Majors & Minors

Fall 2016 Declared Majors, Declared Minors & Summary Table

MAJORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	902	904	1,806	62	88	150
Declared Students	419	393	812	62	88	150
% of total enrollment	46.5%	43.5%	*45.0%*	100.0%	100.0%	*100.0%*
Undeclared Students	483	511	994	0	0	0
% of total enrollment	53.5%	56.5%	*55.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

MAJORS
Humanities and Fine Arts	100	137	237	21	37	58
*% of declared students*	*23.9%*	*34.9%*	*29.2%*	*33.9%*	*42.0%*	*38.7%*
Art History	2	7	9	1	5	6
% of declared students	0.5%	1.8%	*1.1%*	1.6%	5.7%	*4.0%*
Art History and Archaeology	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Art History and Visual Arts	0	4	4	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	1.0%	*0.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classical Archaeology	1	0	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.2%	0.0%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classical Studies	1	1	2	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.2%	0.3%	*0.2%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics	5	2	7	0	2	2
% of declared students	1.2%	0.5%	*0.9%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Education *	2	6	8	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	1.5%	*1.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
English	12	35	47	0	7	7
% of declared students	2.9%	8.9%	*5.8%*	0.0%	8.0%	*4.7%*
English and Theater	1	1	2	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.2%	0.3%	*0.2%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Francophone Studies	8	13	21	2	4	6
% of declared students	1.9%	3.3%	*2.6%*	3.2%	4.5%	*4.0%*
German	5	7	12	3	2	5
% of declared students	1.2%	1.8%	*1.5%*	4.8%	2.3%	*3.3%*
Hispanic Studies	5	13	18	3	5	8
% of declared students	1.2%	3.3%	*2.2%*	4.8%	5.7%	*5.3%*
History	25	23	48	4	3	7
% of declared students	6.0%	5.9%	*5.9%*	6.5%	3.4%	*4.7%*
Music	7	1	8	1	2	3
% of declared students	1.7%	0.3%	*1.0%*	1.6%	2.3%	*2.0%*
Philosophy	8	2	10	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.9%	0.5%	*1.2%*	1.6%	1.1%	*1.3%*
Religion	3	5	8	1	1	2
% of declared students	0.7%	1.3%	*1.0%*	1.6%	1.1%	*1.3%*
Romance Languages and Literatures	5	6	11	3	1	4
% of declared students	1.2%	1.5%	*1.4%*	4.8%	1.1%	*2.7%*
Russian	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.3%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Visual Arts	10	10	20	2	2	4
% of declared students	2.4%	2.5%	*2.5%*	3.2%	2.3%	*2.7%*

Natural Sciences and Mathematics	217	174	391	25	27	52
*% of declared students*	*51.8%*	*44.3%*	*48.2%*	*40.3%*	*30.7%*	*34.7%*
Biochemistry	28	17	45	2	1	3
% of declared students	6.7%	4.3%	*5.5%*	3.2%	1.1%	*2.0%*
Biology	27	35	62	3	5	8
% of declared students	6.4%	8.9%	*7.6%*	4.8%	5.7%	*5.3%*
Chemical Physics	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.3%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Chemistry	12	6	18	2	0	2
% of declared students	2.9%	1.5%	*2.2%*	3.2%	0.0%	*1.3%*
Computer Science	43	17	60	4	4	8
% of declared students	10.3%	4.3%	*7.4%*	6.5%	4.5%	*5.3%*
Computer Science and Mathematics	3	5	8	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.7%	1.3%	*1.0%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	13	21	34	3	1	4
% of declared students	3.1%	5.3%	*4.2%*	4.8%	1.1%	*2.7%*
Mathematics	49	29	78	5	7	12
% of declared students	11.7%	7.4%	*9.6%*	8.1%	8.0%	*8.0%*
Neuroscience	15	32	47	4	7	11
% of declared students	3.6%	8.1%	*5.8%*	6.5%	8.0%	*7.3%*
Physics	27	11	38	2	0	2
% of declared students	6.4%	2.8%	*4.7%*	3.2%	0.0%	*1.3%*

