Discover CSSH Graduate Programs

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities is proud to support nine doctoral degree programs, thirteen Master’s degree programs, and ten graduate certificates. Learn more via the links below.

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• CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

  Programs: PhD, JD/MS, JD/PhD, MS
  Phone: 617.373.3327
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Dakotah Kennedy
  Graduate Prog. Director: Professor Greg Zimmerman

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• ECONOMICS

  Programs: PhD, MA
  Phone: 617.373.2871
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Jacquaetta Hester
  Graduate Prog. Directors:
  Professor Jim Dana (PhD)
  Professor Jun Ma (MA)

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• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY

  Program: MS
  Phone: 617.373.3176
  Graduate Prog. Directors:
  Professor Jennie Stephens
  Professor Brian Helmuth

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• ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICY

  Program: MS
  Phone: 617.373.4256
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Matthew Eckelman

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• ENGLISH

  Programs: PhD, MA
  Phone: 617.373.3692
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Heather Hardy
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Ryan Cordell

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• HISTORY

  Programs: PhD, MA
  Phone: 617.373.2662
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Bonne Knipfer
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Victoria Cain
  Graduate Prog. Director (Public History):
  Professor Martin Blatt

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• INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

  Program: MA
  Phone: 617.373.5913
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Brianna Freeman
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Gavin Shatkin

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• PUBLIC POLICY

  Programs: PhD, JD/MS
  Phone: 617.373.2891
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Julie Switkes
  Graduate Prog. Director (PhD):
  Professor Alan Clayton-Matthews
  Graduate Prog. Director (JD/MS):
  Professor Chris Bosso

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• POLITICAL SCIENCE

  Programs: PhD, MA
  Phone: 617.373.4404
  Graduate Prog. Admin:
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Mai'a Cross

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• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

  Programs: MPA, Certificate (Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy and Social Change)
  Phone: 617.373.2891
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Julie Switkes
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Chris Bosso

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• PUBLIC POLICY

  Program: MPP
  Phone: 617.373.2891
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Julie Switkes
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Chris Bosso

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• SECURITY AND RESILIENCE STUDIES

  Programs: MS, Certificate
  Phone: 617.373.4404
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Rosy Trovato
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Daniel Aldrich

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• SOCIOLOGY

  Programs: PhD
  Phone: 617.373.2686
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Pamela Simmons
  Graduate Prog. Director:
  Professor Gordana Rabrenovic

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• URBAN INFORMATICS

  Programs: MS, Certificate (Urban Analytics)
  Phone: 617.373.5913
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Brianna Freeman
  Graduate Prog. Director: Professor Dan O'Brien

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• URBAN PLANNING AND POLICY

  Programs: MS
  Phone: 617.373.5913
  Graduate Prog. Admin: Brianna Freeman
  Graduate Prog. Director: Professor Gavin Shatkin

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• Graduate Certificate Programs

  Digital Humanities* , Information Ethics
  Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy and Social Change
  Public History , Public Policy Analysis
  Security and Resilience Studies
  Urban Analytics , Urban Studies
  Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies*

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