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Secondary Education
Graduate | MS
This urban-focused, full-time, ten-month program prepares students to become reflective, collaborative, creative teachers. Students simultaneously pursue a master's degree and certification in secondary education (7-12) in any of the following areas: mathematics, social studies, English, foreign language, or science.

Secondary Education
Undergraduate | BA
Certification to teach in the public secondary schools is available through submatriculation (simultaneously pursuing a bachelor’s and master’s degree) in the Graduate School of Education. With careful planning, most students are able to complete the teacher preparation program in nine or ten semesters.

Slavic Languages & Literatures
Undergraduate | BA
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers programs in Russian and, with the support of the Penn Language Center, courses in the Czech and Polish languages. The department also offers a series of courses for students who have spoken Russian at home and wish to gain literacy and/or improve their language skills or to pursue the study of Russian literature and culture in Russian. Students of Russian at Penn are invited to reside in the Russian House (which brings together students interested in daily use of the language) and encouraged to spend a semester of study abroad.

Social Policy
Graduate | MS
The MS in Social Policy Program is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in: analyzing and shaping social policy at the local, national and international levels; promoting fuller integration of social policy between and across various sectors of social life; and promoting more humane and equitable responses to the needs of historically vulnerable population groups—including children and youth, the aged, the poor, persons with serious emotional and physical limitations, members of minority groups and other populations of special interest to social welfare.

Social Welfare
Graduate | PHD
The Ph.D. in Social Welfare is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students to be scholars, researchers, and leaders in the field of social welfare. The program emphasizes the development of an individualized educational plan that builds on areas of faculty expertise and student interest and advances the knowledge development needs of the field.

Social Work
Graduate | DSW, MSW
The program leading to a master's degree in social work (M.S.W.) builds on a liberal arts foundation and is designed to prepare social workers for leadership roles in the creation and provision of clinical services, in the crafting and implementation of social policy, and in advocacy for social justice and social change. The post-MSW doctorate program in clinical social work (DSW) is for individuals interested in advancing their clinical knowledge. Penn’s Clinical DSW program differs from most doctoral social work programs in that it is a professional practice degree, designed to prepare students for advanced clinical practice and university-level teaching.

Sociology
Undergraduate | BA
The study of sociology provides an understanding of how societies, communities and smaller groups are organized and maintained and how individual behavior is related to group experiences. It also introduces the concepts and methods that characterize social science research and provides the tools for a critical analysis of the varied types of human relations in which all are involved.

Sociology
Graduate | PHD
Graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania is conducted through graduate groups formed according to different areas of study. These groups, rather than academic departments in the School of Arts and Sciences, administer programs leading the to the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees. Those seeking a graduate degree in Sociology should apply to the Graduate Group in Sociology.

South Asia Studies
Undergraduate | BA
The Department of South Asia Studies offers students a multi-disciplinary exposure to the cultures and languages of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet, as well as the South Asian diasporas. The department also offers courses in a wide range of disciplines such as archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, art, music, folklore, anthropology, sociology, politics and economics, as well as in the major classical and modern languages of the subcontinent. The department also conducts a summer program in Pune, India.

South Asia Studies
Graduate | AM, PHD
The South Asia Regional Studies Graduate Group of the Department of South Asia Studies awards MA and PhD degrees. The MA provides a broad, multi-disciplinary exposure to South Asia and many students find the Masters degree to be an ideal beginning point for graduate studies dealing with South Asia and a vital preparation for employment in business or government. The PhD affords students the freedom to explore the cultures and languages of South Asia through multiple disciplinary lenses.

Spanish
Undergraduate
Since culture is the controlling category in this field of studies, the major in Hispanic Studies orients itself to the types of knowledge generated by new disciplines such as cultural studies, new historicism, ethics, and postcolonial studies.

Spanish
Graduate | PHD
The graduate programs address the cultural production of France, Italy, Spain, and Latin America from different critical perspectives. In small seminars, graduate students become familiar with contemporary currents of literary theory and criticism, philosophy, and cultural studies.

Statistics - Doctoral
Graduate | PHD
This doctoral program at Wharton has been designed to train graduates to develop and apply modern statistical techniques. The program also permits study in a cognate area of application and involvement in consulting and data analysis with investigators from other disciplines. Faculty members have a wide range of active research interests, including the full range of modern statistical theory and applications.

Statistics - MBA
Graduate | MBA
The Statistics major at Wharton allows students to develop a systematic approach to answering questions from the vast amounts of data available to an organization. It has a wide application across industries because its quantitative approach offers important insights for decision making in general. The courses provide useful skills that complement students' managerial abilities.

Statistics - Undergraduate
Undergraduate | BS
A key challenge now facing managers is the interpretation of the vast amount of data generated by computing systems. As these data do not directly answer important business questions, data analysis and statistics must be used to interpret them. Statistics courses at the Wharton School develop the skills and insights required to make effective use of quantitative methods. They provide the knowledge needed to select and apply techniques and to communicate statistical results. Interpretation in realistic applications offers guiding examples; theory is used to generate and compare alternative schemes. All courses provide skills that augment substantive managerial abilities, along with exposure to computer software that implements key techniques.

Statistics, Measurement, and Research Technology
Graduate | MS
The Statistics, Measurement, and Research Technology Program (S.M.A.R.T.) is designed for individuals who are prepearing for success in information rich environments, especially research and assessment organizations that place high value on quality of evidence, statistical analysis, assessment and psychometrics, and the use of technology in producing evidence and informing policy.

Strategic Management - MBA
Graduate | MBA
The Strategic Management major at Wharton is relevant for those pursuing a management consulting career. It is also a popular choice for those going into general management or internal consulting. Strategic Management also combines well with the Marketing major for those interested in product and brand management or the Finance major for those going into management consulting.

Systems Engineering
Graduate | MSE
“Smart” buildings and highways. Environmental monitoring. Sensor networks. Hybrid systems. These are but a few of the many ways in which electrical and systems engineering are converging, especially at Penn. Proof of this exciting synergy is evident in the recent merger of our Electrical and Systems Engineering Departments. The M.S.E. Program in Systems Engineering (SE), grounded in the intersection of electrical and systems engineering, is best positioned to give students the in-depth theoretical foundation and interdisciplinary skills required by the growing complexity of technological systems. Our flexible curriculum allows you to tailor your studies to your personal interests and goals. From signal processing, optimization, simulation, control and cybernetics to complex adaptive systems, stochastic processes and decision sciences. Our graduates are found in leadership positions in major companies like Lockheed-Martin or pursuing doctoral degrees at Penn or other major research universities. The M.S.E. Program is designed for highly-qualified students who will become leaders in the increasingly complex field of systems engineering. Entering students generally have baccalaureate degrees in the engineering, mathematical, physical or economic sciences. Students with degrees in other fields who have expertise in quantitative and computer analyses also enter the program.

Systems Science and Engineering
Undergraduate | BSE
Design and implement systems that assure effective operation of technological systems for applications such as computers, environmental organizations, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, information and telecommunications, economic and financial organizations, health care, and military defense. The Systems Science and Engineering (SSE) program specializes in those aspects of engineering that pertain to effectiveness of whole systems. In contrast to other engineering specialties which are grounded in certain aspects of science, system engineering is grounded primarily in mathematics and methodology. The core curriculum focuses on mathematical modeling and simulation, rather than on particular physical sciences. To assure that designs are responsive to real needs, students learn how to model, simulate, optimize, integrate and evaluate systems.