The list below contains most available majors and has been condensed to facilitate locating major codes as requested on the application for admission. For complete information on all the majors available at Michigan State University, including specializations that may be used to complement a major or accommodate a student’s interdisciplinary interest, consult the Academic Programs catalog. To learn more about the courses required in each major, visit the appropriate college’s Web site or search MSU’s Degree Navigator.
| College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Code | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics | 5320 | Masters |
| 5321 | Doctoral | |
| Animal Science | 0290 | Masters |
| 0291 | Doctoral | |
| Animal Science-Environmental Toxicology | 0472 | Doctoral |
| Biosystems Engineering | 0502 | Masters |
| 0501 | Doctoral | |
| Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies | 5208 | Masters |
| 5209 | Doctoral | |
| Construction Management | 5260 | Masters |
| 5275 | Doctoral | |
| Crop and Soil Sciences | 0330 | Masters |
| 0331 | Doctoral | |
| Crop and Soil Sciences-Environmental Toxicology | 0473 | Doctoral |
| Entomology | 0536 | Masters |
| 0537 | Doctoral | |
| Environmental Design (MA) | 5268 | Masters |
| Fisheries and Wildlife | 0346 | Masters |
| 0347 | Doctoral | |
| Fisheries and Wildlife-Environmental Toxicology | 0477 | Doctoral |
| Food Science | 0354 | Masters |
| 0355 | Doctoral | |
| Food Science-Environmental Toxicology | 0474 | Doctoral |
| Forestry | 0378 | Masters |
| 0379 | Doctoral | |
| Forestry-Environmental Toxicology | 0475 | Doctoral |
| Horticulture | 0402 | Masters |
| 0403 | Doctoral | |
| Human Nutrition | 5272 | Masters |
| 5273 | Doctoral | |
| Human Nutrition - Environmental Toxicology | 5274 | Doctoral |
| Integrated Pest Management | 0538 | Masters |
| Interior Design and Facilities Management | 5264 | Masters |
| Packaging | 0409 | Masters |
| 0486 | Doctoral | |
| Packaging (Online Program) | 0527 | Masters |
| Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology-Crop and Soil Sciences | 5310 | Masters |
| 5311 | Doctoral | |
| Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology-Forestry | 5312 | Masters |
| 5313 | Doctoral | |
| Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology-Horticulture | 5314 | Masters |
| 5315 | Doctoral | |
| Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology-Plant Biology | 5316 | Masters |
| 5317 | Doctoral | |
| Plant Pathology | 0531 | Masters |
| 0532 | Doctoral | |
| College of Arts and Letters | Code | Level |
| African American and African Studies | 1044 | Doctoral |
| African American and African Studies (MA) | 1043 | Masters |
| American Studies (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 0639 | Masters |
| College of Arts and Letters | Code | Level |
| 1002 | Doctoral | |
| College of Arts and Letters | Code | Level |
| Applied Spanish Linguistics | 5616 | Masters |
| Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy | 5643 | Masters |
| Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing | 5601 | Masters |
| English | 0647 | Doctoral |
| French | 0913 | Masters |
| French, Language and Literature | 0915 | Doctoral |
| German Studies | 1028 | Masters |
| College of Arts and Letters | Code | Level |
| 1029 | Doctoral | |
| College of Arts and Letters | Code | Level |
| Hispanic Cultural Studies | 5615 | Doctoral |
| Hispanic Literatures | 5614 | Masters |
| Linguistics | 0713 | Masters |
| 0714 | Doctoral | |
| Literature in English | 1017 | Masters |
| Philosophy | 0891 | Masters |
| 0893 | Doctoral | |
| Rhetoric and Writing | 5600 | Doctoral |
| Second Language Studies | 5642 | Doctoral |
| Studio Art (MFA) | 0554 | Masters |
| Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages | 1049 | Masters |
| Theatre (MFA) | 0979 | Masters |
| Theatre (MA) (this program is under consideration for a moratorium and discontinuation) | 0972 | Masters |
| College of Business | Code | Level |
| Business Research | 6048 | Masters |
| College of Communication Arts and Sciences | Code | Level |
| Advertising | 1352 | Masters |
| Communication | 1376 | Masters |
| 1377 | Doctoral | |
| Communication Arts & Sciences - Media and Information Studies | 1447 | Doctoral |
| Communicative Sciences and Disorders | 1453 | Masters |
| 1454 | Doctoral | |
| Health Communication | 1434 | Masters |
| Journalism | 1404 | Masters |
| Public Relations | 1357 | Masters |
| Retailing (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 1446 | Masters |
| 1449 | Doctoral | |
| Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media | 1438 | Masters |
| College of Education | Code | Level |
| Counseling (this program is under consideration for discontinuation) | 1703 | Masters |
| Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education | 6730 | Doctoral |
| Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education | 6733 | Doctoral |
| Education (Online Program) | 2294 | Masters |
