Majors & Minors

Fall 2017 Declared Majors, Declared Minors & Summary Table

MAJORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	908	908	1,816	74	85	159
Declared Students	415	392	807	74	85	159
% of total enrollment	45.7%	43.2%	*44.4%*	100.0%	100.0%	*100.0%*
Undeclared Students	493	516	1,009	0	0	0
% of total enrollment	54.3%	56.8%	*55.6%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

MAJORS
Humanities and Fine Arts	104	133	237	24	33	57
*% of declared students*	*25.1%*	*33.9%*	*29.4%*	*32.4%*	*38.8%*	*35.8%*
Art History	2	13	15	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.5%	3.3%	*1.9%*	0.0%	1.2%	*0.6%*
Art History and Archaeology	1	0	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.2%	0.0%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Art History and Visual Arts	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.3%	*0.1%*	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	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.3%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics	2	3	5	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	0.8%	*0.6%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Education *	8	19	27	4	2	6
% of declared students	1.9%	4.8%	*3.3%*	5.4%	2.4%	*3.8%*
English	7	23	30	3	7	10
% of declared students	1.7%	5.9%	*3.7%*	4.1%	8.2%	*6.3%*
English and Theater	3	2	5	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.7%	0.5%	*0.6%*	0.0%	1.2%	*0.6%*
Francophone Studies	10	12	22	1	3	4
% of declared students	2.4%	3.1%	*2.7%*	1.4%	3.5%	*2.5%*
German	6	5	11	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.4%	1.3%	*1.4%*	1.4%	0.0%	*0.6%*
Hispanic Studies	8	15	23	4	7	11
% of declared students	1.9%	3.8%	*2.9%*	5.4%	8.2%	*6.9%*
History	28	24	52	9	6	15
% of declared students	6.7%	6.1%	*6.4%*	12.2%	7.1%	*9.4%*
Italian Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Music	6	1	7	2	1	3
% of declared students	1.4%	0.3%	*0.9%*	2.7%	1.2%	*1.9%*
Performance Arts	0	0	0	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.6%
Philosophy	10	3	13	1	1	2
% of declared students	2.4%	0.8%	*1.6%*	1.4%	1.2%	*1.3%*
Religion	5	9	14	0	3	3
% of declared students	1.2%	2.3%	*1.7%*	0.0%	3.5%	*1.9%*
Romance Languages and Lits	3	5	8	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.7%	1.3%	*1.0%*	1.4%	0.0%	*0.6%*
Russian	1	1	2	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.2%	0.3%	*0.2%*	0.0%	2.4%	*1.3%*
Visual Arts	8	11	19	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.9%	2.8%	*2.4%*	0.0%	1.2%	*0.6%*

Natural Science and Mathematics	187	159	346	32	23	55
*% of declared students*	*45.1%*	*40.6%*	*42.9%*	*43.2%*	*27.1%*	*34.6%*
Biochemistry	19	20	39	0	3	3
% of declared students	4.6%	5.1%	*4.8%*	0.0%	3.5%	*1.9%*
Biology	24	34	58	3	5	8
% of declared students	5.8%	8.7%	*7.2%*	4.1%	5.9%	*5.0%*
Chemical Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Chemistry	10	8	18	1	3	4
% of declared students	2.4%	2.0%	*2.2%*	1.4%	3.5%	*2.5%*
Computer Science	47	18	65	5	2	7
% of declared students	11.3%	4.6%	*8.1%*	6.8%	2.4%	*4.4%*
Computer Science and Mathematics	1	3	4	2	1	3
% of declared students	0.2%	0.8%	*0.5%*	2.7%	1.2%	*1.9%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	10	18	28	3	2	5
% of declared students	2.4%	4.6%	*3.5%*	4.1%	2.4%	*3.1%*
Mathematics	56	36	92	16	2	18
% of declared students	13.5%	9.2%	*11.4%*	21.6%	2.4%	*11.3%*
Neuroscience	19	33	52	2	4	6
% of declared students	4.6%	8.4%	*6.4%*	2.7%	4.7%	*3.8%*
Physics	26	7	33	6	1	7
% of declared students	6.3%	1.8%	*4.1%*	8.1%	1.2%	*4.4%*

