Academic Policies and Information

Program descriptions and degree requirements may be found in the sections of this catalogue under the units listed in boldface type. Unless otherwise noted, each program is under the jurisdiction of the school or division under which that degree is listed. All Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. All degrees are listed alphabetically in the index.

School of Architecture

Architecture (M.Arch.)
Building Science (M.B.S.)
Landscape Architecture (M.L.Arch.)

Leventhal School of Accounting

Accounting (M.Acc.)
Business Taxation (M.B.T.)

Marshall School of Business

Business Administration (M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D.*)
Information and Operations Management (M.S.)

School of Cinema-Television

Cinema-Television (M.A.*, M.F.A.)
Cinema-Television (Critical Studies) (Ph.D.*)
Film, Video and Computer Animation (M.F.A.)
Motion Picture Producing (M.F.A.)
Writing for Screen and Television (M.F.A.)

Annenberg School for Communication

Broadcast Journalism (M.A.*)
Communication (M.A.*, Ph.D.*)
Communication Management (M.A.*)
International Journalism (M.A.*)
Print Journalism (M.A.*)
Strategic Public Relations (M.A.*)

School of Dentistry

Craniofacial Biology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)

Rossier School of Education

Education (M.S., Ed.D., Ph.D.*)
Education (Counseling Psychology) (M.S., Ph.D.*)
Marriage, Family and Child Counseling (M.M.F.C.C.)
Music Education (M.M.Ed.**)
Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (M.E.)
Teaching English as a Second Language (M.S.)

School of Engineering

Aerospace Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.*)
Biomedical Engineering (Biomedical Imaging and Telemedicine) (M.S.)

Chemical Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Civil Engineering

Applied Mechanics (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Earthquake Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Nuclear Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Ocean Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Soil Mechanics and Foundations) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Structural Mechanics) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering) (M.S.)
Civil Engineering (Water Resources) (M.S.)
Computer-Aided Engineering (M.Eng.)
Construction Management (M.C.M.)
Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (Ph.D.*)
Environmental Engineering (M.S.)

Computer Science

Computer Science (M.S., Ph.D.*)
Computer Science (Computer Networks) (M.S.)
Computer Science (Multimedia and Creative Technologies) (M.S.)
Computer Science (Robotics and Automation) (M.S.)
Computer Science (Software Engineering) (M.S.)
Integrated Media Systems (M.S.)

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.*)
Electrical Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks) (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering (Multimedia and Creative Technologies) (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering (VLSI Design) (M.S.)
Systems Architecture and Engineering (M.S.)

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Engineering Management (M.S.)
Industrial and Systems Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Manufacturing Engineering and Entrepreneurship (M.S.)
Operations Research Engineering (M.S.)

Materials Science

Materials Engineering (M.S.)
Materials Science (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)

Mechanical Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)
Petroleum Engineering (M.S., Engineer, Ph.D.*)

School of Fine Arts

Fine Arts (M.F.A.*)
Public Art Studies (M.P.A.S.)

Davis School of Gerontology

Gerontology (M.S., Ph.D.*)

Division of Independent Health Professions

Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

Biokinesiology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Physical Therapy (D.P.T.*)

Nursing

Nursing (M.S.*)
Nursing (Enterostomal Therapy) (M.S.*)
Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner) (M.S.*)
Nursing (Gerontology Nurse
Practitioner) (M.S.*)
Nursing (Leadership and
Administration) (M.S.*)
Nursing (Nurse Anesthesia) (M.S.*)
Nursing (Nurse Midwifery (M.S.*)

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Occupational Science (Ph.D.*)
Occupational Therapy (M.A.*)

The Law School

Law (J.D.)

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences*

All graduate programs in the college are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School.

Anthropology

Social Anthropology (Ph.D.)
Visual Anthropology (M.A.)

Art History

Art History (M.A., Ph.D.)
Art History (Museum Studies) (M.A.)

Biological Sciences

Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Biology (Neurobiology) (Ph.D.)
Molecular Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)

Chemistry

Chemistry (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
Chemistry (Chemical Physics) (Ph.D.)

