Graduate students may earn one of 144 master/professional and 126 doctorate/professional degrees. Abbreviations and codes can be viewed by name, school, or division.
Updated October 2024
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| Department Name | Abbreviation | Major Name | Abbreviation | Code | Div | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African American Studies | AF AMER | African American Studies MA | AFR AMER | 008V | SS | LS |
| African Studies | AFRC ST | African Studies MA | AF STDS | 0044 | IS | LS |
| American Indian Studies | AM IND | American Indian Studies MA | AMER IND | 0030 | SS | LS |
| Anthropology | ANTHRO | Anthropology MA, PhD | ANTHRO | 0063 | SS | LS |
| Archaeology | ARCHEOL | Archaeology MA, CPhil, PhD | ARCHEOL | 0082 | SS | LS |
| Architecture and Urban Design | ARCH&UD | Architecture MArch I (pre-18F), MA, PhD | ARCH | 0084 | AA | AA |
| Architecture and Urban Design | ARCH&UD | Architecture MArchII (pre-18F) | ARCH-MAR | 007L | AA | AA |
| Architecture and Urban Design | ARCH&UD | Architecture MArch I | AR-MAR1 | 02F2 | AA | AA |
| Architecture and Urban Design | ARCH&UD | Architecture MArch II (pre-20Sum) | AR-MAR2 | 007L | AA | AA |
| Architecture and Urban Design | ARCH&UD | Architecture and Urban Design MS | ARCH UD | 02G0 | AA | AA |
| Art | ART | Art MFA | ART | 0090 | AA | AA |
| Art History | ART HIS | Art History MA, PhD | ART HIST | 0093 | HU | LS |
| Asian American Studies | ASIA AM | Asian American Studies MA | ASIA AM | 0100 | SS | LS |
| Asian Languages and Cultures | ASIA LC | Asian Languages and Cultures MA, CPhil, PhD | ASIA LC | 00A9 | HU | LS |
| Asian Languages and Cultures | ASIA LC | Teaching Asian Languages MA | TCH ASIA | 00CE | HU | LS |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | A&O SCI | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences MS, CPhil, PhD | A&O SCIS | 002E | PS | LS |
| Bioengineering | BIOENGR | Bioengineering MS, PhD, Engr | BIOENGR | 0288 | EN | EN |
| Bioinformatics | BIOINFO | Bioinformatics MS, PhD | BIOINFO | 025F | LF | LS |
| Bioinformatics | BIOINFO | Medical Informatics MS, PhD | BIOINFO | 0335 | LF | LS |
| Biological Chemistry (pre-18F) | BIOL CH | Biological Chemistry MS, PhD (pre-18F) | BIOL CHM | 0117 | MN | MN |
| Biomathematics (pre-19F) | BIOMATH | Biomathematics MS, PhD | BIOMATH | 0121 | MN | MN |
| Biomathematics (pre-19F) | BIOMATH | Clinical Research MS | CLNC RES | 0853 | MN | MN |
| Biostatistics | BIOSTAT | Biostatistics MS, PhD | BIOSTAT | 0132 | PH | PH |
| Biostatistics | BIOSTAT | Data Science in Health MDSH | DS HLTH | 00J7 | PH | PH |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | CHM&BE | Chemical Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | CHM ENGR | 0294 | EN | EN |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | CHEM | Applied Chemical Sciences MACS | CHEM SCI | 00I6 | PS | LS |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | CHEM | Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology MS, CPhil, PhD | BM&S BIO | 009O | PS | LS |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | CHEM | Chemistry MS, CPhil, PhD | CHEM | 0153 | PS | LS |
| Chicana and Chicano Studies (Pre-21W) | CHICANO | Chicana and Chicano Studies MA, CPhil, PhD | CHN STDS | 0626 | SS | LS |
| Chicana/o and Central American Studies | CCAS | Chicana and Chicano Studies MA, CPhil, PhD | CHN STDS | 0626 | SS | LS |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | C&EE | Civil Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | CIV ENGR | 0300 | EN | EN |
| Classics | CLASSIC | Classics MA, CPhil, PhD | CLASSICS | 0174 | HU | LS |
| Classics | CLASSIC | Greek MA | GREEK | 0414 | HU | LS |
| Classics | CLASSIC | Latin MA | LATIN | 0495 | HU | LS |
| Communication | COMM | Communication MS, PhD | COMM | 0183 | HU | LS |
