Masters Degree Program
Departments Participating (Masters)
Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; Agronomy; Anthropology/Geography; Architecture; Communication Studies; Community and Regional Planning; Economics; English; Geosciences; History; Natural Resource Sciences; Teaching, Learning and Teachers Education; and Textiles, Clothing and Design.
Masters Degree Program Requirements
A masters-level specialization in Great Plains Studies is available
to any student accepted to pursue a master's degree within a participating
department or program. Successful completion of the requirements will
be indicated on the student's final transcript in parentheses following
name of the student's academic discipline. For example: Community and
Regional Planning (Great Plains Studies).
The masters degree will be granted in one of the basic disciplines. The student
must be formally registered in one of the departments giving approval to offer
the option of the specialization.
Admission to the program will follow a two-step process. Student files will
be reviewed for admission to the participating departmental program. Following
acceptance by the Graduate Committee, the student's files will be forwarded
to the Board of Governors of the Center for Great Plains Studies for admission
to the Great Plains specialization. One member of the student's examining committee
will be a Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies.
Each student will be required to complete:
- A masters degree in one of the participating departments or programs
- Nine (9) credit hours of great plains related courses from departments outside the student's major department as listed in the specialization program
- The 9 credit hours must include the Seminar in Great Plains Studies (GPSP 800, 3 cr)
- Under any Option (I, II, or III) there should be a Great Plains component. For instance, when a student completes Option I (thesis), that thesis should present some issue/s relevant to the Great Plains
