Graduate Student Learning Outcomes

All graduate programs at WSU are required to have an assessment plan with clearly identified student learning outcomes and practices for collecting, reviewing and using assessment data for program improvement. The student learning outcomes describe the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that graduate students are expected to learn in their degree program. Links to student learning outcomes for each graduate degree program are listed below.

Graduate Program	Degree
Accounting	Ph.D.
Accounting	MAcc
Agricultural Economics	Ph.D.
Agriculture	M.S.
American Studies	Ph.D.
American Studies	M.A.
Animal Sciences	Ph.D.
Animal Sciences	M.S.
Anthropology	Ph.D.
Anthropology	M.A.
Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles	M.A.
Applied Economics	M.S.
Architecture	M.Arch.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering	Ph.D.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering	M.S.
Biology	Ph.D.
Biology	M.S.
Chemical Engineering	Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering	M.S.
Chemistry	Ph.D.
Chemistry	M.S.
Civil Engineering	Ph.D.
Civil Engineering	M.S.
Combined Anatomic Pathology Residency	Ph.D.
Combined Anatomic Pathology Residency	M.S.
Combined Clinical Microbiology Residency	Ph.D.
Combined Clinical Microbiology Residency	M.S.
Communication	Ph.D.
Communication	M.A.
Computer Engineering	M.S.
Computer Science - Vancouver	M.S.
Coordinated Program in Dietetics, Nutrition & Exercise Physiology	M.S.
Criminal Justice and Criminology	Ph.D.
Criminal Justice and Criminology	M.A.
Crop Science	Ph.D.
Crop Science	M.S.
Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education	Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction	EdM
Curriculum and Instruction	M.A.
Doctor of Pharmacy
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Economics	Ph.D.
Educational Leadership	Ph.D.
Educational Leadership	EdD
Educational Leadership	EdM
Educational Leadership	M.A.
Educational Psychology	Ph.D.
Educational Psychology	M.A.
Electrical Engineering	Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering	M.S.
Engineering	M.S.
Engineering and Technology Management	METM
Engineering Science	Ph.D.
English	Ph.D
English	M.A.
English Language Learners	EdM
English Language Learners	M.A.
Entomology	Ph.D.
Entomology	M.S.
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences	Ph.D.
Environmental Engineering	M.S
Environmental Science	M.S.
Family Nurse Practitioner	DNP
Finance	Ph.D.
Fine Arts	MFA
Food Science	Ph.D.
Food Science	M.S.
Food Science and Management	M.S.
Foreign Languages and Culutres	M.A.
Geology	Ph.D.
Geology	M.S.
Health Policy and Administration	MHPA
History	Ph.D.
History	M.A.
Horticulture	Ph.D.
Horticulture	M.S.
Hospitality and Tourism	Ph.D.
Immunology and Infectious Diseases	Ph.D.
Immunology and Infectious Diseases	M.S.
Individual Interdsiciplinary	Ph.D.
Information Systems	Ph.D.
Integrative Psysiology and Neuroscience	Ph.D.
Integrative Psysiology and Neuroscience	M.S.
Interior Design	M.A.
Landscape Architecture	M.S.
Language, Literacy and Technology	Ph.D.
Literacy Education	EdM
Literacy Education	M.A.
Management	Ph.D.
Marketing	Ph.D.
Master of Business Administration	MBA
Masters in Teaching	Master
Material Science and Engineering	Ph.D.
Materials Science and Engineering	M.A.
Mathematics	Ph.D.
Mathematics	M.S.
Mathematics & Scinece Education	Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering	Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering	M.S.
Mechanical Engineering - Vancouver	M.S.
Molecular Biosciences	Ph.D.
Molecular Biosciences	M.S.
Molecular Biosciences - Professional	PSM
Molecular Plant Sciences	Ph.D.
Music	M.A.
Natural Resource Science	M.S.
Neuroscience	Ph.D.
Neuroscience	M.A.
Nursing	Ph.D.
Operations and Management Science	Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Sciences	Ph.D.
Physics	Ph.D.
Physics	M.S.
Plant Biology	Ph.D.
Plant Biology	M.A.
Plant Health Management	M.S.
Plant Pathology	Ph.D.
Plant Pathology	M.S.
Political Science	Ph.D.
Political Science	M.A.
Population Health	DNP
Population Health	MN
Prevention Science	Ph.D.
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner	DNP
Psychology-Clinical	Ph.D.
Psychology-Experimental	Ph.D.
Public Affairs	MPA
Sociology	Ph.D.
Software Engineering	M.S.
Soil Science	Ph.D.
Soil Science	M.S.
Special Education	Ph.D.
Special Education	EdM
Special Education	M.A.
Speech and Hearing Sciences	M.S.
Sport Management	M.A.
Statistics	M.S.
Strategic Communication	M.A.
Veterinary Clinical Training Program	Ph.D.
Veterinary Clinical Training Program	M.S.