Areas of Study

More information on each of our areas of study is available at the following links:

A

• Actuarial Mathematics (major)
• African & African American Studies (major, minor, certificate)
• Anthropology (major, minor)
• Applied Art (minor)
• Applied Statistics (major, minor)
• Arab American Studies (minor, certificate)
• Arabic (major, minor, concentration in International Studies)
• Arabic Translation (certificate)
• Art History and Museum Studies (major, minor)
• Astronomy (minor)

B

• Behavioral and Biological Sciences (major)
• Behavioral Sciences (major)
• Biochemistry (major, minor)
• Biological Sciences (major, minor)
• Business Studies (as a second major) (concentrations in: General Business, Communications, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Psychology)

C

• Chemistry (ACS certified) (major, minor)
• Chinese (courses only)
• Communication (major, minor) 

• Community-Based Leadership & Development (certificate)

• Community Change Studies (minor)
• Comparative Literature (minor)
• Comparative Literature (certificate)
• Composition and Rhetoric (major in Professional Writing and Rhetoric)
• Computer and Computational Mathematics (minor)
• Criminology & Criminal Justice (major, minor)

D

• Digital Photography and Design (certificate)

E

• Economics (major, minor)
• English (major, minor)
• English Language and Linguistics (certificate)
• Environmental Science (major, minor) (concentrations in: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science) 

F

• Fiction Writing (certificate)
• Film Studies (minor)
• Food Studies (certificate)
• French Studies (major, concentration in International Studies, minor)
• French Translation (certificate)

G

• Geospatial Analysis and Mapping (GAM) (certificate)
• Geography (minor)
• German (concentration in International Studies)
• Global Cultures (minor)
• Global Engagement (certificate)

H

• Health Communication (certificate)
• Hispanic Studies/Spanish (major, concentration in International Studies, minor)
• History (major, minor)

I

• Individual Program of Study (major)
• Integrated Science (major)
• Integrative Studies (major)
• International Studies (major) 

J

• Journalism and Media Production (major, minor) (formerly Journalism and Screen Studies) 

L

• Latin (courses only)
• Law and Society (minor)
• Leadership and Communication in Organizations (minor)
• LGBTQ Studies (certificate)
• Linguistics (minor)

M

• Mathematics (major, minor)
• Mathematics for Finance (certificate)
• Media Production (certificate)
• Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (certificate)
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies (minor)
• Microbiology (major, minor)
• Middle East Studies (major)
• Middle East Studies (certificate)
• Music (minor)

O

• Organizational Change in a Global Environment (minor)

P

• Philosophy (major, minor)
• Physics (major, minor)
• Political Science (major, minor)
• Professional Language and Cross-Cultural Competency (certificate)
• Professional Writing and Rhetoric (major)
• Psychology (major, minor)
• Public Relations (certificate)

R

• Religious Studies (minor)

S

• Social Science Research Methodology (minor)
• Social Studies (major)
• Society and Technological Change (minor)
• Sociology (major, minor)
• Spanish for Health Care Professionals (certificate)

U

• Urban and Regional Studies (major, minor) (concentrations in: Community Development, Culture, and History; Environment, Design, and Space; Urban Problems and Policy) 

W

• Women's & Gender Studies (major, minor) 
• Writing (certificate)