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Majors & Minors

Browse the links below to learn more about the degrees offered at Western Carolina University.

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Accounting	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Acting	major			visit program
Adaptive Curriculum	major			visit program
American Studies		minor		visit program
Anthropology	major	minor		visit program
Appalachian Studies		minor		visit program
Art	major	minor		visit program
Art Education	major			visit program
Art History	major			visit program
Athletic Administration	major			visit program
Athletic Training	major			visit program	view factsheet
Banking	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Biology	major	minor		visit program
Biology Education	major			visit program
Biotechnology	major			visit program
Birth-Kindergarten Education	major*	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Broadcast Sales	major	minor		visit program
Broadcast Telecommunications Engineering Technology		minor		visit program
Broadcasting	major			visit program	view factsheet
Business Administration		minor		visit program
Business Administration and Law	major			visit program	view factsheet
Business Law		minor		visit program
Chemistry	major	minor		visit program
Chemistry Education	major			visit program
Chemistry - Four + One Program	major			visit program
Chemistry - ACS Approved	major			visit program
Cherokee Studies		minor		visit program
Coaching		minor		visit program
Commercial and Resort Recreation	major			visit program
Communication	major	minor		visit program
Communication Sciences and Disorders	major			visit program
Community Recreation	major			visit program
Computer Education Endorsement			certificate	visit program
Computer Information Systems	major	minor		visit program
Computer Science	major	minor		visit program
Conflict Resolution		minor		visit program
Construction Management	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Creative Writing		minor		visit program
Criminal Justice	major*	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Culturally-Based Native Health			certificate	visit program
Dance		minor		visit program
Digital Communications Engineering Technology		minor		visit program
Earth Sciences		minor		visit program
Earth Sciences Education	major			visit program
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	major			visit program
Economics		minor		visit program
Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology	major			visit program	view factsheet
Electrical Engineering	major			visit program	view factsheet
Elementary Education	major*			visit program	view factsheet
Emergency and Disaster Management	major*	minor		visit program
Emergency Medical Care	major*			visit program
Emergency Medical Care – Health Management	major*			visit program
Emergency Medical Care – Science	major*			visit program
Engineering Sales and Distribution			certificate	visit program
Engineering Technology	major*			visit program	view factsheet
English	major	minor		visit program
English Education	major			visit program	view factsheet
Entrepreneurship	major	minor		visit program
Environmental Chemistry	major			visit program
Environmental Health	major	minor		visit program
Environmental Hydrology	major			visit program
Environmental Science	major			visit program	view factsheet
Exercise Science and Fitness Management	major			visit program
Finance	major			visit program
Financial Planning	major			visit program	view factsheet
Forensic Anthropology	major	minor		visit program
Forensic Science	major			visit program
Forest Resources	major			visit program
Geography		minor		visit program
Geology	major	minor		visit program
German	major	minor		visit program
Gerontology		minor	certificate	visit program
Health Information Administration	major*			visit program
History	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Hospitality and Tourism Management	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Industrial Chemistry	major			visit program
Interior Design	major			visit program
International Business		minor		visit program
International Studies		minor		visit program
Journalism	major			visit program
Land Development		minor		visit program
Landscape Analysis	major			visit program
Leadership		minor		visit program
Literature	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Management	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Marketing	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Mathematics	major	minor		visit program
Mathematics Education	major			visit program
Middle Grades Education	major			visit program	view factsheet
Motion Picture and Television Production	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Molecular Biology	major			visit program
Motion Picture Studies/Film Studies	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Music	major			visit program
Music – Commercial and Electronic	major			visit program	view factsheet
Music – Instrumental	major			visit program
Music - Performance	major			visit program
Music Education	major			visit program
Music Industry	major			visit program
Musical Theatre	major			visit program	view factsheet
Natural Resource Conservation and Management	major	minor		visit program
Nursing	major*			visit program	view factsheet
Nutrition and Dietetics	major	minor		visit program
Occupational Safety			certificate	visit program
Organizational Communication	major			visit program
Outdoor Leadership and Instruction	major			visit program	view factsheet
Parks and Recreation Management	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Philosophy	major	minor		visit program
Physical Education	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Physics		minor		visit program
Physics Education	major			visit program
Political Science	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Pre-Health Professional	major			visit program
Premedical / Preveterinary / Predental / Preoptometry	major			visit program
Professional Writing	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Psychology	major	minor		visit program
Public History			certificate	visit program
Public Relations	major			visit program
Race, Ethnic and Gender Relations		minor		visit program
Recreational Therapy	major			visit program	view factsheet
Religion	major	minor		visit program
Residential Environments		minor		visit program
Secondary and Special Subject Teaching	major			visit program	view factsheet
Social Change		minor		visit program
Social Sciences Education	major			visit program
Social Work	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Sociology	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Soil and Water Conservation	major			visit program	view factsheet
Solid Earth	major			visit program
Spanish	major	minor		visit program
Spanish Education	major			visit program
Special Education	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Speech and Theatre Arts	major			visit program
Sport Management	major	minor		visit program	view factsheet
Stage and Screen	major			visit program
Studio Art	major			visit program
Teacher Education	major			visit program
Technical Production	major			visit program
Telecommunications		minor		visit program
Theatre	major	minor		visit program
Theatre Design	major			visit program
Women’s Studies		minor		visit program