Social and Behavioral Sciences	206	189	395	33	44	77
*% of declared students*	*49.2%*	*48.1%*	*48.6%*	*53.2%*	*50.0%*	*51.3%*
Anthropology	2	14	16	0	3	3
% of declared students	0.5%	3.6%	*2.0%*	0.0%	3.4%	*2.0%*
Economics	82	38	120	11	6	17
% of declared students	19.6%	9.7%	*14.8%*	17.7%	6.8%	*11.3%*
Government and Legal Studies	97	71	168	18	18	36
% of declared students	23.2%	18.1%	*20.7%*	29.0%	20.5%	*24.0%*
Psychology	10	35	45	2	10	12
% of declared students	2.4%	8.9%	*5.5%*	3.2%	11.4%	*8.0%*
Sociology	15	31	46	2	7	9
% of declared students	3.6%	7.9%	*5.7%*	3.2%	8.0%	*6.0%*

Interdepartmental Majors	5	2	7	1	1	2
*% of declared students*	*1.2%*	*0.5%*	*0.9%*	*1.6%*	*1.1%*	*1.3%*
Mathematics and Economics	4	0	4	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.0%	0.0%	*0.5%*	1.6%	1.1%	*1.3%*
Mathematics and Education	1	2	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.2%	0.5%	*0.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Physics and Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

Interdisciplinary Majors	37	64	101	4	14	18
*% of declared students*	*8.8%*	*16.3%*	*12.4%*	*6.5%*	*15.9%*	*12.0%*
Africana Studies	2	19	21	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.5%	4.8%	*2.6%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Asian Studies	10	6	16	1	0	1
% of declared students	2.4%	1.5%	*2.0%*	1.6%	0.0%	*0.7%*
Environmental Studies *	22	25	47	2	8	10
% of declared students	5.3%	6.4%	*5.8%*	3.2%	9.1%	*6.7%*
Eurasian and East European Studies	1	0	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.2%	0.0%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Gender and Women's Studies	0	4	4	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.0%	1.0%	*0.5%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies	1	6	7	1	2	3
% of declared students	0.2%	1.5%	*0.9%*	1.6%	2.3%	*2.0%*
Latin American Studies	1	2	3	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.2%	0.5%	*0.4%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Student-Designed	0	2	2	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.2%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*

* Education and Environmental Studies are offered only as coordinates majors that must be combined with another major.

Fall 2016 - Declared Minors

MINORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	902	904	1,806	62	88	150
Declared Students	207	203	410	20	32	52
% of total enrollment	22.9%	22.5%	*22.7%*	32.3%	36.4%	*34.7%*
Undeclared Students	695	701	1,396	42	56	98
% of total enrollment	77.1%	77.5%	*77.3%*	67.7%	63.6%	*65.3%*

MINORS
Humanities and Fine Arts	81	98	179	6	20	26
*% of declared students*	*39.1%*	*48.3%*	*43.7%*	*30.0%*	*62.5%*	*50.0%*
Archaeology	0	1	1	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.2%*	5.0%	0.0%	*1.9%*
Art History	2	5	7	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.0%	2.5%	*1.7%*	5.0%	3.1%	*3.8%*
Chinese	5	7	12	2	0	2
% of declared students	2.4%	3.4%	*2.9%*	10.0%	0.0%	*3.8%*
Classical Studies	1	1	2	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Dance	3	3	6	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.4%	1.5%	*1.5%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Education	16	36	52	1	2	3
% of declared students	7.7%	17.7%	*12.7%*	5.0%	6.3%	*5.8%*
English	9	6	15	0	1	1
% of declared students	4.3%	3.0%	*3.7%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Francophone Studies	3	2	5	0	3	3
% of declared students	1.4%	1.0%	*1.2%*	0.0%	9.4%	*5.8%*
German	5	1	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.4%	0.5%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Greek	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Hispanic Studies	7	7	14	0	3	3
% of declared students	3.4%	3.4%	*3.4%*	0.0%	9.4%	*5.8%*
History	10	4	14	0	2	2
% of declared students	4.8%	2.0%	*3.4%*	0.0%	6.3%	*3.8%*
Italian Studies	2	4	6	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.0%	2.0%	*1.5%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Japanese	3	0	3	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.4%	0.0%	*0.7%*	5.0%	0.0%	*1.9%*
Latin	1	1	2	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Music	6	3	9	0	1	1
% of declared students	2.9%	1.5%	*2.2%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Philosophy	1	1	2	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Religion	2	0	2	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.0%	0.0%	*0.5%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Russian	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Theater	3	3	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.4%	1.5%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Visual Arts	2	13	15	0	3	3
% of declared students	1.0%	6.4%	*3.7%*	0.0%	9.4%	*5.8%*

