Oregon State University

MS Sustainable Forest Management

MS History & Philosophy of Science

MS Geography and Geospatial Science

MS Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

MS College Student Services Administration

MS Artificial Intelligence

MF Sustainable Forest Management

MCoun Counseling (Cascades only)

MAPE Adapted Physical Education

MA History & Philosophy of Science

EdM Adult and Higher Education

EdD Adult and Higher Education

PSM Fisheries and Wildlife Administration

Fisheries management is about keeping fish populations healthy while supporting the people and industries that depend on them. It draws on aquatic ecology, stock assessment, economics and policy, and on the practical business of monitoring catches and setting rules. Graduates often work in fisheries agencies, conservation organisations, consultancy or research.

MS Wood Science

Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.

MS Water Resources Science

Environmental management is about running organisations and land in ways that limit harm to ecosystems, air, water and climate. Studies combine environmental science with regulation, auditing, risk assessment and negotiation between stakeholders. Graduates often work in sustainability teams, consultancy, waste and water management, conservation organisations and government agencies.

MS Water Resources Policy and Management

Environmental management is about running organisations and land in ways that limit harm to ecosystems, air, water and climate. Studies combine environmental science with regulation, auditing, risk assessment and negotiation between stakeholders. Graduates often work in sustainability teams, consultancy, waste and water management, conservation organisations and government agencies.

MS Water Resources Engineering

Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

MS Toxicology

How much of a substance makes it harmful, and by what mechanism? Toxicology investigates the effects of chemicals, drugs and pollutants on living systems, combining laboratory experiment with risk assessment and regulation. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, chemical safety, environmental monitoring, forensic laboratories or regulatory science.

MS Statistics

Statistics is the discipline of reasoning under uncertainty: designing studies, estimating quantities from samples, testing claims and quantifying how much confidence a result deserves. Probability theory underpins it, and computing makes it practical on real data. Graduates often work in analytics, research, finance, public health, government and quality assurance.

MS Soil Science

Soil is treated here as a living, physical and chemical system: how it forms, holds water and nutrients, supports plants and stores carbon. The subject mixes fieldwork and laboratory analysis with chemistry, biology and geology. Graduates often work in agriculture and land management, environmental consultancy, contamination assessment, conservation or research.

MS Robotics

Robotics brings together mechanical design, electronics, control and software to build machines that sense and act in the physical world. Students work on motion, perception, autonomy and the algorithms that link them. Graduates often go into automation, manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, medical devices and research.

MS Rangeland Ecology and Management

Ecology studies the relationships between organisms and their environment: populations, food webs, ecosystems, and how they respond to disturbance and a changing climate. Observation, sampling and data analysis run through the field, with statistics and modelling used to interpret what is measured. Graduates often work in conservation, environmental consultancy, land management, research and policy.

MS Radiation Health Physics

Radiology is the medical use of imaging — X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI among them — to see inside the body and interpret what is found. Study covers imaging physics, anatomy, safe use of radiation and the reading of images in clinical context. Graduates often work in hospital imaging, specialist clinics, industry or research.

MS Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmaceutical sciences covers how medicines are discovered, formulated, tested and controlled: the chemistry of drug molecules, how the body absorbs and clears them, and what makes a dose safe and stable. Laboratory work and analysis run throughout. Graduates often work in drug development, formulation, quality control, regulatory affairs and research.

MS Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Atmospheric chemistry investigates what the air is made of and how its components react — pollutants, aerosols, ozone and greenhouse gases, and the processes that create and remove them. Measurement, laboratory experiment and computer modelling are the core methods. Graduates often work in air-quality monitoring, environmental consultancy, climate research or policy analysis.

MS Nutrition

Nutrition studies what food does in the body: how nutrients are absorbed and used, how diet relates to health and disease, and how eating habits are shaped by culture, income and availability. It mixes biochemistry and physiology with public health. Graduates often work in health services, the food industry, research and community nutrition programmes.

MS Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear engineering applies nuclear reactions and radiation to producing energy and to industrial and medical uses. The subject covers reactor physics, heat transfer, materials under radiation, safety analysis, and the handling and disposal of nuclear waste. Graduates often work in power generation, radiation safety, medical or industrial applications, and research.

