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Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs have emerged in response to the changing face of scholarship and research. Advances in science and technology have altered the ways we perceive scientific research and education. Clemson University recognizes the need for crossing departmental boundaries in offering more integrated approaches to graduate education. Promoting interdisciplinary research and education is one of the ways Clemson is fostering innovation among its faculty and students. Clemson University and its graduate interdisciplinary programs embrace this philosophy and provide excellent research and educational facilities to support these programs.
The graduate program in Applied Economics utilizes the facilities and
faculty of the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics in the College
of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences and the Department of Economics
in the College of Business and Behavioral Science. Students may carry out
their dissertation research under the direction of a faculty member from
either department.
This Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs in Biosystems
Engineering are administered jointly by the College of Agriculture, Forestry,
and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering and Science.
The Digital Production Arts program is a professional degree program
aimed at producing graduates who will be sought by the growing electronic
arts industry, particularly by those companies engaged in special effects
production within the entertainment and commercial video, film, and gaming
industries. The program is offered jointly by the College of Architecture,
Arts, and Humanities and the College of Engineering and Science.
The College of Business and Behavioral Science and the College of Engineering
and Science jointly offer and administer this program.
The Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs are jointly
administered by the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences
and the College of Engineering and Science.
This Doctor of Philsophy degree program in Management Science is administered
jointly by the Department of Management in the College of Business and
Behavioral Science and the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the College
of Engineering and Science.
Clemson University offers graduate studies leading to a PhD degree and a Certificate in Policy Studies. Graduate work in policy studies enables a student to attain a high degree of specialized competence in policy analysis and to secure a mastery of policy research, emphasizing quantitative and economic skills. Government, industry, public policy "think tanks," and other policy research organizations, nonprofit organizations, and universities offer challenging opportunities in policy analysis, issue development, education, and related areas for persons with advanced training.
Special emphasis in the graduate program is placed on quantitative, economic, and political organization as well as other social science skills in the analysis and development of policy. Fundamental and rigorous quantitative and analytical skills for effective policy analysis are developed through core courses in political economy for public policy, ethics, statistical methods for policy research, demographic projections and spatial analysis, policy analysis and political choice, organizational theory and management, applied economics, and a policy analysis workshop. PhD students also select a concentration in Agricultural Policy, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, Rural and Economic Development Policy, or Science and Technology. Flexibility is also achieved through enrichment, electives, leadership development courses, and the selection of a PhD dissertation topic. The program consists of a minimum of 63 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree, of which up to 24 credits may be drawn from master's degree and other postgraduate work. There is no language requirement for the PhD degree in Policy Studies.
The graduate program in Policy Studies also offers students enrolled in related master's and doctoral programs the opportunity to gain competence in and understanding of policy analysis. Depending on students' backgrounds and academic preparation, they may supplement their primary master's coursework with a Certificate in Policy Studies. The Certificate in Policy Studies is designed to equip students with a set of explicit public policy research and analytical skills to augment their preparation in a traditional master's program. The certificate program involves 15?18 credit hours of coursework, depending upon the students' academic background and preparation.
The faculty in Policy Studies encourages applications for the PhD program from recipients of a master's degree who wish to acquire policy research and analytical skills in economic development, agriculture, natural resource allocation, rural development, small town and community development, tourism development, environmental issues, land use, infrastructure, public finance, growth management, and science and technology. Master's-level students with similar interests are encouraged to enhance their graduate studies with a Certificate in Policy Studies.
The faculty encourages applications from students who have backgrounds
that will facilitate an interdisciplinary course of study. In many cases,
students may be admitted to full graduate status in the PhD program without
prerequisites other than those required of all graduate students.
The Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship is available to graduate students in engineering and science disciplines across campus. The certificate is intended to serve those students who (1) envision an entrepreneurial career as their long-range career goal, (2) want to be involved in new product and new business activities within a corporate setting, or (3) who seek a better understanding of the process of commercializing inventions.
The program requires E L E 600, 800, and one of the following: an additional section of E L E 800, M B A (MGT) 845, or M B A 875.