledge production practices across community, organizational, ecological, and social movement settings to address complex challenges from a place of creativity.

Trauma-Response and Evidenced-Based Practices

The mCGS builds upon the neuroscience of connection and relationships to understand and enhance social, emotional, and behavioral wellness for children and youth, while exploring the structural bias and environmental factors that pose a threat to equity and well-being.

Wildlife and Fisheries Biology

Zoology (B.A.)

Zoology (B.S.)