Majors & Minors

Fall 2015 Declared Majors, Declared Minors & Summary Table

MAJORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	904	895	1,799	67	89	156
Declared Students	392	403	795	65	87	152
% of total enrollment	43.4%	45.0%	*44.2%*	97.0%	97.8%	*97.4%*
Undeclared Students	512	492	1,004	2	2	4
% of total enrollment	56.6%	55.0%	*55.8%*	3.0%	2.2%	*2.6%*

MAJORS
Humanities / Fine Arts	100	129	229	27	38	65
*% of declared students*	*25.5%*	*32.0%*	*28.8%*	*41.5%*	*43.7%*	*42.8%*
Art History	4	8	12	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.0%	2.0%	*1.5%*	1.5%	0.0%	*0.7%*
Art History and Archaeology	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.2%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Art History and Visual Arts	3	4	7	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.8%	1.0%	*0.9%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Classical Archaeology	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classical Studies	2	1	3	1	1	2
% of declared students	0.5%	0.2%	*0.4%*	1.5%	1.1%	*1.3%*
Classics	4	4	8	2	0	2
% of declared students	1.0%	1.0%	*1.0%*	3.1%	0.0%	*1.3%*
English	17	31	48	3	9	12
% of declared students	4.3%	7.7%	*6.0%*	4.6%	10.3%	*7.9%*
English and Theater	2	2	4	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
French	3	13	16	2	6	8
% of declared students	0.8%	3.2%	*2.0%*	3.1%	6.9%	*5.3%*
German	6	7	13	1	3	4
% of declared students	1.5%	1.7%	*1.6%*	1.5%	3.4%	*2.6%*
History	24	13	37	5	7	12
% of declared students	6.1%	3.2%	*4.7%*	7.7%	8.0%	*7.9%*
Music	8	3	11	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.0%	0.7%	*1.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Philosophy	6	1	7	1	2	3
% of declared students	1.5%	0.2%	*0.9%*	1.5%	2.3%	*2.0%*
Religion	4	4	8	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.0%	1.0%	*1.0%*	1.5%	0.0%	*0.7%*
Romance Languages	3	4	7	5	1	6
% of declared students	0.8%	1.0%	*0.9%*	7.7%	1.1%	*3.9%*
Russian	2	2	4	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.5%	0.5%	*0.5%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Spanish	6	14	20	3	5	8
% of declared students	1.5%	3.5%	*2.5%*	4.6%	5.7%	*5.3%*
Visual Arts	6	17	23	2	2	4
% of declared students	1.5%	4.2%	*2.9%*	3.1%	2.3%	*2.6%*

Natural Sciences / Mathematics	196	192	388	23	24	47
*% of declared students*	*50.0%*	*47.6%*	*48.8%*	*35.4%*	*27.6%*	*30.9%*
Biochemistry	24	17	41	4	3	7
% of declared students	6.1%	4.2%	*5.2%*	6.2%	3.4%	*4.6%*
Biology	28	44	72	5	3	8
% of declared students	7.1%	10.9%	*9.1%*	7.7%	3.4%	*5.3%*
Chemical Physics	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.2%	*0.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Chemistry	14	12	26	0	1	1
% of declared students	3.6%	3.0%	*3.3%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Computer Science	27	12	39	4	6	10
% of declared students	6.9%	3.0%	*4.9%*	6.2%	6.9%	*6.6%*
Computer Science and Mathematics	3	3	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.8%	0.7%	*0.8%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	14	31	45	2	5	7
% of declared students	3.6%	7.7%	*5.7%*	3.1%	5.7%	*4.6%*
Mathematics	45	27	72	5	3	8
% of declared students	11.5%	6.7%	*9.1%*	7.7%	3.4%	*5.3%*
Neuroscience	18	36	54	0	1	1
% of declared students	4.6%	8.9%	*6.8%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Physics	23	9	32	3	2	5
% of declared students	5.9%	2.2%	*4.0%*	4.6%	2.3%	*3.3%*

