If you are a resident of one of these states, and graduate program you wish to attend is in WRGP, you are eligible to participate.
(Masters level programs in library studies are available through the Professional Student Exchange Program.)
COLORADO
Aerospace Engineering Sciences:
MS, ME, PhD Robin Basile, Graduate
Coordinator Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder
429 UCB Engineering Center
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
(303) 492-6416
Few fields offer more exciting and diverse careers:
becoming an astronaut, designing the next generation of aircraft
and spacecraft, or working on the technical requirements of these
advanced projects. Teaching and research in the Aerospace Engineering
Sciences Dept. (ASEN) address both the challenges and the opportunities
facing the aerospace engineering profession today. Home to four
major research centers, including one NASA-funded center, ASEN has
taken up the aerospace challenge of this century. The Dept. of Aerospace
Engineering Sciences provides a superior educational and research
experience for today’s outstanding graduate students. Those
students beginning their graduate program now can be expected to
lead the nation’s aerospace advances during the new century.
Agriculture - Integrated Resource Management:
MAg R. Kraig Peel, Assistant
Professor College of Agriculture
Colorado State University
Room 209B Animal Sciences
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171
(970) 491-6928
This is a unique graduate program designed to
provide professional land managers with the skills and experience
to meet the rapidly expanding need for ranch and wildlife managers,
agency personnel, and extension specialists. The focus of the program
is to train individuals to address the many complex, interacting
issues which influence the profitability and sustainability of land
resources. Students who would benefit most include the operators
of family-owned ranches, Native Americans, federal or state agency
personnel, ranch managers for corporations and absentee owners,
loan officers, and extension personnel.
The Dept. of Biomedical Sciences is dedicated to excellence in research,
teaching, and other scholarly activities, and it fosters interactions
and collaborations among faculty and students in a wide range of
disciplines and departments. A master’s program typically
requires two years, with the first year emphasizing course work
and the second year, research. Students studying for a Ph.D. typically
require four or five years after obtaining a B.S. degree.
This program, with its specific energy, materials,
and environmental focus, produces applied scientists for the vital
natural resource industries in the West. Course work requirements
for the geochemistry and applied chemistry degree programs are different
but much of the research being conducted could fit under either
program, particularly in the environmental arena. Research is the
pre-eminent component, but the applied and interdisciplinary nature
of the program also places substantial importance on formal course
work.
The Dept. of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
(APS) has a reputation of excellence. The program successfully integrates
astrophysics, planetary science, and space instrumentation, with
strong observational and theoretical components. These assets facilitate
interaction and collaboration between the disciplines and enable
students to explore a wide variety of research areas. APS teaches
and researches the areas of astrophysics and astronomy, planetary
science, fluid dynamics, space and plasma astrophysics, solar physics,
and space physics.
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences:
MS, PhD, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
Dept. of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, Joint Institute
of Laboratory Astrophysics, Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space
Physics, National Center for Atmospheric Research Laboratory, National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Lisa Burnham Program in Atmospheric &
Oceanic Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 311 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-6633
(303) 492-7167
The interdisciplinary program in atmospheric
and oceanic sciences provides an environment to examine the dynamical,
physical, and chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere and
the ocean. A major theme is the establishment of a physical basis
for understanding, observing, and modeling climate and global change.
Graduate students, research staff, and faculty work together on
research topics: large-scale dynamics of the ocean and the atmosphere;
air-sea interaction; radiative transfer and remote sensing of the
ocean and the atmosphere; sea ice and its role in climate; cloud-climate
interactions; atmospheric chemistry and aerosols; atmospheric technology;
extended weather and climate prediction; hydrological processes;
and boundary layer measurement and modeling.
The Department of Construction Management offers graduate study
leading to the master of science degree. The focus of the department
is on professional programs that successfully combine theory and
application with a strong emphasis in management. Graduate students
may concentrate their study in one or more of the following emphasis
areas:
Construction Management and Information Systems
Historic Preservation
Sustainable Building
Each program can be individually tailored to meet the needs and
interests of the student.