Natural Sciences and Mathematics	53	31	84	4	3	7
*% of declared students*	*25.6%*	*15.3%*	*20.5%*	*20.0%*	*9.4%*	*13.5%*
Biology	2	9	11	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.0%	4.4%	*2.7%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Chemistry	6	6	12	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.9%	3.0%	*2.9%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Computer Science	12	4	16	2	1	3
% of declared students	5.8%	2.0%	*3.9%*	10.0%	3.1%	*5.8%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	4	2	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.9%	1.0%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Mathematics	23	10	33	2	1	3
% of declared students	11.1%	4.9%	*8.0%*	10.0%	3.1%	*5.8%*
Physics	6	0	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.9%	0.0%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

Social and Behavioral Sciences	57	58	115	8	8	16
*% of declared students*	*27.5%*	*28.6%*	*28.0%*	*40.0%*	*25.0%*	*30.8%*
Anthropology	2	8	10	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.0%	3.9%	*2.4%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Economics	23	14	37	1	1	2
% of declared students	11.1%	6.9%	*9.0%*	5.0%	3.1%	*3.8%*
Economics and Finance	1	1	2	1	1	2
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	5.0%	3.1%	*3.8%*
Government and Legal Studies	18	16	34	5	2	7
% of declared students	8.7%	7.9%	*8.3%*	25.0%	6.3%	*13.5%*
Psychology	6	4	10	1	1	2
% of declared students	2.9%	2.0%	*2.4%*	5.0%	3.1%	*3.8%*
Sociology	7	15	22	0	2	2
% of declared students	3.4%	7.4%	*5.4%*	0.0%	6.3%	*3.8%*

Interdisciplinary Minors	16	16	32	2	1	3
*% of declared students*	*7.7%*	*7.9%*	*7.8%*	*10.0%*	*3.1%*	*5.8%*
Africana Studies	3	3	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.4%	1.5%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Asian Studies	6	0	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.9%	0.0%	*1.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Cinema Studies	5	6	11	0	1	1
% of declared students	2.4%	3.0%	*2.7%*	0.0%	3.1%	*1.9%*
Environmental Studies	2	0	2	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.0%	0.0%	*0.5%*	5.0%	0.0%	*1.9%*
Gender and Women's Studies	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.2%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies	0	3	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	1.5%	*0.7%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Latin American Studies	0	3	3	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.0%	1.5%	*0.7%*	5.0%	0.0%	*1.9%*

SUMMARY TABLE

Fall 2016 - Top Ten Declared Majors

1. Government and Legal Studies, 204

2. Economics, 137

3. Mathematics, 90

4. Biology, 70

5. Computer Science, 68

6. Neuroscience, 58

7. Environmental Studies, 57

7. Psychology, 57

9. History, 55

9. Sociology, 55

Of the 1,956 students studying in residence and off campus, 962 (49.2%) have declared a major as of Fall 2016. Of these 962 students, 587 (61.0%) have declared a single major; 64 (6.7%) have declared a coordinate major (Education or Environmental Studies in addition to another major); 310 (32.2%) have declared a double major; and one (0.1%) has declared a double-coordinate major.

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Last Update: November 14, 2016
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