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12 Master's degrees offered by the university
Ancient Mediterranean Languages
Students electing this program through participating departments will earn a degree with a dual-title at the M.A. or Ph.D. level, i.e., M.A. or Ph.D. in (graduate program name) and Ancient Mediterranean Languages (AML) from Pennsylvania State University.
Labor and Global Workers Rights
Labor and Global Workers Rights is a Master of Professional Studies program of study at Pennsylvania State University for professionals working in the area of global labor and workers’ rights issues.
Comparative Literature
The M.A. program in Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University offers a global breadth of study of literature and other cultural productions. Drawing upon multiple languages and cultural contexts, students consider new configurations such as the Global South or Inter-American studies as well as traditional regions of comparison.
Ancient Mediterranean Studies
The M.A. program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University is a broad, interdisciplinary program focused on the cultures, literatures, and histories of the ancient Mediterranean world.
History
Students focusing their course of study on the department’s four primary areas of strength (Colonial Latin America, Early Modern Global, United States, and China) are admitted into the History graduate program at Pennsylvania State University. Courses in all other areas are offered on a regular basis and encouraged as secondary areas of focus.
English
Candidates for the M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. in English at Pennsylvania State University may choose from a variety of courses in English literature and language, rhetoric and composition, and theory/cultural studies. The M.F.A. in English helps prepare candidates for professional careers as writers of fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, or for careers in academia.
Russian and Comparative Literature
This M.A. programme in Russian and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University enables students to concentrate in Ukrainian and Russian literature at the graduate level while having the advantages of a comparative context.
Philosophy
Graduate education in the Pennsylvania State University Department of Philosophy coordinates our longstanding strength in Continental philosophy with our emerging specialties in feminist philosophy and critical philosophy of race.
Curriculum and Instruction - English Language Arts, World Languages or ESL or Social Studies
Advance your knowledge of curriculum, teaching, learning, teacher education, and educational supervision with this M.Ed Curriculum and Instruction - English Language Arts, World Languages or ESL or Social Studies. This flexible degree program at Pennsylvania State University allows you to choose your area of emphasis, preparing you to succeed in an increasingly diverse educational landscape.
Spanish
The Spanish program at Pennsylvania State University offers an option in Applied Linguistics for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, as well as an emphasis in literature and linguistics.
Curriculum and Instruction - Children's Literature
Advance your knowledge of curriculum, teaching, learning, teacher education, and educational supervision with this M.Ed Curriculum and Instruction - Children's Literature. This flexible degree program at Pennsylvania State University allows you to choose your area of emphasis, preparing you to succeed in an increasingly diverse educational landscape.
French and Francophone Studies
The graduate program in French and Francophone Studies at Pennsylvania State University generates and analyzes culture and society and literature. For example, programs of study can concentrate on such topics as genres, themes, periods, cultural anthropology, philosophy, socio-cultural and literary history, stylistics, urbanism, visual studies, and women’s and gender studies.