COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LETTERS

For more information about graduate programs in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, please call (313) 593-1183 or email CASLgrad@umd.umich.edu

Applied and Computational Mathematics (MS)
This program provides graduate-level education in applied mathematics, developing comprehension of principles of applied mathematics and skills in employing those principles in industrial and scientific settings. It is designed to serve engineers, scientists and computer scientists currently in the workplace, as well as new graduates in these disciplines seeking to strengthen their applied mathematics skills.

Environmental Science (MS)
The MS in Environmental Sciences targets the working professional, with courses offered weekday evenings and Saturdays. Our two-year or part-time program currently has 30 students. Stressing personalized and individual attention to graduate education, students choose between a thesis, course-only, and special project options that emphasize the environmental aspects of biology, chemistry, and geology. Part-time students and in-service teachers seeking a science-oriented MS are welcome. Faculty and students research many environmental topics including turtle population dynamics in local lakes, the toxic effects of copper in benthic macroinvertebrates from Michigan streams, the impact of land use on ground and surface water quality, the molecular biology of heavy metal accumulation and transport in plants, phytoremediation to cleanup chemical toxicants and brownfield sites, and analysis of organisms in our campus Natural Area. MSES admission is open to those from any academic background, especially science or mathematics.

Liberal Studies (MA)
This graduate program is designed for adult, part-time college-educated students who wish to broaden their education but want an alternative to the customary, discipline-based graduate programs. Its purpose is to provide liberal education at the master's level for motivated, mature individuals desiring to explore new subjects, to develop intellectual resources, and to broaden their horizon of knowledge and ideas. The objectives of this degree are synonymous with the objectives of liberal education: developing critical thinking skills, encouraging intellectual flexibility, and cultivating an individual's ability to make connections among diverse fields of human thought and activity.

Psychology/Specialization in Health Psychology (MS)
This program is a new program beginning in Fall 2002 and is designed to serve the needs of physicians, nurses, allied healthcare workers, public health officials, and other professionals who may wish to continue their education on a part-time or full-time basis. Graduates of the program will be qualified to work in a variety of research-oriented, educational, and clinical settings. The degree features a curricular flexibility that can serve professionals in both the health care field and secondary education in the behavioral sciences. To meet the needs of working professionals, the courses will primarily be offered during the late afternoon and evening. A substantial number of courses will also be made available through CASL's Distance Learning Program.

Public Policy (MPP)
The Master's Degree Program in Public Policy is an interdisciplinary public policy program, designed for adult, part-time, college-educated students who are already working in related policy positions and for students who wish to prepare for careers in public service and public affairs. The program is aimed at developing analytical skills essential to understanding and improving public policy for persons engaged in a wide range of professional careers in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. It is designed to produce researchers, policy analysts, problem-solvers in the public and private sector, and policy entrepreneurs.

 

Automotive Systems Engineering (MSE) Available online!
(313) 593-5582, sjboyd@umd.umich.edu
An interdisciplinary graduate degree program designed to provide depth in automotive systems engineering, breadth across engineering disciplines from an engineering systems perspective, and significant engineering design experience through a capstone group project or a master's thesis. Students in the program will not only learn about advanced automotive technologies, but also study ways to apply them in practice for creative design and problem solving.

Computer Engineering (MSE) Available online!
(313) 593-5420, ece-grad@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed to provide a thorough educational experience, consisting of required core courses and technical electives and providing hands-on experience with computers, high-performance workstations, and other microprocessor-based systems. A Bachelor of Science degree in electrical/computer engineering/computer science from an accredited program is required. Applicants lacking adequate preparation in digital systems, microcomputer systems, data structures, or programming may be required to take appropriate courses.

Computer and Information Science (MS)
(313) 436-9145, cis_grad@umd.umich.edu
This program offers curriculum consisting of required core courses and technical electives, providing hands-on experience with computers, high-performance workstations, and other microprocessor-based systems. Six concentration areas are offered: Computer graphics and geometric modeling, computer networks, database management, information systems, software engineering, and system software.

Electrical Engineering (MSE)
(313) 593-5420, ece-grad@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed to provide a thorough educational experience at an advanced level to students who have an accredited undergraduate degree in either electrical or computer engineering. It offers a 30-credit hour curriculum of required core courses and technical electives, providing hands-on experience with computers, high-performance workstations, and other microprocessor-based systems. Students, through a judicious selection of approved courses, can specialize in computer and digital systems, control systems, and digital signals (speech and image) processing.

