Majors & Minors
Browse the links below to learn more about the degrees offered at Western Carolina University.
* = Distance & Online Offering
‡= Graduate Program also offered - see Graduate Degree Programs and Graduate Certificate Programs with links to program information.
Undergraduate Majors and Concentrations |
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| Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Add-on Licensure | licensure | visit program | |||
| Accounting (B.S.B.A.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Acting (see Theatre Arts) | |||||
| Administration of Justice | concentration* | visit program | |||
| American Studies ‡ | minor | visit program | |||
| Anthropology (B.A., B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Appalachian Studies | minor | visit program | |||
| Art (B.A., B.F.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Art Education (B.S.Ed) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Art History | emphasis | visit program | |||
| Athletic Training (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Biology (B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | concentration | visit program | |
| Biology Education (see Science Education, B.S.Ed.) ‡ | concentration | visit program | |||
| Birth-Kindergarten Education (B.S.) | major* | visit program | |||
| Broadcast Sales | minor | visit program | |||
| Broadcast Telecommunications Engineering Technology | minor | visit program | |||
| Broadcasting | concentration | visit program | |||
| Business Administration ‡ | minor | visit program | |||
| Business Administration and Law (B.S.B.A.) | major | visit program | |||
| Business Law | minor | visit program | |||
| Chemistry (B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Chemistry - Four + One Program (B.S., M.S.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Chemistry - ACS Approved (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Cherokee Studies ‡ | minor | concentration, post baccalaureate certificate | visit program | ||
| Communication (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Communication Sciences and Disorders (B.S.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Computer Information Systems (B.S.B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Computer Science (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Conflict Resolution | minor | visit program | |||
| Construction Management (B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Creative Writing | minor | visit program | |||
| Criminal Justice (B.S.) | major* | minor | visit program | ||
| Culturally-Based Native Health ‡ | certificate | visit program | |||
| Dance | minor | visit program | |||
| Digital Communications Engineering Technology | minor | visit program | |||
| Early Childhood | concentration | visit program | |||
| Earth Sciences | minor | visit program | |||
| Earth Sciences Education (see Science Education, B.S.Ed.) | concentration | visit program | |||
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | concentration | visit program | |||
| Economics | minor | visit program | |||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) | major | visit program | |||
| Elementary Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Emergency and Disaster Management (B.S.) | major* | minor | visit program | ||
| Emergency Management | minor | visit program | |||
| Emergency Medical Care (B.S.) | major* | visit program | |||
| Engineering (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Engineering Sales and Distribution | certificate | visit program | |||
| Engineering Technology (B.S.) | major* | visit program | |||
| English (B.A.) ‡ | major | minor | |||
| English Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| English Studies Pedagogy | concentration | ||||
| Entrepreneurship (B.S., B.S.B.A) ‡ | major* | minor | visit program | ||
| Environmental Health (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Environmental Hydrology | concentration | visit program | |||
| Environmental Science (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Film Studies (also see Motion Picture Studies, Motion Picture and Television) | minor | visit program | |||
| Finance (B.S.B.A.) | major | visit program | |||
| Forensic Anthropology | minor | concentration | visit program | ||
| Forensic Science (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Forest Resources | concentration | visit program | |||
| Geography | minor | visit program | |||
| Geology (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Geospatial Resource Analysis | concentration | visit program | |||
| German (B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Health and Physical Education (B.S.Ed.) | major | visit program | |||
| Health Information Administration (B.S.) | major* | visit program | |||
| Health Management | concentration | visit program | |||
| History (B.A., B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Hospitality and Tourism Management (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Inclusive Education (B.S.Ed.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Interior Design (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| International Studies (B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Japanese Studies | minor | visit program | |||
| Journalism | minor | concentration | visit program | ||
| Land Development ‡ | minor | concentration | visit program | ||
| Leadership | minor | visit program | |||
| Literature ‡ | minor | concentration | |||
| Management (B.S.B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Marketing (B.S.B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Mathematics (B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Mathematics Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Middle Grades Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Motion Picture and Television Production (B.F.A.) | major | visit program | |||
| Motion Picture Studies | concentration | visit program | |||
| Molecular Biology | concentration | visit program | |||
| Multi-Media | minor | visit program | |||
| Music (B.A., B.M.) ‡ | major | minor | concentration | visit program | |
| Music – Commercial and Electronic | concentration | visit program | |||
| Music – Industry | concentration | visit program | |||
| Music - Performance | concentration | visit program | |||
| Music Education (B.M./B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Music Technology | certificate | ||||
| Musical Theatre | concentration | visit program | |||
| Natural Resource Conservation and Management (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Nursing (B.S.N.) ‡ | major* | visit program | |||
| Nutrition and Dietetics (B.S.) | major | concentration | visit program | ||
| Occupational Safety | certificate | visit program | |||
| Parks and Recreation Management (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Philosophy (B.A.) | major | minor | concentration | visit program | |
| Physics | minor | visit program | |||
| Physics Education (see Science Education, B.S.Ed.) | concentration | visit program | |||
| Political Science (B.A., B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Pre-Health Professional | concentration | visit program | |||
| Premedical / Biomedical Science & Technology | concentration | visit program | |||
| Professional Education | concentration | visit program | |||
| Professional Writing ‡ | minor | concentration | |||
| Psychology (B.S.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Public History | certificate | visit program | |||
| Public Relations | concentration | visit program | |||
| Reading | add-on licensure | visit program | |||
| Recreational Therapy (B.S.) | major | visit program | |||
| Religion | minor | concentration | visit program | ||
| Residential Environments | minor | visit program | |||
| Secondary and Special Subject Teaching (B.S.Ed.) | major | visit program | |||
| Science | concentration | visit program | |||
| Social Sciences Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | visit program | |||
| Social Work (B.S.W.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Sociology (B.A., B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | concentration | visit program | |||
| Solid Earth | concentration | visit program | |||
| Spanish (B.A.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Spanish Education (B.S.Ed.) | major | visit program | |||
| Inclusive Education (B.S.Ed.) ‡ | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Sport Management (B.S.) | major | minor | visit program | ||
| Stage and Screen (B.A.) | major | concentration | visit program | ||
| Studio Art | concentration | visit program | |||
| Teacher Education (link to visit program to see speciality areas for B.S.Ed and certificate programs) | visit program | ||||
| Telecommunications | minor | visit program | |||
| Theatre (B.F.A.) | major | visit program | |||
| Theatre (Acting, Musical Theatre) | concentration | visit program | |||
| Women's Studies | minor | visit program | |||