Graduate Education Degrees

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is the largest undergraduate college at UofL. The College offers an M.A. and M.S. in 25 disciplines, an MFA in Theatre Arts and a Ph.D. in 11 disciplines. A complete listing of all graduate programs offered in the College of Arts and Sciences is found below.

Doctoral degrees

Departments within the College of Arts and Sciences offer doctoral degrees in

• Art History (Department Link)

• Biology (Department Link)
• Chemistry (Department Link)
• English: Rhetoric and Composition (Department Link)
• Humanities (Department Link)
• Applied & Industrial Mathematics (Department Link)
• Physics (Department Link)
• Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychology (Department Link)
• Applied Sociology (Department Link)
• Urban and Public Affairs (Department Link)

Master's degrees

offered in the following areas

• Anthropology (Department Link)
• Biology (Department Link)
• Chemistry (Department Link)
• Communication (Department Link)
• English (Department Link)
• Fine Arts (with concentrations in Art History, Critical and Curatorial Studies, and Studio Art) (Department Link)
• French Language and Literature (Department Link)
• Applied Geography (Department Link)
  
• History (Department Link)
• Humanities (includes concentrations in Civic Leadership and Linguistics) (Department Link)
• Justice Administration (Department Link)
• Mathematics (Department Link)
• Pan-African Studies (Department Link)
• Physics (Department Link)
• Political Science (Department Link)
• Public Administration (Department Link)
• Sociology (Department Link)
• Spanish (Department Link)
• Theatre Arts MFA (Department Link)
• Urban Planning (Department Link)
• Women's and Gender Studies (Department Link)

Some Departments within the College of Arts and Sciences offer accelerated master's degree programs.

Certificate Programs

• African American Theatre (Department Link)
• Asian Studies (Department Link)
  
• Latin American Studies (Department Link)
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Pan-African Studies (Department Link)
• Public History
• Translation (Spanish)
  
• Women’s and Gender Studies (Department Link)

2009-10 A&S Graduate Student Handbook

• A&S Graduate Student Handbook

Applying for your Degree

Information on the process of applying for your A&S graduate degree:

• Degree application process

Minimum Guidelines for Graduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences

• Guidelines

Funding Opportunities

• National Academy of Sciences
• Fellowship: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships in Humanities, Art History