This program offers advanced training in Chinese
or Japanese language and literature or Chinese or Japanese language
and civilization. All tracks are designed to advance the boundaries
of scholarship in the areas of East Asian language, literature,
and civilization, as well as to advance the methodology and resources
for teaching in the area. Students choosing to emphasize the advanced
study of Japanese or Chinese primary texts will be prepared to teach
Japanese or Chinese literature or culture at the community college
or secondary levels, to translate and interpret literary and non
literary texts and East Asian culture, and to engage in doctoral-level
studies in Japanese or Chinese. Students choosing to focus on Japanese
or Chinese language and civilization will be prepared to teach at
the pre-collegiate level or to engage in business or public service.
Education - Special Education, Emphasis
in Low Prevalence Disabilities: MA, EdD, Deaf, Blind, Profound
Needs Barbara Rhine, Professor
& Director
Special Education University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
(970) 351-1655
The Ed.D. in special education is a flexible
doctoral program that prepares special education professionals for
positions of leadership in public and private schools, colleges,
universities, agencies, businesses, and government entities. Major
emphases may be established to fit a variety of interests in the
field of special education. Graduates develop knowledge and skills
related to: theory, effective teaching, inquiry, scholarly production,
and intra-interpersonal skills. The program is designed to prepare
students for creative leadership in a rapidly changing world that
is experiencing increasing cultural diversity, curriculum and structural
reforms in schools, and pedagogical innovations across the educational
spectrum.
Education & Human Resource Studies:
PhD
(formerly Vocational Ed) Rick Ginsberg,
Director School of Education
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1588
(970) 491-6317
Each student must select a specialization in
order to determine admission status and plan a program of study
for the Ph.D. Specializations are offered in the following areas:
educational leadership, community college leadership, human resource
studies, and interdisciplinary studies. An individualized program
of study is developed cooperatively by the student, adviser, and
graduate committee. The background and experience of each student
are considered when developing the program of study.
Educational Mathematics: PhD
Dean Allison, Associate
Professor
Mathematical Sciences College of Arts & Sciences
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
(970) 351-2395...
This program prepares graduates to take an active
role in mathematics education reform as researchers and teachers.
In the mathematics education courses, graduates study such pedagogical
issues as: cognition, effective uses of technology, philosophical
issues related to teaching, quantitative and qualitative research
techniques, and trends in curricular, instructional and assessment
reform. Mathematics courses include work in analysis and algebra,
and a variety of other topics in modern mathematics. Graduates are
prepared to teach a wide range of undergraduate mathematics courses,
teach undergraduate and graduate mathematics education courses,
work with pre-service and in-service teachers, study the effects
of cooperative learning strategies; analyze innovative uses of technology,
enhance understanding of the learning process in mathematics; study
past and future directions in mathematics education, and participate
in projects funded by the NSF and DOE.
The doctoral degree provides students with a
broad base of knowledge in the use of technology in educational
and training settings. The four major areas of emphasis are: instructional
development/design, interactive technologies, distance education,
and technology integration. Courses in these areas cover instructional
design, curriculum development, computer-based education delivery
systems, hardware and software systems interface, the design of
distance learning environments, education research, educational
accountability procedures, technology systems evaluation and educational
technology hardware/software design. The program provides for in-depth
coverage of the major elements involved in both the theory and practice
of educational technology and expands opportunities for students
to develop specialized research.