Engineering Management (MS) Available online!
(313) 593-5361, saharris@umd.umich.edu
The Engineering Management program aims to teach core management areas vital for technical managers, provide knowledge common to all engineering disciplines, facilitate requisite knowledge and skills for management, and offer experience in integrating technical and management aspects in real life engineering projects or problems.  

Industrial and Systems Engineering (MSE)
(313) 593-5361, saharris@umd.umich.edu
Students in this program can specialize in manufacturing systems, human performance, operations research and information systems. Groups of courses are also available for concentration in quality engineering. Students have access to excellent instructional and research laboratories where they can conduct research on a wide spectrum of issues.  

Industrial and Systems Engineering (MSE) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) Dual Degree Program
MSE in I&SE: (313) 593-5361, saharris@umd.umich.edu
MBA: (313) 593-5460, gradbusiness@umd.umich.edu
The College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Management offer a dual degree program leading to both an MSE in Industrial and Systems Engineering and an MBA. The program emphasizes both technology and management expertise. The dual degree program requires 66 credit hours of specified course work to earn both degrees.

Information Systems and Technology (MS)
(313) 593-5361, saharris@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed for engineers, computer scientists, business people, and other professionals who have the responsibility for using, designing, improving, installing, managing, and evaluating integrated enterprise wide information systems.  SAP R/3 ERP Software is used to integrate various functional areas in a manufacturing or service organization.

Manufacturing (D.Eng.)
(313) 593-5582, sjboyd@umd.umich.edu
The University of Michigan-Dearborn contributes to the Program in Manufacturing (Ann Arbor) by participating in the D.Eng. This degree is designed to assist engineers improve the quality and efficiency of manufacturing systems by giving them advanced skills in engineering, business and management, breadth across engineering disciplines, the ability to lead project teams, and the skills to carry out high quality engineering research and development. Qualified students can complete some course work and conduct their dissertation on the Dearborn campus.(Awarded by the College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE)
(313) 593-5582, sjboyd@umd.umich.edu
This master's degree program is a comprehensive interdisciplinary program is intended to educate professionals who will be designing, building, and managing the competitive production systems of the 21st century.  The program is designed for practicing engineers, integrating courses in engineering and management, such as production management, manufacturing processes (i.e. metal forming and injection molding), computer automation, information management, total quality management, concurrent engineering, human performance in manufacturing, cost control, supply chain management and global operations management.

Mechanical Engineering (MSE)
(313) 593-5241, rdewberry@umd.umich.edu
This oldest and largest graduate program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn combines engineering practice with analysis. Two broad areas of emphasis, mechanical science and thermal/fluid sciences, encompass the program. The department has well-equipped facilities within the College, involving a wide range of research areas. Fellowships and Teaching/Research Assistantships may be available to full-time graduate students.

Software Engineering (MS) Available online!
(313) 436-9145, cis_grad@umd.umich.edu
The Software Engineering master's degree program is designed to prepare the student to excel as a software engineer and as a project leader. It is a 30-credit hour graduate program administered jointly by the Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments. The program requires students to take four core courses, two courses from each of the CIS and ECE electives, and either a master's thesis or a master's project with an elective course.

 

Education (MA)
(313) 593-5091, ma_in_ed@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed for certified teachers who wish to strengthen their competencies, expand their professional outlook, and gain greater knowledge of their subject specialization. The program offers classroom teachers a flexible framework, as most coursework is offered during the evening or summer to accommodate working professionals.

Public Administration (MPA)
(313) 436-9135, m.p.a@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed for individuals interested in administrative positions in the public, nonprofit, educational sectors, and other service agencies. It features three tracks: government, nonprofit, and educational administration. The MPA curriculum emphasizes practical skills and promotes extensive sharing of professional experiences and current issues. Classes are designed to develop technical administrative skills and competencies in leadership, finance, personnel, planning, and evaluation.

Science Education (MS)
(313) 593-5090, mssciedsp@umd.umich.edu
This program is a new program approved to begin in Fall 2002 and is designed for professionals who posses either an elementary or secondary teaching certificate. To accommodate the different science content background of teachers with elementary or secondary certificates, this degree program will have two tracks: one for K-8 teachers with 14 or fewer credits in science (Track I) and one for 7-12 teachers with BS or BA degrees in a science discipline (Track II). The MS/SE will maintain our approach to teaching science while modeling the pedagogy prescribed by the State of Michigan in the Michigan Curriculum Framework.

