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Undergraduate Majors

Listed below are the undergraduate majors and programs available at Northwestern University. Each link will take you to the corresponding department's web site. A small number of links will instead take you to .pdf brochures describing the curriculum, faculty, resources, and career opportunities associated with that particular area of study (Adobe Reader required).

Major School
African American studies WCAS
American studies * WCAS
Anthropology WCAS
Applied mathematics McCormick
Art history WCAS
Art theory and practice WCAS
Arts in Music, Bachelor of ¹ Music
Asian and Middle East languages and civilization WCAS
Asian and Middle East studies ³ WCAS
Baritone/Bass - voice and opera Music
Bassoon - wind and percussion instruments Music
Biological sciences WCAS
Biomedical engineering McCormick
Cello - stringed instruments Music
Chemical and biological engineering McCormick
Chemistry WCAS
Civil engineering McCormick
Clarinet - wind and percussion instruments Music
Classical guitar - stringed instruments Music
Classics (Latin and Greek) WCAS
Cognitive science WCAS
Communication sciences and disorders Communication
Communication studies Communication
Comparative literary studies WCAS
Computer engineering McCormick
Computer science McCormick
Computing and information systems WCAS
Dance Communication
Double bass - stringed instruments Music
Drama ³ WCAS
Economics WCAS
Electrical engineering McCormick
English WCAS
English major in writing WCAS
Environmental engineering McCormick
Environmental sciences WCAS
Euphonium - wind and percussion instruments Music
European studies * WCAS
Flute - wind and percussion instruments Music
French WCAS
French horn - wind and percussion instruments Music
Gender studies ² WCAS
Geography WCAS
Geological sciences WCAS
German WCAS
Harp - stringed instruments Music
History WCAS
Human development and psychological services SESP
Industrial engineering McCormick
Integrated Science Program WCAS
International studies ² WCAS
Italian WCAS
Jazz studies Music
Journalism Medill
Learning and organizational change SESP
Legal studies ² WCAS
Linguistics WCAS
Manufacturing and design engineering McCormick
Materials science WCAS
Materials science and engineering McCormick
Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences WCAS
Mathematics WCAS
Mechanical engineering McCormick
Mezzo - voice and opera Music
Music cognition Music
Music composition Music
Music education - general music, instrumental, choral Music
Musicology Music
Music technology Music
Music theory Music
Oboe - wind and percussion instruments Music
Percussion - wind and percussion instruments Music
Performance studies Communication
Philosophy WCAS
Physics WCAS
Piano Music
Political science WCAS
Psychology WCAS
Radio/television/film Communication
Religion WCAS
Saxophone - wind and percussion instruments Music
Science in human culture ² WCAS
Secondary teaching SESP
Slavic languages and literature WCAS
Social policy SESP
Sociology WCAS
Soprano - voice and opera Music
Spanish and Portuguese WCAS
Statistics WCAS
Tenor - voice and opera Music
Theatre Communication
Trombone - wind and percussion instruments Music
Trumpet - wind and percussion instruments Music
Tuba - wind and percussion instruments Music
Undecided
Arts or sciences major		 WCAS
Undecided
Education or social policy major		 SESP
Undecided
Engineering or applied science major 		McCormick
Urban studies ² WCAS
Viola - stringed instruments Music
Violin - stringed instruments Music

* Selective program with a special application at the end of freshman year; not available to transfer students.

¹ Degree track for nonperformance music students.

² Program that must be taken with another major.

³ Program that focuses on the study of dramatic literature. Students primarily interested in performing or directing should apply to the School of Communication (theatre or performance studies major).