Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies

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Note: Off-campus students attend classes in Hickory, NC; see Distance Education for more information.

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Students completing the Master's degree in reading are regarded as well trained and are readily hired to teach in public schools across the country.

Reading Add-on licensure (non-degree) is offered on campus all terms. The department also offers a graduate certificate in reading education.

Concentrations: Adult Literacy; Classroom / Clinical

The Master of Public Administration degree is a terminal professional degree, which means that graduates receive in-depth training in the problems facing public sector managers. Like an MBA, law or medical degree, a terminal professional degree is designed to give graduates the necessary skills, knowledge base and training needed to allow them to act with minimal supervision while achieving significant results in leadership roles.

The Psychology MA includes tracks in Experimental Psychology and Clinical Psychology. The MA in Clinical Psychology is not offered as a stand-alone Master's degree, but is conferred en route to the PsyD degree. 

Program Highlights:

The Master of Arts Degree in Political Science is designed to prepare persons for careers in a variety of public and private settings, and to prepare students for further graduate work at the doctoral level. In today's expanding economy many individuals find it beneficial, or even necessary, to obtain an advanced degree in order to achieve career goals.

Program Highlights:

• The program requires completion of either 39 credit hours with or without a thesis.
• Research (NUT 5901 or NUT 5999) is conducted in the summer between the two years of the program.
• The Dietetic Internship meets the competencies as mandated by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics.