Degree	Plan	Sub-Plan	Options
M.A.	Communication Studies	none	thesis/non-thesis
	Education	Elementary Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Secondary Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Reading Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Adult Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Special Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Teacher Cert. Option	non-thesis
	English	Literature	thesis/non-thesis
		Writing/Rhetoric	thesis/non-thesis
	History	U.S. or European History	thesis/non-thesis
		Archaeology & Anthropology	thesis/non-thesis
	Marine Affairs	Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal/Ocean Areas	thesis/non-thesis
		Coastal Zone Management	thesis/non-thesis
		Marine Transportation & Port Planning	thesis/non-thesis
		Fisheries Law & Management	thesis/non-thesis
		International Marine Policy & Law	thesis/non-thesis
	Political Science	none	thesis/non-thesis
	Spanish	none	thesis/non-thesis
M.S.	Accounting	none	30-63 credits
	Biological Sciences	Behavior, Ecology & Systematics	thesis/non-thesis
		Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology	thesis/non-thesis
		Physiology	thesis/non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Cell & Molecular Biology		thesis/non-thesis
		Microbiology	thesis/non-thesis
		Molecular Genetics	thesis/non-thesis
	Chemical Engineering	Biochemical Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Bionanotechnology	thesis/non-thesis
		Energy Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Environmental Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Materials Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Polymer Process Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Process Simulation	thesis/non-thesis
		Surface, Interfacial & Colloidal Phenomena	thesis/non-thesis
		Unit Operations	thesis/non-thesis
	Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry	thesis/non-thesis
		Biological Chemistry	thesis/non-thesis
		Inorganic Chemistry	thesis/non-thesis
		Organic Chemistry	thesis/non-thesis
		Physical Chemistry	thesis/non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Civil & Environmental Engineering	Environmental Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Geotechnical Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Structural Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Transportation Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
	Clinical Laboratory Science	Biotechnology	non-thesis
		Medical Laboratory Sciences:
		Clinical Chemistry	non-thesis
		Cytopathology	non-thesis
		Clinical Microbiology	non-thesis
		Hematology	non-thesis
		Immunohematology	non-thesis
		Adult Education	non-thesis
		Public Health Laboratory Sciences	non-thesis
		Management	non-thesis
	Computer Science	none	thesis, non-thesis, applied non-thesis
	Electrical Engineering	Acoustics & Underwater Acoustics	thesis/non-thesis
		Biomedical Engineering	thesis/non-thesis
		Circuit & Devices	thesis/non-thesis
		Communication Theory	thesis/non-thesis
		Computer Architectures & Digital Systems	thesis/non-thesis
		Computer Networks	thesis/non-thesis
		Digital Signal Processing	thesis/non-thesis
		Embedded Systems & Computer Applications	thesis/non-thesis
		Fault-Tolerant Computing	thesis/non-thesis
		Materials & Optics	thesis/non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Environmental Economics	thesis/non-thesis
		Renewable & Nonrenewable Natural Resource Economics	thesis/non-thesis
		Fisheries Management	thesis/non-thesis
		International Fisheries Development	thesis/non-thesis
		International Trade	thesis/non-thesis
		Fisheries Marketing	thesis/non-thesis
		Coastal Zone Land Use and Management	thesis/non-thesis
		Quality of the Marine Environment	thesis/non-thesis
		Aquaculture Economics	thesis/non-thesis
		Offshore Oil & Gas Management	thesis/non-thesis
		Natural Resource Pricing Policies	thesis/non-thesis
	Environmental Sciences	Entomology	thesis/non-thesis
		Geosciences	thesis/non-thesis
		Natural Resources Science	thesis/non-thesis
		Plant Sciences	thesis/non-thesis
	Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science	Animal Science	thesis
		Animal Health & Disease	thesis
		Aquaculture	thesis
		Fisheries	thesis
		Aquatic Pathology	thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Human Development & Family Studies	Human Development & Family Studies	thesis
		Marriage & Family Therapy	non-thesis
		College Student Personnel	thesis/non-thesis
	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Service & Enterprise Systems	thesis/non-thesis
		Manufacturing Systems	thesis/non-thesis
		Distributed Network Systems	thesis/non-thesis
	Kinesiology	Exercise Science	thesis/non-thesis
		Adapted Physical Education	thesis/non-thesis
		Physical Education Pedagogy	thesis/non-thesis
		Cultural Studies of Sport & Physical Culture	thesis/non-thesis
		Psychosocial/Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity	thesis/non-thesis
	Labor Relations & Human Resources	Labor Relations	non-thesis
