Graduate Programs

Bridgewater State University offers 35 graduate degree and 32 licensure programs. Our academic programs can be completed on a full or part-time basis. We also offer courses at off-campus locations and online (by program). For additional information about graduate degrees and concentrations, please see the College of Graduate Studies section of the University Catalog*.
 

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Accelerated Postbaccalaureate Licensure Programs

• Secondary Education - Initial Licensure

Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)

• Educational Leadership - Initial Licensure

• Educational Leadership - Non-Licensure

• Mental Health Counseling

• Reading

Master of Arts (MA)

• English

• Psychology

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

• Biology
• Creative Arts
• English
• History
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Science
• Physics
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Business Administration, MBA
• Business Administration, Accounting Concentration, MBA
• Business Administration, Management Concentration, MBA

Master of Education (M.Ed)

• Counselor Education:

  • Mental Health Counseling Concentration, MEd
  • Mental Health Counseling–Dual License Concentration, MEd
  • School Counseling (PreK-8, 5-12) Concentration, MEd
  • Student Affairs Counseling Concentration, MEd
     

• Early Childhood Education:

  • Early Childhood Education (Non-Licensure)
  • Early Childhood Education (Professional Licensure)
     

• Educational Leadership:

  • Educational Leadership (Initial Licensure)
  • Educational Leadership (Non-Licensure)
     

• Elementary Education:

  • Initial Licensure

  • Professional Licensure

  • Non-Licensure
     

• Health Promotion
   

• Instructional Technology 
   

• PreK-12 Education for Educators in Non-U.S. Settings
   

• Reading
   

• Special Education:

  • Moderate Disabilities:

    • Initial Licensure (PreK-8, 5-12)

    • Initial Licensure for Elementary and Early Childhood Teachers (PreK-8)

    • Partial Fulfillment of Professional Licensure (PreK-8, 5-12)
       

  • Severe Disabilities:

    • Initial Licensure (All levels)

    • Partial Fulfillment of Professional Licensure (All levels)
       

  • Non-Licensure
     

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

• Public Administration
• Public Administration, Civic and Nonprofit Leadership and Administration Concentration
• Public Administration, Sustainable Community Development Concentration

Master of Science in Accountancy(MSA)

• Accountancy

 

Master of Science (MS)

• Athletic Training 
   

• Computer Science 
   

• Criminal Justice 

  • Administration of Justice Concentration

  • Crime Corrections Concentration
     

• Physical Education:

  • Adapted Physical Education and Sport Concentration

  • Applied Kinesiology Concentration

  • Human Performance and Health Fitness Concentration

  • Individualized Concentration

  • Strength and Conditioning Concentration

Master of Social Work (MSW)

•  Social Work

Postbaccalaureate Licensure Programs

• Early Childhood, Teacher of Students With and Without Disabilities (PreK-2) (Initial Licensure)
• Educational Leadership (Initial Licensure)
• Elementary Education (Initial Licensure)
• Health - Health/Family and Consumer Sciences (PreK-12) (Initial Licensure)
• Instructional Technology (All Levels) (Initial Licensure)
• Physical Education (PreK-8, 5-12) (Initial Licensure)
• Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8 or 5-12) (Initial Licensure)
• Special Education, Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities (All Levels) (Initial Licensure)

Post-Master's Licensure

• Educational Leadership

• School Counseling (PreK-8, 5-12)

* Please note: Statement from the Academic Catalog

"The rules, regulations, policies, fees and other charges, courses of study, and academic requirements that appear in this catalog were in effect at the time of its publication. Like everything else in this catalog, they are published for informational purposes only, and they do not constitute a contract between the university and any student, applicant for admission or other person.

Whether noted elsewhere in this catalog or not, the college reserves the right to change, eliminate, and add to any existing (and to introduce additional) rules, regulations, policies, fees and other charges, courses of study and academic requirements. Whenever it does so, the university will give as much advance notice as it considers feasible or appropriate, but it reserves the right in all cases to do so without notice."
 

Last Modified: May 2, 2013

Graduate Studies
Bridgewater State University
Maxwell Library, Room 021
10 Shaw Road
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Tel: 508.531.1100
Fax: 508.531.6162

Office Hours:
M-F: 8:00am - 5:00pm

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Graduate Admissions
Bridgewater State University
Maxwell Library, Room 019
10 Shaw Road
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Tel: 508.531.1300
Fax: 508.531.6162
GraduateStudies@bridgew.edu

Summer Office Hours:
M-F: 8:00am - 5:00pm