The table below lists all graduate majors and degrees as they appear on a diploma and a transcript. Please note that a number of these programs have additional options or concentrations available. Program hours depend on degree options selected. Consult the program page inside this catalog for more detailed information.
Graduate Degrees
Major |
Degree |
Thesis |
Program Hours |
Accounting |
M.Acy. |
None |
30 |
Accounting (Integrated) |
B.B.A./M.Acy. |
None |
150 |
Accounting and Information Technology |
M.S. |
None |
36 |
Adult, Professional, and Community Education |
M.A. |
Optional |
36-39 |
Adult, Professional, and Community Education |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
63 |
Advanced Practice Leadership |
M.S.W. |
None |
36-62 |
Anthropology |
M.A. |
Required |
36 |
Applied Anthropology |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
54 |
Applied Philosophy and Ethics |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-33 |
Applied Sociology |
M.S. |
None |
36 |
Aquatic Resources |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Aquatic Resources and Integrative Biology |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
61-91 |
Athletic Training |
M.S. |
None |
55 |
Biochemistry |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Biochemistry (early-entry) |
B.S./M.S. |
Required |
150 |
Biology |
M.A. |
Required |
30 |
Biology |
M.S. |
Optional |
30-45 |
Business Administration |
D.B.A. |
Dissertation |
54 |
Business Administration |
M.B.A. |
Optional |
36-39 |
Chemistry |
M.A. |
None |
30 |
Chemistry |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Chemistry (early-entry) |
B.S./M.S. |
Required |
150 |
Communication Design |
M.F.A. |
Required |
60 |
Communication Disorders |
M.A. |
Required |
39 |
Communication Disorders |
M.S.C.D. |
None |
36 |
Communication Studies |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Computer Science |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Computer Science |
M.S. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Computer Science |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
54-78 |
Construction Management |
M.S. |
Optional |
30 |
Creative Writing |
M.F.A. |
Required |
48 |
Criminal Justice |
M.S.C.J. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Criminal Justice |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
51 |
Data Analytics and Information Systems |
M.S. |
Optional |
30 |
Dementia and Aging Studies |
M.S. |
Optional |
33-36 |
Digital Media Communication |
M.A. |
Optional |
33-36 |
Educational and Community Leadership |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
60 |
Educational Leadership |
M.A. |
None |
36 |
Educational Leadership |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Educational Technology |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Elementary Education |
M.A. |
Required |
30 |
Elementary Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
30-36 |
Elementary Education Bilingual/Bicultural |
M.A. |
Required |
30 |
Elementary Education Bilingual/Bicultural |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Engineering |
M.S. |
Optional |
31 |
Engineering Management |
M.S. |
Optional |
30 |
Exercise Science |
M.S. |
Optional |
36 |
Family Nurse Practitioner |
M.S.N. |
None |
48 |
Geographic Education |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
46 |
Geographic Information Science |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
46 |
Geographic Information Science |
M.A.Geo. |
None |
33 |
Geography |
M.A.Geo. |
None |
33 |
Geography |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Geography |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
46 |
Geography Resource and Environmental Studies |
M.A.Geo. |
None |
33 |
Healthcare Administration |
M.H.A. |
Optional |
49 |
Health Information Management |
M.H.I.M. |
Optional |
36 |
History |
M.A. |
Optional |
33-39 |
Human Development and Family Sciences |
M.S. |
Optional |
37 |
Human Nutrition |
M.S. |
Optional |
33-39 |
Human Resource Management |
M.S. |
None |
30 |
Integrated Agricultural Sciences |
M.S. |
Optional |
36 |
Integrated Molecular and Biophysical Chemistry |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
72 |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
M.A.I.S. |
None |
39 |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
M.S.I.S. |
None |
39 |
International Studies |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Leadership and Administration in Nursing |
M.S.N. |
None |
30 |
Leadership and Administration in Nursing (B.S.N. to M.S.N.) |
B.S.N./M.S.N. |
None |
156 |
Legal Studies |
M.A. |
None |
36 |
Literature |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Management of Technical Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Marketing Research and Analysis |
M.S. |
Optional |
30 |
Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
55 |
Mathematics |
M.S. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Mathematics |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Mathematics (Applied Mathematics Concentration) |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
72 |
Mathematics (General Mathematics Concentration) |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
72 |
Mathematics (Statistics Concentration) |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
72 |
Mathematics Education |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
78 |
Merchandising and Consumer Studies |
M.S. |
Optional |
36-39 |
Music |
M.M. |
Optional |
36 |
Music Education |
M.M. |
None |
36 |
Physical Therapy |
D.P.T. |
None |
99 |
Physics |
M.S. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Political Science |
M.A. |
Optional |
33-36 |
Population and Conservation Biology |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Postsecondary Student Success in Learning, Literacy, and Mathematics |
M.A. |
None |
36 |
Postsecondary Student Success in Learning, Literacy, and Mathematics |
Ed.D. |
Dissertation |
60 |
Postsecondary Student Success in Learning, Literacy, and Mathematics |
Ph.D. |
Dissertation |
60 |
Professional Counseling |
M.A. |
Optional |
48-66 |
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
M.S.N. |
None |
40 |
Psychological Research |
M.A. |
Optional |
38 |
Public Administration |
M.P.A. |
None |
36 |
Public Health |
M.P.H |
None |
42 |
Public Health Education and Promotion |
M.S. |
Optional |
36 |
Quantitative Finance and Economics |
M.S. |
Optional |
30 |
Reading Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
30 |
Recreation Management |
M.S.R.L.S. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Respiratory Care |
M.S.R.C. |
None |
36-48 |
Rhetoric and Composition |
M.A. |
Optional |
33 |
School Psychology |
S.S.P. |
None |
69 |
Secondary Education |
M.A. |
Optional |
30 |
Secondary Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
30-39 |
Sociology |
M.A. |
Required |
36 |
Spanish |
M.A. |
Optional |
33-36 |
Special Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
36 |
Student Affairs in Higher Education |
M.Ed. |
None |
42 |
Sustainability Studies |
M.A. |
Optional |
36 |
Sustainability Studies |
M.S. |
Optional |
36 |
Technical Communication |
M.A. |
Optional |
30 |
Theatre |
M.A. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Theatre |
M.F.A. |
None |
60 |
Therapeutic Recreation |
M.S.R.L.S. |
Optional |
30-36 |
Wildlife Ecology |
M.S. |
Required |
30 |
Certificate and degree programs are approved in accordance with guidelines provided by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas State University System Board of Regents.