Social and Behavioral Sciences	198	164	362	35	39	74
*% of declared students*	*47.7%*	*41.8%*	*44.9%*	*47.3%*	*45.9%*	*46.5%*
Anthropology	1	7	8	2	2	4
% of declared students	0.2%	1.8%	*1.0%*	2.7%	2.4%	*2.5%*
Economics	86	35	121	12	8	20
% of declared students	20.7%	8.9%	*15.0%*	16.2%	9.4%	*12.6%*
Government and Legal Studies	99	70	169	22	20	42
% of declared students	23.9%	17.9%	*20.9%*	29.7%	23.5%	*26.4%*
Psychology	10	41	51	0	10	10
% of declared students	2.4%	10.5%	*6.3%*	0.0%	11.8%	*6.3%*
Sociology	13	29	42	1	2	3
% of declared students	3.1%	7.4%	*5.2%*	1.4%	2.4%	*1.9%*

Interdepartmental Majors	4	4	8	0	0	0
*% of declared students*	*1.0%*	*1.0%*	*1.0%*	*0.0%*	*0.0%*	*0.0%*
Mathematics and Economics	4	2	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.0%	0.5%	*0.7%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Mathematics and Education	0	2	2	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.2%*	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	42	60	102	8	21	29
*% of declared students*	*10.1%*	*15.3%*	*12.6%*	*10.8%*	*24.7%*	*18.2%*
Africana Studies	8	10	18	0	2	2
% of declared students	1.9%	2.6%	*2.2%*	0.0%	2.4%	*1.3%*
Asian Studies	9	5	14	4	4	8
% of declared students	2.2%	1.3%	*1.7%*	5.4%	4.7%	*5.0%*
Environmental Studies *	20	29	49	4	10	14
% of declared students	4.8%	7.4%	*6.1%*	5.4%	11.8%	*8.8%*
Gender and Women's Studies	0	2	2	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.2%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Gender, Sexuality and Women's St	2	13	15	1	4	5
% of declared students	0.5%	3.3%	*1.9%*	1.4%	4.7%	*3.1%*
Latin American Studies	3	1	4	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.7%	0.3%	*0.5%*	0.0%	1.2%	*0.6%*
Student-Designed	0	1	1	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.0%	0.3%	*0.1%*	0.0%	2.4%	*1.3%*

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

Fall 2017 - Declared Minors

MINORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	908	908	1,816	74	85	159
Declared Students	169	196	365	37	43	80
% of total enrollment	18.6%	21.6%	*20.1%*	50.0%	50.6%	*50.3%*
Undeclared Students	739	712	1,451	37	42	79
% of total enrollment	81.4%	78.4%	*79.9%*	50.0%	49.4%	*49.7%*

MINORS
Humanities and Fine Arts	65	97	162	15	20	35
*% of declared students*	*38.5%*	*49.5%*	*44.4%*	*40.5%*	*46.5%*	*43.8%*
Archaeology	1	2	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.6%	1.0%	*0.8%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Art History	2	4	6	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.2%	2.0%	*1.6%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Chinese	5	1	6	0	3	3
% of declared students	3.0%	0.5%	*1.6%*	0.0%	7.0%	*3.8%*
Classical Studies	2	0	2	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.2%	0.0%	*0.5%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Classics	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Dance	0	4	4	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	2.0%	*1.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Education	6	17	23	0	5	5
% of declared students	3.6%	8.7%	*6.3%*	0.0%	11.6%	*6.3%*
English	6	8	14	1	0	1
% of declared students	3.6%	4.1%	*3.8%*	2.7%	0.0%	*1.3%*
Francophone Studies	2	7	9	3	2	5
% of declared students	1.2%	3.6%	*2.5%*	8.1%	4.7%	*6.3%*
German	2	6	8	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.2%	3.1%	*2.2%*	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	3	11	14	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.8%	5.6%	*3.8%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
History	10	6	16	4	3	7
% of declared students	5.9%	3.1%	*4.4%*	10.8%	7.0%	*8.8%*
Italian Studies	2	4	6	2	0	2
% of declared students	1.2%	2.0%	*1.6%*	5.4%	0.0%	*2.5%*
Japanese	4	1	5	1	0	1
% of declared students	2.4%	0.5%	*1.4%*	2.7%	0.0%	*1.3%*
Latin	2	1	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.2%	0.5%	*0.8%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Music	6	5	11	0	0	0
% of declared students	3.6%	2.6%	*3.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Music Performance	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Philosophy	5	3	8	0	0	0
% of declared students	3.0%	1.5%	*2.2%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Religion	0	3	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	1.5%	*0.8%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Russian	0	1	1	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.5%	*0.3%*	2.7%	0.0%	*1.3%*
Theater	2	4	6	3	0	3
% of declared students	1.2%	2.0%	*1.6%*	8.1%	0.0%	*3.8%*
Visual Arts	5	9	14	0	4	4
% of declared students	3.0%	4.6%	*3.8%*	0.0%	9.3%	*5.0%*

