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11 Master's degrees offered by the university
Urban and Regional Planning
The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (DPLA) offers an accredited Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The degree trains students in the knowledge, theories, and skills to be leaders in their communities by making positive change through informed and reflective action.
Landscape Architecture
The MSLA Landscape Architecture degree offers course work providing an understanding of the scholarship and theories which underlie landscape design, preservation, restoration, and management.
Art
The Art Department at University of Wisconsin Madison offers a wide selection of areas of study, and the MFA program encourages an inter-disciplinary approach to art making.
Music Education
At University of Wisconsin Madison, the mission of the master of Music Education is to cultivate an environment that inspires creativity, stimulates intellectual curiosity, and fosters critical thinking.
Music
The mission of the Mead Witter School of Music at University of Wisconsin Madison is to provide a rich, integrated Music program of undergraduate and graduate education that promotes the highest levels of professional, creative, and scholarly development while challenging students to achieve their greatest potential.
Art
The Art M.A degree offered by University of Wisconsin Madison is awarded during the fourth semester of the MFA program as acknowledgement of the completion of the MFA qualifying evaluation. Applicants who are interested in pursuing an M.A in Studio Art must apply to the Art MFA program.
Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
The Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies program offered by University of Wisconsin Madison prepares M.A. students to pursue innovative, interdisciplinary research in theatre studies, and to conduct inquiry through scholarly research, practice as research and meaningful teaching experiences.
Human Ecology - Design Studies
The focus of the MFA Human Ecology - Design Studies degree at University of Wisconsin Madison is on creative performance in design. Its goals are to promote strong and creative conceptual thinking, exploration, interpretation, innovation, and overall excellence in design execution.
Art History
The Department of Art History at University of Wisconsin Madison offers programs leading to the master of arts and the doctor of philosophy in art history. The Art History program encourages the study of the global history of art, and material and visual culture while investigating works in all media from a wide range of periods and a variety of world cultures.
Music Performance
The mission of the Mead Witter School of Music and of the Music Performance program at University of Wisconsin Madison is to serve the university community, the public, and the profession through performance, composition, scholarship, music education, outreach, and engagement.
Design and Innovation
The collaborative Master of Science in Design and Innovation at the University of Wisconsin Madison integrates aspects of design techniques and tools from multiple perspectives, including engineering, design thinking, business, visualization, social science, art and more.