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Below is a list of each major and minor program open to students following the Rutgers College Degree Requirements, along with the department that offers the program.

  1. The major and the minor may not be selected from the same academic department.
  2. A maximum of one course may overlap and be used to fulfill both major and minor requirements; additional overlap must be compensated for by taking additional courses in that subject.
  3. Either the major OR the minor must be in the liberal arts.
  4. A second major may take the place of the minor as long as one of the majors is in a liberal arts subject.
  5. Students majoring in a subject offered by the School of Business-New Brunswick may not select economics as a minor.
  6. Students majoring in biochemistry, biological sciences, cell biology and neuroscience, genetics and microbiology, or molecular biology and biochemistry may not select biological science or biochemistry as a minor.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Program Name Liberal Arts? Code Major Minor Department or Center
Accounting   010 x   Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
African Area Studies x 016   x African Studies
Africana Studies x 014 x x Africana Studies
Aging x 018   x Sociology
American Studies x 050 x x American Studies
Anthropology - Cultural Option x 070C x x Anthropology
Anthropology - Evolutionary Option x 071 x   Anthropology
Anthropology - General Option x 070 x x Anthropology
Art History x 082 x x Art History (major requires departmental approval)
Asian Studies x 098   x Asian Languages and Cultures
Astronomy x 100   x Physics and Astronomy
Astrophysics x 105 x   Physics and Astronomy
Biochemistry x 115 x   Biochemistry and Microbiology
Biological Sciences x 119 x x Division of Life Sciences
Biomathematics x 122 x   Mathematics
Cell Biology and Neuroscience x 146 x   Cell Biology and Neuroscience (requires departmental approval)
Chemistry - Core Option x 160 x x Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Business/Law Option x 160E x   Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Chemical Biology Option x 160C x   Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Chemical Physics Option x 160F x   Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Environmental Option x 160D x   Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - General ACS Option x 160G x   Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chinese x 165 x x Asian Languages and Cultures
Cinema Studies x 175   x Cinema Studies
Classics - Classical Humanities Option x 190 x x Classics
Classics - Greek Option x 190B x   Classics
Classics - Latin Option x 190D x   Classics
Classics - Greek and Latin Option x 190C x   Classics
Cognitive Science x 185   x Cognitive Sciences
Communication   192 x   Communication
(requires competitive admission)
Comparative Literature x 195 x x Comparative Literature
Computer Science x 198   x Computer Science
Computer Science - B.A. x 198 x   Computer Science (requires departmental approval)
Computer Science - B.S. x 198S x   Computer Science
(requires departmental approval)
Criminal Justice x 202 x   Criminal Justice
Criminology x 204   x Sociology
Critical Sexualities Studies x 988S   x Women's and Gender Studies
Dance   203 x x Dance (requires departmental approval)
East Asian Languages and Area Studies x 214 x   Asian Languages and Cultures
Economics x 220 x x Economics (major requires departmental approval)
Education (5-year Teacher Certification program at GSE)       x Graduate School of Education
English x 350 x x English
European Studies x 360 x x Comparative European Studies
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Exercise Physiology Option   377A x   Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Exercise Science Option   377 x   Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - General Option   377C x   Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Sport Management Option   377B x   Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Finance   390 x   Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
French x 420   x French
French - Cultural Studies Option x 420 x   French
French - Linguistics Option x 420B x   French
French - Literary Studies Option x 420C x   French
Genetics x 447 x   Genetics (requires departmental approval)
Geography x 450 x x Geography
Geological Sciences x 460 x x Earth and Planetary Sciences
German - German Studies Option x 470A x x Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
German - Language and Literature Option x 470 x x Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Greek - Ancient x 490   x Classics
Greek - Modern x 489   x Modern Greek Studies
Hebrew Language x 563H   x Jewish Studies
Historic Preservation x     x Art History
History x 510 x x History
History - Ancient History and Classics Option x 510C x   History
History/French x 513 x   French
History/Political Science x 514 x   History
Hungarian x 535   x Russian and East European Languages and Literatures
Individualized Major   555 x   Office of Academic Services
(requires application)
Information Technology and Informatics   547 x   Information Technology and Informatics (requires competitive admission)
Italian x 560 x x Italian
Italian Studies x 560I x x Italian Studies
Japanese x 565   x Asian Languages and Cultures
Jewish Studies x 563 x x Jewish Studies
Journalism and Media Studies   567 x   Journalism and Media Studies (requires competitive admission)
Korean x 574   x Asian Languages and Cultures
Labor Studies and Employment Relations   578 x x School of Management and Labor Relations
(requires competitive admission)
Latin x 580   x Classics
Latin American Studies x 590 x x Latin American Studies
Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies x 595 x x Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
Linguistics x 615 x x Linguistics
Management   620 x   Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
Marine Sciences x 628   x Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Biology/Biological Oceanography Option  x 628 x   Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Chemistry Option x 628A x   Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Geology Option x 628B x   Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Physical Oceanography Option x 628C x   Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marketing   630 x   Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
Mathematics x 640 x x Mathematics
Medieval Studies x 667 x x Medieval Studies
Microbiology x   x   Biochemistry and Microbiology
Middle Eastern Studies x 685 x x Middle Eastern Studies
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry x 694 x   Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (requires departmental approval)
Music x 700 x x Music (major requires departmental approval)
Operations Research x 711   x Operations Research
Organizational Leadership   713   x Organizational Leadership
Philosophy x 730 x x Philosophy
Physics x 750   x Physics and Astronomy
Physics - General Option x 750 x   Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Applied Option x 750P x   Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Engineering Dual Degree Option x 750G x   Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Ocean Physics Option x 750K x   Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Professional Option x 750D x   Physics and Astronomy
Planning and Public Policy   762 x x Bloustein School
(requires competitive admission)
Political Science x 790 x x Political Science
Portuguese x 810 x x Spanish and Portuguese
Psychology x 830 x x Psychology
Public Health   832 x x Bloustein School
(requires competitive admission)
Religion x 840 x x Religion
Russian x 860 x x Russian and East European Languages and Literatures
Science, Technology and Society x 880   x  
Sociology x 920 x x Sociology
South Asian Studies x 925   x South Asian Studies
Spanish x 940   x Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Literary and Cultural Studies Option x 940C x   Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Spanish Linguistics Option x 940D x   Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Spanish Translation/Interpreting Option x 940E x   Spanish and Portuguese
Statistics x 960 x x Statistics
Statistics/Mathematics x 961 x   Statistics
Theater Arts   965 x x Theater Arts
Visual Arts   080 x   Visual Arts (requires departmental approval)
Women's and Gender Studies x 988 x x Women's and Gender Studies (major requires departmental approval)
Writing Certificate (Professional) x     x Business and Technical Writing
Writing Certificate (Technical) x     x Business and Technical Writing

 


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