WKU Majors and Minors

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WKU offers undergraduate degree programs including baccalaureate majors, minors, and certificate levels. Click on the academic area that interests you for more information.

• WKU has a variety of online program and course options. Check with the department to see if the major you are interested in is offered primary online, or visit WKU Online.
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• To learn more about graduate programs please visit the Graduate School.
• WKU offers courses at four convenient locations, at our main campus in Bowling Green, or at our three Regional Campuses, including Glasgow, Elizabethtown-Ft. Knox, and Owensboro.

 

Academic Undergraduate Program	Major	Minor	Certificate	Pre‑Prof ◊	Degree	JUMP*
Accounting	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Advanced Professionalism	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Advertising	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Aerospace Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
African American Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Aging Specialist	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Agriculture Technology and Management	No	No	No	No	AS	No
Agriculture	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Agriculture (Agribusiness)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Agricultural Mechanization)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Agricultural Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Agronomy - Plant)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Agronomy - Soil)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Animal Science - Beef)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Animal Science - Swine)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Dairy Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (General Agriculture)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Horse Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Horticulture)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Agriculture (Turf and Golf Course Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
American Sign Language Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Anthropology	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Anthropology (Archeology)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Anthropology (Biological Anthropology)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Anthropology (Cultural Resource Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Anthropology (Cultural Anthropology)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Applied Data Analytics	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Applied Statistics	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Arabic	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Arabic (for Journalism)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Arabic (for Business)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Arabic (for International Service)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Architectural Science	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Art History	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Asian Religions and Cultures	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Asian Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Astronomy	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Athletic Coaching	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Automation	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Biochemistry	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Biology	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Biophysics	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Brewing and Distilling Arts & Sciences	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Broadcasting	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Business (Business Management)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Business Management Preparation)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Leadership)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Real Estate)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Management Information Systems)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Office Management and Supervision)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business (Real Estate)	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Business Administration	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Business and Marketing Education	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Business Data Analytics	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Business Economics	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Chemistry	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Chemistry (ACS Certified)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Chemistry (Foundations Chemistry)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Chemistry (Teacher Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Chinese	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Citizenship and Social Justice	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Civil Engineering	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Classical Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Clinical and Community Behavioral Health	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
CNSS 4011	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Communication (Strategic Sport Communication)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Communication Disorders	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Communication Studies	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	Yes
Community Recreation	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Computer Animation	No	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Computer Information Systems	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Computer Information Technology	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Computer Literacy	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Computer Science	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Computer Science (Specialty Option)	No	No	No	No	BS	No
Computer Science (Systems/Scientific Applications)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Construction Management	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Corporate and Organizational Communication	Yes	No	No	No	BA	Yes
Criminology	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Dance	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Data Analysis Using SAS	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Deaf Studies	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dental Hygiene	Yes	No	No	No	BS, AS	No
Digital Advertising	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Diversity and Community Studies	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Early Childhood Education	No	No	No	No	AA	No
Early Childhood Education Director	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Earth Science	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Economics	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	Yes
Electrical Engineering	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
Elementary Education	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
English	No	Yes	No	No	BA	No
English (Creative Writing)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
English (Literature)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
English (Professional Writing)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
English for Secondary Teachers	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Entrepreneurship	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Environmental and Occupational Health Science	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	BS	No
Environmental Studies & Sustainability	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Exercise Science	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Facility and Event Management	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Family and Consumer Sciences	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Family and Consumer Sciences (Child Studies)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
Family and Consumer Sciences (Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Family and Consumer Sciences (Family Studies)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
Family Home Visiting	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Film	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Film Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Finance	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Finance (Financial Planning)	Yes	No	Yes	No	BS	No
Finance (Financial Management)	Yes	No	Yes	No	BS	No
Floodplain Management	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Floristry	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Folklore	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Food Processing and Technology	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Food Science	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
French	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Gender & Women's Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Geographic Information Science/Systems	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	BS	Yes
Geography	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Geography and Environmental Studies (Environment and Sustainability)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Geography and Environmental Studies (Geography)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Geography and Environmental Studies (Climate Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Geography and Environmental Studies (Karst and Water Resources)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Geography and Environmental Studies (Tourism and Development)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Geology	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Gerontology	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Global Health Service	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Graphic Design (for Advertising Majors)	No	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Health Care Administration	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Health Education and Health Promotion	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Health Informatics	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Health Information Management	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Health Sciences (Health Services Leadership & Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Health Sciences (Health and Social Welfare)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Health Sciences (Allied Health)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
History	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Honors (Self-Designated Studies)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA/BS	No
Hospitality Management and Dietetics (Food, Nutrition, and Wellness)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Hospitality Management and Dietetics (Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Hospitality Management and Dietetics (Nutrition and Dietetics)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
iMedia	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Industrial Sciences	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Information Systems	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Interactive Training Design	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (Non-Teacher Certification)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (Teacher Certification)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Interdisciplinary Patient Navigator	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Arts)	Yes	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Business)	Yes	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Education)	No	No	No	No	AIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Health)	No	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Humanities)	Yes	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Military Studies)	Yes	No	No	No	BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Organization and Communication of Ideas)	No	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Science)	Yes	Yes	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Social and Behavioral Studies)	Yes	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Social Justice/Equity Studies)	No	No	No	No	AIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Sustainability)	Yes	No	No	No	BIS	No