		Human Resources	non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Mathematics	Ordinary Differential Equations	thesis/non-thesis
		Functional Differential Equations	thesis/non-thesis
		Partial Differential Equations	thesis/non-thesis
		Abstract Differential Equations	thesis/non-thesis
		Difference Equations	thesis/non-thesis
		Functional Analysis	thesis/non-thesis
		Approximation Theory	thesis/non-thesis
		Probability	thesis/non-thesis
		Fluid Mechanics	thesis/non-thesis
		Control Theory	thesis/non-thesis
	Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics	Fluid Mechanics	thesis/non-thesis
		Robotics & Design	thesis/non-thesis
		Solid Mechanics	thesis/non-thesis
		Systems & Control	thesis/non-thesis
		Thermal Science	thesis/non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Nursing	Administration	non-thesis
		Education	non-thesis
		Advanced Practice Nursing (Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration in Psychiatric Mental Health)	non-thesis
		Advanced Practice Nursing (Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration in Gerontology)	non-thesis
		Nurse Practitioner (Concentration in Family)	non-thesis
		Nurse Practitioner (Concentration in Gerontology)	non-thesis
		Nurse-Midwifery	non-thesis
	Nutrition & Food Sciences	Food Science	thesis
		Nutrition	thesis/non-thesis
	Ocean Engineering	Ocean Instrumentation & Seafloor Mapping	thesis/non-thesis
		Underwater Acoustincs & Data Analysis	thesis/non-thesis
		Marine Hydrodynamics & Water-Wave Mechanics	thesis/non-thesis
		Coastal & Nearshore Processes	thesis/non-thesis
		Marine Geomechanics	thesis/non-thesis
		Coastal & Offshore Structures	thesis/non-thesis
		Ocean Systems	thesis/non-thesis
	Oceanography	Biological Oceanography	thesis
		Chemical Oceanography	thesis
		Geological Oceanography	thesis
		Physical Oceanography	thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy	thesis
		Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics	thesis
		Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics	thesis
		Pharmacology & Toxicology	thesis
	Physics	Acoustics & Optics	thesis/non-thesis
		Astronomy	thesis/non-thesis
		Computational Physics	thesis/non-thesis
		Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	thesis/non-thesis
		Experimental Low-Temperature Physics	thesis/non-thesis
		Experimental Neutron Physics	thesis/non-thesis
		Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos	thesis/non-thesis
		Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics	thesis/non-thesis
		Theoretical Low-Temperature Physics	thesis/non-thesis
	Psychology	School	thesis/non-thesis
	Speech-Language Pathology	none	thesis/non-thesis
M.S. (cont.)	Statistics	Experimental Design	thesis/non-thesis
		Sampling	thesis/non-thesis
		Ecological Statistics & Biostatistics	thesis/non-thesis
		Statistical Computation	thesis/non-thesis
		Simulation	thesis/non-thesis
		Multivariate Analysis	thesis/non-thesis
		Nonparametric Methods	thesis/non-thesis
		Classification & Discrimination	thesis/non-thesis
		Analysis of Variance	thesis/non-thesis
		Bootstrap & Jackknife Estimation	thesis/non-thesis
		Sequential Methods	thesis/non-thesis
		Spatial Statistics	thesis/non-thesis
	Textiles, Fashion Merchandising & Design	Textile Science	thesis/non-thesis
		Historic Textiles & Costume	thesis/non-thesis
		Textile Conservation	thesis/non-thesis
		Cultural Analysis	thesis/non-thesis
		Fashion Merchandising	thesis/non-thesis
Ph.D.	Applied Mathematical Sciences	Applied Mathematics	dissertation
		Computer Science	dissertation
		Operations Research	dissertation
		Statistics	dissertation
Ph.D. (cont.)	Biological Sciences	Behavior, Ecology & Systematics	dissertation
		Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology	dissertation
		Physiology	dissertation
	Business Administration	Finance & Insurance	dissertation
		Management	dissertation
		Operations & Supply Chain Management	dissertation
		Marketing	dissertation
	Cell & Molecular Biology	Cell Biology	dissertation
		Medical Microbiology	dissertation
		Microbial Ecology	dissertation
		Microbial Genetics, Physiology & Molecular Microbiology	dissertation
	Chemical Engineering	Biochemical Engineering	dissertation
		Bionanotechnology	dissertation
		Energy Engineering	dissertation
		Environmental Engineering	dissertation
		Materials Engineering	dissertation
		Polymer Process Engineering	dissertation
		Process Simulation	dissertation
		Surface, Interfacial & Colloidal Phenomena	dissertation
		Unit Operations	dissertation
	Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry	dissertation
		Biological Chemistry	dissertation
		Inorganic Chemistry	dissertation
		Organic Chemistry	dissertation
		Physical Chemistry	dissertation
	Civil & Environmental Engineering	Environmental Engineering	dissertation
		Geotechnical Engineering	dissertation
		Structural Engineering	dissertation
		Transportation Engineering	dissertation
Ph.D. (cont.)	Computer Science	none	dissertation
	Education (joint program with RIC)	none	dissertation
	Electrical Engineering	Acoustics & Underwater Acoustics	dissertation
		Biomedical Engineering	dissertation
		Circuit & Devices	dissertation
