Graduate Programs

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Whether your aspirations are in education, science, public service, or business, the College of Arts and Sciences' 12 graduate programs enhance your prospects. We invite applications from students whose breadth of academic experience and fitness for the specific field of study suggest the potential for scholarly achievement.  Read More>>

A highly talented and diverse student body significantly heightens the character and quality of the academic culture and community. To this end, the College of Arts and Sciences is constantly working to increase the pool of graduate scholars from diverse backgrounds.

At Lehigh, graduate students make significant contributions to the intellectual and social life of the University. Graduate students in the college experience individual attention combined with state-of-the-art laboratories, libraries and research facilities found only at a research university. The College of Arts and Sciences is a vigorous learning environment where quality instruction and innovative scholarship are the norms. Faculty members are accessible and involved in the learning process as teachers, mentors and active scholars. Many are recognized nationally and internationally for their research activities.

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Degree Programs

  • Biological Sciences

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    A research oriented program leading to a Ph.D. degree in Biology is offered in four concentrations of the biological sciences: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Evolution and Behavior.

    gil213@lehigh.edu

    Professor Gregory Lang

    610-758-6359

  • Chemistry

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    The department offers an on-campus Ph.D. Specialization areas include analytical, organic, inorganic, physical chemistry, and biochemistry.

    inchmgrd@lehigh.edu

    Professor Kai Landskron

    610-758-5788

  • Earth & Environmental Sciences

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    The department offers the M.S. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Faculty interests and programs center on geological science, environmental science and ecology. Research opportunities include both laboratory and field-oriented studies. The department offers the Ph.D. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Faculty interests and programs center on geological science, environmental science and ecology. Research opportunities include both laboratory and field-oriented studies.

    gil213@lehigh.edu

    Professor Ben Felzer

    610-758-3536

  • English

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    The department offers the M.A. and PhD degrees with specializations in American, English, and Anglophone literatures and cultures, as well as an emerging emphasis in Literature and Social Justice.

    amsp@lehigh.edu

    Professor Amardeep Singh

    610-758-4385

  • Environmental Policy

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    The Environmental Initiative offers an interdisciplinary M.A. in Environmental Policy Design that encourages both critical analysis of past and current environmental policy and constructive policy arguments for the future. Students gain the skills needed to understand environmental problems in the context of global interactions and to develop policy responses that can properly address these problems at all organizational levels.

    kbp312@lehigh.edu

    Professor Karen Beck Pooley

    610-758-1238

  • History

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    The History department offers an M.A. and a Ph.D. The graduate program focuses primarily on the areas in which the department is particularly strong in faculty and resources: Atlantic World, 1500-1800, including colonial United States, and Industrial and Modern America, 1800-present, with emphasis on social, cultural, urban, environmental, and technology topics. Other areas in which faculty interests cluster are cultural and intellectual history and gender. Graduate classes are small and students have direct access to faculty members.

    inhisgrd@lehigh.edu

    Professor John Savage

    610-758-3363

  • Mathematics

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    The Department of Mathematics offers a program of study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied mathematics, and the M.S. in statistics

    mathgrad@lehigh.edu

    Professor Robert Neel

    610-758-3730

  • Physics

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    The department offers the M.S. and PhD in physics, and a M.S. in photonics with specializations in astrophysics; atomic, molecular and optical physics; biophysics; computational physics; condensed matter physics; nonlinear optics; and statistical physics.

    physics@lehigh.edu

    Professor Joshua Pepper

    610-758-3649

  • Political Science

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    The Department of Political Science offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts in Politics and Policy. The program prepares students for further study in political science, public policy, or the law as well as careers in business, public service, or nonprofit organizations. Students interested in state or local public service or nonprofit work may elect to take the Community Fellows program in which the student works for 15 hours per week for a local agency on a project related to community (re)development.

    hlo209@lehigh.edu

    Professor Holona Ochs

    610-758-6508

  • Psychology

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    The Department of Psychology offers distinctive research-intensive M.S. and Ph.D. programs with a focus on human cognition and development. Training is provided by a core curriculum and specialization in one of three intersecting clusters: cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology.

    inpsy@lehigh.edu

    Professor Almut Hupbach

    610-758-5073

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