Graduate Programs

The Master of Arts in Global Health and Society offers a range of courses to examine emerging challenges to human health and security, differential access and adoption of evidence-based health policies, governance, practices and interventions, and how these translate from international to community scales.

Students learn how to identify, analyze and manage complex problems that confront modern institutions. The Master of Arts in International Administration program combines international affairs, global security and management courses to provide students with the skills necessary to pursue a range of domestic and international career objectives.

The Latin American Studies program at the University of Miami takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the politics, economics, cultures and societies of Latin America and the Caribbean. The master's program is a 30-credit hour standalone master's degree. The department also offers three joint graduate program options. Interested students are encourages to visit the Latin American Studies website for more information.

The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program offers an interdisciplinary approach to learning the humanities and theory based graduate level classes. It is a non-traditional graduate program that allows the returning student to take classes in their own individualized course of study.

The Master of Professional Science in Urban Sustainability and Resilience is designed for students interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and hands-on practical engagement necessary for contributing to the urban challenges confronting cities on the front lines of climate change. Focusing on how the stressors and shocks of a changing climate and sea-level rise will impact the urban realm in areas such as health, housing, and crime, students will gain an understanding of the spatial and temporal transitions involved in pathways toward urban sustainability and resilience. This program offers students two tracks to pursue: one in sustainability, and one in resilience.

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a professional degree designed to prepare students for a career in public service. Students will be exposed to the essential components of public service professionalism-excellence in technique, ethics, and leadership-to help meet the challenges in the years ahead. Our program provides the highest quality graduate education for its students in all three arenas of public service: government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private vendors.

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) is a professional degree program that provides students with core skills in economics, policy analysis, and ethics. The MPP stresses the research, analysis and evaluation of various public issues to develop effective policy solutions. Synthesize your college education, volunteer work, and professional experiences into a leadership career where you can "make a difference" in government agencies, nonprofits, and the international and private sectors.

The Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to prepare students to enter into criminal justice occupations or to advance in a range careers in the broad and dynamic areas of criminology and the criminal justice system. Students are provided with strong fundamentals in criminological theory and the criminal justice system and foundational training in research methods and statistics.

The Master of Science in Data Science is designed to provide interdisciplinary connections and experiential learning opportunities across all aspects of data science and computing: from machine learning to marine science, from city planning to communications. Students from any academic disciplines can advance their career options with the foundational knowledge of how to understand the applications and implications data in a variety of fields.