Majors and Minors

The following table provides an alphabetical listing of every major and minor in the Arts & Sciences. For completeness, the table also includes preprofessional programs. The name of the department/program offering the major or minor is linked to the department/program's main web page. Click on “major” or “minor” to go to the pertinent list of requirements.

     

Guide to the Arts and Sciences: 

  Departments and Programs   
  Still Deciding on a Major   

  

                Name of Major or Minor 

Major?     Minor?   

   

(The department offering the major or minor
 is in parentheses, if it has a different name.)

(Each link goes to the  
 list of requirements.)

  Aging Studies, a.k.a. Gerontology   minor     
  Applied Ethics & Social Philosophy (Philosophy)   minor 
  Arabic & Islamic Studies (Modern Languages)   minor 
  Art, a.k.a Visual Arts  major  minor 
  Art History  major  minor 
  Biochemistry (Biology) major   
  Bioinformatics  major   
  Biology  major  minor 
  Biophysics (Physics) major   
  Chemistry  major  minor 
  Classical Culture (Classical Languages)   minor 
  Classical Languages  major   
 

Combined Degree Programs*

   
  Computational Physics (Physics) major   
  Computer Science  major  minor 
  Criminology (Sociology)   minor 
  Engineering Physics (Physics) major   
  English  major  minor 
  Environmental Science  major  minor 
  French (Modern Languages) major  minor 
  Gerontology, a.k.a. Aging Studies major  minor 
  Greek (Classical Languages) major  minor 
  History  major  minor 
  International Studies  major   
  Italian (Modern Languages)   minor 
 

Latin (Classical Languages)

major  minor 
  Law & Society    minor 
  Mathematics  major  minor 
  Modern Languages  major   
  Music  major  minor 
  Nonviolence    minor 
  Philosophy  major  minor 
  Philosophy of Law (Philosophy)   minor 
  Philosophy Prelaw (Philosophy) major   
  Physics  major  minor 
  Political Science  major  minor 
  Pre-engineering* (Physics) program  minor 
  Prelaw*    
  Pre-medicine & Pre-health*    
  Psychology  BA  BS  minor 
  ROTC     
  Secondary Education*    
  Social Work (Sociology)   minor 
  Sociology  major  minor 
  Spanish (Modern Languages) major  minor 
  Theater  major  minor 
  Theology  major  minor 
  Visual Arts, a.k.a. Art major  minor 
  Women’s Studies  major  minor 
    *Preprofessional Program    

 

Students can design their own major in consultation with the Honors Program.