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The Professional Science Master's degree (abbreviated as PSM or P.S.M.) is an interdisciplinary master's degree program which integrates advanced technical training with business and professional leadership skills.^[1] In contrast to traditional research-based Master of Science or Master of Arts degrees, the Professional Science Master's degree is usually offered by a degree-granting university in partnership with an industry partner in specific emerging fields such as forensic science, computational chemistry, applied mathematics, bioinformatics, and data science. Because of this industry partnership, PSM degree holders have high level of employability after graduation.^[2] PSM programs can be completed in sixteen months to two years of full-time or part-time study including a professional internship or a capstone project.

History

Recognizing that traditional graduate-level science training may not be suitable for non-academic careers, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in 1997, began to support master's-level degree programs designed to provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") students with a pathway into science-based careers.^[3] These Professional Science Master's degrees combine a science or mathematics curriculum with a professional component designed to provide graduates with the necessary skills for a career in business, government, or nonprofit agencies.^[4]

Originally funding fourteen campuses, the Sloan Foundation expanded its support directly or indirectly to over fifty institutions, collectively offering over 100 different PSM programs.^[3] As of 2017, there are 356 PSM programs at over 165 institutions.^[5] In 2005, the Foundation funded the Council of Graduate Schools to be an “institutional base for PSM growth, with the goal of making the degree a normal, recognized, widely accepted academic offering”.^[3] In furtherance of this objective, the Sloan Foundation also provided support to found the National Professional Science Master's Association, a professional organization of PSM directors and alumni intended to “provide a collective voice for PSM degree programs”.^[6]

In 2007, Congress passed the America COMPETES Act which placed special emphasis on improving America's economic competitiveness by strengthening STEM education. The COMPETES Act specifically mentioned the importance of the PSM degree to the nation's overall competitiveness.^[7] Additionally, a 2008 report issued by the National Research Council of the National Academies urged the continued expansion of the PSM degree. In 2009, the National Science Foundation, under the auspices of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, facilitated funding of twenty-two different PSM programs by appropriating funds for a Science Master's program.

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References

^ "NPSMA - Home". www.npsma.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
^ Rivenbark, Jessica Bowen; Cummings, Jeffrey; Patterson, Laurie; Kline, Douglas (2019-04-17). "Are Universities Providing a Competitive and Relevant Graduate Education? An Evaluation of Professional Science Masters Programs". Annals of the Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems at UNC Wilmington. 13 (1).
^ ^a ^b ^c Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [Sloan], 2008
^ Simms, 2006
^ "Program Locator | Professional Science Master's".
^ National Professional Science Master’s Association, 2010, para. 5
^ CGS, 2007

Bibliography

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (2008). Science Education: Professional Science Master's Degree. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.sloan.org/program/15 .
______________________. (2008). Professional Science Master's Degree: History. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.sloan.org/program/15/page/67 .
Committee on Enhancing the Master's Degree in Natural Sciences. (2008). Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council of the National Academies. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12064 .
Council of Graduate Schools. (2007). Statement on the America COMPETES Act. Retrieved August 3, 2010,from http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/GR_AmericaCOMPETES_0307.pdf .
National Science Foundation. (2009). Program Solicitation: Science Master's Program. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09607/nsf09607.htm .
National Professional Science Master's Association. (2010). About Us. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.npsma.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=101812&orgId=npsma .
Simms, Leslie. (2006). Professional Master's Education: A CGS Guide to Establishing Programs. Washington, D.C.: Council of Graduate Schools.

External links

[1] "NPSMA - Home". www.npsma.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

[2] Rivenbark, Jessica Bowen; Cummings, Jeffrey; Patterson, Laurie; Kline, Douglas (2019-04-17). "Are Universities Providing a Competitive and Relevant Graduate Education? An Evaluation of Professional Science Masters Programs". Annals of the Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems at UNC Wilmington. 13 (1).

[Sloan2008-3] Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [Sloan], 2008

[4] Simms, 2006

[5] "Program Locator | Professional Science Master's".

