Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2008-09 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2008-09 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


The Graduate College

The Graduate College



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Lewis Pyenson 
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 numerous programs in the following general categories within the College of Education: Career and Technical Education; Counseling Psychology; Counselor Education; Educational and Professional Development; Educational Leadership; Educational Technology; Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; Family and Consumer Sciences; Human Resources Development; Literacy Studies; Marriage and Family Therapy; Physical Education; Rehabilitation Counseling/Teaching; Socio-Cultural Foundations and Educational Thought; Special Education; and Teaching Children Who Are Visually Impaired.

A number of other programs at Western also lead to the Master of Arts: Anthropology, Applied Economics, Art, Art Education, Communication, Comparative Religion, Earth Science, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Medieval Studies, Orientation and Mobility, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Rehabilitation Teaching, Science Education, Sociology, Spanish, and Speech Pathology and Audiology.

The University also offers the Master of Science in Accountancy, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Biostatistics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering (Civil, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical), Engineering Management, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Geosciences, Manufacturing Engineering, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Paper and Imaging Science and Engineering, and Statistics, as well as the Master of Business Administration, Master of Development Administration, Master of Fine Arts (in Art and in Creative Writing), Master of Music, Master of Public Administration, and Master of Social Work. In addition, a joint Doctor of Laws and Master of Public Administration if offered.

The Specialist in Education is offered in Educational Leadership. 

The Doctor of Education is offered in Special Education, and the Doctor of Audiology is also offered.

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

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

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