Special Education (M.Ed.)
(313) 436-9135, s.p.e.d@umd.umich.edu
The Special Education program allows in-service teachers to earn a Master of Education degree and either a full K-12 Learning Disabilities or Emotional Impairment endorsement within the Master's program. This program also offers a Master of Education degree with an Inclusion Specialist Certificate. All of the programs are 30 credit hour programs and are designed for working educators with evening courses and summer internship placements.

Teaching (MAT)
(313) 593-5091, m.a.t@umd.umich.edu
This program is designed for people who have completed the bachelor's degree in non-educational fields and wish to obtain the State of Michigan Secondary School Certification. Students in the MAT program will bring valuable experience and expertise to assist in exploring the practice of teaching through thinking about goals, values, beliefs and assumptions about teaching, and will consider schools in broad social, political and historical contexts.

 

For more information about graduate programs in the School of Management, please call (313) 593-5460 or email gradbusiness@umd.umich.edu

Accounting (MS)
Designed for individuals interested in an advanced professional degree in Accounting, this program focuses on the needs of both corporate and public accounting.  For those with an undergraduate degree in accounting, the MS-Accounting the credits needed to meet the 150 credit hour requirement for becoming a CPA in the state of Michigan.  Students choose either a Financial Accounting track or a Taxation track within the MS-Accounting degree.

Business Administration (MBA)
The MBA degree is for individuals with undergraduate degrees in any academic discipline. While maintaining a generalist perspective, the MBA also allows students to choose areas of concentration tailored to their professional goals. The MBA is designed for full-time working professionals.  The degree requires 60 credits, but can be reduced to as few as 36 credits through waivers for core MBA courses, based upon prior business coursework. MBA Concentrations are available in Finance, International Business,  Workforce Management, Marketing, Accounting, and Supply Chain Management.

The MBA is delivered through traditional on-campus classroom courses, as well as online courses. Online courses lead to the same degree, with the same curriculum and same courses, taught by the same full-time faculty. Online courses are ideal for those unable to register for on-campus courses, as no on-campus presence is required for online classes. However, students may complete the MBA degree through any mix of on-campus or online courses.

 

WebMBA Online!
The WebMBA provides the same degree, with the same curriculum and same courses, taught by the same full-time faculty. It is designed for those who are unable to enroll in the on-campus MBA. No on-campus presence is required.

Both the on-campus MBA and webMBA are designed for full-time working professionals. The degree requires 60 credits, but can be reduced to as few as 36 credits through waivers for core MBA courses, based upon prior business coursework.

Business Administration (MBA) and Finance (MS)
The University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Management (SOM) offers a Dual Degree program leading to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and the Master of Science in Finance (MSF). This program takes advantage of course overlap between the two existing curricula, and would allow students to receive both degrees upon completion of a minimum of 75 graduate credits. Courses for the MBA and MS-Finance are offered on-campus and online.

Business Administration (MBA) and Health Services Administration (MHSA from Ann Arbor)
The School of Management and the School of Public Health on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus offer a jointly administered Dual Degree program leading to the Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA). This program takes advantage of many areas of overlap between the two curricula, and allows admitted students to receive both degrees upon completion of a minimum of 81 graduate credits. The UM-Ann Arbor MHSA has been the top-ranked program of its kind by US News every year since 1994.

Business Administration (MBA) and Industrial and Systems Engineering (MSE) Dual Degree Program
MSE in I&SE: (313) 593-5361, saharris@umd.umich.edu
The School of Management and the College of Engineering and Computer Science offer a dual degree program leading to both an MBA and an MSE in Industrial and Systems Engineering. The program emphasizes both technology and management expertise. The dual degree program requires 66 credit hours of specified course work to earn both degrees.

Finance (MS)
This program is designed to meet the highly specialized needs of the finance industry, providing greater depth in graduate finance education, necessitated by the ever-increasing complexities challenging the profession. The flexibility of the program serves the professional needs of financial institutions and the corporate finance and investment communities.

The MS in Finance is delivered through traditional on-campus classroom courses, as well as online courses. Online courses lead to the same degree, with the same curriculum and same courses, taught by the same full-time faculty. Online courses are ideal for those unable to register for on-campus courses, as no on-campus presence is required for online classes. However, students may complete the MS-Finance degree through any mix of on-campus or online courses.