[6] National Professional Science Master’s Association, 2010, para. 5

[7] CGS, 2007

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+The '''Professional Science Master's''' degree (abbreviated as '''PSM''' or '''P.S.M.''') is an interdisciplinary [[master's degree]] program which integrates advanced technical training with business and professional leadership skills.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NPSMA - Home|url=https://www.npsma.org/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.npsma.org}}</ref> In contrast to traditional research-based [[Master of Science]] or [[Master of Arts]] degrees, the Professional Science Master's degree is usually offered by a degree-granting [[university]] in partnership with an industry partner in specific emerging fields such as [[forensic science]], [[computational chemistry]], [[applied mathematics]], [[bioinformatics]], and [[data science]]. Because of this industry partnership, PSM degree holders have high level of [[employability]] after graduation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rivenbark|first1=Jessica Bowen|last2=Cummings|first2=Jeffrey|last3=Patterson|first3=Laurie|last4=Kline|first4=Douglas|date=2019-04-17|title=Are Universities Providing a Competitive and Relevant Graduate Education? An Evaluation of Professional Science Masters Programs|url=http://csbapp.uncw.edu/data/mscsis/annalspaper.aspx?v=13&i=1&p=4|journal=Annals of the Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems at UNC Wilmington|volume=13|issue=1}}</ref> PSM programs can be completed in sixteen months to two years of full-time or part-time study including a professional [[internship]] or a capstone project.
-A Professional Science Master's (PSM) is a graduate degree program that typically consists of two years of academic training in an emerging or interdisciplinary area of science, [[mathematics]], or technology.  The degree program also contains a professional component that may include internships and "cross-training" in [[business]], [[project management]], and communications.
-==PSM Students and Graduates==
-More than half of the current 2600 degree program students concentrate their studies in the biosciences, making it one of the most popular disciplines in this respected graduate degree program.
-Students earning Professional Science Master’s degrees find employment in fields such as [[biotechnology]], the [[chemical industry|chemical industries]], [[entrepreneurship]], the [[financial sector]], [[food safety]], [[forensics]], [[health care]], [[higher education]], [[medical laboratory|medical laboratories]], the [[nuclear industry]], the [[pharmaceutical industry]], and [[water treatment]] facilities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} Other graduates find employment in environmental and government agencies as well as in the various branches of the US armed forces.
-==PSM Employers==
-Degree programs are located across the [[United States]], allowing employers to align their geographic recruitment goals and workforce development strategies with highly customized and effective university training that can contribute substantially to industry’s hiring and internal recruitment efforts.
 ==History==
+Recognizing that traditional graduate-level science training may not be suitable for non-academic careers, the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]], in 1997, began to support master's-level degree programs designed to provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") students with a pathway into science-based careers.<ref name=Sloan2008>Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [Sloan], 2008</ref> These Professional Science Master's degrees combine a science or mathematics curriculum with a professional component designed to provide graduates with the necessary skills for a career in business, government, or nonprofit agencies.<ref>Simms, 2006</ref>
+Originally funding fourteen campuses, the Sloan Foundation expanded its support directly or indirectly to over fifty institutions, collectively offering over 100 different PSM programs.<ref name=Sloan2008/> As of 2017, there are 356 PSM programs at over 165 institutions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.professionalsciencemasters.org/program-locator | title=Program Locator &#124; Professional Science Master's }}</ref> In 2005, the Foundation funded the Council of Graduate Schools to be an “institutional base for PSM growth, with the goal of making the degree a normal, recognized, widely accepted academic offering”.<ref name=Sloan2008/> In furtherance of this objective, the Sloan Foundation also provided support to found the National Professional Science Master's Association, a professional organization of PSM directors and alumni intended to “provide a collective voice for PSM degree programs”.<ref>National Professional Science Master’s Association, 2010, para. 5</ref>
-In 1997, the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]] began issuing competitive grants for the planning and implementation of Professional Science Masters degree programs under their Science Education program.
+In 2007, Congress passed the [[America COMPETES Act]] which placed special emphasis on improving America's economic competitiveness by strengthening STEM education. The COMPETES Act specifically mentioned the importance of the PSM degree to the nation's overall competitiveness.<ref>CGS, 2007</ref> Additionally, a 2008 report issued by the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] of the National Academies urged the continued expansion of the PSM degree. In 2009, the [[National Science Foundation]], under the auspices of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]], facilitated funding of twenty-two different PSM programs by appropriating funds for a Science Master's program.
