Undergraduate Minors and Certificates
Northwestern offers a variety of minors and certificates to complement the majors offered and the diverse interests of its student body.
Minors
The following is a list of undergraduate minors available at Northwestern.
- African American Studies
- African Studies
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Arts Administration
- Art and Technology
- Asian American Studies
- Asian Studies
- Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
- Business Institutions
- Catholic Studies
- Central and Southeastern European Studies
- Chemistry
- Chinese Language and Culture
- Classics (Greek and Latin)
- Cognitive Science
- Commercial Music
- Computer Science
- Critical Theory
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Policy and Culture
- Film and Media Studies
- French
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- German
- Global Health Studies
- Hebrew Studies
- History
- Humanities
- International Studies
- Italian
- Japanese Language and Culture
- Jazz Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Latina and Latino Studies
- Legal Studies
- Linguistics
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Middle East Studies
- Music Cognition
- Music Composition
- Music Criticism
- Music Theory
- Musicology
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Political Science
- Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Russian
- Science in Human Culture
- Slavic Studies
- Sociology
- Sound Design
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Transportation and Logistics
- World Literature
Certificates
Certificate programs allow students to pursue interests, often of an interdisciplinary nature, and receive a notation on their Northwestern transcript upon graduation.
- Architectural Engineering and Design (engineering)
- Business Enterprise (engineering)
- Civic Engagement (education/social policy)
- Creative Writing for the Media (communication)
- Engineering Design (engineering)
- Entrepreneurship (engineering)
- Financial Economics (consulting/financial services/business)
- Integrated Marketing Communications (journalism)
- Managerial Analytics (consulting/financial services/business)
- Music Theatre (music/communication)
- Undergraduate Leadership