MS Microbiology

Microbiology studies bacteria, viruses, fungi and other organisms too small to see: how they live, how they cause disease, and how they are used in medicine, agriculture and industry. Laboratory technique is central, from culturing and identification to genetics and analysis. Graduates often work in clinical and research laboratories, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and food safety.

MS Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering deals with machines and moving systems: how forces, materials, heat and fluids behave, and how to design and manufacture things that work reliably. Modelling, simulation and laboratory testing support the design process. Graduates often work in manufacturing, automotive and aerospace sectors, energy, robotics, and product design or testing.

MS Materials Science

Why a metal bends, a ceramic shatters or a polymer creeps comes down to structure at the atomic scale. This field links that structure to properties and performance, and to how materials are made, tested and selected. Graduates often work in aerospace, energy, electronics, biomedical devices and materials research.

MS Marine Resource Management

Marine engineering deals with the machinery that drives ships and offshore structures: propulsion, power generation, fuel and cooling systems, and the maintenance that keeps them running at sea. Thermodynamics, mechanics and control are core. Graduates often work in shipping, shipbuilding, offshore energy, port operations, survey and marine consultancy.

MS Kinesiology

Kinesiology is the science of human movement, drawing on anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and motor control to explain how the body moves and why it fails to. Learning typically combines laboratory measurement with practical assessment. Graduates often move into rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, ergonomics, health promotion and clinical training.

MS Integrative Biology

Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.

MS Industrial Engineering

Making systems work better is the whole point here — production lines, hospitals, warehouses, supply networks. The work combines mathematics, statistics and modelling with a close look at how people, machines and materials interact. Graduates often go into operations, logistics, quality management, process improvement and manufacturing consultancy.

MS Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and practice of growing plants for food, medicine, amenity and ornament. Study covers plant biology, soils and nutrition, propagation, pests and diseases, protected cropping and the design and care of planted spaces, with substantial hands-on work. Graduates often work in crop production, nurseries, plant breeding, gardens and technical advisory roles.

MS Geology

Geology reads the Earth as a record: rocks, minerals, fossils and structures that reveal how the planet formed and keeps changing. Field observation and laboratory analysis are used to interpret landscapes, map subsurface layers and assess natural hazards and resources. Graduates often work in energy, mining, groundwater, environmental consulting and geological survey work.

MS Forest Ecosystem and Society

This field looks at how natural systems function and how forests and other landscapes are managed and protected. Ecology, soils, climate, conservation and resource policy are studied together, commonly alongside fieldwork. Graduates often work in land and forest management, conservation, environmental consultancy, restoration projects and policy.

MS Food Science and Technology

Food science applies chemistry, microbiology and engineering to what we eat: how ingredients behave, how products are preserved, and how safety and quality are controlled from processing to shelf. Laboratory analysis of formulation and composition is a common part of the work. Graduates often work in product development, quality assurance, food safety and manufacturing.

MS Fisheries Science

Fisheries management is about keeping fish populations healthy while supporting the people and industries that depend on them. It draws on aquatic ecology, stock assessment, economics and policy, and on the practical business of monitoring catches and setting rules. Graduates often work in fisheries agencies, conservation organisations, consultancy or research.

MS Environmental Sciences

Environmental science studies natural systems and the ways human activity alters them: climate, water, soil, air and ecosystems, along with the pollution and resource pressures that connect them. Fieldwork, laboratory analysis and data modelling are the usual tools. Graduates often work in environmental consultancy, conservation, water and waste management, regulation, research and sustainability roles.

MS Environmental Engineering

Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

MS Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical engineering deals with electricity and electronics in all their uses: circuits, signals, power generation and distribution, control systems, communications and embedded devices. Theory, mathematics and laboratory work run together. Graduates often work in energy and power, electronics and semiconductors, telecommunications, automation, transport and product development.

MS Education

Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.

MS Data Analytics

Data science turns large and messy datasets into something useful, combining statistics, programming and machine learning with the judgement to ask sensible questions. Storage, processing at scale and clear communication of results all matter. Graduates often work as data scientists, analysts or data engineers across technology, finance, health and public services.

MS Crop Science

Agronomy is the science of field crops and the soils that support them: plant growth, breeding, nutrients, water, pests and the management decisions that shape a harvest. It combines biology and chemistry with practical, data-informed farm management. Graduates often work in crop advisory services, seed companies, food supply chains, research or land management.

