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*.

For the most up-to-date catalog information, including changes or corrections to curriculum and course descriptions, see the BSU Catalog Web 2011-2012 Addenda. The Addenda should be used in conjunction with the 2011-2012 Bridgewater State University Catalog. Information in the Catalog Web Addenda supersedes the published version of the current catalog.

 

 

Accelerated Postbaccalaureate Licensure Programs

• Secondary Education - Initial Licensure
   

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Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)

• Educational Leadership - Initial Licensure

• Educational Leadership - Non-Licensure

• Mental Health Counseling

• Reading

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Master of Arts (MA)

• English

• Psychology

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Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

• Biology

• Creative Arts

• English

• History

• Mathematics

• Music

• Physical Sciences 

• Physics 

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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• General Management

• Accounting

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Master of Education (M.Ed)

• Counselor Education:

  • Mental Health Counseling

  • Mental Health Counseling- Dual License

  • School Counseling (PreK-8, 5-12)

  • Student Affairs Counseling

• Early Childhood Education:

  • Non-Licensure

  • Professional Licensure

• Educational Leadership:

  • Initial Licensure

  • 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)

  • Non-Licensure

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Master of Public Administration (MPA)

• Political Science

  • Civic and Nonprofit Leadership and Administration Concentration

  • Sustainable Community Development Concentration

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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

  • Applied Kinesiology

  • Human Performance and Health Fitness

  • Individualized Program of Study

  • Strength and Conditioning

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Master of Social Work (MSW)

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Postbaccalaureate Licensure Programs

• Early Childhood Education (PreK-2)

• Educational Leadership

• Elementary Education

• Health (PreK-12)

• Instructional Technology

• Physical Education (PreK-8, 5-12)

• Secondary Education

• Special Education:

  • Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8, 5-12)

  • Severe Disabilities (All levels)

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Post-Master's Licensure

• Educational Leadership

• School Counseling (PreK-8, 5-12)

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* 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: January 18, 2012

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