| Community Health Sciences | COM HLT | Community Health, Health Promotion and Education MPH | CHPE MPH | 00KJ | PH | PH |
| Community Health Sciences | COM HLT | Community Health Sciences MS, PhD | COM HLT | 007H | PH | PH |
| Community Health Sciences | COM HLT | Public Health MPH for Health Professionals (Pre-24F) | PH-MPHHP | 007G | PH | PH |
| Comparative Literature | COM LIT | Comparative Literature MA, CPhil, PhD | COMP LIT | 0192 | HU | LS |
| Computational Medicine | COM MED | Biomathematics MS, PhD | BIOMATH | 0121 | MN | MN |
| Computational Medicine | COM MED | Clinical Research MS | CLNC RES | 0853 | MN | MN |
| Computational Medicine | COM MED | Data Science in Biomedicine MS | DS BMED | 00IX | MN | MN |
| Computer Science | COM SCI | Computer Science MS, PhD, Engr | COM SCI | 0201 | EN | EN |
| Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials (pre-21F) | CAEM | Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials MA (pre-21F) | CON A&EM | 008B | SS | LS |
| Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials (pre-21F) | CAEM | Conservation of Material Culture MS, PhD | CON MC | 00CN | SS | LS |
| Conservation of Cultural Heritage | CLT HTG | Conservation of Cultural Heritage MA | CLT HTG | 00HQ | SS | LS |
| Conservation of Cultural Heritage | CLT HTG | Conservation of Material Culture MS, PhD | CON MC | 00CN | SS | LS |
| Dentistry | DENT | Dental Surgery DDS | DENT | 0219 | DN | DN |
| Dentistry | DENT | Dentistry-PPID | DENT-PP | 0555 | DN | DN |
| Dentistry | DENT | Oral Biology MS, PhD | ORAL BIO | 0615 | DN | DN |
| Design | Media Arts | DESMA | Design | Media Arts MFA | DESMA | 0207 | AA | AA |
| Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | EPS SCI | Geochemistry MS, CPhil, PhD | GEOCHEM | 0393 | PS | LS |
| Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | EPS SCI | Geology MS, CPhil, PhD | GEOLOGY | 0402 | PS | LS |
| Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | EPS SCI | Geophysics and Space Physics MS, PhD | G&S PHYS | 0406 | PS | LS |
| Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | EPS SCI | Planetary Science MS, PhD | PLANETRY | 02B1 | PS | LS |
| East Asian Studies | E A STD | East Asian Studies MA | E AS STD | 0241 | IS | LS |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | EE BIOL | Biology MS, CPhil, PhD | BIOLOGY | 0123 | LF | LS |
| Economics | ECON | Applied Economics MAE (pre-21S) | ECON-MAE | 009Q | SS | LS |
| Economics | ECON | Economics MA, CPhil, PhD | ECON | 0246 | SS | LS |
| Economics | ECON | Quantitative Economics MQE | ECON-MQE | 00HB | SS | LS |
| Education | EDUC | Education MA, MEd, EdD, PhD | EDUC | 0249 | EI | ED |
| Education | EDUC | Special Education Joint PhD with CSULA | SPEC ED | 0884 | EI | ED |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | EC ENGR | Electrical and Computer Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | EC ENGR | 0333 | EN | EN |
| Electrical Engineering | EL ENGR | Electrical Engineering MS, PhD, Engr (pre-18W) | ELE ENGR | 0303 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering ME (pre-20F) | ENGR | 0273 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering ME | ENGR-ENG | 00F2 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering Online MS | ENGR-MS | 00A5 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Aerospace Online MS | ENGR-AER | 00AS | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Computer Networking Online MS | ENGR-CN | 00AZ | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Electrical Online MS | ENGR-EL | 00AU | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Electronic Materials Online MS | ENGR-EM | 00B2 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Integrated Circuits Online MS | ENGR-IC | 00B8 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Manufacturing and Design Online MS | ENGR-MFG | 00AT | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Materials Science Online MS | ENGR-MAT | 00AV | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Mechanical Online MS | ENGR-MCH | 00AR | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Signal Processing and Communications Online MS | ENGR-SPC | 00B5 | EN | EN |
