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Graduate Programs

If you have completed or are completing a four-year bachelor's degree with a high level of excellence and wish to further your education, you may pursue a graduate degree at CU-Boulder.

Master's degree (MA, MS)
70 programs; the master's degree is usually completed in two or two and one-half years of full-time study. Requirements vary, depending on the program.

Doctorate (PhD)
50 programs; the highest degree conferred by the university. Doctoral programs usually build upon master's level work and require completion of course work, a comprehensive examination, original research, and a dissertation.

For more information about any academic program, go to the prospective graduate student web site, write to the specific department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA, or call the campus telephone operator at 303-492-1411 for department telephone numbers and have your call transferred to the department.

Business
MS or PhD degree in business administration offered through the Graduate School; or master of business administration (MBA) offered through the Leeds School of Business.

Education
MA or PhD in three areas of concentration: educational psychological studies; instruction and curriculum; and social, multicultural, and bilingual foundations.

PhD only: research and evaluation methodology.

Engineering and Applied Science
MS or PhD in: aerospace engineering sciences; chemical and biological engineering; civil, environmental, and architectural engineering; computer science; electrical and computer engineering; and mechanical engineering.

MS in interdisciplinary telecommunications.

ME degree in engineering management.

Humanities
MA and PhD programs: classics, comparative literature, English, French, history, philosophy, and Spanish.

MA only: East Asian languages and civilizations, Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures, and religious studies.

Law
Juris doctor (JD) degree: catalog and application can be requested by calling 303-492-7203, by writing to the School of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder, 403 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0403, USA, or on the law school web site.

Biological and Physical Sciences
MS and PhD programs: applied mathematics; astrophysical and planetary sciences; chemistry and biochemistry; geological sciences; kinesiology; mathematics; atmospheric and oceanic sciences; and psychology.

MA and PhD programs: environmental, population, and organismic biology; mathematics; molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; and physics.

PhD only: environmental studies, geophysics.

Music, Fine Arts, Theatre, and Dance
Master of music (MMus) and master of music education (MMusEd); or PhD or doctor of musical arts (DMusA): MA in fine arts and the master of fine arts (MFA). MFA in dance. MA or PhD in theatre.

Social and Behavioral Sciences
MA or PhD in anthropology; communication; economics; geography; linguistics; political science; psychology; speech, language, and hearing sciences; and sociology.

MS only: museum and field studies.