Welch Center for Graduate & Professional Studies
With online, in-person, hybrid, and low-residency programs, you earn a graduate or professional degree from Goucher in the format that fits your learning style, your life, and your goals.
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Graduate Programs in Education
With online, in-person, and hybrid programs, the Welch Center's Graduate Programs in Education offers several specialized degrees for aspiring and experienced teachers alike, including partnerships with several school systems in Maryland as well as innovative professional development. Goucher is also home to the College Board's AP Summer Institute, training teachers in AP courses from across the country and around the world.
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Online Graduate Programs
Earn your Goucher degree with our new entirely online programs, designed to bring you the supportive community, top-notch faculty, and rigorous course of study we are known for in our traditional programs directly in an interactive format that is engaging and easy to navigate.
- M.A. in Digital Arts
- M.S. in Higher Education Policy, Research & Administration
- Master of Education
- Master of Arts in Teaching
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Low-residency Graduate Programs
Our low-residency degrees combine some of the best aspects of our in-person and online programs. Residencies—short, intensive sessions on our campus in Baltimore— allow you to learn face-to-face with with fellow students and faculty, building connections and networks that will help you succeed. During the online sessions, you have the freedom to pursue your education from wherever you live.
- M.A. in Arts Administration
- M.A. in Cultural Sustainability
- M.A. in Historic Preservation
- M.F.A. in Digital Arts
- M.F.A. in Nonfiction
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Professional Studies & Continuing Education
News
- January 23, 2020
Elsa Haarstad, M.A.H.P. '20 is developing an expertise in the language surrounding the built environment in the M.A. in Historic Preservation program.
- January 8, 2020
As a seasonal ranger for Gunpowder Falls State Park, William Sade, M.A.H.P. ’22 uses his background in history to educate visitors about the park’s natural, cultural, and historic resources.
- January 3, 2020
The New York Times profiles former faculty member Dick Todd as one of the "artists, innovators, and thinkers" lost this year, including a tribute from Suzannah Lessard, M.F.A. in Nonfiction adjunct lecturer.