Interdisciplinary Studies (Technology)	No	No	No	No	AIS/BIS	No
Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising (Fashion Merchandising)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising (Interior Design)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
International Affairs	Yes	No	No	No	BA	Yes
International Business	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Journalism	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Journalism Writing	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Kentucky Studies	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Land Surveying	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Latin American Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Legal Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Long-Term Care Administration	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Management (Business Administration)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Management (Human Resources/Personnel Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Manufacturing and Logistics	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Manufacturing Process and Technology	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Marketing	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Marketing (Sales)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Marketing (Social Media)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Marketing (Strategic Marketing)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Mathematical Economics	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Mathematical Economics (Actuarial Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Mathematics (Fundamentals of Analysis and Discrete Math)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Mathematics (Fundamentals of Applied Math)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Mathematics (Fundamentals of Math Studies)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Mathematics (Non-Teacher Certifiable)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	Yes
Mathematics (Teacher Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Mechanical Engineering	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Medical Laboratory Science	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Meeting and Convention Planning	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Meteorology	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Middle East Studies	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Middle Grades Mathematics	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Middle Level Education Language Arts Single Area Certification	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Middle Level Education Social Studies/Language Arts Dual Certification	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Middle Level Education Social Studies Single Area Certification	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Middle School Science	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Military Leadership	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Military Science	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Molecular Biotechnology	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Music	Yes	Yes	No	No	BM/BA	No
Music (Extended)	Yes	No	No	No	/BA	No
Music (Instrumental Performance)	Yes	No	No	No	BM	No
Music (Music Education - Instrumental P-12)	Yes	No	No	No	BM	No
Music (Music Education - Integrated P-12)	Yes	No	No	No	BM	No
Music (Music Education - Vocal P-12)	Yes	No	No	No	BM	No
Music (Vocal Performance)	Yes	No	No	No	BM	No
Neuroscience	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nonprofit Administration	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nursing	Yes	No	No	No	ASN/BSN	No
Nutrition	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nutritional and Food Chemistry	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Occupational Safety & Health	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Organizational Leadership	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	BS	Yes
Outdoor Experience Leadership	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Paralegal Studies	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Performing Arts (Acting)	Yes	No	No	No	BFA	No
Performing Arts (Directing)	Yes	No	No	No	BFA	No
Performing Arts (Music Theatre)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BFA	No
Performing Arts (Theatre Design and Technology)	Yes	No	No	No	BFA	No
Arts Administration	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Philosophy	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Photojournalism	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Physical Education	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Physical Education (Movement Studies)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Physical Education (Teacher Studies)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Physics	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	No
Physics (Physics Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Political Communication	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Political Science	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	Yes
Popular Culture Studies	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Pre-Chiropractic	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Dentistry	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Forestry	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Law	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Medicine	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Occupational Therapy	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Optometry	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Pharmacy	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Physical Therapy	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Physician Assistant	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Podiatric Medicine	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Theology	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pre-Veterinary Medicine	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Psychological Science	Yes	Yes	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Applied Psychological Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Biobehavioral Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Clinical Psychological Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Cognitive Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Quantitative Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Developmental Science)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychological Science (Social Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Psychology	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Psychology (Forensic Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	Yes
Psychology (Sport Psychology)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	Yes
Public Health	Yes	No	Yes	No	BS	Yes
Public Relations	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Real Estate	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Recreation Administration (Commercial and Recreation Tourism)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Recreation Administration (Facility and Event Management)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Recreation Administration (Nonprofit Administration)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Recreation Administration (Outdoor Recreation)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Recreation Administration (Recreation and Sports Services)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Religious Studies	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Russian & East European Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sales	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Science and Mathematics Education	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Sexuality Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Six Sigma and Quality	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Social Studies	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Social Work	Yes	Yes	No	No	BSW	No
Sociology	No	Yes	No	No	BA	Yes
Sociology (Community, Environment, and Development)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Sociology (Family, Gender, and Sexuality)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Sociology (Inequality and Social Change)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Sociology (Research Methods)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Southern Studies	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Spanish	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Special Education: Learning & Behavioral Disorders and Elementary Education	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Sport Management	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Systems Engineering	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
User Experience	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Workforce Administration (Administrative Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Agricultural Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Criminology Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Digital Media Technologies)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Fire/Rescue Administration)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Geographic Information Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Government Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Healthcare Informatics)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Human Resource Development)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Industrial/Manufacturing Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Information Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Law Enforcement Administration)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Leadership)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Military Systems)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Occupational Safety and Health)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Technical Sales)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Technical Training)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Workforce Administration (Technical Writing)	Yes	No	No	No	BS	No
Teaching English as a Second Language	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Engineering Technology Management	Yes	No	No	No	BS	Yes
Theatre	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Tourism (Department of Family and Consumer Sciences)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Tourism (School of Kinesiology, Recreation, & Sport)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Visual Arts	Yes	No	No	No	BFA	No
Visual Arts (Studio Concentration)	Yes	No	No	No	BFA	No
Visual Arts (Graphic Design)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BFA	No
Visual Studies (Art Education)	Yes	No	No	No	BA	No
Visual Studies (Studio Art)	Yes	Yes	No	No	BA	No
Water Resources	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Worksite Health Promotion	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

 

* - JUMP = Joint Undergraduate-Master's Program. Qualified students may complete work on undergraduate and graduate degrees simultaneously. Please contact the academic department for more information.

** Programs listed as "BA" may be listed as "A.B." in the undergraduate course catalog.

◊ Pre-Professional programs are advising concentrations only.  WKU does not award degrees or certificates in pre-professional programs.