Graduate Specializations
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Animal Studies: Social Science and Humanities Perspective
Department of Sociology
The animal studies specialization provides graduate students with basic knowledge in relationships between humans and animals and how they are linked together in a fragile biosphere.
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Cognitive Science
College of Social Science
Cognitive Science explores how biological systems process information to produce thought and adaptive behavior and whether artificial systems can be endowed with the same capabilities. The scientific study of the nature of mind requires a concerted effort by investigators from many different theoretical perspectives, empirical traditions, and academic disciplines.
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Environmental Policy
College of Social Science
The Graduate Specialization in Environmental Policy provides students with foundational skills and knowledge in environmental law, economics and policy and an opportunity to gain substantive expertise in the fundamental aspects of environmental policy.
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Forensic Science
School of Criminal Justice
The Graduate Specialization in Forensic Science provides a thorough understanding of the broad field of forensic science and prepares students for the role of court-qualified expert. Students study scientific, technical, and ethical issues and the relationship of their own area of expertise to the criminal justice system.
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Global Urban Studies
The Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP) is no longer accepting applications. If you are a current student of this program and have questions, please contact Carole Gibbs at gibbsca1@msu.edu.
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Infancy and Early Childhood
College of Social Science
The specialization is designed to prepare practitioners to meet the challenges of service delivery for very young children and their families and is based on the philosophy that a interdisciplinary educational program is the best educational experience for professionals who will work with infants, very young children, and their families.
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International Development
College of Social Science
The Specialization in International Development is designed to develop an intellectual environment that will foster the growth of research and teaching in the area of development studies.
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Security Management
School of Criminal Justice
The Specialization in Security Management is designed to help students to understand the business and technical aspects of protecting private and government assets.
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Professional Licensure and Certification
Federal regulations require MSU to publicly disclose, for each educational program designed to meet the educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification required for employment in an occupation (or advertised as meeting those requirements), information about whether program completion would meet those requirements in a state.