| Educational Policy | 2293 | Doctoral |
| Educational Psychology and Educational Technology | 6703 | Doctoral |
| Educational Technology | 2299 | Masters |
| Educational Technology (Online Program) | 6731 | Masters |
| Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education | 2288 | Masters |
| 2245 | Doctoral | |
| Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (Online Program) | 6734 | Masters |
| K-12 Educational Administration | 1644 | Masters |
| 1646 | Doctoral | |
| K-12 Educational Administration (EDS) | 1638 | Doctoral |
| Kinesiology | 2283 | Masters |
| 2284 | Doctoral | |
| Literacy Instruction | 2247 | Masters |
| Measurement and Quantitative Methods | 2251 | Doctoral |
| Rehabilitation Counseling | 1752 | Masters |
| Rehabilitation Counselor Education | 2279 | Doctoral |
| School Psychology | 2275 | Doctoral |
| School Psychology (EDS) | 1742 | Doctoral |
| Special Education | 1727 | Doctoral |
| Special Education (the Deaf Education and Emotional Impairment emphasis areas are under consideration for a moratorium) | 1726 | Masters |
| Student Affairs Administration | 2246 | Masters |
| Teaching and Curriculum | 6727 | Masters |
| Teaching and Curriculum (Online Program) | 6728 | Masters |
| College of Engineering | Code | Level |
| Chemical Engineering | 2303 | Masters |
| 2304 | Doctoral | |
| Civil Engineering | 2311 | Masters |
| 2312 | Doctoral | |
| Computer Science | 2335 | Masters |
| 2336 | Doctoral | |
| Electrical Engineering | 2348 | Masters |
| 2349 | Doctoral | |
| Engineering Mechanics | 2494 | Masters |
| 2495 | Doctoral | |
| Environmental Engineering | 2324 | Masters |
| 2326 | Doctoral | |
| Environmental Engineering-Environmental Toxicology | 2450 | Doctoral |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 8001 | Masters |
| 8002 | Doctoral | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2401 | Masters |
| 2402 | Doctoral | |
| College of Human Medicine | Code | Level |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2828 | Masters |
| 2829 | Doctoral | |
| Epidemiology | 2832 | Masters |
| 2831 | Doctoral | |
| Integrative Pharmacology (Online Program) | 2836 | Masters |
| Microbiology | 2779 | Masters |
| Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | 2830 | Doctoral |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 2792 | Masters |
| 2794 | Doctoral | |
| Physiology | 2804 | Masters |
| 2805 | Doctoral | |
| Public Health (MPH) | 2837 | Masters |
| College of Music | Code | Level |
| Collaborative Piano | 7331 | Masters |
| Jazz Studies | 7334 | Masters |
| Music Composition | 7323 | Masters |
| 7324 | Doctoral | |
| Music Conducting | 7335 | Masters |
| 7336 | Doctoral | |
| Music Education | 7325 | Masters |
| 7326 | Doctoral | |
| Music Performance | 7328 | Masters |
| 7329 | Doctoral | |
| Music Theory | 7332 | Masters |
| Musicology | 7327 | Masters |
| Piano Pedagogy | 7330 | Masters |
| College of Natural Science | Code | Level |
| Applied Mathematics | 3733 | Masters |
| 3734 | Doctoral | |
| Applied Statistics | 3871 | Masters |
| Astrophysics and Astronomy | 3923 | Masters |
| 3924 | Doctoral | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 7027 | Masters |
| 7028 | Doctoral | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Environmental Toxicology | 7029 | Doctoral |
| Biological Science-Interdepartmental | 3782 | Masters |
| Biomedical Lab Operations (Online Program) | 7090 | Masters |
| Biomedical Laboratory Operations | 7037 | Masters |
| Cell and Molecular Biology | 7011 | Masters |
| 3964 | Doctoral | |
| Cell and Molecular Biology - Environmental Toxicology | 7071 | Doctoral |
| Chemical Physics | 3829 | Doctoral |
| Chemistry | 3573 | Masters |
| 3575 | Doctoral | |
| Chemistry-Environmental Toxicology | 3938 | Doctoral |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences | 3793 | Masters |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Online Program) | 7070 | Masters |
| Computational Chemistry (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 3997 | Masters |
| Environmental Geosciences | 3928 | Masters |
| 3952 | Doctoral | |
| Environmental Geosciences-Environmental Toxicology | 3968 | Doctoral |
| General Science (MAT) | 3935 | Masters |
| Genetics | 7020 | Masters |
| 3788 | Doctoral | |
| Genetics - Environmental Toxicology | 7087 | Doctoral |
| Geological Sciences | 3925 | Masters |
| 3927 | Doctoral | |
| Human Nutrition | 7050 | Masters |
| 7051 | Doctoral | |
| Human Nutrition - Environmental Toxicology | 7052 | Doctoral |
| Industrial Mathematics | 3994 | Masters |
| Industrial Microbiology (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 7000 | Masters |
| Mathematics | 3740 | Masters |
| 3741 | Doctoral | |
| Mathematics (MAT) | 3739 | Masters |
| Mathematics Education | 7068 | Masters |
| 7069 | Doctoral | |
| Microbiology & Molecular Genetics | 7043 | Masters |
| 7030 | Doctoral | |
| Neuroscience | 7038 | Masters |
| 3987 | Doctoral | |
| Physical Science-Interdepartmental | 3800 | Masters |
