Programs and Degrees Offered

Listed below are the programs and degrees offered by the Graduate Schools of the University of Virginia. The degrees and programs listed below will appear on students’ official academic records after they have been awarded the degree. Degrees are conferred in May, August, and December. All course work must be completed before the conferral of a degree. Students who do not complete their course work by the published graduation date will be awarded their degree at the next available degree date. Degree requirements are subject to change each year by vote of the faculties of the schools in which the programs are offered. The abbreviations used in this table include the following:

D.B.A.	Doctor of Business Administration	M.Ed.	Master of Education
Ed.D.	Doctor of Education	M.E.	Master of Engineering
S.J.D.	Doctor of Juridical Science	M.E.P.	Master of Engineering Physics
M.D.	Doctor of Medicine	M.F.A.	Master of Fine Arts
D.N.P.	Doctor of Nursing Practice	M.L.A.	Master of Landscape Architecture
Ph.D.	Doctor of Philosophy	L.L.M.	Master of Laws
Ed.S.	Education Specialist	M.M.S.E.	Master of Materials Science and Engineering
J.D.	Juris Doctor	M.P.H.	Master of Public Health
M.Arch.	Master of Architecture	M.P.P.	Master of Public Policy
M.Ar.H.	Master of Architectural History	M.S.	Master of Science
M.A.	Master of Arts	M.S.N.	Master of Science in Nursing
M.B.A.	Master of Business Administration	M.T.	Master of Teaching
M.C.S.	Master of Computer Science	M.U.E.P.	Master of Urban and Environmental Planning
		CERT	Certificate

Curry School of Education and Human Development

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Major	Concentration	Plan
Administration and Supervision	CERT-G	30			ADMIN-CRT
Administration and Supervision	M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.	33, 30, 72			ADMIN-MED, ADMIN-EDS, ADMIN-EDD
Athletic Training	M.S.				ATHTRN-MS
Clinical Psychology	Ph.D.	72			CLNPSY-PHD
Communication Sciences and Disorders	M.Ed.	69 or 82			SPATH-MED
Counselor Education	M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.	51, 51, 51			COUNS-MED, COUNS-EDS, COUNS-EDD
Curriculum and Instruction	Ed.D.	78	Reading Education Science Education		CURRIN-EDD
	Ed.S.	30	Reading Education		CURRIN-EDS
	M.Ed.	30	Elementary Education Gifted Education Instructional Technology Mathematics Education Reading Education Science Education Social Studies Education		CURRIN-MED
Education	Ph.D.	72	Administration and Supervision Applied Developmental Science Curriculum and Instruction Educational Policy Studies Educational Psychology English Education Gifted Education Higher Education Instructional Technology Kinesiology Mathematics Education Reading Education Research, Statistics and Evaluation Science Education Social Foundations Social Studies Education Special Education		EDUC-PHD
Educational Psychology	Ed.S.	30			EDPSYC-EDS
Educational Psychology	M.Ed.	35	Applied Development Science Research, Statistics and Evaluation School Psychology Social Foundations		EDPSYC-MED
Five Year Education Program	N/A
Education	M.T.	150	Elementary Education		ELEM-PGM
			English Education		ENGLED-PGM
			Foreign Language Education		FORED-PGM
			Kinesiology		KINES-PGM
			Mathematics Education		MATHED-PGM
			Science Education	Biology Chemistry Earth and Space Science Physics	SCIED-PGM
			Social Studies Education		SOCED-PGM
			Special Education	Early Childhood Development Elementary Education Foreign Language Education Secondary Education	SPCED-PGM
Higher Education	Ed.D.	72			HIGHED-EDD
Higher Education	M.Ed.	36		Higher Education Administration Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education	HIGHED-MED
Kinesiology	M.Ed.	30-38			KINES-MED
Special Education	Ed.S.	30			SPCED-EDS
	M.Ed.	30	Early Childhood Development		SPCED-MED
	CERT-G	31			SPCED-CRT
Teaching English Learners in PreK-12 Education Certificate	CERT-G	18			ENGLRN-CRT
Teaching Gifted Learners in PreK-12 Education Certificate	CERT-G	12			GFTLRN-CRT

Darden School of Business Administration

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Business Administration	D.B.A., Ph.D.	72, 72	BUSADM-DBA, BUSADM-PHD
Business Administration	M.B.A.	60	BUSADM-MBA

Data Science Institute

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Data Science	M.S.	32	DATASC-MS

Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Public Policy	M.P.P.	30 2yr Program: 51	PUBPOL-MPP

