Master's

Our interdisciplinary graduate programs can provide you advanced training for meaningful careers in the public and private sector as well as doctoral programs. Program alumni often work in the San Francisco Bay Area and engage with students and faculty long after graduation.

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Environmental Studies, MS

This program prepares you for careers as environmental professionals or to pursue further academic training in Ph.D. or other advanced degree programs. Our interdisciplinary curriculum embraces both quantitative and qualitative research. Students are guided through the project and research development process through a series of three graduate seminars.
Environmental Studies, MS - Catalog Listing

Geographic Information Science (GISc), MS

This streamlined one-year graduate degree program will teach you about spatial theory and application. Using GIS to support problem solving and decision making, courses cover a wide range of topics that include geographic information science, computer science, geography, and urban and regional planning.
Geographic Information Science (GISc), MS - Catalog Listing

Geography, MA

Our mission is to encourage and advance geographic scholarship by conserving past knowledge, developing new knowledge through ongoing research, and transmitting research findings to our students and the scientific community.
Geography, MA - Catalog Listing

Public Administration, MPA

This accredited program trains the next generation of leaders for impactful careers in public service and is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top graduate schools for public affairs in the nation. Our program is one of the few fully accredited MUP programs to offer part-time graduate study.
Public Administration, MPA - Catalog Listing

Urban Planning, MUP

San Jose State University has Silicon Valley's only accredited MUP program. Urban planners work with stakeholders to solve growth and transformation issues. The program's main goal is to provide planning education to a wide range of students, including employed part-time students. Our program is one of the few fully accredited MUP programs to offer part-time graduate study.
Urban Planning, MUP- Catalog Listing

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