Graduate Programs & Degrees

The College of Liberal Arts offers 23 graduate programs and 3 graduate certificate programs. View all CLA programs

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Anthropology

Anthropology bridges sciences and the humanities while developing critical thinking, communication, group processes, and the ability to work independently.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Corvallis, Online

Applied Anthropology

These courses of study integrate anthropological theory and practice within a specific concentration chosen by the student.

Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Corvallis

Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics builds upon the various courses in ethics taught in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion and courses with ethics-related content found throughout the university, in order to provide students with a systematic and thorough understanding of the moral world for their civic, professional, and personal lives.

Graduate Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major Certificate Certificate
Corvallis

College Student Services Administration

The College Student Services Administration program offers preparation in the organization, leadership and administration of programs, services, and facilities in postsecondary education.

Graduate Master's Grad. Major Certificate Grad. Certificate
Corvallis, Online

Creative Writing

The creative writing major’s disciplinary foundations are the study of the craft of creative writing combined with rigorous study of literature. Students develop their expertise in reading literature in conjunction with their development of writing craft.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Graduate Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Bend, Corvallis

Energy Policy

Rooted in Sociology, Economics, Political Science, and various natural resource sciences, students will gain valuable interdisciplinary insights into complex challenges involving energy resources. Students are offered a choice of several courses that will prepare them with the skills and competencies needed to understand economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of energy policy, and to design and evaluate energy policy as it pertains to Oregon and other contexts.

Graduate Certificate Certificate Grad. Certificate
Online

English

The English major includes an array of subjects ranging in literary history to film and visual culture, creative and nonfiction writing, rhetoric and literacy, and the digital humanities.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Bend, Corvallis

Environmental Arts and Humanities

Graduate Areas of Concentration: Environmental imagination, environmental action, environmental thinking
Graduate Grad. Minor Grad. Major Master's
Corvallis

Ethnic Studies

Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field critically engaging the historical and ongoing impact of race and ethnicity primarily in the US but within a global context.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Grad. Minor
Corvallis

History

This major offers the following options:

  • Community History and Civic Engagement
  • Global Perspectives on War, Peace, and Empire
  • History of Science and Technology
Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Corvallis, Online

Music

The School of Arts and Communication participates in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree and Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Contact the school for entrance requirements for the MAT degree.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Graduate Master's
Corvallis

Music Studies

This major offers the following option(s):

  • Instrumental Performance
  • Music Education
  • Piano Performance and Pedagogy
  • Piano Performance
  • Vocal Performance, Pedagogy and Literature
Undergraduate Minor Graduate Grad. Minor
Corvallis

Philosophy

Philosophy provides a broad education and intellectual skills that are useful in many occupations and areas of life. It is also a valuable background for graduate study in philosophy and religious studies and for advanced study in such professional fields as law and public service.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Grad. Minor
Corvallis, Online

Political Science

This major offers the following option(s):

  • Environmental and Energy Politics
  • International Affairs
  • Law and Politics

Political Science is the systematic study of politics wherever it takes place—in governmental institutions, the international arena, and civil society.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor
Bend, Corvallis, Online

Psychology

The School of Psychological Science offers students a variety of educational avenues that provide the necessary tools for competency in, and appreciation for, psychology as a scientific discipline. Many of our graduates will go straight into the workforce into areas such as human services, human resources, and educational assistants.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major
Bend, Corvallis, Online

Public Policy

The discipline of public policy is closely connected to the practice of policy and this program ensures that students interact with policy-makers as well as the knowledge-producers who support policy decisions. The Public Policy Major will provide students with a set of research, analytical, and management skills that will be transferable across sectors and across issue areas.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Major Microcredential Microcredential
Corvallis, Online

Queer Studies

The undergraduate minor in Queer Studies prepares students to examine how gender and sexuality are constructed and policed and, further, imagines liberatory futures for people of all genders and sexualities.

Undergraduate Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor
Corvallis, Online

Rural Policy

The Graduate Certificate in Rural Policy is an 18-credit multi-disciplinary offered through OSU Extended Campus by the School of Public Policy. Students have a choice of over a dozen courses that will prepare them with the skills and competencies needed to understand economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of rural places, and to design and evaluate rural policy as it pertains to Oregon and other contexts.

Graduate Certificate Certificate Grad. Certificate
Online

Sociology

This major offers the following option(s):

  • Crime and Justice
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology

Sociology is the study of human social behavior and sociologists examine interactions within and between groups and resulting social institutions.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Grad. Minor
Corvallis, Online

Speech Communication

This major offers the following option(s):

  • Communication
  • Theater Arts

Students majoring in Speech Communication must choose between a Communication option and a Theater Arts option.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate Grad. Minor
Corvallis

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major represents multidisciplinary approaches to the study of gender and sexuality, particularly as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, culture, nation, and ability.

Undergraduate Bachelor's Major Minor Graduate PhD Master's Grad. Minor Grad. Major Certificate Certificate
Corvallis, Online