MS Computer Science

At its core, computer science is about computation: algorithms, data structures, programming languages, operating systems and the theory beneath them. Mathematical reasoning and hands-on building reinforce each other throughout. Graduates often become software engineers, or move into data, security, research, product development and technical roles in almost any industry.

MS Comparative Health Sciences

Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.

MS Civil Engineering

Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

MS Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering scales chemistry up from the flask to the plant, designing the reactors, separation units and control systems that turn raw materials into fuels, medicines, food and materials. Thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer and process safety are core. Graduates often work in energy, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, food processing and environmental engineering.

MS Botany and Plant Pathology

Botany is the science of plants — how they grow, reproduce, evolve and interact with their surroundings, from cell biology to whole ecosystems. The subject moves between laboratory analysis, plant identification and the study of plants in their habitats. Graduates often work in conservation, agriculture and horticulture, plant breeding, environmental consultancy, botanical collections or research.

MS Biological and Ecological Engineering

Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

MS Bioengineering

Bioengineering applies engineering methods to living systems and to medicine, designing devices, materials, imaging tools and models that work with biology. Students combine physiology and cell biology with mechanics, electronics, computing and design projects. Graduates work in medical devices, biotechnology, tissue and biomaterials research, clinical engineering and health technology companies.

MS Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biophysics uses the tools and concepts of physics to explain how living things work at the level of molecules, cells and tissues, from protein folding to the electrical activity of nerves. Students combine physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology with laboratory and computational methods. Many graduates continue into research, medical technology or the life-science industry.

MS Applied Ethics

Applied ethics takes moral reasoning into practical territory — medicine, business, technology, war, animals and the environment — asking what people and institutions owe each other, and how competing principles are weighed in real decisions. Argument is careful and case-based. Graduates often work in policy, compliance, law, healthcare, consultancy, journalism and teaching.

MS Applied Economics

Applied economics puts economic theory to work on real questions of prices, labour markets, trade, health, energy and public spending, using data to test what actually happens. Students build strength in statistics, econometrics and the clear interpretation of results. Graduates often work in government, consultancy, banking, international organisations and research.

MS Applied Anthropology

Cultural anthropology studies how communities live, and the beliefs, rituals, kinship ties and economies that give their lives meaning. Fieldwork and close observation sit at the centre of the discipline, alongside theory about culture, power and change. Graduates often move into social research, development work, museums, media or user research.

MS Animal Science

The care, breeding, feeding and housing of farm animals sits at the centre of this field, along with how those choices affect health, welfare and productivity. Nutrition, reproduction, genetics and disease prevention are studied with practical handling. Graduates often work in livestock production, feed and breeding companies, advisory services and animal welfare.

MS Agricultural Education

Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.

MPP Public Policy

Public policy is the study of how problems reach the agenda, how options are designed and chosen, and how programmes are implemented and evaluated. Students learn economics, statistics, politics and ethics, and practise writing analysis for decision-makers. Graduates often work in government, think tanks, international organisations, consultancy and advocacy.

MPH Public Health

Public health concerns the health of populations rather than individual patients: why disease spreads, which conditions cluster where, and what prevention and policy can change. It combines epidemiology, statistics, health promotion and the social causes of illness. Graduates often work in health authorities, non-governmental organisations, research and health programme management.

MNR Natural Resources

This field deals with the stewardship of water, soils, forests, fisheries, rangelands and minerals, weighing productive use against long-term conservation. Students combine ecology and resource economics with policy, law, monitoring methods and negotiation among competing users. Graduates work in environmental agencies, conservation organisations, consultancies, land and water management and rural development.

MHP Radiation Health Physics

Radiology is the medical use of imaging — X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI among them — to see inside the body and interpret what is found. Study covers imaging physics, anatomy, safe use of radiation and the reading of images in clinical context. Graduates often work in hospital imaging, specialist clinics, industry or research.

MFA Creative Writing

Creative writing develops the craft behind fiction, poetry, scripts and literary non-fiction: voice, structure, dialogue, revision, and reading the way a writer reads. Drafting and redrafting in response to honest feedback is how the craft is built. Graduates often work in publishing, editing, copywriting, screen and content work, and teaching.