Classics (M.A., Ph.D.)
Comparative Literature (M.A., Ph.D.)
Earth Sciences

Geological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)

East Asian Area Studies (M.A.)
East Asian Languages and Cultures (M.A., Ph.D.)
Economics

Economic Developmental Programming (M.A.)
Economics (M.A., Ph.D.)

English (M.A., Ph.D.)
Environmental Studies (M.A.)
Exercise Science (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
French and Italian

French (M.A., Ph.D.)

Geography (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
German (M.A., Ph.D.)
History (M.A., Ph.D.)
International Relations (M.A., Ph.D.)
Linguistics

Computational Linguistics (M.S.)
Linguistics (M.A., Ph.D.)
Linguistics (Hispanic Linguistics)
(M.A., Ph.D.)

Mathematics

Applied Mathematics (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
Computational Molecular Biology (M.S.)
Mathematical Finance (M.S.)
Mathematics (M.A., Ph.D.)
Statistics (M.S.)

Neuroscience (Ph.D.)
Ocean Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
Philosophy (M.A., Ph.D.)
Physics and Astronomy

Physics (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
Physics for Business Applications (M.S.)

Political Economy and Public Policy (M.S., Ph.D.)
Political Science (M.A., Ph.D.)
Professional Writing (M.P.W.)
Psychology (M.A., Ph.D.)
Religion and Social Ethics (M.A., Ph.D.)
Slavic Languages and Literatures (M.A., Ph.D.)
Sociology

Marital and Family Therapy (M.M.F.T.)
Sociology (M.A., Ph.D.)
Sociology (Applied Demography) (M.S.)
Sociology (Marriage and Family Therapy) (Ph.D.)

Spanish and Portuguese

Spanish (M.A., Ph.D.)

School of Medicine

Medicine (M.D.)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Molecular Epidemiology (M.S.**)

Cell and Neurobiology

Cell and Neurobiology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Preventive Nutrition (M.P.N.*)

Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Pathology

Experimental and Molecular Pathology (M.S.*)
Pathobiology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)

Physiology and Biophysics (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Preventive Medicine

Applied Biometry and Epidemiology (M.S.*)
Biometry (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Epidemiology (Ph.D.*)
Molecular Epidemiology (M.S.*)
Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research) (Ph.D.*)

Public Health (M.P.H.)

Thornton School of Music

Choral Music (M.M., D.M.A.)
Church Music (M.M., D.M.A.)
Composition (M.M., D.M.A.)
Conducting (M.M.)
Early Music Performance (D.M.A.)
Jazz Studies (M.M., D.M.A.)
Music (Early Music Performance) (M.A.*)
Music (Historical Musicology) (Ph.D.*)
Music (History and Literature) (M.A.*)
Music (Music Theory) (M.A.*, Ph.D.*)
Music Education (M.M., M.M.Ed.**, D.M.A.)
Performance (Bassoon) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Clarinet) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Double Bass) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Flute) (M.M., D.M.A)
Performance (French Horn) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Guitar) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Harp) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Harpsichord) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Keyboard Collaborative Arts) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Oboe) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Organ) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Percussion) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Piano) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Saxophone) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Trombone) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Trumpet) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Tuba) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Viola) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Violin) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Violoncello) (M.M., D.M.A.)
Performance (Vocal Arts) (M.M., D.M.A.)

School of Pharmacy

Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.S.*, Ph.D.*)
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

School of Policy, Planning, and Development

Health Administration (M.H.A.)
Health Care Management (M.H.C.M.)
Planning (M.Pl., Ph.D.*)
Planning and Development Studies (M.P.D.S., D.P.D.S.)
Public Administration (M.P.A., D.P.A., Ph.D.*)
Public Policy (M.P.P.)
Public Policy and Management (M.P.P.M.)
Real Estate Development (M.R.E.D.)

School of Social Work

Social Work (M.S.W., Ph.D.*)

School of Theatre

Theatre (Acting) (M.F.A.)
Theatre (Directing) (M.F.A.)
Theatre (Playwriting) (M.F.A.)
Theatre (Theatrical Design) (M.F.A.)

*under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School
**jointly administered