Social / Behavioral Sciences	206	175	381	33	49	82
*% of declared students*	*52.6%*	*43.4%*	*47.9%*	*50.8%*	*56.3%*	*53.9%*
Anthropology	5	17	22	0	2	2
% of declared students	1.3%	4.2%	*2.8%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Economics	95	27	122	11	10	21
% of declared students	24.2%	6.7%	*15.3%*	16.9%	11.5%	*13.8%*
Government	89	75	164	16	20	36
% of declared students	22.7%	18.6%	*20.6%*	24.6%	23.0%	*23.7%*
Psychology	8	26	34	3	7	10
% of declared students	2.0%	6.5%	*4.3%*	4.6%	8.0%	*6.6%*
Sociology	9	30	39	3	10	13
% of declared students	2.3%	7.4%	*4.9%*	4.6%	11.5%	*8.6%*

Interdisciplinary Majors	34	60	94	8	14	22
*% of declared students*	*8.7%*	*14.9%*	*11.8%*	*12.3%*	*16.1%*	*14.5%*
Africana Studies	3	11	14	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.8%	2.7%	*1.8%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Asian Studies	5	7	12	0	2	2
% of declared students	1.3%	1.7%	*1.5%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*
Environmental Studies *	18	29	47	6	5	11
% of declared students	4.6%	7.2%	*5.9%*	9.2%	5.7%	*7.2%*
Eurasian and East European Studies	0	0	0	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	1.5%	0.0%	*0.7%*
Gender and Women's Studies	0	7	7	1	3	4
% of declared students	0.0%	1.7%	*0.9%*	1.5%	3.4%	*2.6%*
Latin American Studies	3	4	7	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.8%	1.0%	*0.9%*	0.0%	1.1%	*0.7%*
Mathematics and Economics	2	1	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.5%	0.2%	*0.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Mathematics and Education	3	1	4	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.8%	0.2%	*0.5%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Student-Designed	0	0	0	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	2.3%	*1.3%*

* Environmental Studies is offered only as a coordinate major.

Fall 2015 - Declared Minors

MINORS	IN RESIDENCE			STUDYING OFF CAMPUS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	904	895	1,799	67	89	156
Declared Students	208	235	443	41	49	90
% of total enrollment	23.0%	26.3%	*24.6%*	61.2%	55.1%	*57.7%*
Undeclared Students	696	660	1,356	26	40	66
% of total enrollment	77.0%	73.7%	*75.4%*	38.8%	44.9%	*42.3%*

MINORS
Humanities / Fine Arts	65	85	150	17	18	35
*% of declared students*	*31.3%*	*36.2%*	*33.9%*	*41.5%*	*36.7%*	*38.9%*
Art History	2	8	10	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.0%	3.4%	*2.3%*	0.0%	2.0%	*1.1%*
Cinema Studies	9	8	17	1	2	3
% of declared students	4.3%	3.4%	*3.8%*	2.4%	4.1%	*3.3%*
Classics-Archaeology	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics-Classical Studies	2	1	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.0%	0.4%	*0.7%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics-Classics	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics-Greek	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Classics-Latin	0	1	1	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.4%	*0.2%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Dance	1	2	3	2	0	2
% of declared students	0.5%	0.9%	*0.7%*	4.9%	0.0%	*2.2%*
English	4	6	10	1	2	3
% of declared students	1.9%	2.6%	*2.3%*	2.4%	4.1%	*3.3%*
French	4	5	9	2	0	2
% of declared students	1.9%	2.1%	*2.0%*	4.9%	0.0%	*2.2%*
German	5	2	7	1	2	3
% of declared students	2.4%	0.9%	*1.6%*	2.4%	4.1%	*3.3%*
History	9	7	16	3	1	4
% of declared students	4.3%	3.0%	*3.6%*	7.3%	2.0%	*4.4%*
Italian	5	6	11	0	1	1
% of declared students	2.4%	2.6%	*2.5%*	0.0%	2.0%	*1.1%*
Music	8	3	11	1	1	2
% of declared students	3.8%	1.3%	*2.5%*	2.4%	2.0%	*2.2%*
Philosophy	2	0	2	2	1	3
% of declared students	1.0%	0.0%	*0.5%*	4.9%	2.0%	*3.3%*
Religion	3	2	5	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.4%	0.9%	*1.1%*	2.4%	2.0%	*2.2%*
Russian	0	0	0	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Spanish	8	11	19	2	3	5
% of declared students	3.8%	4.7%	*4.3%*	4.9%	6.1%	*5.6%*
Theater	0	3	3	0	2	2
% of declared students	0.0%	1.3%	*0.7%*	0.0%	4.1%	*2.2%*
Visual Arts	3	20	23	1	1	2
% of declared students	1.4%	8.5%	*5.2%*	2.4%	2.0%	*2.2%*

