Academics, Research Centers, & Initiatives

The Graduate Center offers thirty-four doctoral programs, thirty of them leading to the Ph.D.; the doctoral program in music offers the Doctor of Musical Arts as well as the Ph.D., the health sciences doctoral programs in audiology, nursing science, physical therapy, and public health offer the Au.D., DNS, DPT, and DPH respectively. Five doctoral programs and the programs in liberal studies and in Middle Eastern studies offer courses of study leading to a terminal Master of Arts degree, and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism offers a master's in journalism. Interdisciplinary opportunities—open only to students enrolled in a doctoral program—include six certificate programs and eleven interdisciplinary concentrations. Twenty-nine centers and institutes offer conferences, lectures, other special programs, and opportunities for interdisciplinary and applied research.