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30 credit hours |  In-state tuition: $480.90/credit hour | Out-of-state tuition: $590.53/credit hour

• Flexible and customizable degree designed to meet student needs
• Stackable certificates combined with complementary coursework to provide specific skills

NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO APPLY.

 

PROGRAM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

 

Design Your Own Degree Plan For Maximum Flexibility

The Master of Multidisciplinary Studies (MMDS) is a 30-semester credit hour degree that can be customized to meet individual students’ needs. The degree integrates courses from at least two disciplines. The program's flexibility encourages students to create a degree plan that will provide them with the skill sets they seek.

Admission to the MMDS requires students to:

• Submit a graduate school application for the MMDS
• Additionally submit
  • a “certificate identification form’ which is the application for the graduate certificate.
  • supplementary documents for the certificate, if applicable.

Students will then complete the rest of the 30 hours for the MMDS by taking complementary courses. Note that 

• Complementary courses must be approved by the MMDS program advisor and the department housing each course prior to enrollment.
• Students in the MMDS can take certificate and approved complementary courses simultaneously.
• It is possible for students to use completed courses from a second graduate certificate to fulfill all or parts of the complementary course work for the MMDS.

Curriculum

Students will complete two types of coursework. 

Graduate Certificate Courses 

Students will complete a graduate certificate of between 12-18 semester credit hours; if the graduate certificate is less than 12 semester credit hours, students must complete additional coursework in the same discipline to make up a total of 12 semester credit hours. Students may choose from face-to-face or online graduate certificates; the following fully online graduate certificates are listed for your convenience:

• Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing: 4 courses; 12 semester credit hours
• Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering: 5 courses; 15 semester credit hours
• Graduate Certificate in Construction Management: 5 courses, 15 semester credit hours
• Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning: 6 courses; 18 semester credit hours
• Graduate Certificate in Business Administration: 4 courses; 12 semester credit hours

Complementary Coursework

• Students will pick complementary coursework from another graduate certificate or master’s program to earn a total of 30 semester credit hours and complete the degree. Subject matter in this coursework must be different from, but complementary to, that of the certificate discipline.
• Complementary courses must be approved by the MMDS program advisor and course department prior to enrollment.
• Students in the MMDS can take certificate and approved complementary courses simultaneously.
• Complementary coursework may be completed face-to-face or fully online; the following fully online master's degree pograms are listed for your convenience: 
  
  • Master of Defense and Strategic Studies (MDSS)
  • Master of Public Administration with a Concentration in Public Policy and Management
  • Online Master of Business Administration

UTEP Edge

Our student success initiative, the UTEP Edge, develops upon students’ assets through a variety of high-impact experiences. These experiences are designed to improve student skills and give UTEP students a competitive advantage as they move forward in their lives and careers. Our goal as a campus is to provide these UTEP Edge experiences to all students, regardless of their area of study, so they will graduate with a competitive advantage over their peers. These are the Edge experiences MMDS students will have and the Edge skills they will graduate with:

Learn more about UTEP Edge

 Overview of Possible Career Paths

• Systems Engineering Certificate Career Path
• Construction Management Certificate Career Path
• Urban Planning Certificate Career Path
• Business Administration Certificate Career Path