Graduate Programs of Catholic University

  • Acoustics – Certificate
  • Additive Manufacturing – Certificate
  • Advanced Catholic Diocesan Leadership – Certificate
  • Applied Physics & Nanotechnology – MS, PhD
  • Applied Space Weather Research – MS
  • Architecture – MArch
    • Concentrations available in: Classical Architecture; Integrated Path to Architecture Licensure; Sacred Space/Cultural Studies; Technology, Media & Interiors; Urban Practice
  • Architecture/Net Zero Design – MArch/MSNZD (joint degree program)
    • Concentrations available in: Classical Architecture; Integrated Path to Architecture Licensure; Sacred Space/Cultural Studies; Technology, Media & Interiors; Urban Practice
  • Art Education – MA
  • Biblical Studies – MA, STL, STD, PhD
    • MA concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • Biology – MS, PhD
    • Concentrations available in: Cellular and Microbial Biology; Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Biology/Library & Information Science – MS/MSLIS (joint degree program)
  • Biomedical Engineering – MS, PhD
    • Concentrations available in: Bioinstrumentation & Medical Imaging; Biomechanics; Biomedical Optics; Home Care Technologies; Neuromotor Control; Rehabilitation Engineering; Tissue Engineering
  • Biotechnology – Certificate, MS
  • Business – MSB
  • Business & Human Rights – Certificate
  • Canon Law – JCL, JCD
  • Canon Law/Law – JCL/JD (joint degree program)
  • Carmelite Studies – Certificate
  • Catechesis – MCAT
  • Catechetics – MA, PhD
  • Catholic Clinical Ethics (offered jointly with Georgetown University) – MA
  • Catholic Theology – MDiv
    • Concentrations available in: Carmelite Studies; Hispanic Ministry
  • Child Protection & Safe Environments – Certificate
  • Christian Muslim Relations – Certificate
  • Church History – MA, STL, STD, PhD
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • Civil Engineering – MS, PhD 
    • MS concentrations available in: Civil Engineering Informatics; Civil Engineering Materials; Construction Engineering & Management; Engineering & Management Big Data Analytics; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Infrastructure Sensing & Monitoring; Smart City; Structural and Geotechnical; Structural Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Transportation Engineering 
    • PhD concentrations available in: Civil Engineering Informatics; Civil Engineering Materials; Construction Engineering & Management; Engineering & Management Big Data Analytics; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Infrastructure Sensing & Monitoring; Smart City; Structural Engineering; Systems Engineering; Transportation Engineering
  • Clinical Laboratory Science – MS, PhD
  • Computer Science – MS, PhD
    • MS concentrations available in: Computer Architecture & Parallel Systems; Computer Graphics & Visualization; Computer Systems & Software Engineering; Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems; Information Security; Medical Informatics & Instrumentation; Robotics and Artificial Intelligence; Software Development for Industrial Control Systems; Theory of Computation
    • PhD concentrations available in: Computer Architecture & Parallel Systems; Computer Graphics & Visualization; Computer Systems & Software Engineering; Information Security; Medical Informatics & Instrumentation; Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Theory of Computation
  • Creative Teaching through Drama – Certificate
  • Cultural Heritage Information Management – Certificate
  • Data Analytics – Certificate, MS
  • Divinity – MDiv
  • Drama – MA, MFA
    • MA concentrations available in: Theatre History and Criticism; Theatre Education
    • MFA concentrations available in: Directing; Playwriting
  • Early Christian Studies – MA, PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
  • Ecclesial Administration and Management – MS
  • Education – PhD
    • PhD concentration available in Catholic Leadership
  • Electrical Engineering – MS, PhD
    • MS concentrations available in: Communication Systems & Networking; Computer Architecture & Parallel Systems; Electromagnetics & Optics; Information Security; Power Electronics; Robotics & Artificial Intelligence; Signal Processing
    • PhD Concentrations available in: Communication Systems & Networking; Computer Architecture & Parallel Systems; Electromagnetics & Optics; Information Security; Robotics & Artificial intelligence; Signal Processing
  • Emergency Service Administration – MSESA
  • Engineering Management – Certificate, MS
    • MS concentrations available in: Engineering Management & Organization; Project & Systems Engineering Management; Technology Management
  • English – MA/PhD (joint degree program)
  • English Language and Literature – MA, PhD
  • English/Library & Information Science – MA/MSLIS (joint degree program)
  • Environmental Engineering – MS, PhD
  • Federal Contract Management – Certificate
  • Franciscan Tradition – Certificate
  • Graduate Artist Diploma
    • Concentrations available in: Conducting; Harp, Double Bass; Piano; Strings; Vocal Performance; Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion
  • Greek – Certificate, MA
  • Greek & Latin – Certificate, MA, PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
  • Health Administration – MHA
  • Hispanic Literatures & Culture – MA, PhD
  • Historical Theology – STL, STD, PhD
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • History – MA, PhD
    • MA concentrations available in: Medieval Europe; Modern Europe; Religion and Society in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World; United States
    • PhD concentrations available in: Medieval Literature; Modern Europe; United States
  • History/Law – MA/JD (joint degree program)
  • History/Library & Information Science – MA/MSLIS (joint degree program)
  • Human Rights – MA
  • Integral Economic Development Management – MA
    • Concentrations available in: Private Sector; Public Sector
  • Integral Economic Development Policy – MA
  • Latin – Certificate, MA
  • Law – LLM, JD
  • Legal Studies – MLS