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Anthropology	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	ANTHRO-MA, ANTHRO-PHD
American Studies	CERT-G
Astronomy	M.S., Ph.D.	30, 72	ASTRO-MS, ASTRO-PHD
Biology	M.A., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	BIOL-MA, BIOL-MS, BIOL-PHD
Chemistry	M.A., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	CHEM-MA, CHEM-MS, CHEM-PHD
Classics	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	CLAS-MA, CLAS-PHD
Comparative Literature	CERT-G	9	COMPLT-CRT
Creative Writing	M.F.A.	48	WRITE-MFA
Drama	M.F.A.	72	DRAMA-MFA
East Asian Studies	M.A.	30	EASIAN-MA
Economics	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	ECON-MA, ECON-PHD
English	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	ENGL-MA, ENGL-PHD
Environmental Sciences	M.A., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	EVSC-MA, EVSC-MS, EVSC-PHD
European Studies	M.A.	36	EUROPE-MA
Foreign Affairs	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	FORAFF-MA, FORAFF-PHD
French	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	FRENCH-MA, FRENCH-PHD
Gender and Sexuality Studies	CERT-G
German	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	GERMAN-MA, GERMAN-PHD
Government	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	GOVT-MA, GOVT-PHD
History	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	HIST-MA, HIST-PHD
History of Art and Architecture	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	ARTARC-MA, ARTARC-PHD
Italian	M.A.	30	ITAL-MA
Linguistics	M.A.	30	LING-MA
Mathematics	M.A., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	MATH-MA, MATH-MS, MATH-PHD
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies	M.A.	30	MESA-MA
Music	M.A., Ph.D.	36, 72	MUSIC-MA, MUSIC-PHD
Nursing	Ph.D.	72	NURS-PHD
Philosophy	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	PHIL-MA, PHIL-PHD
Physics	M.A., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 30, 72	PHYS-MA, PHYS-MS, PHYS-PHD
Psychology	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	PSYCH-MA, PSYCH-PHD
Religious Studies	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	RELIG-MA, RELIG-PHD
Slavic Languages and Literatures	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	SLAVIC-MA, SLAVIC-PHD
Sociology	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	SOCIOL-MA, SOCIOL-PHD
Spanish	M.A., Ph.D.	30, 72	SPAN-MA, SPAN-PHD
Statistics	M.S., Ph.D.	30, 72	STATS-MS, STATS-PHD

School of Architecture

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Architectural History	M.Ar.H.	36	ARH-MARH
Architecture	M.Arch.	Path 3:102, Path 2.5:82, Path 2:67, Path 1:31	ARCH-MAR
Constructed Environment	PH.D.	72	CONSTR-PHD
Historic Preservation	CERT-G	21	PRES-CRT
Landscape Architecture	M.L.A.	Path 3.0:97, Path 2.5:78, Path 2.0 Advanced:62, Path 2.0:61	LAND-MLAR
Urban and Environmental Planning	M.U.E.P.	49	PLAN-MUEP
Urban Design	CERT-G	21	URBAN-CRT

School of Commerce

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Accounting	M.S.	30	ACCT-MS
Commerce	M.S.	30	COMM-MS
Global Commerce	M.S.	40	GLBCOM-MS
Management Information Technology	M.S.	30	MIT-MS

School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Criminal Justice Education	CERT-G	17	CRMJGR-CRT
Cybersecurity Management	CERT-G	18	INFOSM-CRT
Digital Marketing	CERT-G	15	EMARK-CRT
Health Sciences Management	CERT-G	18	HSMGT-CRT
Leadership	CERT-G	18	LEADER-CRT
Leadership in Human Resources Management	CERT-G	15	HRESGR-CRT
National Criminal Justice Command College	CERT-G	15	PCCGR-CRT
Procurement and Contracts Management	CERT-G	18	PROCGR-CRT
Project Management	CERT-G	18	PROJMG-CRT
Public Administration	CERT-G	15	PUBAB-CRT

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Biomedical Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	BIOMEN-ME, BIOMEN-MS, BIOMEN-PHD
Chemical Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	CHEMEN-ME, CHEMEN-MS, CHEMEN-PHD
Civil Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	CIVIL-ME, CIVIL-MS, CIVIL-PHD
Computer Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	COMPEN-ME, COMPEN-MS, COMPEN-PHD
Computer Science	M.C.S., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	COMPSC-MSC, COMPSC-MS, COMPSC-PHD
Electrical Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	ELECT-ME, ELECT-MS, ELECT-PHD
Engineering Physics	M.E.P., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	ENGPHY-MEP, ENGPHY-MS, ENGPHY-PHD
Materials Science	M.M.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	MATSCI-MS, MATSC-MMSE, MATSCI-PHD
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	MAE-ME, MAE-MS, MAE-PHD
Systems Engineering	M.E., M.S., Ph.D.	30, 30, 72	SYSTEM-ME, SYSTEM-MS, SYSTEM-PHD

School of Law

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Law	J.D., L.L.M., S.J.D.	86, 24, 30	LAW-JD, LAW-LLM, LAW-SJD

School of Medicine

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	Ph.D.	72	BIOMOL-PHD
Biological and Physical Sciences	M.S.	30	BIOLPS-MS
Biophysics	Ph.D.	72	BIOP-PHD
Cell Biology	Ph.D.	72	CELL-PHD
Clinical Research	M.S.	30	CLNRES-MS
Experimental Pathology	Ph.D.	72	EXPATH-PHD
Medicine	M.D.	N/A	MEDIC-MD
Microbiology	Ph.D.	72	MICRO-PHD
Neuroscience	Ph.D.	72	NEURO-PHD
Pharmacology	Ph.D.	72	PHARM-PHD
Physiology	Ph.D.	72	PHY-PHD
Public Health	M.P.H.	42	PUBHLT-MPH

School of Nursing

Program	Degree	Credits Required	Plan
Nursing	M.S.N.	60	NURS-MSN
Nursing Practice	D.N.P.	39	NURS-DNP

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