Graduate Degree Program Codes
The Graduate Records Office uses the following codes for program degrees when it creates a spreadsheet for dissertations and theses for the library's Thesis Cataloger. The codes specify the name of the degree program to be used in the 657 field when a bibliographic cataloging record is created for each work. Note that some degree programs have undergone name changes and/or mergers over the years, but the library goes by whatever degree program name the Graduate Records Office uses.
Note that some Degree programs are missing codes. These are programs found under the subject headings “Theses–<program name>–<degree>” in the UMass library catalog, and are past programs which have been changed, merged with other departments, or no longer exist.
| | | | Agricultural Economics | | | MS |
| Agricultural Education | MS | |||||
| Agricultural Engineering | MS | |||||
| Agronomy | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Animal Husbandry | MS | |||||
| ANSCI | Animal Sciences (former dept. name) | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| ANSCI | Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| ANTH | Anthropology | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| ARCH | Architecture | MA | ||||
| ART | Art | MA, MS, MFA | ||||
| Art (Design) | MS | |||||
| ARTHIS | Art History | MA | ||||
| ASTRO | Astronomy | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Bacteriology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Bacteriology and Public Health | MS | |||||
| BIOCH | Biochemistry | MS , Ph.D. | ||||
| BIOL | Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| BOTNY | Botany | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Business Administration | MBA, Ph.D. | |||||
| Ceramics | MFA | |||||
| CE | Civil Engineering | MSCE, Ph.D. | ||||
| CH E | Chemical Engineering | MSChE, Ph.D. | ||||
| CHEM | Chemistry | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| CHNSE | Chinese | MA | ||||
| CMPSC | Computer Science | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| COMDS | Communication Disorders | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| COMLT | Comparative Literature | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| COMM | Communication | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| COMST | Communication Studies | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| Computer and Information Science | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Consumer Science | MS | |||||
| CS | Consumer Studies | MS | ||||
| Counseling Psychology | Ph.D. | |||||
| Dairy | MS | |||||
| ECO | Environmental Conservation | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| ECON | Economics | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| EDUC | Education | MS,Ph.D.,Ed.D. | ||||
| ECE | Electrical and Computer Engineering | MSECE, Ph.D. | ||||
| EE | Electrical Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| ENGL | English | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| ENT | Entomology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| EVENG | Environmental Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| EXSCI | Exercise Science | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Fisheries and Wildlife Biology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| FISH | Fisheries Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Floriculture | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| FDAGE | Food (Science) and Agricultural Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| F&REC | Food and Resource Economics | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| FDENG | Food Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| FDSCI | Food Science | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| FS&N | Food Science and Nutrition | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Food Science and Technology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Food Technology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| FREST | Forest Resources *SEE NOTE* | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Forestry and Wildlife Management | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Forestry and Wood Technology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| FREN | French | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| FRNST | French and Francophone Studies | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| GEOG | Geography | MS | ||||
| GEOL | Geology | MS | ||||
| GEOSC | Geosciences | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| German | MA, Ph.D. | |||||
| GRMAN | Germanic Languages and Literatures | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| GOVT | Government | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| HSPAN | Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| HIST | History | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| HOMEC | Home Economics | MS | ||||
| Horticulture | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| HTMGT | Hospitality and Tourism Management | MS | ||||
| HRTA | Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration | MS | ||||
| HUMDV | Human Development | MS | ||||
| Human Movement | Ph.D. | |||||
| Industrial Engineering | MSIEOR, Ph.D. | |||||
| IE | Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | MSIEOR, Ph.D. | ||||
| JAPAN | Japanese | MA | ||||
| KIN | Kinesiology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| LABOR | Labor Studies | MS | ||||
| LDARC | Landscape Architecture | MLA | ||||
| LA/RP | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning | MLA/MRP | ||||
| LING | Linguistics | Ph.D. | ||||
| Management | Ph.D. | |||||
| MANFE | Manufacturing Engineering | MSManfE | ||||
| MRNSC | Marine Science and Technology | MS | ||||
| MARSC | Marine Sciences | MS | ||||
| MATH | Mathematics | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| MATH | Mathematics and Statistics | Ph.D. | ||||
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | MS | |||||
| Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | Ph.D. | |||||
| M E | Mechanical Engineering | MSME, Ph.D. | ||||
| MICBIO | Microbiology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| MCB | Molecular and Cellular Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| MCBAN | Molecular and Cellular Biology/Animal Science | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| MUSIC | Music | MM, Ph.D. | ||||
| NSB | Neuroscience and Behavior | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| NURSE | Nursing | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| NUTRN | Nutrition | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Nutrition and Food | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| OCEAN | Ocean Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Olericulture | MS | |||||
| OEB | Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| OEBEN | Organismic and Evolutionary Biolology/Entomology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Painting | MFA | |||||
| PHIL | Philosophy | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| PE | Physical Education | MS | ||||
| PHYSC | Physics | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| PLSOIL | Plant and Soil Sciences | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| PB | Plant Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| PLPTH | Plant Pathology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| POLSCI | Political Science | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| PS E | Polymer Science and Engineering | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Pomology | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Poultry | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| Printmaking | MFA | |||||
| PSYCH | Psychology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| PUBAD | Public Administration | MPA | ||||
| PUBHL | Public Health | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| PUBPA | Public Policy and Administration | MPPA | ||||
| REGPL | Regional Planning | MRP, Ph.D. | ||||
| RESEC | Resource Economics | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| ROMLG | Romance Languages | MA | ||||
| School Psychology | Ph.D. | |||||
| SLAVC | Slavic Languages and Literatures | MA | ||||
| SOCIO | Sociology | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| Sociology and Anthropology | MA, Ph.D. | |||||
| SOM | Management | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| SPAN | Spanish (and Portuguese) | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| SPECH | Speech | MA, Ph.D. | ||||
| SPTMG | Sport Management | Ph.D. | ||||
| SPORT | Sport Studies | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| THETR | Theater | MFA | ||||
| Veterinary and Animal Sciences | MS, Ph.D. | |||||
| WFBIO | Wildlife and Fisheries Biology | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| WFCON | Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation *SEE NOTE* | MS, Ph.D. | ||||
| Wildlife Biology | MS | |||||
| WDTCH) | Wood (Science and) Technology | MS | ||||
| ZOOL | Zoology | Ph.D. |
*NOTE* The Forest Resource and Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation Degree Programs are no longer available after Sept. 2010. They are now known as the Environmental Conservation degree program.
