Interdisciplinary Programs
Many of the most challenging problems we face require an interdisciplinary approach, and the University of Delaware has a long tradition of interdisciplinary research and education. It’s not only the best way to solve some problems, it’s often the best way to learn. Working together, faculty from different departments and colleges have created programs and curricula that prepare students in this special way. For students with diverse interests who are curious about the intersections of disciplines, an interdisciplinary program may be the right choice.
The Graduate College hosts interdisciplinary programs that span the University of Delaware’s other colleges. Faculty members representing diverse areas act as one to combine their respective expertise and collaborate to provide the unique and dynamic programs that prepare students for exciting careers tackling the greatest problems facing society and the world.
Graduate Degrees
Data Science
With a flexible set of core requirements in probability and statistics, databases and data mining, machine learning, mathematics and computations, and ethics, the degree leads to a wide range of career opportunities. By providing a comprehensive foundation in the methods behind data science, our program will empower you to extract knowledge from large and complex data sets and prepare you to be a leader in this growing field.
Education and Social Policy
Drawing on the fields of public policy, social policy, education and human development, this integrative program prepares students to address complex education and social issues using sophisticated quantitative and qualitative methods and applied learning experiences.
Evaluation Science
The program fills the growing need for solid, science-based assessments of social policies by preparing students to contribute to human service, education, public policy, health and other program and policy areas through the thoughtful, effective and ethical use of evaluation models and methods.
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience
The program is designed to develop a unified atmosphere to expose students to the exciting developments in brain function, providing interdisciplinary training to current and future graduate students and preparing them for a research-oriented career in academics or industry.
Microbiology
Scholars from colleges and departments throughout UD are joining in a great wave of scientific excitement over the “superpowers” of bacteria, viruses and other microbial denizens. For now, it’s a quiet sort of revolution. This quest could ultimately help everyone everywhere, in ways no one has yet imagined: Diseases can be cured, pollution mitigated, famine eased.
Quantum Science and Engineering
With a curriculum developed to maximize hands-on, project-based learning, students are trained to use state-of-the-art equipment ranging from semiconductor nanofabrication tools to high-performance computers in one of the only programs offering both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in quantum science and engineering.
Water Science and Policy
The program educates students to address the complex challenges that we face today, to develop solutions that are socially acceptable, economically viable and environmentally sustainable, and to be true stewards of our environment. We are working to ensure that all of Earth’s inhabitants, now and into the future, have adequate supplies of clean, healthy water.
Certificate Programs
Community Engagement
The certificate, which is recorded on the student’s transcript, creates a scaffold by which scholars integrate their academic study in community engagement experiences through participation in coursework, community-focused graduate research or creative work, and hands-on experience.
Computer Science Education
Addressing the critical shortage of computer science educators, this 12-credit certificate prepares educators for teaching K-12 computer science courses and integrating computational thinking across the K-16 curriculum.
Computing and Data Science for Soft Materials
This certificate gives scholars from different disciplines key insights into data science as a research tool, while also sharpening their ability to communicate, collaborate and create as a team. Students from all majors develop critical interdisciplinary skills, cutting-edge computing techniques and the ability to build from a foundation of common purpose.
Sustainability
This certificate rises to the call to provide traditional students and mid-career professionals with the chance to advance their education, understand complex real-world problems and explore cutting-edge solutions, all with application to careers in research, government or the private sector.
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