Majors, Minors, and Courses of Study

MAJORS

The following majors, concentrations and courses of study are available at the College of Arts and Sciences. The list includes all programs approved as of the fall 2011 semester.

Links below go to the Academic Department sites for each of these disciplines. See the Academic Catalog for further descriptions of the programs listed below.

SPECIAL MAJORS

Undergraduate students may request to pursue a special major, an interdisciplinary program approved on a case by case basis. BA/BS students and BLS students follow different procedures for the approval of a special major. For more information about these procedures.

MINORS

Undergraduate students may also pursue a minor. All minors are approved by the Curriculum Committee. All minors must adhere to General Requirements for Minors, as approved by the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate. For more information about minors.

Major (Department Site)

Degree Programs (Catalog)

American Studies BA/BS, BLS
Anthropology BA/BSBLS
Art And Art History BA/BSBLS
Biology BA/BSBLS
Chemistry BA/BSBLS
Classics BA/BS, BLS
Computer Science BA/BSBLS
Economics BA/BSBLS
English BA/BSBLS
Environmental Science BA/BSBLS
French BA/BSBLS
Geography BA/BSBLS
Geology BA/BSBLS
German BA/BSBLS
Historic Preservation BA/BSBLS
History BA/BSBLS
Interdisciplinary BA/BSBLS
International Affairs BA/BSBLS
Latin BA/BSBLS
Mathematics BA/BSBLS
Modern Foreign Languages BA/BSBLS
Music BA/BSBLS
Philosophy BA/BSBLS
Physics BA/BSBLS
Political Science BA/BSBLS
Psychology BA/BSBLS
Religion BA/BSBLS
Sociology BA/BS, BLS
Spanish BA/BSBLS
Theatre BA/BSBLS
Women’s and Gender Studies BA/BSBLS

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

The following programs of study are offered at the University of Mary Washington but do not offer formal majors.

Arabic Honors                  
Chinese Italian                                
Communication Library Science                           
Dance Linguistics                       
First-Year Seminar Middle Eastern Studies                         
Geographic Information Sciences Military Science*
Greek Physical Education
Health Education Undergraduate Research
 

*University of Mary Washington is an affiliate of the George Mason University Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Patriot Battalion. Additional information about the Military Science program may be found online at: http://arotc.gmu.edu.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

UMW also offers a number of graduate degrees.  

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