  • Library & Information Science – Certificate, MSLIS
  • Library & Information Science – MSLIS
    • Concentrations available in: Community Services Librarianship; Cultural Heritage Information Management; Data Science; Digital Libraries; Generalist; Information Architecture; Law Librarianship; Organization of Information; School Library Media Services
  • Library & Information Science & Musicology – MSLIS/MA (joint degree program)
  • Library Leadership & Management – Certificate
  • Library Science/Law – MSLIS/JD (joint degree program)
  • Liturgical Studies – STL, STD, PhD
  • Liturgical Studies & Sacramental Theology – MA
  • Management – MSM
    • Concentrations available in: Federal Acquisition and Contract Management; Human Resources Management; Management & Leadership; Not for Profit; Project Management; Sales Management; Supply Chain Management
  • Management of Information Technology – Certificate
  • Materials Science & Engineering – MS, PhD
    • MS concentrations available in: Biomaterials; Glass, Ceramics and Metallurgy; Magnetic and Optical Materials; Nanotechnology; Processing and Instrumentation; Structural Materials
  • Mathematics – MS
  • Mechanical Engineering – MS, PhD
    • Concentrations available in: Acoustics & Wave Propagation; Advanced & Non–Linear Dynamics; Aerospace Engineering; Clean Energy Production & Use; Computational Methods (FEM & CFD); Electronic Packaging; HVAC & Refrigeration; MEMS/NEMS; Microfluids and Biofabrication; Multiphase Flow & Heat Transfer; Optical Measurements; Robotics and Mechatronics; Smart Materials & Systems; Vibration of Mechanical System
  • Medieval & Byzantine Studies – MA, PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
  • Medieval Studies – Certificate
  • Ministry – DMin
    • Concentrations available in: Evangelization; Liturgical Catechesis; Seminary Formation; Spirituality
  • Moral Theology & Ethics – MA, STL, STD, PhD
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • Music – MM, DMA
    • MM concentrations available in: Choral Conducting; Composition (Concert Music); Composition (Stage Music); Conducting and Orchestral Instruments; Conducting and Piano; Music Performance (Double Bass, Harp); Music Performance (Strings); Music Performance (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion); Orchestral Conducting; Organ Performance; Piano Pedagogy; Piano Performance; Piano Performance and Orchestral Instruments; Vocal Accompanying; Vocal Performance
    • DMA concentrations available in: Composition (Concert Music); Music Performance (Double Bass, Harp); Music Performance (Strings); Music Performance (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion); Orchestral Conducting; Piano Pedagogy; Piano Performance; Vocal Pedagogy; Vocal Performance
  • Music History – MA
  • Musicology – PhD
    • Concentration available in Music History
  • Musicology/Library & Information Science – MA/MSLIS (joint degree program)
  • Net Zero Design & Facility Management – MSNZD/MSFM (joint degree program)
  • Nuclear Environmental Protection – MS
  • Nursing – Certificate, MSN, DNP, MSN/DNP (joint degree program), PhD
    • Concentrations available in: Adult – Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner; Family Nurse Practitioner; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner: Dual Acute and Primary Care; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner: Primary Care
  • Philosophy – MA, MPhil, PhL, PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
  • Philosophy/Law – MA/JD (joint degree program)
  • Philosophy/Sacred Theology – PhB/STB (joint degree program)
  • Physics – MS, PhD
  • Politics – PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
    • Concentrations available in: American Government; Political Theory; World Politics
  • Politics: American Government – MA
  • Politics: Political Theory – MA
  • Politics: World Politics – MA
  • Politics/Law – MA/JD (joint degree program)
  • Power Electronics – Certificate
  • Pre–Theology – Certificate
  • Professional Speech Communication – Certificate
  • Program Management – Certificate
  • Project Management – Certificate
  • Psychology – MA, PhD
    • MA concentration available in: Psychological Science
    • PhD concentrations available in: Applied Experimental, Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience (SCAN)
  • Psychology/Law – MA/JD (joint degree program)
  • Religion & Culture – MA, PhD
  • Sacramental Theology – STL, STD
  • Sacred Music – MMSM
  • Sacred Theology – STB
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • Sacred Theology/Divinity – STB/MDiv (joint degree program)
    • Concentrations available in: Carmelite Studies; Child Protection and Safe Environments
  • Sacred Theology/Philosophy – STB/PhB (joint degree program)
  • Secondary Education – MA
    • Concentrations available in: Secondary English; Secondary Math; Secondary Social Studies
  • Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures – MA, PhD, MA/PhD (joint degree program)
    • Concentrations available in: Ancient Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures (Biblical Hebrew); Ancient Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures (Biblical Hebrew/Aramaic); Near Eastern Christian Languages and Literatures (Arabic); Near Eastern Christian Languages and Literatures (Coptic); Near Eastern Christian Languages and Literatures (Syriac)
  • Signal Processing & Data Science – Certificate
  • Social Service Administration – MSSSA
  • Social Work – MSW, PhD
    • MSW concentrations available in: Advanced Standing; Clinical Program; Clinical Social Work Practice; Community, Administration and Policy Practice
    • PhD concentration available in: Theory & Research in Policy & Administration in Social Work
  • Social Work/Law – MSW/JD (joint degree program)
  • Sociology – MA
  • Spirituality – DMin, PhD
  • Systematic Theology – STL, STD
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies
  • Systems Engineering – Certificate
  • Teaching Music – MAT
  • Theology – MA
    • Concentration available in Carmelite Studies