| Modern Research Degrees Offered by the Wharton School
and Awarded by the Graduate Council of the Faculties and its predecessors (1882-2003)
in chronological order | | Name of
Degree | Abbreviation |
Years and Graduate Groups (or analogous administrative structure) in
which the degree was offered or awarded (Note: Until 1964,
most of the Wharton School's research degree were awarded in the Graduate Group
in Economics. Since 1964, most of the Wharton School's research degrees have been
awarded in the Graduate Group in Managerial Science and Applied Economics. Most
of the "Graduate Groups" listed below were or are separate programs
of those Graduate Groups.) | | Doctor of
Philosophy | Ph.D. | 1891-present
- Accounting (1971-present)
- Business Economics (1976-1986)
- Business
Organization and Operation (1947-1975)
- Business and Public Policy [originally
Public Policy Analysis] (1976-1978, 1985-present) [Between 1978-1985, this
program seems to have been offered by the School of Public and Urban Policy]
- Decision
Sciences (1975-1993)
- Economics [originally Political Economy] (1891-1974)
- Economic
Geography (1928-1933, 1947-1962)
- Economic Geography and Industry (1907-1924)
- Finance
(1907-1918, 1928-present)
- Health Care Systems (1985-present)
- Industry
(1928-1947)
- Insurance and Risk Management [originally Insurance and Brokerage]
(1928-present)
- Management (1947-present) [originally separate programs
in Labor and Industrial Relations, International Commerce, and Organization Behavior)
- Marketing [originally Mechandising] (1929-present)
- Operations
and Information Management [originally Operations Research] (1966-present)
- Peace
Research (1970-1974)
- Political Science (1896-1974)
- Real Estate
(2000-present)
- Regional Science (1959-1974)
- Social Systems Science
(1975-1988)
- Sociology (1900-1974)
- Statistics (1894-1903, 1928-1933,
1947-present)
- Transportation and Commerce [later known as Transportation
and Public Utilities] (1897-1924, 1928-1965)
| | Master
of Arts | A.M. | 1896-1996
- Accounting (1971-present)
- Business Economics (1976-1986)
- Business
Organization and Operation (1947-1975)
- Business and Public Policy [originally
Public Policy Analysis] (1976-1978, 1985-1996) [Between 1978-1985, this program
seems to have been offered by the School of Public and Urban Policy]
- Decision
Sciences (1975-1993)
- Economics [originally Political Economy] (1896-1974)
- Economic
Geography (1928-1933, 1947-1962)
- Economic Geography and Industry (1907-1924)
- Finance
(1907-1918, 1928-present)
- Health Care Systems (1985-1996)
- Industry
(1928-1947)
- Insurance and Risk Management [originally Insurance and Brokerage]
(1928-1996)
- Management (1947-1996) [originally separate programs in Labor
and Industrial Relations, International Commerce, and Organization Behavior)
- Marketing
[originally Mechandising] (1929-1996)
- Peace Research (1970-1974)
- Political
Science (1907-1974)
- Regional Science (1959-1974)
- Social Systems
Science (1975-1988)
- Sociology (1900-1974)
- Statistics (1894-1903,
1928-1933, 1947-present)
- Transportation and Commerce [later known as Transportation
and Public Utilities] (1897-1924, 1928-1965)
| | Master
of Science | M.S. | 1910-1996
- Economics (1910)
- Operations Research (1966-1996)
- Political
Science (1910)
- Sociology (1910)
- Transportation and Commerce (1910-1911)
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