Natural Sciences / Mathematics	50	40	90	7	6	13
*% of declared students*	*24.0%*	*17.0%*	*20.3%*	*17.1%*	*12.2%*	*14.4%*
Biology	3	9	12	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.4%	3.8%	*2.7%*	2.4%	0.0%	*1.1%*
Chemistry	7	9	16	1	2	3
% of declared students	3.4%	3.8%	*3.6%*	2.4%	4.1%	*3.3%*
Computer Science	12	5	17	1	2	3
% of declared students	5.8%	2.1%	*3.8%*	2.4%	4.1%	*3.3%*
Earth and Oceanographic Science	3	3	6	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.4%	1.3%	*1.4%*	2.4%	0.0%	*1.1%*
Mathematics	20	13	33	3	2	5
% of declared students	9.6%	5.5%	*7.4%*	7.3%	4.1%	*5.6%*
Physics	5	1	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	2.4%	0.4%	*1.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*

Social / Behavioral Sciences	77	90	167	12	22	34
*% of declared students*	*37.0%*	*38.3%*	*37.7%*	*29.3%*	*44.9%*	*37.8%*
Anthropology	4	7	11	0	1	1
% of declared students	1.9%	3.0%	*2.5%*	0.0%	2.0%	*1.1%*
Economics	22	11	33	4	4	8
% of declared students	10.6%	4.7%	*7.4%*	9.8%	8.2%	*8.9%*
Economics and Finance	3	0	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.4%	0.0%	*0.7%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Education Studies	10	28	38	3	9	12
% of declared students	4.8%	11.9%	*8.6%*	7.3%	18.4%	*13.3%*
Government	21	9	30	3	3	6
% of declared students	10.1%	3.8%	*6.8%*	7.3%	6.1%	*6.7%*
Psychology	4	8	12	1	0	1
% of declared students	1.9%	3.4%	*2.7%*	2.4%	0.0%	*1.1%*
Sociology	8	10	18	1	3	4
% of declared students	3.8%	4.3%	*4.1%*	2.4%	6.1%	*4.4%*
Teaching	5	17	22	0	2	2
% of declared students	2.4%	7.2%	*5.0%*	0.0%	4.1%	*2.2%*

Interdisciplinary Minors	16	20	36	5	3	8
*% of declared students*	*7.7%*	*8.5%*	*8.1%*	*12.2%*	*6.1%*	*8.9%*
Africana Studies	3	2	5	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.4%	0.9%	*1.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Asian Studies	6	2	8	1	0	1
% of declared students	2.9%	0.9%	*1.8%*	2.4%	0.0%	*1.1%*
Asian Studies-Chinese	2	4	6	3	2	5
% of declared students	1.0%	1.7%	*1.4%*	7.3%	4.1%	*5.6%*
Asian Studies-Japanese	2	1	3	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.0%	0.4%	*0.7%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Environmental Studies	2	3	5	0	0	0
% of declared students	1.0%	1.3%	*1.1%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Gay and Lesbian Studies	0	0	0	1	0	1
% of declared students	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*	2.4%	0.0%	*1.1%*
Gender and Women's Studies	0	6	6	0	0	0
% of declared students	0.0%	2.6%	*1.4%*	0.0%	0.0%	*0.0%*
Latin American Studies	1	2	3	0	1	1
% of declared students	0.5%	0.9%	*0.7%*	0.0%	2.0%	*1.1%*

SUMMARY TABLE

Fall 2015 - Top Ten Declared Majors

1. Government, 200

2. Economics, 143

3. Biology, 80

3. Mathematics, 80

5. English, 60

6. Environmental Studies, 58

7. Neuroscience, 55

8. Earth and Oceanographic Science, 52

8. Sociology, 52

10. Computer Science, 49

10. History, 49

Of the 1,955 students studying in residence and off campus, 947 (48.4%) have declared a major as of Fall 2015. Of these 947 students, 586 (61.9%) have declared a single major; 58 (6.1%) have declared a coordinate major (Environmental Studies in addition to another major); and 303 (32.0%) have declared a double major.

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Maintained by Margaret Allen, Bowdoin College Office of Institutional Research
Last Update: October 16, 2015
E-mail: mallen2@bowdoin.edu