Majors and Courses of Study

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

The following programs of study do not offer formal majors.

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

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.