| Engineering and Applied Science | ENGR | Engineering-Structural Materials Online MS | ENGR-SM | 00B3 | EN | EN |
| English | ENGL | English MA, CPhil, PhD | ENGLISH | 0345 | HU | LS |
| Environment and Sustainability | ENVIRON | Environment and Sustainability MS, PhD | ENV STNB | 00CQ | GS | LS |
| Environment and Sustainability | ENVIRON | Environmental Science and Engineering DEnv | ENVR SCI | 0349 | GS | LS |
| Environmental and Molecular Toxicology | E M TOX | Environmental and Molecular Toxicology PhD | E M TOX | 00KM | PH | PH |
| Environmental Health Sciences | ENV HLT | Environmental Health Sciences MS, PhD | ENVR HLT | 0354 | PH | PH |
| Epidemiology | EPIDEM | Epidemiology MS, PhD | EPIDEM | 0357 | PH | PH |
| Ethnomusicology | ETHNMUS | Ethnomusicology MA, CPhil, PhD | ETHNOMUS | 0472 | MU | MU |
| European Languages and Transcultural Studies | ELTS | French and Francophone Studies MA, CPhil, PhD | FR FRNC | 0385 | HU | LS |
| European Languages and Transcultural Studies | ELTS | Germanic Languages MA, CPhil, PhD | GERM LAN | 0411 | HU | LS |
| European Languages and Transcultural Studies | ELTS | Italian MA, CPhil, PhD | ITALIAN | 0477 | HU | LS |
| European Languages and Transcultural Studies | ELTS | Scandinavian MA | SCAND | 0834 | HU | LS |
| Film, Television, and Digital Media | FTV&DM | Film and Television MA, MFA, CPhil, PhD | FILM&TV | 0473 | TF | TF |
| French and Francophone Studies (pre-21S) | FR FRNC | French and Francophone Studies MA, CPhil, PhD (pre-21S) | FR FRNC | 0385 | HU | LS |
| Gender Studies | GEN STD | Gender Studies MA, PhD | GEN STD | 006L | SS | LS |
| Geography | GEOG | Applied Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies MAGIST | MAGIST | 00G6 | SS | LS |
| Geography | GEOG | Geography MA, CPhil, PhD | GEOG | 0396 | SS | LS |
| Germanic Languages (pre-21S) | GERMAN | Germanic Languages MA, CPhil, PhD (pre-21S) | GERM LAN | 0411 | HU | LS |
| Graduate Division | GRADDIV | Access Program | ACCSPRGM | 0001 | GI | GD |
| Health Policy and Management | HLT POL | Health Policy and Management MS, PhD | HLT POL | 007I | PH | PH |
| Health Policy and Management | HLT POL | Healthcare Administration MHA | HL ADM | 00GN | PH | PH |
| Health Policy and Management | HLT POL | Public Health EMPH | PH-EXEC | 007E | PH | PH |
| History | HIST | History MA, CPhil, PhD | HISTORY | 0429 | SS | LS |
| Human Genetics | HUM GEN | Genetic Counseling MS | GEN CSLG | 0389 | MN | MN |
| Human Genetics | HUM GEN | Human Genetics MS, PhD | HUM GEN | 0994 | MN | MN |
| Indo-European Studies | I E STD | Indo-European Studies MA, CPhil, PhD | I E STDS | 0450 | HU | LS |
| Information Studies | INF STD | Information Studies PhD | INF STD | 045A | EI | ED |
| Information Studies | INF STD | Library and Information Science MLIS | L&I SCI | 0509 | EI | ED |
| Integrative Biology and Physiology | INT B&P | Physiological Science MS | PHY SCI | 0671 | LF | LS |
| Italian (pre-21S) | ITALIAN | Italian MA, CPhil, PhD (pre-21S) | ITALIAN | 0477 | HU | LS |
| Latin American Studies | LATN AM | Latin American Studies MA | LAT AMER | 0498 | IS | LS |
| Law | LAW | Law JD | LAW | 0501 | LW | LW |
| Law | LAW | Law LLM | LAW-LLM | 050B | LW | LW |
| Law | LAW | Law SJD | LAW-SJD | 00B1 | LW | LW |
| Law | LAW | Legal Studies MLST | LEGAL ST | 02F9 | LW | LW |
| Life Sciences Interdepartmental | LF INT | Human Genetics MS | HUM GEN | 0994 | LF | LS |
