Graduate School programs
Master of arts (M.A.) and master of social work (M.S.W.) degrees
The M.A. degree, offered through the University's Graduate
School, emphasizes research and theory culminating in a written
thesis or extensive research project. Students may choose to pursue
Plan
A (thesis) or Plan B (no thesis) to earn
their M.A. degree. Majors and emphases include the following.
- Child psychology (Plan A or B; admission for a terminal M.A. degree is not granted)
- Education—curriculum and instruction (Plan A
or B)
- art education
- elementary education
- family, youth, and community
- learning technologies
-
literacy education
- children's literature
- English education
- language arts
- reading education
- writing education
- mathematics education
- science education
- second languages and cultures education
- social studies education
- Educational policy and administration (Plan B)
- Educational psychology (Plan A or B)
- counseling and student personnel psychology
- psychological
foundations of education
- Learning and cognition/educational technology
- Social psychological and social developmental processes in educational psychology (including human relations)
- quantitative methods in education
- Measurement
- Evaluation
- Statistics
- Statistics education
- Family social science (Plan A or B)
- Kinesiology (Plan A or B)
-
Social work
- direct practice
- community practice
- dual degrees: master of social work/master of public policy (M.S.W./M.P.P.), master of social work/master of urban and regional planning (M.S.W./M.U.R.P.), and master of social work/master of public health (M.S.W./M.P.H.)
- Work and human resource education (Plan A or B) with an emphasis in
Revised April 2007