-Concurrent with this effort, the [[W. M. Keck Foundation]] built an all-new master's-only graduate school designed to educate leaders for the [[biotechnology]], pharmaceutical, [[healthcare]] product and biosciences industries. The resulting [[Keck Graduate Institute]] of Applied Life Sciences enrolled its first class of 28 students in [[August]] [[2000]].
+== Philippines ==
-In 2001, a [[Sloan Foundation]] grant to the Council of Graduate Schools <ref>http://www.cgsnet.org</ref> extended the PSM initiative to master's-focused institutions. The CGS sponsors bi-annual conferences for the PSM academic community and, through its government relations division, promotes the PSM to national leaders and policy makers as a key component of [[United States|America]]n graduate education.
+{{Empty section|date=December 2021}}
-In November 2005, a call for volunteers to explore the establishment of a professional association to represent the various PSM constituents was greeted with enthusiasm. A steering committee composed of program directors and administrators successfully applied to the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]] for an officer’s grant, thus setting the groundwork for the development of the association.
+==See also==
-==Professional Association==
+* [[Degree apprenticeship]], a UK program embedded in an apprenticeship
+==References==
-In July 2007, The [[National Professional Science Master's Association]] (NPSMA) was awarded a development grant by the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]].  [[National Professional Science Master's Association|NPSMA]] is a collaborative of Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree program directors, faculty, administrators, alumni, and students that supports PSM degree program initiatives.
+{{reflist}}
-==National Policy==
+==Bibliography==
+* Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (2008). Science Education: Professional Science Master's Degree. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.sloan.org/program/15 .
+* ______________________. (2008). Professional Science Master's Degree: History. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.sloan.org/program/15/page/67 .
-In The [[America COMPETES Act|America COMPETES Act of 2007]], signed into law by President [[George W. Bush|George Bush]], Congress authorized the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) to develop a new program of grants to help four-year institutions create or expand PSM degree programs.  This followed on the heels of the [[National Academies]] publication of Rising above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future <ref>http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463#toc</ref>.
+* Committee on Enhancing the Master's Degree in Natural Sciences. (2008). Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council of the National Academies. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12064 .
+* Council of Graduate Schools. (2007). Statement on the America COMPETES Act. Retrieved August 3, 2010,from http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/GR_AmericaCOMPETES_0307.pdf .
-In its 2008 report Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World <ref>http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12064</ref>, the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council (NRC)]] endorsed PSM degree programs, stating that policymakers, universities, and employers should work together to speed the development of professionally oriented master's degree programs in the natural sciences. Graduates of these programs, which build both scientific knowledge and practical workplace skills, can make a strong contribution to the nation's competitiveness, according to the committee that wrote the report.
+* National Science Foundation. (2009). Program Solicitation: Science Master's Program. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09607/nsf09607.htm .
+* National Professional Science Master's Association. (2010). About Us. Retrieved August 3, 2010, from http://www.npsma.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=101812&orgId=npsma .
-Recently, PSM degree programs have been included in the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]. The stimulus bill signed by President [[Barack Obama]] allocates $15 million for PSM degree programs to be administered by the [[National Science Foundation]].
+* Simms, Leslie. (2006). Professional Master's Education: A CGS Guide to Establishing Programs. Washington, D.C.: Council of Graduate Schools.
-==References==
-<references/>
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.npsma.org National Professional Science Master’s Association]
+* [http://www.npsma.org National Professional Science Master’s Association]
-*[http://www.sciencemasters.com Science Masters]
+* [http://www.sciencemasters.com Science Masters]
-*[http://www.nash-psm.org National Association of System Heads PSM Project ]
+* [http://www.nash-psm.org National Association of System Heads PSM Project ]
-*[http://www.sloan.org/program/15 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation PSM Programs]
-*[http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=227 Council of Graduate Schools PSM Initiative]
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