Engineering Systems: MS, MEng,
PhD Joan Gosink, Division Director Division of Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 273-3650
Engineering Systems focuses on the generation
of advanced engineering technologies for application to resources
and materials. The CSM Engineering Systems program is unique because
of its dynamic growth, its integration of disciplines (civil, electrical
and mechanical engineering), its synergism with strong traditional
programs at CSM, and its areas of emphasis: chemically reacting
flow as applied to combustion and material processing; geotechnics;
earthquake and structural engineering; intelligent signal processing
and control as applied to manufacturing, robotics, biomechanics
and telecommunications; static and dynamic behavior of solid state
and granular materials, and analysis, design and control of electric
power systems. Other features of the program include a systems approach
to engineering research and problem-solving, responsiveness to industrial
needs, and an appreciation of global forces in the marketplace.
As a university founded on mineral and energy
exploration, the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) has a unique focus
on providing students with education and research opportunities
that revolve around responsible stewardship of the earth and its
resources. As part of this focus, the Environmental Science and
Engineering Division (ESE) offers an integrated curriculum in environmental
science and engineering within the context of risk-based decision-making,
environmental law and policy leading to graduate degrees as well
as several undergraduate programs. Research and academic programs
are focused in five main areas: Water and wastewater reclamation;
Site characterization and remediation; Environmental biotechnology;
Environmental chemistry and radiochemistry; Environmental systems
modeling.
Executive Leadership Master of Criminal
Justice Program: ELMCJ Gerald L. Williams,
Program Director Graduate School of Public
Affairs
University of Colorado at Denver
1380 Lawrence Street Center, Suite 500
Campus Box 142
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, Colorado 80217-3364
(303) 556-6524
The Executive Leadership master’s degree
in Criminal Justice prepares police executives to manage change,
plan strategically, develop employees, build a sound ethical foundation,
and perform other activities. The curriculum enhances the ability
of leaders and their agencies to facilitate community problem solving,
lasting social change, and collaboration with other organizations;
and develops strong skills for dealing with the challenges of diversity
and differences, both in the workforce and in client populations.
This interdisciplinary graduate program emphasizes
the energy, minerals, and materials fields of geochemistry and their
complex interrelationships with the environment. Fourteen faculty,
with specialties in both fundamental and applied research, provide
expertise in areas including experimental, theoretical, and analytical
low- and high-temperature geochemistry; aqueous, environmental,
and isotope geochemistry; environmental microbiology; mineralogy;
petrochemistry; and geochemistry applied to the genesis of, and
exploration for, metals, hydrocarbons and geothermal resources.
The graduate engineering curriculum includes
a broad range of geology, geotechnical, and mining-engineering courses.
The master’s degrees in geological engineering at CSM prepare
students for careers in site characterization and investigation;
design and stabilization of foundations or slopes; surface and underground
construction; design, construction, and remediation of waste disposal
sites or contaminated sites; forensic geological engineering, and
assessment and mitigation of geologic hazards for civil, mining,
or environmental-engineering projects. A Ph.D. degree prepares students
for high-level technical, academic, or research jobs. The geological-engineering
curriculum includes several graduate-level courses in engineering
geology and geotechnics and graduate-level courses in groundwater
engineering, mining engineering, and civil engineering. State-of-the-art
laboratory facilities include a joint U.S. Geological Survey/CSM
Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Laboratory as well as
rock mechanics and geomechanics laboratories.
Students in the Gerontology program study the human aging process
and learn skills needed to work with the older population. The core
curriculum, required of all students, provides a variety of courses
including: community resources for the elderly, social policies
of aging, health aspects of gerontology, and intervention strategies
with the elderly. In addition, each graduate student must select
an area of specialization: management/administration, direct services,
or general studies.
The doctoral program in Human Rehabilitation
provides course work that has a focus in the areas of university
teaching, rehabilitation administration, and research. Each student
is encouraged to concentrate in one of these areas and may also
select elective coursework from a number of related areas or chose
a minor in a collaborative field of study. Clinical experiences
are an integral part of the program. A limited number of scholarships
are available for those interested in full-time studies.
