Majors and Courses of Study

Chappelle TowerThe following majors, concentrations and courses of study are available at the College of Arts & Sciences.

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.

Undergraduate students may also 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. Information about these procedures is available below, following the list of special majors.

UMW offers a number of graduate degrees.  These are listed below as well.

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/BSBLS
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/BSBLS
Spanish BA/BSBLS
Theatre BA/BSBLS
Women’s and Gender Studies BA/BSBLS

The following programs of study do not offer formal majors.

Program of Study

Degree/CERTIFICATE Programs

Arabic BA/BSBLS
Chinese BA/BSBLS
Communication BA/BSBLS
Dance BA/BSBLS
First-Year Seminar BA/BSBLS
Geographic Information Sciences Certificate (See GISC Web site)
Greek BA/BSBLS
Health Education BA/BSBLS
Italian BA/BSBLS
Liberal Studies BLS
Library Science BA/BSBLS
Linguistics BA/BSBLS
Military Science* BA/BSBLS
Museum Studies (minor) BA/BSBLS
Pre-Dental BA/BSBLS
Pre-Law (Concentration in Philosophy) BA/BSBLS
Pre-Med BA/BSBLS
Pre-Veterinarian BA/BSBLS
Undergraduate Research BA/BSBLS

SPECIAL MAJORS

The following is a list of special majors that have been approved recently:

  • African American Studies
  • Arts Management
  • Asian Studies
  • Biochemistry
  • Communication
  • Conflict, Politics, and National Policy
  • Human Development
  • International Business
  • Italian Studies
  • Journalism
  • Linguistics
  • Latin American Studies
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Psychology and Sociology of the Learner
  • Women’s Studies

Procedures for approval of a special major for BA/BS students

Procedures for approval of a special major for BLS students

*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

Each of the degrees listed below is to linked to a description providing additional information.

Master of Business Administration

Master of Education

Master of Science in Elementary Education

Master of Science in Management Information Systems

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