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30 Master's degrees offered by the university
City Planning
The Master of City Planning at Boston University’s Metropolitan College prepares students for a wide variety of professional roles in urban planning and management, including as city planners, research analysts, and policy experts in federal, state, and local governments; nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations; corporations; and research institutions.
Composition
The Master of Music in Composition program at Boston University provides opportunities to study composition and allied topics within the robust environment of a professional music school within a college of fine arts.
Costume Production
Costume Production at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their own individual artistic identity, and innovative and collaborative creative process, while refining and enhancing their craft.
Graphic Design
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design at Boston University provides a sequenced studio approach to advanced design thinking and problem-solving for visual communication, preparing students to thrive in a dynamic professional environment.
Sacred Music
The Master of Sacred Music program at Boston University is at the forefront of professional training in sacred music.
Performance
The Master of Music in Performance program at Boston University provides training to highly advanced instrumentalists and vocalists, focusing on the study and performance of solo repertoire as well as chamber music, orchestral, wind ensemble, choral, and/or opera repertoire.
Scene Design
Our Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design program at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.
Production Management
The Master of Fine Arts in Production Management program at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.
Lighting Design
Our Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design program at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.
Emerging Media Studies
The Master of Arts in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University offers instruction concerning social and emerging media from the perspectives of technology studies and social science.
Costume Design
Costume Design at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their own individual artistic identity, and innovative and collaborative creative process, while refining and enhancing their craft.
Divinity and Sacred Music
Boston University's Dual Degree Program in Divinity and Sacred Music (MDiv/MSM) is designed for those preparing to be church musicians who wish to engage in a full range of theological studies and preparation for ordination.
History of Art and Architecture
The MA program in History of Art and Architecture at Boston University provides a scholarly grounding in the history of art, architecture, and material culture.
Product Design and Manufacture
The Master of Science degree program in Product Design and Manufacture (thesis or practicum options) at Boston University is designed to train modern engineers to generate compelling new ideas—as well as the passion and leadership skills to translate those ideas into the practical design and mass production of innovative and cost-effective new products.
Conducting
The Master of Music in Conducting program at Boston University combines rigorous study of choral and orchestral conducting techniques and literature with related work in performance, music theory, and musicology in a vibrant and intimate setting, all within a major research university.
Sculpture
The Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University provides the tools and language for students to become rigorous thinkers and artists in the twenty-first century.
Music Education
The Music Education major at Boston University is designed for students who are ready to think deeply and critically about music education and its changing landscape, and are ready to take on the challenge of creating a positive musical future for children, families, schools, and communities around the globe.
Performance
The Master of Music in Performance program at Boston University provides a training ground for students pursuing performance and teaching careers either as instrumentalists on period instruments or as singers specializing in music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Arts Administration
The Arts Administration degree program at Boston University is designed for students who wish to pursue careers in visual arts, performing arts, and arts service organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Media Ventures
The master’s program in Media Ventures at Boston University is an advanced degree program for creative, enterprising students who are interested in innovative media models, and who want to learn the skills and strategies to bring their ideas to the marketplace.