Course work and research in the Mineral Economics
degrees emphasize the application of economic principles and business
methods to mineral, energy, and related environmental and technological
issues. Students select from one of two areas of specialization:
Economics and Public Policy (E&PP) or Quantitative Business
Methods/Operations Research (QBM/OR). The E&PP specialization
focuses on the optimal use of scarce energy and mineral resources
with a global perspective. The QBM/OR specialization emphasizes
the application of quantitative business methods as they apply to
risk and financial management; project evaluation and decision making;
and the use of operations research techniques for optimization and
managerial decision-making.
Students enrolled in this program study the
principles of mineral exploration, reserve estimation, underground
and surface-mining operations, scheduling, and optimization. Studies
include rock mechanics, drilling and rock fragmentation, plant and
mine design, mine ventilation, mechanical mining, mine evaluation,
mine safety, mineral processing, computing and operation research,
and computer modeling. The program has strong components for industrial
minerals and geotechnical engineering, especially as they relate
to underground construction and tunneling. The curriculum maintains
a balance between theoretical principles and their engineering applications.
Graduates are highly sought after by both the mining and underground
construction industries, and qualified to work in engineering, supervision,
education, and research positions.
The School of Music provides the strongest preparation
possible in music education, theory, history, and technology, while
encouraging the highest standards of performance. Graduates enjoy
high employment rates, which they attribute both to the quality
of preparation they received at UNC and to the School of Music’s
outstanding reputation. The doctor of arts degree offers the highest
level of preparation as a musical scholar-performer-teacher. Options
are provided for primary and/or secondary emphases in conducting
(choral, orchestral, winds), jazz pedagogy, music education, music
history and literature, music theory and composition, opera theatre,
performance, and performance/pedagogy.
Nursing: PhD Mary Diaz School
of Nursing
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 East 9th Avenue, A-088
Denver, CO 80262
(303) 315-4313
The PhD program in nursing is designed to prepare
nurse scholars who advance the art, science, and practice of the
discipline. Doctoral preparation in nursing promotes knowledge development
for reflective, theory-based, and research-guided practice. Graduates
are leaders in nursing education, research, and health care delivery.
PhD-prepared nurses may be actively engaged in roles such as researcher,
educator, clinician-scholar, administrator, and health care policy
analyst. Students select one of the four practice-inquiry foci in
which to build an area of concentration: human experience of health,
illness, and healing; human technology interface; environmental
context of health and health care delivery; and quality and cost-effective
outcomes.
NEW!!
Nursing Education: PhD Debra Leners, Professor
and Doctoral Program Coordinator School of Nursing
University of Northern Colorado
Gunter Hall, Box 125
Greeley, CO 80639
(970) 351-1696
“Promoting Excellence in Teachers as Scholars
through Research, Leadership and Pedagogy”: The online doctoral
program prepares tomorrow’s nurse educators by developing
leadership in nursing education, the scholarship of teaching, and
innovative research in the discipline. The program provides two
entry options. The B.S.N.-to-Ph.D. track offers seasoned bachelor’s-prepared
nurses the opportunity to obtain the masters en route to the PhD.
The traditional doctoral entry option allows master’s-prepared
nurses to complete doctoral-level study. The program coursework
is entirely online; students will be required to be on campus for
orientation, comprehensive exams, dissertation proposal, and dissertation
defense. Teaching and research assistant positions require on-campus
presence. Individual students may be asked to make occasional intensive
visits to campus and faculty may travel to students’ locations.
Coursework for the B.S.N.-to-Ph.D. option requires 95 semester hours;
the master’s-to-Ph.D. option requires 65 credit hours.
Nursing - Specialization in Health Care
Informatics: MS Diane Skiba, Health Care
Informatics Option Coordinator University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Campus Box C-288
4200 E. Ninth Avenue
Denver, CO 80262
(303) 315-8665
This program prepares nurses for advanced practice
as informatics specialists. The curriculum addresses the growing
need for professionals to meet the challenges of information and
communication technologies in health care. Students take core informatics
courses in system design and analysis, structured terminologies
and information management, and specialty courses in decision support
systems or health communications. The program provides a foundation
for career paths in health care informatics leaders and prepares
lifelong learners who demonstrate knowledge, skill, critical thinking,
and flexibility.
