Other
The Masters in Agricultural and Life Sciences program provides broad, scientific-based courses for professionals in agriculture, life sciences, and related fields. Upon successful completion of the program requirements, students will earn a master of science in agricultural and life sciences.
This program is intended primarily for place-bound working professionals that would like to pursue an advanced degree but cannot commute to Blacksburg to take daily or weekly classes. The unique program provides professionals the flexibility to earn a master's degree with a focus on a career-relevant area of specialization from the convenience of their own home.
Students are required to take a set of core courses and must select an area of concentration.
Five concentration options build upon a required core curriculum:
- Biosecurity, Bioregulations, and Public Health
- Education
- Environmental Science
- Food Safety
- Plant Science and Pest Management
Award - Masters of Science
Major - Agricultural and Life Sciences
Contact Information:
Program Website:
http://www.online.cals.vt.edu/masters/
Dr. Doug Pfeiffer, Program
Director dgpfeiff@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-4183 fax:
540-231-9131
Career and Technical Education
The Master of Science (M.S.)
degree program offered via
distance learning is designed to
develop instructional leaders in
the field of Career and
Technical Education (CTE). The
program focuses on developing
expertise in contextual
learning, integration of CTE
with core academics,
philosophies regarding the role
of CTE in public education,
research application in the
classroom, diversity, and
instructional technology.
Delivery - Primarily interactive
videoconferencing. A few online
courses available.
Award - Master of Science
Major - Career and Technical
Education
Contact Information:
Program Website:
http://ctems.iddl.vt.edu
Dr. Bill Price, Jr., Program
Director wprice@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-7390 fax:
540-231-9075
Career Transition-Vocational Special Needs
An optional career transition endorsement in Vocational Special Needs is offered by Virginia Tech. This area of concentration evolved from vocational special needs and secondary special education. Transition services offer individuals with disabilities coordinated activities promoting movement into adult roles in employment, further education, community and independent living. Planning and delivery of these services involves students with disabilities, their families and teachers, and human service agencies.
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.soe.vt.edu/specialed/programs/voc_special_needs.htm
Dr. Susan Asselin,
sasselin@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-820
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Master of Arts in Education or
Educational Specialist program
was developed by Virginia Tech
in cooperation with school
divisions to prepare principals
and supervisors for leadership
in schools.
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.ELPS.vt.edu
Dr. David Parks,
parks@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-9709
Doctoral Program In Educational Leadership
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.elps.vt.edu/EDAD/default.html
Dr. David Parks,
parks@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-9709
The Commonwealth Graduate
Engineering Program (CGEP) is a
distance learning graduate
program of five universities in
the State of Virginia. The CGEP
offers qualified individuals the
opportunity to earn a master's
degree part time through on-site
and televised graduate classes.
Delivery - Interactive
videoconferencing
Award - Master of Science
Major:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Engineering and Sciences
- Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Engineering Administration (Master of Science in Engineering Administration)
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.eng.vt.edu/cgep/
Dr. Glenda Rose Scales,
Director cgepvt@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-9754 fax:
540-231-2106
This program is designed to
provide students with
information that will give them
an understanding of the
antecedents and correlates to
many of today's health problems.
Students will acquire skills and
competencies that will enable
them to develop, implement, and
evaluate programs or
interventions that are designed
to promote, protect, or improve
the health and well-being of
various clientele. In addition,
completion of this program
enables most graduates to take
the Certified Health Specialist
(C.H.E.S.) examination.
This program combines the latest
in technology and a variety of
innovative instructional styles
and methods to present students
with a quality educational
experience. This program is
intended primarily for working
professionals who would like or
need to obtain a master’s
degree, but do not have the time
to attend classes on either a
daily or a weekly basis. The
delivery of courses in this
program of study is done in such
a manner that it makes achieving
a master’s degree from Virginia
Tech a reality, even for those
individuals with the most hectic
and varied work schedules.
Students are afforded an
opportunity to study and achieve
their graduate goals in a
relaxed and flexible atmosphere.
