Undergraduate Majors

These are the undergraduate majors offered by UW-Madison. The abbreviations in parentheses after each major refer to the school or college that offers the program. For more information on majors (and specialties within major programs) consult the appropriate school or college section of this catalog. See also Entrance Requirements for Undergraduate Majors.

Schools and Colleges

(CALS) College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
(BUS) School of Business
(ED) School of Education
(E) College of Engineering
(SOHE) School of Human Ecology
(LS) College of Letters and Science
(MED) School of Medicine and Public Health
(NUR) School of Nursing
(PH) School of Pharmacy

Majors

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W Z

African Languages and Literature (LS)
Afro-American Studies (LS)
Agricultural and Applied Economics (CALS)
Agricultural Business Management (CALS)
Agricultural Education (CALS)
Agricultural Journalism (CALS)
Agronomy (CALS)
Animal Sciences (CALS)
Anthropology (LS)
Applied Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics (LS)
Art (ED)
Art Education (ED)
Art History (LS)
Asian Studies (LS)
Astronomy-Physics (LS)
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (LS)

Biochemistry (CALS)
Biochemistry (LS)
Biological Aspects of Conservation (LS)
Biological Systems Engineering (CALS)
Biology (ED)
Biology (CALS)
Biology (LS)
Biomedical Engineering (E)
Botany (LS)

Business:

Accounting (BUS)

Actuarial Science (BUS)

Finance, Investment, and Banking (BUS)

Information Systems (BUS)

International Business (BUS)

Management and Human Resources (BUS)

Marketing (BUS)

Operations and Technology Management (BUS)

Real Estate and Urban Land Economics (BUS)

Risk Management and Insurance (BUS)

Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (LS)
Chemical Engineering (E)
Chemistry (ED)
Chemistry (LS)
Chemistry Course (LS)
Chinese (ED)
Chinese (LS)
Civil Engineering (E)
Classical Humanities (LS)
Classics (LS)
Clinical Laboratory Science (MED)
Communication Arts (LS)
Communicative Disorders (ED)
Communicative Disorders (LS)
Comparative Literature (LS)
Computer Engineering (E)
Computer Sciences (LS)
Consumer Science (SOHE)

Dairy Science (CALS)
Dance (ED)

Earth Science (ED)
Economics (ED)
Economics (LS)
Electrical Engineering (E)
Elementary Education (ED)
Engineering Mechanics (E)
Engineering Physics (E)
English (ED)
English (LS)
Entomology (CALS)

Family, Consumer and Community Education (SOHE)
Family and Consumer Journalism (SOHE)
Food Science (CALS)
Forest Science (CALS)
French (ED)
French (LS)

Genetics (CALS)
Geography (ED)
Geography (LS)
Geological Engineering (E)
Geology and Geophysics (LS)
German (ED)
German (LS)

Hebrew (ED)
Hebrew (LS)
History (ED)
History (LS)
History and History of Science (LS)
History of Science (LS)
Horticulture (CALS)
Human Development and Family Studies (SOHE)
Human Ecology (SOHE)

Individual Major (CALS)
Individual Major (ED)
Individual Major (SOHE)
Individual Major (LS)
Industrial Engineering (E)
Interior Design (SOHE)
International Studies (LS)
Italian (ED)
Italian (LS)

Japanese (ED)
Japanese (LS)
Jewish Studies (LS)
Journalism (LS)

Kinesiology (ED)

Landscape Architecture (CALS)
Languages and Cultures of Asia (LS)
Latin (ED)
Latin (LS)
Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LS)
Legal Studies (LS)
Linguistics (LS)

Materials Science and Engineering (E)
Mathematics (ED)
Mathematics (LS)
Mechanical Engineering (E)
Medical Microbiology and Immunology (LS)
Medical Science (LS)
Microbiology (CALS)
Microbiology (LS)
Molecular Biology (LS)
Music:

   (B.A./B.S.) (LS)
   Education (LS)
   Performance (LS)

Natural Science (ED)
Naval Science (E)
Nuclear Engineering (E)
Nursing (NUR)
Nutritional Sciences (CALS)

Pharmacology and Toxicology (PH)
Philosophy (LS)
Physician Assistant (MED)
Physics (ED)
Physics (LS)
Plant Pathology (CALS)
Polish (ED)
Polish (LS)
Political Science (ED)
Political Science (LS)
Portuguese (ED)
Portuguese (LS)
Poultry Science (CALS)
Psychology (LS)

Recreation Resources Management (CALS)
Rehabilitation Psychology (ED)
Religious Studies (LS)
Retailing (SOHE)
Rural Sociology (CALS)
Russian (ED)
Russian (LS)

Scandinavian Studies (LS)
Social Studies (ED)
Social Welfare (LS)
Social Work (LS)
Sociology (ED)
Sociology (LS)
Soil Science (CALS)
Spanish (ED)
Spanish (LS)
Special Education (ED)
Statistics (LS)

Textile and Apparel Design (SOHE)
Theatre and Drama (LS)

Wildlife Ecology (CALS)
Women's Studies (LS)

Certificate Programs

Students may earn certificates in many subject areas. Information about certificates is available in the school/college sections of this catalog. For a list of certificates offered at UW-Madison, see www.wisc.edu/academics/majors/php.