All disciplines within the field of petroleum
engineering are covered in depth at both the undergraduate and graduate
levels, in the classroom and in research. Specific areas are drilling,
formation evaluation, reservoir characterization, well completion
and simulation, well testing, production operations and artificial
lift, reservoir engineering, supplemental recovery, economic evaluation
of petroleum projects, fundamental fluid and rock behavior, and
others. Computer stimulation is used for most of these topics. Students
accepted into the program generally have undergraduate degrees in
math, computer sciences, chemistry, physics, general engineering,
the humanities, technical communication (including report writing
and public speaking), and environmental issues. The program is designed
to provide students with technical competence and managerial ability.
NEW!!
Philosophy: MS, PhD Robert Pasnau, Associate
Professor Dept. of Philosophy
University of Colorado at Boulder
232 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0232
(303) 492-4837
The UCB Department of Philosophy has become
one of the nation’s leading graduate programs over the last
10 years, with particular strengths in metaphysics, values, social
policy, and the history of philosophy. The program offers a number
of distinctive concentrations that students cannot pursue elsewhere,
including a program in ancient and medieval philosophy, a center
for the study of values and social policy, and a concentration in
metaphysics. The department, one of the largest in the U.S., balances
its strength in contemporary philosophy with a serious interest
in the history of Western thought. The program is one of the few
in the Western states that offers both a Ph.D. and an extensive
M.A. program.
NEW!!
Physics: Masters, PhD;
Applied Physics: Associated Interdisciplinary Degree Margaret Murnane,
Professor Department
of Physics
Campus Box 390
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 492-7839
The Physics Department offers master’s
and Ph.D. programs in physics, as well as associated interdisciplinary
degree programs in applied physics, including geophysics, nano and
materials physics, biophysics, chemical physics, plasma science,
and optics. An innovative and distinctive curriculum expands opportunities
for students to pursue advanced Ph.D. degrees in areas that are
scientifically and technologically important to national needs.
The physics department, in association with several interdisciplinary
centers and institutes, offers a broad range of cutting-edge research
and training opportunities. In addition to the Ph.D. option, the
department offers certificate options in a range of interdisciplinary
areas. The department is the eighth largest nationally in terms
of Ph.D. production; the faculty members include Nobel laureates,
MacArthur fellows, members of the National Academy of Sciences,
and other distinguished physicists. Students work in on- and off-campus
research facilities, including the National Institute of Standards
and Technology labs and at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Political Science with an Emphasis on
Environmental Politics & Policy: PhD William Chaloupka,
Chair Dept. of Political
Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1782
(970) 491-5157
This program produces graduates who combine
a specialization in environmental politics and policy with a broad
knowledge of traditional subfields of political science (American
politics, comparative politics, international relations, public
administration and policy, political theory and methodology). The
environmental focus of the program covers Western, national, and
international environmental politics and policy. The program encourages
students to create their own interdisciplinary programs and thus
take advantage of the strengths of Colorado State University in
the environmental and natural resource areas.
Public Administration - Domestic Violence
Program Management & Public Policy: MPA Barbara Paradiso,
Coordinator, Program on Domestic Violence Graduate School of Public
Affairs
University of Colorado at Denver
Campus Box 142
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
(303) 556-5994
Designed to meet the needs of individuals in
organizations that serve victims of abuse and those who wish to
enter the field as managers and/or policy-makers, the program offers
the MPA degree in the Graduate School of Public Affairs. The program
is multidisciplinary and enjoys the participation of eight departments
as well as all four campuses in the CU system. A key tenet of the
program is the development of a community of scholars and practitioners
where graduates may turn for insight and support throughout their
careers. Students are admitted into the program in cohorts of approximately
20 participants. The Program is offered in both traditional and
distance learning formats; combining online or onsite courses with
five week long intensive sessions in the Denver area.
