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New Mexico State University
Graduate Catalog
2008-2009

GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS, SPECIALIZATIONS/CONCENTRATIONS, AND APPROVED MINORS

Because graduate degrees are awarded for attainment in scholarship, the requirements stated in this catalog are to be considered as minimal. The major department or the dean of the Graduate School may make additional requirements deemed necessary for each candidate. Each student's program is subject to the approval of the department head concerned. Responsibility for securing approval of the proposed program of study rests with the student.

Frequent consultation with the adviser is essential to satisfactory planning and progress toward a degree.

Graduate degrees, concentrations, approved minors, and the programs in which they are awarded are:

Master of Accountancy

Master of Agriculture

  • Specialization/Concentration in:
    • Agribusiness

Master of Applied Geography

Master of Arts

  • Agricultural Extension Education
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Communication Disorders
  • Communication Studies
  • Counseling and Guidance
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Guidance and Human Relations
  • Economics
  • Education
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Bilingual/Multicultural Special Education
      • Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology
      • Early Childhood Special Education
      • Educational Diagnostics
      • Special Education
      • Special Education Administration
      • Special Education/Deaf-Hard of Hearing
      • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Educational Administration
  • English
  • Government
  • History
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Public History
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Spanish

Master of Arts in Teaching

  • Specialization/Concentration in:
    • Math
    • Science

Master of Business Administration

  • Specialization/Concentration in:
    • Agribusiness
    • Finance
    • Information Systems
    • International Business

Master of Criminal Justice

Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Master of Music

Master of Public Administration

Master of Public Health

Master of Science

  • Agricultural Biology
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Science
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Experimental Statistics
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Geology
  • Horticulture
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physics
  • Range Science
  • Wildlife Science

Master of Science in

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science in Nursing

  • Specialization/Concentration in:
    • Adult Health Nursing
    • Advanced Practice in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
    • Public/Community Health Nursing

Master of Social Work

Specialist in Education

  • Education
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Educational Diagnostics
      • Special Education Administration
      • Special Education/Deaf-Hard of Hearing
      • Special Education
  • School Psychology

Doctor of Economic Development

Doctor of Education

  • Education
  • Educational Administration
  • Special Education
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Bilingual/Multicultural Special Education

Doctor of Philosophy

  • Agronomy
  • Animal Science
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Management
      • Marketing
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Education
  • Educational Administration
  • Engineering
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Chemical Engineering
      • Civil Engineering
      • Electrical Engineering
      • Industrial Engineering
      • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nursing
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Range Science
  • Rhetoric and Professional Communication
  • Special Education
    • Specialization/Concentration in:
      • Bilingual/Multicultural Special Education

JOINT DEGREES

Master of Art in History and Master of Public Administration Master of Criminal Justice and Master of Public Administration

Master of Public Health and Master of Social Work

Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master of Business Administration

(5 year combined program)

Bachelor of Accountancy and Master of Accountancy

(5 year combined program)

Bachelor of Science and Master's of Science in Electrical Engineering

(5 year combined program)

Bachelor of Science and Master's of Science in Industrial Engineering

(5 year combined program)

Bachelor of Science and Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering

(5 year combined program)

Bachelor of Science and Master's of Science in Physics

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Online Teaching and Learning Certificate

Systems Engineering

APPROVED MINORS and the programs in which they are offered follow:

Accounting

  • Accounting

Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business

  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Economics

Animal and Range Sciences

  • Animal Science
  • Range Science

Astronomy

  • Astronomy

Agricultural Extension Education

  • Agricultural Extension Education

Center for Latin American and Border Studies

  • Latin American Studies

Chemical Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering

Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry

Curriculum and Instruction

  • Bilingual Education
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Early Childhood Special Education
  • Education
  • Educational Learning Technologies
  • Reading

Communication Studies

  • Communication Studies
  • Telecommunications

Computer Science

  • Computer Science

Criminal Justice

  • Criminal Justice

Educational Management and Development

  • Educational Administration

Electrical Engineering

  • Electrical Engineering

Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science

  • Agricultural Biology

Experimental Statistics

  • Experimental Statistics

Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Family and Consumer Sciences

Finance

  • Finance

Geography

  • Geography
  • Geographic Information Systems

Government

  • Government
  • Public Administration
  • Security and Intelligence Studies

History

  • History

Health Science

  • Alcohol and Drug Counseling (interdisciplinary)
  • Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Gerontology
  • US/Mexico Border Health Issues

Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management

  • Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management

Human Performance, Dance and Recreation

  • Adapted Physical Education

Languages and Linguistics

  • Spanish

Management

  • Management

Marketing

  • Marketing

Mathematics

  • Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Manufacturing Engineering

Molecular Biology

  • Bioinformatics (with Computer Science)

Physics

  • Physics

Plant and Environmental Sciences

  • Agronomy
  • Horticulture

Psychology

  • Psychology

Social Work

  • Alcohol and Drug Counseling (interdisciplinary)

Special Education and Communication Disorders

  • Communication Disorders
  • Deaf Education
  • Special Education

Sociology and Anthropology

  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Food Science
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Sociology

Women Studies

  • Women Studies

The following approved minors are examples of those offered by more than one department.

  • Animal Nutrition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aviation Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Educational Administration
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Energy Policy
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Management
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geological Engineering
  • Health Management
  • Interdisciplinary Alcohol and Drug Counseling
  • Immunology
  • Language Arts
  • Meat Science
  • Natural Resource Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Photography
  • Public Relations
  • Remote Sensing
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Technical Writing
  • Technical and Professional Communication
  • Toxicology
  • Waste Management