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10 Master's degrees offered by the university
Contemporary Art Practice - Art and Social Practice
The Contemporary Art Practice - Art and Social Practice program from Portland State University defines what it means to be an artist in society. In the three-year, flexible-residency program, you’ll combine individual research, group work, and experiential learning to find new ways to engage with your art and the community.
Architecture
This Architecture program from Portland State University offers two degree options — a two-year Master of Architecture, for those with a four-year-pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture, and a three-year Master of Architecture, for those who hold an undergraduate degree in any discipline.
Applied Social Demography
The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Applied Social Demography from Portland State University is to provide students who successfully complete the program with the following: a working knowledge of the theoretical, substantive, and various quantitative and qualitative approaches for understanding population change.
Music - Conducting
The Music - Conducting program from Portland State University will offer you a strong foundation in music literature, research methods, and orchestration, music theory, music history, and arranging.
Music
Have a strong musical foundation but want more scholarly exploration? This Music MA program from Portland State University will help you advance your artistry to the next level.
Music - Performance
Serious about pursuing music performance as a professional career? Within this Music - Performance program from Portland State University you’ll find the confidence you need to turn your ambitious dreams into real-world impact.
Urban and Regional Planning
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning program from Portland State University educates planning professionals, able to make plans and also to become leaders in the field.
Jazz Studies
This Jazz Studies degree from Portland State University will give you endless opportunities to deepen your knowledge and advance as a leader in your musical career.
Public Interest Design
The Public Interest Design Postgraduate Certificate from Portland State University prepares future leaders in architecture, urban planning, sustainability, community development, and other fields to aid currently underserved populations through human-centered design methods rooted in the "triple bottom line" of sustainability (social, environmental, and economic).
Urban Design
The Urban Design Postgraduate Certificate from Portland State University, a joint effort of the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and the School of Architecture, has been created to offer planners, designers, and architects the opportunity to engage and incorporate in their own work the principles and methods of urban design.