This program can be completed in
two calendar years or less.
Delivery - Completely online,
asynchronous
Award - Master of Science
Major - Health & Physical
Education
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.soe.vt.edu/hp/
Richard Stratton, Director rstratto@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-5617 fax:
540-231-9075
The Graduate Program in Information technology is a combined degree and certificate program offered collaboratively by Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, and Pamplin College of Business. The program is an innovative blend of coursework in four related IT modules: networking, software development, business information systems and decision support systems. Virginia Tech's IT faculty have real world experience combined with cutting edge knowledge of industry trends. Each module is updated regularly to reflect industry trends.
Delivery - Completely online.
Synchronous components.
Award - Master of Information
Technology degree (30 credits)
or Certificate only (12 credits)
Major - Software Development -
Networking - Business
Information Systems - Decision
Support Systems (Three of these
are required for a degree)
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://vtmit.iddl.vt.edu
Cindy Rubens, VTMIT Advisor vtmitinfo@vt.edu
ph: 703-538-8384
The Instructional Technology
(IT) Master's Degree program
offered through the Department
of Learning Sciences and
Technologies at Virginia Tech is
designed to meet the needs of
professional educators in K-12
schools, community colleges, and
higher education, as well as
corporate trainers and other
instructional development
professionals outside of the
academic realm. The focus of the
program is on the creation of
effective solutions to support
learning and improved
performance. Individual
professional experiences are
highly valued and will form the
basis for most of the projects
developed throughout the
program. Because this is a
distance program, all courses
are offered electronically via
the World Wide Web. Depending on
the nature of the course,
supporting instructional content
may consist of Web-based
tutorials, textbooks, CDs, or
other appropriate materials.
The Instructional Technology
Master's program (ITMA) is a
rigorous graduate program
designed to prepare you to be a
professional instructional
technologist. As a graduate of
the Virginia Tech Instructional
Technology Program, you will
enjoy the respect and
opportunities afforded by
completing one of the finest
Instructional Technology
programs in the country.
Delivery - Completely online,
asynchronous
Award - Master of Arts
Major - Curriculum & Instruction
(Instructional Technology
emphasis)
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.itma.vt.edu
Jane Falls, Program
Administrator itma@vt.edu
ph: 540-231-1741
The College of Natural Resources
offers a professional,
non-thesis Master of Natural
Resources (MNR) degree. The MNR
program is a 33-credit-hour
professional degree open to
students from a wide variety of
undergraduate fields. The focus
of the Natural Resources Program
in Northern Virginia is urban
ecology and sustainability of
natural resources, with special
emphasis on sustainable use of
fishery, wildlife and forest
resources in the rapidly
changing rural-urban
environment. The MNR degrees is
usually a terminal, non-research
degree, intended to give the
candidate additional
post-baccalaureate education in
natural resources. This
interdisciplinary program has a
dual objective of training
graduates for professional
employment in natural resources
and instilling conceptual and
critical thinking necessary for
lifelong learning and career
development. Graduates are able
to assume professional
responsibilities in a wide
variety of positions in public
service or in the private
sector.
Delivery - Completely online,
asynchronous
Award - Master of Natural
Resources
Major - Natural Resources
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://natrespro.nvgc.vt.edu/
Dr. David Trauger, Program
Director dtrauger@vt.edu
ph: 703-538-3762 fax:
703-538-8337
The Online Masters of Arts in
Political Science is identical
in course content, requirement,
and work load to the widely
respected and high-quality
residential MA degree program
that has been offered in
Blacksburg since 1969. The M.A.
degree program features a broad
array of methodologically
sophisticated, theoretically
grounded, and empirically
oriented graduate courses to new
audiences anywhere in the world.
Delivery - Completely online and
asynchronous
Award - Master of Arts
Major - Political Science
Contact information:
Program Website:
http://www.olma.vt.edu
Graduate Coordinator pscigrad@vt.edu
fax: 540-231-6078
