Prepare for a career where you can have a real and lasting impact on students of any age in a program rooted in social justice and diversity. You will benefit from small class sizes, accomplished faculty, and ample opportunities for experiential learning. Practice your skills through coursework, projects, internships, and work in school settings to advance your advising and leadership skills and find the counseling career that is perfect for you.
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Educational Counseling (M.S.Ed.)
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Special Education – Advanced Level Track (M.S.Ed.)
M.S.Ed. Special Education – Advanced Level Track provides the extensive knowledge and skills to support special education teachers working with students with disabilities.
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Special Education – TSD Track (M.S.Ed.)
M.S.Ed. with TSD endorsement provides certified general education teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach students with disabilities.
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Special Education – Autism/ABA Track (M.S.Ed.)
The Autism/ABA track will provide background in the fields of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Applied Behavioral Analysis. You will analyze and implement research-based procedures based on the principles of ABA that are appropriate for clinical, educational, and community settings. This Behavior Analyst Certification Board-approved course sequence meets the coursework requirement to sit for the BCBA exam. This is not a teacher-licensing program.
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Special Education – Autism Track (M.S.Ed.)
M.S.Ed. Autism provides background in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders for those who seek a career working in schools, clinics, or community settings with individuals with ASD. You will study laws and policies, behavior management, and best practices while conducting assessments and interventions with individuals with ASD.
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Criminal Justice (M.A.)
Develop the critical-thinking and research skills necessary for problem solving and policy making in the criminal justice field. Core courses in the general track focus on theories of criminal offending, the legal system, ethics and society, and using state-of-the-art technology to analyze data. Build upon this foundation with the one of four pertinent tracks—Community-Law Enforcement Relations Track, Intelligence Analyst Track, Homeland Security Track, or Leadership Track—that will provide students with the tools to understand the issues facing our society and develop policy to address those issues.
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Anthropology (M.A.)
Combine classroom learning with exciting fieldwork opportunities to gain a foundational knowledge of the world’s cultures and people as you prepare for a career in a large number of fields where cross-cultural concerns are important — from education to research and business to public health. In addition to studying with experienced and well-published faculty, you will conduct original research in cultural anthropology, cultural resource management, historic preservation, and more. You will benefit from both valuable experience and expert training in archaeological and ethnographic methods, as well as other qualitative tools relevant for a successful career in this field.
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English (M.A.)
A Master of Arts degree in English can open up opportunities of all kinds. Whether you are looking ahead to a career as a writer or publisher, content marketer, or you would like to teach at the college level, earning an M.A. in English can increase your chances in a highly competitive job market, help you qualify for a specific role, and give you a skill set employers are seeking. In our M.A. in English program, you’ll hone your craft through multiple concentration options, including Creative Writing, Literature, and Rhetoric and Writing. In addition to completing a thesis or manuscript, you will gain essential tools for entering the job market by completing internships, creating conference proposals, preparing scholarly or literary works for publication, and more. Apply your skills to virtually any field, including communications, college teaching, digital humanities, business, research, government, human resources, and more.
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Social Work (MSW)
Our hands-on Master of Social Work (MSW) program allows you to choose to train in direct clinical social work practice or global and community practice. Each of these specialty areas combine the latest theoretical knowledge with rich field experiences, as you prepare to provide professional therapeutic services to improve the quality of life for vulnerable families, individuals, organizations, and communities in a diverse and increasingly interdependent world.
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Interactive Digital Media – Communication (M.A.)
Explore emerging opportunities at the intersections of communication, technology, design, behavior, and business. Build media projects to tell stories through app development and with new platforms like virtual reality and augmented reality. Work creatively in teams to research and solve real-world problems using design thinking. Our IDM lab provides a supportive environment to explore and learn extended reality, game design, user experience, and interactive storytelling.