		Communication Theory	dissertation
		Computer Architectures & Digital Systems	dissertation
		Computer Networks	dissertation
		Digital Signal Processing	dissertation
		Embedded Systems & Computer Applications	dissertation
		Fault-Tolerant Computing	dissertation
		Materials & Optics	dissertation
	English	Literature	dissertation
		Writing/Rhetoric	dissertation
	Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	Environmental Economics	dissertation
		Renewable & Nonrenewable Natural Resource Economics	dissertation
		Fisheries Management	dissertation
		International Fisheries Development	dissertation
		International Trade	dissertation
		Fisheries Marketing	dissertation
		Coastal Zone Land Use and Management	dissertation
		Quality of the Marine Environment	dissertation
		Aquaculture Economics	dissertation
		Offshore Oil & Gas Management	dissertation
		Natural Resource Pricing Policies	dissertation
Ph.D. (cont.)	Environmental Sciences	Entomology	dissertation
		Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science	dissertation
		Geosciences	dissertation
		Natural Resources Science	dissertation
		Plant Sciences	dissertation
	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Service & Enterprise Systems	dissertation
		Manufacturing Systems	dissertation
		Distributed Network Systems	dissertation
	Marine Affairs	Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal/Ocean Areas	dissertation
		Coastal Zone Management	dissertation
		Marine Transportation & Port Planning	dissertation
		Fisheries Law & Management	dissertation
		International Marine Policy & Law	dissertation
	Mathematics	Ordinary Differential Equations	dissertation
		Functional Differential Equations	dissertation
		Partial Differential Equations	dissertation
		Abstract Differential Equations	dissertation
		Difference Equations	dissertation
		Functional Analysis	dissertation
		Approximation Theory	dissertation
		Probability	dissertation
		Fluid Mechanics	dissertation
		Control Theory	dissertation
Ph.D. (cont.)	Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics	Fluid Mechanics	dissertation
		Robotics & Design	dissertation
		Solid Mechanics	dissertation
		Systems & Control	dissertation
		Thermal Science	dissertation
	Nursing	none	dissertation
	Ocean Engineering	Ocean Instrumentation & Seafloor Mapping	dissertation
		Underwater Acoustincs & Data Analysis	dissertation
		Marine Hydrodynamics & Water-Wave Mechanics	dissertation
		Coastal & Nearshore Processes	dissertation
		Marine Geomechanics	dissertation
		Coastal & Offshore Structures	dissertation
		Ocean Systems	dissertation
	Oceanography	Biological Oceanography	dissertation
		Chemical Oceanography	dissertation
		Geological Oceanography	dissertation
		Physical Oceanography	dissertation
		Archaeological Oceanography	dissertation
	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy	dissertation
		Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics	dissertation
		Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics	dissertation
		Pharmacology & Toxicology	dissertation
Ph.D. (cont.)	Physics	Acoustics & Optics	dissertation
		Astronomy	dissertation
		Computational Physics	dissertation
		Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	dissertation
		Experimental Low-Temperature Physics	dissertation
		Experimental Neutron Physics	dissertation
		Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos	dissertation
		Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics	dissertation
		Theoretical Low-Temperature Physics	dissertation
	Psychology	Clinical	dissertation
		Behavioral Science/Experimental	dissertation
		School	dissertation
Professional	Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)	Finance	none
Degrees		General Business	none
		Management	none
		Marketing	none
		Supply Chain Management	none
	Master of Environmental Science & Management (M.E.S.M.)	Conservation Biology	non-thesis
		Earth & Hydrologic Science	non-thesis
		Environmental Policy & Management	non-thesis
		Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis	non-thesis
		Sustainable Systems	non-thesis
		Wetland, Watershed & Ecosystem Science	non-thesis
Professional Degrees (cont.)	Master of Library & Information Studies (M.L.I.S.)	General Library Science	non-thesis
		School Library Media	non-thesis
	Master of Marine Affairs (M.M.A.)	none	non-thesis
	Master of Music (M.M.)	Music Performance	thesis/non-thesis
		Music Education	thesis/non-thesis
	Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)	none	non-thesis
	Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)	none	non-thesis

Program	Certificate Name
Chemical Engineering	Polymers
Computer Science	Digital Forensics
Electrical Engineering	Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design & Testing (VLSI)
Labor Relations & Human Resources	Labor Relatons
	Human Resources
Library & Information Studies	Information Literacy Instruction
Nutrition & Food Sciences	Dietetic Internship Certificate Program
Textiles, Fashion Merchandising & Design	Fashion Merchandising
Nursing	Thanatology
Women's Studies	Women's Studies