Programs

Note: The department is presently not accepting applications to its M.A. and Ph.D. programs. Master of Arts The program leading to the M.A. degree is designed to deepen and broaden the student's knowledge of German cultu...

  The Health Policy Ph.D. program trains students in using interdisciplinary methods to address a wide range of health policy and health service challenges in the United States. Students will develop skills in criti...

The graduate program in anthropology is designed to prepare students for careers in research and teaching, especially with an emphasis on specializations in the anthropology of Central America, Mexico, South America, and...

The Ph.D. degree requires 72 graduate credits, 24 of which must be in formal, didactic coursework, and normally requires four to five years of study. Up to 24 graduate transfer credits are allowed. Students must complete...

The Vanderbilt history program does not have predetermined fields of study. In consultation with their adviser and the director of graduate studies, students define a major field and two minor fields that meet their inte...

Astrophysics is the study of the universe on all physical scales–from nuclear reactions inside stars to the expansion of the universe as a whole–generally focusing on objects and physical phenomena beyond our own solar s...

Major research efforts are concerned with studies in a number of biomedically-relevant fields including: regulation of expression and mechanisms of detoxification by cytochrome P450 enzymes; oxygenase and arachidonic aci...

The overall goal of the Human Genetics Ph.D. degree program is to provide students with a solid foundation for a career in genetics research and teaching. Training is available in human genetic analysis and in genetic an...

The Graduate Program in Biological Sciences educates graduate students on the foundational areas of molecular, cellular, and organismal biology and provides in-depth training with faculty while engaging in state-of-the-a...

Material advancements improve the standard and the quality of living of societies everywhere. They are indeed the underpinning of the development of new technologies with the potential for global impact. In today's sophi...