Undergraduate Majors

Listed below are the undergraduate majors and programs available at Northwestern University. Each link will take you to the corresponding department's website. A small number of links will instead take you to pdf brochures describing the curriculum, faculty, resources, and career opportunities associated with that particular area of study (Adobe Reader required).

Major School
African American Studies WCAS
African Studies WCAS
American Studies - selective program with a special application at the end of freshman year; not available to transfer students. WCAS
Anthropology WCAS
Applied Mathematics McCormick
Art History WCAS
Art Theory and Practice WCAS
Asian Languages and Civilizations WCAS
Asian Studies - program available as a second major only. WCAS
Baritone/Bass - voice and opera Music
Bassoon - woodwind instruments Music
Biological Sciences WCAS
Biomedical Engineering McCormick
Cello - stringed instruments Music
Chemical Engineering McCormick
Chemistry WCAS
Civil Engineering McCormick
Clarinet - woodwind instruments Music
Classical Guitar - stringed instruments Music
Classics (Latin and Greek) WCAS
Cognitive Science WCAS
Communication Studies Communication
Comparative Literary Studies WCAS
Computer Engineering McCormick
Computer Science (Engineering) McCormick
Computer Science (Arts & Sciences) WCAS
Dance Communication
Double Bass - stringed instruments Music
Earth and Planetary Sciences WCAS
Economics WCAS
Electrical Engineering McCormick
English WCAS
Environmental Engineering McCormick
Environmental Sciences WCAS
Euphonium - brass instruments Music
Flute - woodwind instruments Music
French WCAS
Gender and Sexuality Studies WCAS
Geography -program available as a second major only. WCAS
German WCAS
Harp - stringed instruments Music
History WCAS
Horn - brass instruments Music
Human Communication Sciences Communication
Human Development and Psychological Services SESP
Industrial Engineering McCormick
Integrated Science Program WCAS
International Studies - program available as a second major only. WCAS
Italian WCAS
Jazz Studies Music
Jewish Studies WCAS
Journalism Medill
Latina and Latino Studies WCAS
Learning and Organizational Change SESP
Legal Studies - program available as a second major only. WCAS
Linguistics WCAS
Manufacturing and Design Engineering McCormick
Materials Science and Engineering McCormick
Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences WCAS
Mathematics WCAS
Mechanical Engineering McCormick
Mezzo/Alto - voice and opera Music
Middle East Languages and Civilizations WCAS
Middle East Studies - program available as a second major only. WCAS
Music, Bachelor of Arts Music
Music Composition Music
Music Education - general music, instrumental, choral Music
Music Theory and Cognition Music
Musicology Music
Oboe - woodwind instruments Music
Percussion Music
Performance Studies Communication
Philosophy WCAS
Physics and Astronomy WCAS
Piano Music
Political Science WCAS
Psychology WCAS
Radio/Television/Film Communication
Religious Studies WCAS
Saxophone - woodwind instruments Music
Science in Human Culture - program available as a second major only. WCAS
Secondary Teaching SESP
Slavic Languages and Literatures WCAS
Social Policy SESP
Sociology WCAS
Soprano - voice and opera Music
Spanish WCAS
Statistics WCAS
Tenor - voice and opera Music
Theatre Communication
Trombone - brass instruments Music
Trumpet - brass instruments Music
Tuba - brass instruments Music
Undecided
Arts or sciences major
WCAS
Undecided
Education or social policy major
SESP
Undecided
Engineering or applied science major 
McCormick
Urban Studies - Program available as a second major only. WCAS
Viola - stringed instruments Music
Violin - stringed instruments Music