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College of Letters and Science

Degrees
Anthropology
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
     Ancient Mediterranean Studies
     Global Studies
     Human Development
     Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
     Technology and Society
     Women's Studies
M.A., Ph.D.  
Applied Mathematics M.A.  
Art History
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
     
European Medieval Studies
     Women's Studies  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Art Studio M.F.A.  
Asian Studies
with optional emphasis in:
  
     East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies  
M.A.  
Biochemistry-Molecular Biology  
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
     Biophysics and Bioengineering
M.S.*, Ph.D.  
Chemistry M.A., M.S., Ph.D.  
Chicano Studies
M.A.*, Ph.D.
Classics
with emphases in:

     Ancient History 
     Literature and Theory
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
      Ancient Mediterranean Studies
M.A., Ph.D.
Communication
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:  

     Cognitive Science
     Human Development 
     Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 
     Technology and Society
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Comparative Literature  
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:  

     East Asian Literatures
     Women's Studies
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Counseling Psychology  
see Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Ecology, Evolution, and  Marine Biology M.A., Ph.D.  
Economics
with optional M.A. emphasis in:  

     Business Economics
M.A., Ph.D.  
Education  
see Gevirtz Graduate School of Education 
Engineering 
see College of Engineering 
English
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     European Medieval Studies
     
Global Studies
     
Technology and Society
     Women's Studies  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Feminist Studies M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Film and Media Studies
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
     
Technology and Society
M.A.*, Ph.D.
French
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Applied Linguistics
     
European Medieval Studies
     Women's Studies  
M.A., Ph.D.  
Geography
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:

     Cognitive Science
     Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 
M.A., Ph.D.  
Geological Sciences
with optional emphasis in:  
     Computational Science and Engineering
M.S., Ph.D.  
Geophysics   M.S.
Germanic Languages and Literatures
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Applied Linguistics
     Women's Studies  
M.A., Ph.D. 
Global & International Studies M.A.
Hispanic Languages and Literatures
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Applied Linguistics
     European Medieval Studies
     Women's Studies 
Ph.D.
History
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:

     Ancient Mediterranean Studies   
     European Medieval Studies
     
Global Studies
     Public History 
     Technology and Society  
     Women's Studies  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Latin American and Iberian Studies M.A.  
Linguistics
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Applied Linguistics
     Cognitive Science
     Human Development  
     Language, Interaction and Social Organizations  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Marine Science M.S., Ph.D. 
Mathematics
with optional emphasis in:
  
     Computational Science and Engineering
M.A., Ph.D.
Media Arts and Technology
with emphases in:
     Electronic Music and Sound Design
     Multimedia Engineering
     Visual and Spatial Arts
M.A., Ph.D.
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology M.A., Ph.D.  
Music
with emphases in:
  
     Composition  
     Ethnomusicology  
     Musicology  
     Theory  
M.A., Ph.D.  
Music
with emphases in:
  
     Horn (D.M.A. only)
     Piano Accompanying (M.M. only)  
     Woodwinds and Brass (M.M. only)  
     Conducting  
     Keyboard  
     Strings  
     Voice  
M.M., D.M.A.  
Philosophy M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Physics M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Political Science
with optional Ph.D. emphases in: 
 
    Global Studies 
    Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 
    Technology and Society  
     Women's Studies  
M.A., Ph.D.  
Portuguese
     see also Hispanic Languages and Literatures  
M.A.  
Psychology
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Cognitive Science
     Human Development
     Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Religious Studies
with optional Ph.D. emphasis in:
  
     Ancient Mediterranean Studies
     European Medieval Studies
    
 Global Studies
     Women's Studies  
M.A., Ph.D.  
Sociology
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:
  
     Global Studies
     Human Development  
     Language, Interaction, and Social Organizations  
     Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
     Technology and Society
     Women's Studies  
M.A.*, Ph.D.  
Spanish
  see also Hispanic Languages and Literatures  
M.A.  
Spanish and Portuguese
  see also Hispanic Languages and Literatures
  
M.A.  
Speech and Hearing Sciences
(closed to new admissions) 
M.A., Ph.D.  
Statistics M.A.  
Statistics and Applied Probability
with optional emphases in:
     
Financial Mathematics and Statistics
   
 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Ph.D. 
Theater Studies
with optional Ph.D. emphases in:  
     European Medieval Studies
     Women's Studies
 M.A., Ph.D. 

* The master’s degree program is open to those students who are also entering the Ph.D. program and may be awarded to students after fulfillment of the master’s level requirements.