Majors & Minors
The role of majors in the curriculum is to ensure that all graduates have experienced the challenges and rewards of studying an academic discipline or interdisciplinary subject in considerable depth. With the help of an advisor, each student chooses and completes one major of between 9 and 18 courses. Some students elect to double-major, or to supplement their major with a minor in a second field of strong personal interest.
Most students select their major from a comprehensive list of existing departmental and interdisciplinary majors, but, in certain cases, students may instead complete an independent major planned in consultation with an advisor.
In addition to the minors offered in the College of Arts & Sciences, BU’s professional schools and colleges offer a number of minors that are available to CAS students: Advertising; Business Administration & Management; Communication Studies; Dance; Education; Human Physiology; Journalism; Music Performance; Nutrition Science; Physical Education, Health Education & Coaching; Photojournalism; Public Health; Public Relations; Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences; Theatre Arts; and Visual Arts.
It’s Ok to be Undecided
Pick a major, any major. Or don’t. At BU you have more than 250 programs to choose from. Better yet, you also have two years to decide which one is right for you.
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