| Life Sciences-General | LF-GEN | Neurobiology MS (discontinued 17F) | NEURBIO | 0593 | LF | LS |
| Linguistics | LING | Linguistics MA, CPhil, PhD | LING | 0510 | HU | LS |
| Management | MGMT | Business Analytics MS | BUS ANLT | 00B4 | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Financial Engineering MFE | FNCL ENG | 01F2 | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management EMBA | MGMT-EX | 0364 | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management FEMBA | MGMT-FE | 0602 | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management GEMBA for Asia Pacific | MGMT-GAP | 008F | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management GEMBA for the Americas | MGMT-GAM | 008G | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management MBA | MGMT-MBA | 008J | MG | MG |
| Management | MGMT | Management MS, CPhil, PhD | MANAGEMT | 0535 | MG | MG |
| Materials Science and Engineering | MAT SCI | Materials Science and Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | MAT SCI | 0328 | EN | EN |
| Mathematics | MATH | Mathematics MA, MAT, CPhil, PhD | MATH | 0540 | PS | LS |
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | MECH&AE | Aerospace Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | AEROSPCE | 0279 | EN | EN |
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | MECH&AE | Manufacturing Engineering MS | MANUFACT | 0381 | EN | EN |
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | MECH&AE | Mechanical Engineering MS, PhD, Engr | MECHANIC | 0330 | EN | EN |
| Medicine | MED | Medicine MD | MEDICINE | 0558 | MN | MN |
| Medicine | MED | Medicine-PRIME MD | MED-PRIM | 001Y | MN | MN |
| Medicine | MED | Medicine-PRIME/Drew MD | MED-PD | 001Z | MN | MN |
| Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (pre-23Sum) | MIMG | Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics MS, PhD | MIMG | 0440 | BB | LS/MN |
| Molecular and Medical Pharmacology | M PHARM | Molecular and Medical Pharmacology MS, PhD | M PHARM | 0639 | MN | MN |
| Molecular Biology | MOL BIO | Molecular Biology MS, PhD | MOL BIOL | 0573 | LF | LS |
| Molecular Toxicology (Pre-24F) | MOL TOX | Molecular Toxicology PhD (Pre-24F) | MOL TOX | 0368 | PH | PH |
| Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | MCD BIO | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology MA, CPhil, PhD (pre-23F) | MCD BIO | 0644 | LF | LS |
| Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | MCD BIO | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology MS, CPhil, PhD | MCD BIO | 0644 | LF | LS |
| Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology | MC&IP | Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology PhD | MC&IP | 0568 | LF | LS |
| Moving Image Archive Studies | MIA STD | Moving Image Archive Studies MA | MIA STD | 049C | TF | TF |
| Music | MUSC | Music MA, MM, DMA CPhil, PhD | MUSIC | 0579 | MU | MU |
| Musicology | MUSCLG | Musicology MA, CPhil, PhD | MUSCLOGY | 0604 | MU | MU |
| Near Eastern Languages and Cultures | NR EAST | Islamic Studies MA, CPhil, PhD | ISLAMIC | 0474 | HU | LS |
| Near Eastern Languages and Cultures | NR EAST | Near Eastern Languages and Cultures MA, CPhil, PhD | NE L&CUL | 0595 | HU | LS |
| Neurobiology | NEURBIO | Neurobiology MS, CPhil, PhD (discontinued 17F) | NEURBIO | 0593 | MN | MN |
| Neuroscience-Graduate | NEURO | Neuroscience PhD | NEUR-PHD | 004F | MN | MN |
| Nursing | NURSING | Nursing MS, MSN, PhD | NURSING | 0597 | NS | NS |
| Nursing | NURSING | Nursing Practice DNP | DNP-NP | 00JP | NS | NS |
| Nursing | NURSING | Nursing Practice DNP (self-supporting) | NURS PRC | 00DL | NS | NS |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | PATH | Cellular and Molecular Pathology MS, PhD | C&M PATH | 049D | MN | MN |