MF Forest Ecosystem and Society

This field looks at how natural systems function and how forests and other landscapes are managed and protected. Ecology, soils, climate, conservation and resource policy are studied together, commonly alongside fieldwork. Graduates often work in land and forest management, conservation, environmental consultancy, restoration projects and policy.

MEng Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear engineering applies nuclear reactions and radiation to producing energy and to industrial and medical uses. The subject covers reactor physics, heat transfer, materials under radiation, safety analysis, and the handling and disposal of nuclear waste. Graduates often work in power generation, radiation safety, medical or industrial applications, and research.

Meng Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering deals with machines and moving systems: how forces, materials, heat and fluids behave, and how to design and manufacture things that work reliably. Modelling, simulation and laboratory testing support the design process. Graduates often work in manufacturing, automotive and aerospace sectors, energy, robotics, and product design or testing.

MEng Biological and Ecological Engineering

Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.

MBA Business Administration

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

MATRN Athletic Training

Athletic training deals with the prevention, immediate care and rehabilitation of injuries in physically active people. Students study anatomy, biomechanics, injury assessment, emergency response and the design of rehabilitation programmes, with substantial supervised practical work. Graduates often work with sports teams and clubs, clinics, rehabilitation services, schools and performance settings.

MAT Teaching

Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.

MAIS Interdisciplinary Studies

Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.

MA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Gender and sexuality studies looks at how ideas about gender and sexuality shape identity, culture, law and everyday social life. Coursework draws on history, sociology, literature and political theory, and trains students to analyse texts, data and institutions carefully. Graduates often work in research, policy, communications, education or the charitable sector.

MA Physics

Physics seeks the rules behind how matter, energy, space and time behave, from particles and atoms to materials, stars and the universe as a whole. Mathematical theory is paired with experiment and measurement. Graduates often move into research, engineering, data and modelling, energy, medical physics, computing and teaching.

MA Mathematics

Mathematics develops precise reasoning about structure, quantity, change and uncertainty, through areas such as algebra, analysis, geometry, probability and statistics. Proof and abstraction are the core skills, and they carry over widely. Graduates often work in data and analytics, finance, software, teaching, research, and modelling roles across science and industry.

MA Geology

Geology reads the Earth as a record: rocks, minerals, fossils and structures that reveal how the planet formed and keeps changing. Field observation and laboratory analysis are used to interpret landscapes, map subsurface layers and assess natural hazards and resources. Graduates often work in energy, mining, groundwater, environmental consulting and geological survey work.

MA Environmental Sciences

Environmental science studies natural systems and the ways human activity alters them: climate, water, soil, air and ecosystems, along with the pollution and resource pressures that connect them. Fieldwork, laboratory analysis and data modelling are the usual tools. Graduates often work in environmental consultancy, conservation, water and waste management, regulation, research and sustainability roles.

MA Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biophysics uses the tools and concepts of physics to explain how living things work at the level of molecules, cells and tissues, from protein folding to the electrical activity of nerves. Students combine physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology with laboratory and computational methods. Many graduates continue into research, medical technology or the life-science industry.

MA Applied Ethics

Applied ethics takes moral reasoning into practical territory — medicine, business, technology, war, animals and the environment — asking what people and institutions owe each other, and how competing principles are weighed in real decisions. Argument is careful and case-based. Graduates often work in policy, compliance, law, healthcare, consultancy, journalism and teaching.

MA Applied Economics

Applied economics puts economic theory to work on real questions of prices, labour markets, trade, health, energy and public spending, using data to test what actually happens. Students build strength in statistics, econometrics and the clear interpretation of results. Graduates often work in government, consultancy, banking, international organisations and research.

MA Applied Anthropology

Cultural anthropology studies how communities live, and the beliefs, rituals, kinship ties and economies that give their lives meaning. Fieldwork and close observation sit at the centre of the discipline, alongside theory about culture, power and change. Graduates often move into social research, development work, museums, media or user research.

EDM College Student Services Administration

Public administration examines how governments and public organisations are run: budgets, staffing, service delivery, accountability and the implementation of policy. Students analyse cases of programmes that worked and those that failed, and why. Graduates often work in civil service roles, local government, international organisations and the non-profit sector.