Natural Science and Mathematics	43	30	73	6	9	15
*% of declared students*	*25.4%*	*15.3%*	*20.0%*	*16.2%*	*20.9%*	*18.8%*
Biology	3	4	7	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.8%	2.0%	*1.9%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Chemistry	4	3	7	1	1	2
% of declared students	2.4%	1.5%	*1.9%*	2.7%	2.3%	*2.5%*
Computer Science	15	5	20	1	2	3
% of declared students	8.9%	2.6%	*5.5%*	2.7%	4.7%	*3.8%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	3	4	7	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.8%	2.0%	*1.9%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Mathematics	16	14	30	2	5	7
% of declared students	9.5%	7.1%	*8.2%*	5.4%	11.6%	*8.8%*
Physics	2	0	2	2	0	2
% of declared students	1.2%	0.0%	*0.5%*	5.4%	0.0%	*2.5%*

Social and Behavioral Sciences	46	44	90	11	7	18
*% of declared students*	*27.2%*	*22.4%*	*24.7%*	*29.7%*	*16.3%*	*22.5%*
Anthropology	0	5	5	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	2.6%	*1.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Economics	20	10	30	7	0	7
% of declared students	11.8%	5.1%	*8.2%*	18.9%	0.0%	*8.8%*
Economics and Finance	1	1	2	1	1	2
% of declared students	0.6%	0.5%	*0.5%*	2.7%	2.3%	*2.5%*
Government and Legal Studies	16	6	22	3	2	5
% of declared students	9.5%	3.1%	*6.0%*	8.1%	4.7%	*6.3%*
Psychology	7	10	17	0	1	1
% of declared students	4.1%	5.1%	*4.7%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Sociology	2	12	14	0	3	3
% of declared students	1.2%	6.1%	*3.8%*	0.0%	7.0%	*3.8%*

Interdisciplinary Minors	15	25	40	5	7	12
*% of declared students*	*8.9%*	*12.8%*	*11.0%*	*13.5%*	*16.3%*	*15.0%*
Africana Studies	4	4	8	3	1	4
% of declared students	2.4%	2.0%	*2.2%*	8.1%	2.3%	*5.0%*
Asian Studies	1	4	5	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.6%	2.0%	*1.4%*	2.7%	0.0%	*1.3%*
Cinema Studies	5	3	8	0	3	3
% of declared students	3.0%	1.5%	*2.2%*	0.0%	7.0%	*3.8%*
Environmental Studies	2	3	5	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.2%	1.5%	*1.4%*	2.7%	2.3%	*2.5%*
Gender, Sexuality and Women's St	2	8	10	0	2	2
% of declared students	1.2%	4.1%	*2.7%*	0.0%	4.7%	*2.5%*
Latin American Studies	1	3	4	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.6%	1.5%	*1.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

SUMMARY TABLE

Fall 2017 - Top Ten Declared Majors

1. Government and Legal Studies, 211

2. Economics, 141

3. Mathematics, 110

4. Computer Science, 72

5. History, 67

6. Biology, 66

7. Environmental Studies *, 63

8. Psychology, 61

9. Neuroscience, 58

10. Sociology, 45

Of the 1,975 students studying in residence and off campus, 966 (48.9%) have declared a major as of Fall 2017. Of these 966 students, 550 (56.9%) have declared a single major; 96 (9.9%) have declared a coordinate major (Education or Environmental Studies in addition to another major); and 320 (33.1%) have declared a double major.

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Last Update: June 29, 2018
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