| Philosophy | PHILOS | Philosophy MA, CPhil, PhD | PHILOS | 0651 | HU | LS |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHY&AST | Astronomy MS, MAT, PhD (pre-18F) | ASTRON | 0099 | PS | LS |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHY&AST | Astronomy and Astrophysics MS, PhD | ASTR&AST | 00EB | PS | LS |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHY&AST | Astronomy and Astrophysics MAT | ASTR-MAT | 00EC | PS | LS |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHY&AST | Physics MS, MAT, PhD | PHYSICS | 0666 | PS | LS |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHY&AST | Quantum Science and Technology MQST | QNT SCI | 00HP | PS | LS |
| Physics and Biology In Medicine | PBMED | Physics and Biology In Medicine MS, PhD | PB MED | 009Y | MN | MN |
| Political Science | POL SCI | Political Science MA, CPhil, PhD | POL SCI | 0699 | SS | LS |
| Psychology | PSYCH | Psychology MA, CPhil, PhD | PSYCH | 0780 | LF | LS |
| Public Affairs Schoolwide | PUB AFF | Public Policy MPP | PUB PLCY | 0790 | PA | PA |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Biostatistics MPH | BIO MPH | 00HW | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Community Health Sciences MPH | CHS MPH | 00HX | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Environmental Health Sciences MPH | EHS MPH | 00HY | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Epidemiology MPH | EPI MPH | 00HZ | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Health Management MPH | HM MPH | 00I0 | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Health Policy MPH | HP MPH | 00I1 | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Health Policy and Management MPH | HPM MPH | 00JK | PH | PH |
| Public Health Schoolwide | PUB HLT | Public Health MPH (DrPH discontinued 21F) | PUB HLTH | 0789 | PH | PH |
| Scandinavian Section (pre-21S) | SCAND | Scandinavian MA (pre-21S) | SCAND | 0834 | HU | LS |
| Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures | SEEELC | Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures MA, CPhil, PhD | SEEELC | 009E | HU | LS |
| Social Science | SOC SC | Social Science MSS | SOC SC | 00BH | SS | LS |
| Social Welfare | SOC WLF | Social Welfare MSW, PhD | SOC WELF | 0864 | PA | PA |
| Sociology | SOCIOL | Sociology MA, CPhil, PhD | SOCIOL | 0867 | SS | LS |
| Spanish and Portuguese | SPAN | Hispanic Languages and Literature CPhil, PhD | HISP LAN | 0426 | HU | LS |
| Spanish and Portuguese | SPAN | Portuguese MA | PORT | 0711 | HU | LS |
| Spanish and Portuguese | SPAN | Spanish MA | SPANISH | 0882 | HU | LS |
| Statistics (pre-23S) | STATS | Applied Statistics MAS | APP STAT | 00BB | PS | LS |
| Statistics (pre-23S) | STATS | Statistics MS, CPhil, PhD | STATS | 0891 | PS | LS |
| Statistics and Data Science | STAT DS | Applied Statistics and Data Science MASDS | AP STDS | 00J3 | PS | LS |
| Statistics and Data Science | STAT DS | Statistics MS, CPhil, PhD | STATS | 0891 | PS | LS |
| Theater | THEATER | Theater MFA (MA discontinued 17F) | THEATER | 0902 | TF | TF |
| Theater | THEATER | Theater and Performance Studies CPhil, PhD | THEA PRF | 09A2 | TF | TF |
| Urban Planning | URBN PL | Urban and Regional Planning MURP | URB&R PL | 0916 | PA | PA |
| Urban Planning | URBN PL | Urban and Regional Planning—Institut d'Etudes de Paris MURP | URPL-FR | 00GG | PA | PA |
| Urban Planning | URBN PL | Real Estate Development MRED | RE DEV | 00JS | PA | PA |
| Urban Planning | URBN PL | Urban Planning MA, PhD | URB PLN | 0911 | PA | PA |
| World Arts and Cultures/Dance | WAC/DAN | Choreographic Inquiry MFA | CHOR INQ | 00FT | AA | AA |
| World Arts and Cultures/Dance | WAC/DAN | Culture and Performance MA, PhD | CUL&PERF | 0378 | AA | AA |
| World Arts and Cultures/Dance | WAC/DAN | Dance MFA (Pre-20W) | DANCE | 0210 | AA | AA |