Public Administration - Nonprofit Organizations
Concentration: MPA Dr. Stephen Block,
Director, Nonprofit Management Concentration Graduate School of Public
Affairs
University of Colorado at Denver
Campus Box 142
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
(303) 556-5984
Bridging theoretical knowledge with practical
experience, the nonprofit management concentration is designed for
the individual who has a career interest in upper levels of nonprofit
management, resource development for nonprofit organizations, advocacy
and lobbying, service delivery, and community building. Many courses
are available online. To earn the master of public administration
degree, students must complete six core courses on governance and
institutions; organizational management and change; information
and analytic methods; economics and public finance; the policy process
and democracy; and leadership and professional ethics. Students
must also complete seminars in nonprofit management and nonprofit
financial management, as well as three electives.
The faculty and students in the Dept. of Radiological
Health Sciences focus on education and research related to the use
of radiation for the benefit of mankind. This includes using radiation
as a tool for research in cellular and molecular biology, as well
as for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There are also research
programs devoted to understanding, predicting, and reducing risks
to persons and the environment that may be associated with radiation
in medicine, industry, and human exploration in space. The RHS graduate
program prepares students for a variety of academic, governmental,
or industrial careers.
Social Work, Rural & Changing Communities:
MSW Dawn Carlson, Admissions
Coordinator School
of Social Work
Colorado State University
127 Education Building
Fort Collins, CO 8052-1586
(970) 491-2536
The MSW program is accredited by the Council
on Social Work Education. Social workers educated through this program
have a knowledge and skill base for intervention at multiple levels
of practice including individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Emphasis is placed on the provision of direct services, community
and organizational practice, social policy analysis, social research
as part of practice, and working with devalued and underserved populations.
This program prepares graduates for communication management positions
in technical and scientific communication, new communication technologies,
health communications, public relations, and public information,
and the World Wide Web. This degree emphasizes the conceptual, analytical
and practical skills needed to design, manage, implement and evaluate
human communication programs and activities. Student research generally
focuses on the analysis of communicators, messages, channels, audience
interaction with media, communication effects, and audiences. The
program also stresses the need for students in all concentrations
to develop strong writing, editing, and production skills using
current computer technologies.
Technical Communication: MS James F. Stratman,
Director Technical Communication Communication Dept.
University of Colorado at Denver
Plaza Building, Suite 102, Room F
Campus Box 176/PO Box 176
Denver, CO 80217
(303) 556-2884
This program prepares specialists to design
and test creative solutions for the communication problems facing
business, government, education, and industry. The degree prepares
students for new careers or enhances their present positions as
information developers, information designers, Web design and multimedia
specialists, writers, editors, document designers, or publications
managers. The technical communication field is interdisciplinary,
drawing upon fields such as cognitive and social psychology, graphic
design, linguistics, rhetoric, and computer and decision science.
Although writing is emphasized in the core courses for the degree,
students receive training in a full range of modalities, including
oral and interpersonal communication, visual design, computer-mediated
communication, and multimedia.
NEW!! Theatre:
PhD Bud Coleman, Chair
and Associate Professor Dept. of Theatre
and Dance
University of Colorado at Boulder
University Theatre Building, 261 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0261
(303) 492-5809
The program provides multiple experiences in
theatre along with academic preparation in research methodologies
and other areas. Six major theatre productions are offered during
the academic year; in addition, five productions are presented as
workshops with emphasis on acting and directing. Graduate students
typically direct five or six of these productions each year. The
Ph.D. program is closely affiliated with the nationally recognized
Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF), which draws audiences of over
40,000 each season (June through August); the acting company includes
actors from throughout the country and advanced students. Each summer,
four CU graduate students are chosen to work as dramaturges/assistant
directors for CSF productions. Graduate students also teach several
Theatre Department courses.
COLORADO