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Graduate education is a rigourous process of exploration. It enables you to learn more about yourself, your area of study, your profession, and the world around you. Grand Valley provides superb teaching with faculty dedicated to providing a superior education and a commitment to student-centered teaching. Our 27 graduate major programs provide a distinctive combination of academic quality, leading-edge technology, world-class resources, and highly personalized instruction.  In addition, we offer programs in a variety of formats, all designed to help students prepare for successful careers in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors.

For general information about graduate programs at Grand Valley, please contact the Admissions Office, telephone (616) 331-2025, toll free (800) 748-0246, or email admissions@gvsu.edu. Contact information for specific graduate programs at Grand Valley is listed below.

Graduate Program Contact Telephone Email Address
Accounting (M.S.A.) Claudia Bajema (616) 331-7400 bajemac@gvsu.edu
Biology (M.S.) Mark Luttenton, Ph.D. (616) 331-2503

luttentm@gvsu.edu

Biomedical Sciences (M.H.S.) Debra Burg, Ph.D. (616) 331-3721 burgd@gvsu.edu
Biostatistics (M.S.) Robert Downer, Ph.D. (616) 331-2247 downerr@gvsu.edu
Business (M.B.A.) Claudia Bajema (616) 331-7400 bajemac@gvsu.edu
Business (M.B.A.) - Health Sector Management Claudia Bajema (616) 331-7400 bajemac@gvsu.edu
Cell and Molecular Biology (M.S.) Mark Staves, Ph.D. (616) 331-2473 stavesm@gvsu.edu
Communications (M.S.) Alex Nesterenko, Ph.D. (616) 331-3668 nesterea@gvsu.edu
Computer Information Systems (M.S.) D. Robert Adams, Ph.D. (616) 331-3885 adams@cis.gvsu.edu
Criminal Justice (M.S.) Debra Ross, Ph.D. (616) 331-7150 rossde@gvsu.edu
Education (M.Ed.) Stephen Worst, Ph.D. (616) 331-6650 worsts@gvsu.edu
Education (M.Ed.) - Special Education Teaching Programs Sandra Miller, Ph.D. (616) 331-6650 millers@gvsu.edu
Education (M.Ed.) - College Student Affairs Leadership Lorraine Alston, Ph.D. (616) 331-6650 alstonl@gvsu.edu
Education (M.Ed.) - School Counseling Claudia Sowa, Ph.D. (616) 331-6650 sowac@gvsu.edu
Education Specialist in Leadership (Ed.S.) John Shinsky, Ph.D. (616) 331-6650 shinskjo@gvsu.edu
Engineering (M.S.E.) Bogdan Adamczyk, Ph.D. (616) 331-6750 adamczyb@gvsu.edu
English (M.A.) Ben Lockerd, Ph.D. (616) 331-3575 lockerdb@gvsu.edu
Health Administration (M.H.A.) Stephen Borders, Ph.D. (616) 331-6575 borderss@gvsu.edu
Health Sciences (M.H.S.) Debra Burg, Ph.D. (616) 331-3721 burgd@gvsu.edu
Medical and Bioinformatics (M.S.) Paul Leidig, Ph.D. (616) 331-2308 leidig@gvsu.edu
Nursing (D.N.P.) Linda Scott, Ph.D. (616) 331-3558 scottl@gvsu.edu
Occupational Therapy (M.S.) Darlene Zwart (616) 331-3958 zwartda@gvsu.edu
Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Darlene Zwart (616) 331-3958 zwartda@gvsu.edu
Physician Assistant Studies (M.P.A.S.) Darlene Zwart (616) 331-3958 zwartda@gvsu.edu
Public Administration (M.P.A.) Mark Hoffman, Ph.D. (616) 331-6575 hoffmanm@gvsu.edu
Social Work (M.S.W.) Lois Smith-Owens, M.S.W. (616) 331-6550 owensl@gvsu.edu
Taxation (M.S.T.) Claudia Bajema (616) 331-7400 bajemac@gvsu.edu