Graduate College

Susan Stapleton
Dean

Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Associate Dean

The Graduate College offers a wide variety of programs leading to the master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees.

The Master of Arts is awarded in the following programs: Anthropology; Applied Economics; Art Education; Biological Sciences; Career and Technical Education; Coaching Sports Performance; Communication; Comparative Religion; Counseling Psychology; Counselor Education; Creative Writing; Earth Science; Educational Leadership; Educational Technology; English; Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; Family and Consumer Sciences; Geography; History; Literacy Studies; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Medieval Studies; Music; Organizational Learning and Performance; Orientation and Mobility; Philosophy; Physical Education; Physics; Political Science; Practice of Teaching; Psychology; Public Administration; Science Education; Socio-Cultural Studies of Education; Special (Adapted) Physical Education; Special Education; Sociology; Spanish; Speech Pathology and Audiology; Sport Management; Teaching Children With Visual Impairments and/or Orientation and Mobility; Teaching (Masters of Arts in Teaching M.A.T.); and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy. Accelerated combined bachelor’s/master’s programs leading to the Master of Arts are offered in Communication and Music.

The University also offers the Master of Science in the following areas: Accountancy; Applied and Computational Mathematics; Athletic Training; Biological Sciences; Business Administration (MBA); Chemistry; Computer Science; Creative Writing (MFA); Engineering (Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical); Engineering Management; Exercise Physiology; Geosciences; International Development Administration (MIDA); Manufacturing Engineering; Music (MM); Nursing; Occupational Therapy; Paper and Imaging Science and Engineering; Physician Assistant; Public Administration (MPA); Social Work (MSW); and Statistics.

The Specialist in Education is offered in Educational Leadership.

The Doctor of Education is offered in Special Education.

The Doctor of Audiology is offered in Speech Pathology and Audiology.

Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Public Administration degrees are offered in partnership with the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

The WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine offers an MD degree.

The Doctor of Philosophy is offered in Applied Economics; Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Collegiate Math Education; Computer Science; Counseling Psychology; Counselor Education; Educational Leadership; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Engineering and Applied Sciences; English; Evaluation (Interdisciplinary); Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; Geosciences; History; Industrial Engineering; Interdisciplinary Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies (Beginning fall 2015); Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Mechanical Engineering; Paper and Imaging Science and Engineering; Physics; Political Science; Psychology; Public Administration; Science Education; Sociology; Spanish; and Statistics.

The Graduate College offers several graduate certificate programs:

Graduate certificate programs are offered in the following areas: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Applied Statistics, Interdisciplinary; Biostatistics; Educational Technology; Ethnohistory; Geographic Information Science; Gerontology (beginning Fall 2015); Health Care Administration; Higher Education and Student Affairs; History of Monastic Movements; Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness; Music Performance; Nonprofit Leadership and Administration; Spirituality, Culture and Health.

Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for further information on these programs, as well as on admission and graduation requirements. Or visit the Graduate College website http://www.wmich.edu/grad.