| Physics | 3836 | Masters |
| 3838 | Doctoral | |
| Physiology | 3860 | Masters |
| 3861 | Doctoral | |
| Plant Biology | 7018 | Masters |
| 7019 | Doctoral | |
| Statistics | 3877 | Doctoral |
| Statistics (MS) | 3875 | Masters |
| Zoo and Aquarium Management (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 7007 | Masters |
| Zoology | 3887 | Masters |
| 3889 | Doctoral | |
| Zoology-Environmental Toxicology | 3941 | Doctoral |
| College of Nursing | Code | Level |
| Nursing | 4024 | Masters |
| 4003 | Masters | |
| 4013 | Doctoral | |
| Nursing (Online Program) | 4016 | Masters |
| College of Osteopathic Medicine | Code | Level |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 4213 | Masters |
| 4214 | Doctoral | |
| Integrative Pharmacology (Online Program) | 4216 | Masters |
| Microbiology | 4120 | Masters |
| Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | 4215 | Doctoral |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 4176 | Masters |
| 4178 | Doctoral | |
| Physiology | 4188 | Masters |
| 4189 | Doctoral | |
| College of Social Science | Code | Level |
| Anthropology | 4307 | Masters |
| 4308 | Doctoral | |
| Chicano/Latino Studies | 7625 | Doctoral |
| Child Development (MA) | 7641 | Masters |
| Clinical Social Work - Advanced Standing | 4502 | Masters |
| Clinical Social Work - Two Year | 4493 | Masters |
| Community Services | 7643 | Masters |
| Criminal Justice | 4318 | Masters |
| 4725 | Doctoral | |
| Criminal Justice (Online Program) | 4702 | Masters |
| Economics | 4736 | Masters |
| 4737 | Doctoral | |
| Family and Child Ecology | 7646 | Doctoral |
| Family Studies (MA) (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 7642 | Masters |
| Forensic Science | 4744 | Masters |
| Geographic Information Science | 4742 | Masters |
| Geography | 7669 | Masters |
| 4347 | Doctoral | |
| History | 7609 | Masters |
| 7611 | Doctoral | |
| History - Secondary School Teaching (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 7610 | Masters |
| Human Resources and Labor Relations | 7650 | Masters |
| Industrial Relations Human Resources | 7602 | Doctoral |
| Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science - Global Applications (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 4592 | Masters |
| International Planning Studies | 7623 | Masters |
| Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis (Online Program) | 7673 | Masters |
| Marriage and Family Therapy (MA) (this program is under consideration for a moratorium) | 7644 | Masters |
| Organizational & Community Practice - Advanced Standing | 4719 | Masters |
| Organizational & Community Practice - Two Year | 4718 | Masters |
| Political Science | 4385 | Masters |
| 4387 | Doctoral | |
| Professional Applications in Anthropology | 4727 | Masters |
| Psychology | 4414 | Masters |
| 4415 | Doctoral | |
| Public Policy | 7624 | Masters |
| Social Work | 4746 | Doctoral |
| Sociology | 4535 | Masters |
| 4536 | Doctoral | |
| Urban and Regional Planning | 7619 | Masters |
| Youth Development (Online Program) | 7645 | Masters |
| College of Veterinary Medicine | Code | Level |
| Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology | 4911 | Masters |
| 4912 | Doctoral | |
| Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology - Environmental Toxicology | 4916 | Doctoral |
| Food Safety (Online Program) | 4914 | Masters |
| Integrative Pharmacology (Online Program) | 4917 | Masters |
| Large Animal Clinical Sciences | 4763 | Masters |
| 4764 | Doctoral | |
| Microbiology | 4915 | Masters |
| 4903 | Doctoral | |
| Microbiology-Environmental Toxicology | 4901 | Doctoral |
| Pathobiology | 4918 | Masters |
| 4919 | Doctoral | |
| Pathobiology-Environmental Toxicology | 4920 | Doctoral |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 4794 | Masters |
| 4796 | Doctoral | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology-Environmental Toxicology | 4902 | Doctoral |
| Physiology | 4804 | Masters |
| 4805 | Doctoral | |
| Small Animal Clinical Sciences | 4810 | Masters |
| The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management | Code | Level |
| Accounting | 1054 | Doctoral |
| Accounting (MS) | 6019 | Masters |
| Business Administration MBA, (Daytime, Full-time MBA Program) | 6011 | Masters |
| Business Information Systems | 6024 | Doctoral |
| Finance | 6016 | Masters |
| 1139 | Doctoral | |
| Foodservice Business Management | 6046 | Masters |
| Hospitality Business Management | 6047 | Masters |
| Logistics | 1331 | Doctoral |
| Marketing | 6054 | Doctoral |
| Operations and Engineering Management | 6040 | Masters |
| Operations and Sourcing Management | 1350 | Doctoral |
| Organizational Behavior-Human Resource Management | 6008 | Doctoral |
| Strategic Management | 6007 | Doctoral |
| Supply Chain Management (19 month program) | 6035 | Masters |
| Supply Chain Management (31 month program) | 6038 | Masters |
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