graduate_degree_program

Graduate Degree Program Codes

The Graduate Records Office uses the following codes for program degrees when it creates a spreadsheet for dissertations and theses for the library's Thesis Cataloger. The codes specify the name of the degree program to be used in the 657 field when a bibliographic cataloging record is created for each work. Note that some degree programs have undergone name changes and/or mergers over the years, but the library goes by whatever degree program name the Graduate Records Office uses.

Note that some Degree programs are missing codes. These are programs found under the subject headings “Theses–<program name>–<degree>” in the UMass library catalog, and are past programs which have been changed, merged with other departments, or no longer exist.

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	Agricultural Education	MS
	Agricultural Engineering	MS
	Agronomy	MS, Ph.D.
	Animal Husbandry	MS
ANSCI	Animal Sciences (former dept. name)	MS, Ph.D.
ANSCI	Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences	MS, Ph.D.
ANTH	Anthropology	MA, Ph.D.
ARCH	Architecture	MA
ART	Art	MA, MS, MFA
	Art (Design)	MS
ARTHIS	Art History	MA
ASTRO	Astronomy	MS, Ph.D.
	Bacteriology	MS, Ph.D.
	Bacteriology and Public Health	MS
BIOCH	Biochemistry	MS , Ph.D.
BIOL	Biology	MS, Ph.D.
BOTNY	Botany	MS, Ph.D.
	Business Administration	MBA, Ph.D.
	Ceramics	MFA
CE	Civil Engineering	MSCE, Ph.D.
CH E	Chemical Engineering	MSChE, Ph.D.
CHEM	Chemistry	MS, Ph.D.
CHNSE	Chinese	MA
CMPSC	Computer Science	MS, Ph.D.
COMDS	Communication Disorders	MA, Ph.D.
COMLT	Comparative Literature	MA, Ph.D.
COMM	Communication	MA, Ph.D.
COMST	Communication Studies	MA, Ph.D.
	Computer and Information Science	MS, Ph.D.
	Consumer Science	MS
CS	Consumer Studies	MS
	Counseling Psychology	Ph.D.
	Dairy	MS
ECO	Environmental Conservation	MS, Ph.D.
ECON	Economics	MA, Ph.D.
EDUC	Education	MS,Ph.D.,Ed.D.
ECE	Electrical and Computer Engineering	MSECE, Ph.D.
EE	Electrical Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
ENGL	English	MA, Ph.D.
ENT	Entomology	MS, Ph.D.
EVENG	Environmental Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
EXSCI	Exercise Science	MS, Ph.D.
	Fisheries and Wildlife Biology	MS, Ph.D.
FISH	Fisheries Biology	MS, Ph.D.
	Floriculture	MS, Ph.D.
FDAGE	Food (Science) and Agricultural Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
F&REC	Food and Resource Economics	MS, Ph.D.
FDENG	Food Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
FDSCI	Food Science	MS, Ph.D.
FS&N	Food Science and Nutrition	MS, Ph.D.
	Food Science and Technology	MS, Ph.D.
	Food Technology	MS, Ph.D.
FREST	Forest Resources SEE NOTE	MS, Ph.D.
	Forestry and Wildlife Management	MS, Ph.D.
	Forestry and Wood Technology	MS, Ph.D.
FREN	French	MA, Ph.D.
FRNST	French and Francophone Studies	MA, Ph.D.
GEOG	Geography	MS
GEOL	Geology	MS
GEOSC	Geosciences	MS, Ph.D.
	German	MA, Ph.D.
GRMAN	Germanic Languages and Literatures	MA, Ph.D.
GOVT	Government	MA, Ph.D.
HSPAN	Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics	MA, Ph.D.
HIST	History	MA, Ph.D.
HOMEC	Home Economics	MS
	Horticulture	MS, Ph.D.
HTMGT	Hospitality and Tourism Management	MS
HRTA	Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration	MS
HUMDV	Human Development	MS
	Human Movement	Ph.D.
	Industrial Engineering	MSIEOR, Ph.D.
IE	Industrial Engineering and Operations Research	MSIEOR, Ph.D.
JAPAN	Japanese	MA
KIN	Kinesiology	MS, Ph.D.
LABOR	Labor Studies	MS
LDARC	Landscape Architecture	MLA
LA/RP	Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning	MLA/MRP
LING	Linguistics	Ph.D.
	Management	Ph.D.
MANFE	Manufacturing Engineering	MSManfE
MRNSC	Marine Science and Technology	MS
MARSC	Marine Sciences	MS
MATH	Mathematics	MS, Ph.D.
MATH	Mathematics and Statistics	Ph.D.
	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	MS
	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	Ph.D.
M E	Mechanical Engineering	MSME, Ph.D.
MICBIO	Microbiology	MS, Ph.D.
MCB	Molecular and Cellular Biology	MS, Ph.D.
MCBAN	Molecular and Cellular Biology/Animal Science	MS, Ph.D.
MUSIC	Music	MM, Ph.D.
NSB	Neuroscience and Behavior	MS, Ph.D.
NURSE	Nursing	MS, Ph.D.
NUTRN	Nutrition	MS, Ph.D.
	Nutrition and Food	MS, Ph.D.
OCEAN	Ocean Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
	Olericulture	MS
OEB	Organismic and Evolutionary Biology	MS, Ph.D.
OEBEN	Organismic and Evolutionary Biolology/Entomology	MS, Ph.D.
	Painting	MFA
PHIL	Philosophy	MA, Ph.D.
PE	Physical Education	MS
PHYSC	Physics	MS, Ph.D.
PLSOIL	Plant and Soil Sciences	MS, Ph.D.
PB	Plant Biology	MS, Ph.D.
PLPTH	Plant Pathology	MS, Ph.D.
POLSCI	Political Science	MA, Ph.D.
PS E	Polymer Science and Engineering	MS, Ph.D.
	Pomology	MS, Ph.D.
	Poultry	MS, Ph.D.
	Printmaking	MFA
PSYCH	Psychology	MS, Ph.D.
PUBAD	Public Administration	MPA
PUBHL	Public Health	MS, Ph.D.
PUBPA	Public Policy and Administration	MPPA
REGPL	Regional Planning	MRP, Ph.D.
RESEC	Resource Economics	MS, Ph.D.
ROMLG	Romance Languages	MA
	School Psychology	Ph.D.
SLAVC	Slavic Languages and Literatures	MA
SOCIO	Sociology	MA, Ph.D.
	Sociology and Anthropology	MA, Ph.D.
SOM	Management	MS, Ph.D.
SPAN	Spanish (and Portuguese)	MA, Ph.D.
SPECH	Speech	MA, Ph.D.
SPTMG	Sport Management	Ph.D.
SPORT	Sport Studies	MS, Ph.D.
THETR	Theater	MFA
	Veterinary and Animal Sciences	MS, Ph.D.
WFBIO	Wildlife and Fisheries Biology	MS, Ph.D.
WFCON	Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation SEE NOTE	MS, Ph.D.
	Wildlife Biology	MS
WDTCH)	Wood (Science and) Technology	MS
ZOOL	Zoology	Ph.D.

*NOTE* The Forest Resource and Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation Degree Programs are no longer available after Sept. 2010. They are now known as the Environmental Conservation degree program.

–Primary contact: Kay Dion