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The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) was established to promote and facilitate more cross-disciplinary research at Purdue. Through this office, the Graduate School supports and enhances interdisciplinary academic programs that mirror the ever-evolving world of contemporary research. These programs include:
American Studies
Purdue's graduate American Studies offers a wide range of course and seminar work leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The Program is designed for students of demonstrated abilities in many kinds of undergraduate study who have interdisciplinary interests. The curriculum on both levels encourages students to tailor their studies to their own interdisciplinary concerns.
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Comparative Literature
The purpose of the Comparative Literature Program is to foster cooperation between the Departments of English and Foreign Languages and Literatures. The program achieves this purpose by encouraging the study of literature, by promoting the study of a second or third foreign language, and by sponsoring courses and dissertations that cut across national boundaries.
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Comparative Medicine
The School of Veterinary Medicine-Interdisciplinary Comparative Medicine Graduate Program (SVM-ICMGP) is a doctoral program that provides an avenue to individuals with professional degrees (D.V.M., M.D., D.D.S., .Pharm D, biomedical engineering, etc.) with or without clinical residency training to earn a Ph.D. degree in whole body-based biomedical investigation. The program uses a combination of experiential and classroom learning to prepare new Ph.D. scientists to step immediately into productive roles as directors of research in private industry, government and principal investigators in academia.
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Computational Life Sciences
The Computational Life Sciences program is an interdisciplinary area of specialization that allows students to gain proficiency in computational tools and techniques in the life sciences. These skills prepare them for the discovery and implementation of algorithms that facilitate the understanding of biological processes.
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Computational Science & Engineering
The Computational Science and Engineering (CS&E) Program is an interdisciplinary graduate specialization that provides students with the opportunity to study a specific science or engineering discipline along with computing in a multi-disciplinary environment. The aim of the program is to produce a student who has learned how to integrate computing with another scientific or engineering discipline and is able to make original contributions in both disciplines.
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Ecological Sciences & Engineering
The Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) Program, directed by Purdue University 's Center for the Environment, provides students with an interdisciplinary/interdepartmental educational experience that integrates the science and engineering concepts needed to address grand challenges in environmental sciences.
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Food Science
The Food Science Graduate Program at Purdue University is an interdepartmental program, including all 20 of the faculty in the Department of Food Science and 11 select faculty in the following departments: Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Animal Sciences, Foods & Nutrition.
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Gerontology
The Center on Aging and the Life Course is an interdisciplinary program designed to foster research on and education about the aging process. The university-wide center draws upon the expertise of over 50 faculty members to lead scientific inquiries of why we age and how we can maintain or enhance physical and mental functioning over the life course. Innovative educational programming has been the hallmark of the Center's educational initiatives, first organized in 1996 via the Gerontology Program.
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Information Security
Based at The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), the Interdisciplinary Master's specialization in Information Security is a multidisciplinary program that requires courses in Computer Sciences as well as other fields.
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Life Sciences
The Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Ph.D. Program (PULSe) offers students a diverse range of research opportunities in the basic life sciences. These research areas include: Biomolecular Structure and Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Chromatin and Regulation of Gene Expression, Integrative Neuroscience, Membrane Biology, Microbes and Their Environment, Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology, Molecular Virology, and Plant Biology.
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Linguistics
The Purdue University Linguistics Program prepares students in the scholarly study of language as the most important human faculty.
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Nutrition
Research on nutrition and health integrates information from many disciplines: biochemistry, physiology, psychology, food science, genetics, and cell biology are at the heart of our understanding of nutrition and its application. The Interdepartmental Nutrition Program is a multidisciplinary training ground for students interested in the study of foods and nutrition.
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Philosophy and Literature
The Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. program encourages the interplay between philosophy and literature currently animating discussions in such areas as social and critical theory, feminism, hermeneutics, narrative, semiotics, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, African-American studies, and cultural studies.
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Women's Studies
The Women's Studies Program offers systematic attention to gender and women's experience in all aspects of life. The program reexamines the traditional disciplines and explores complex bodies of knowledge. Courses address the intersection of gender with factors such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nationality in U.S. and global contexts.
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