Majors and Minors - SAS Office of Academic Services

Below is a list of each major and minor program open to SAS students, along with the department that offers the program.

Who should use this list:

Students following the SAS degree requirements (for majors and minors)
University College students (for majors and optional minors)
Douglass College students (for optional minors)
Livingston College students (for optional minors)

Who should NOT use this list:

Douglass College students (click here for Douglass College Majors)
Livingston College students (click here for Livingston College Majors)
Rutgers College students (click here for Rutgers College Majors and Minors)

Program Name	Code	Major	Minor	Department or Center
Accounting credit intensive major	010	x		Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
African Area Studies	016		x	African Studies
African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures	013		x	AMESALL
Africana Studies	014	x	x	Africana Studies
Aging	018		x	Sociology
Agroecology	019		x
American Studies	050	x	x	American Studies
Animal Science	067		x	Animal Sciences
Anthropology - Cultural Option	070C	x	x	Anthropology
Anthropology - Evolutionary Option	071	x		Anthropology
Anthropology - General Option	070	x	x	Anthropology
Art History	082	x	x	Art History (major requires dept approval)
Asian Studies	098		x	Asian Languages and Cultures
Astronomy	100		x	Physics and Astronomy
Astrophysics credit intensive major	105	x		Physics and Astronomy
Biochemistry	115		x	Biochemistry and Microbiology
Biological Sciences credit intensive major	119	x	x	Division of Life Sciences (major requires departmental approval)
Biomathematics credit intensive major	122	x		Mathematics
Cell Biology and Neuroscience credit intensive major	146	x		Cell Biology and Neuroscience (requires departmental approval)
Chemistry - Core Option credit intensive major	160	x	x	Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Business/Law Option credit intensive major	160E	x		Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Chemical Biology Option credit intensive major	160C	x		Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Chemical Physics Option credit intensive major	160F	x		Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - Environmental Option credit intensive major	160D	x		Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry - General ACS Option credit intensive major	160G	x		Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chinese	165	x	x	Asian Languages and Cultures
Cinema Studies	175		x	Cinema Studies
Classics - Classical Humanities Option	190	x	x	Classics
Classics - Greek Option	190B	x		Classics
Classics - Latin Option	190D	x		Classics
Classics - Greek and Latin Option	190C	x		Classics
Cognitive Science	185		x	Cognitive Sciences
Communication	192	x		Communication (requires competitive admission)
Comparative Literature - Comparative Literary Studies Option	195	x	x	Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature - Colonial and Postcolonial Studies Option	195D	x		Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature - Cultural Theories and Practices Option	195E	x		Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature - Advanced Studies in Comparative Literature Option	195F	x		Comparative Literature
Computer Science	198		x	Computer Science
Computer Science - B.A. credit intensive major	198	x		Computer Science (requires departmental approval)
Computer Science - B.S. credit intensive major	198S	x		Computer Science (requires departmental approval)
Criminal Justice	202	x		Criminal Justice
Criminology	204		x	Sociology
Dance - B.A.	203	x	x	Dance (requires departmental approval)
East Asian Languages and Area Studies	214	x		Asian Languages and Cultures
Ecology and Evolution	215		x	Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Ecology and Natural Resources credit intensive major	704	x		Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Economics	220	x	x	Economics (major requires dept approval)
Education (5-year Teacher Certification program at GSE)			x	Graduate School of Education
Education as a Social Science	300		x	Graduate School of Education
English	350	x	x	English
Entomology	370		x	Entomology
Environmental and Business Economics	373		x	Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Environmental Policy, Institutions and Behavior	374		x
Environmental Sciences	375		x	Environmental Sciences
Equine Science	379		x	Animal Sciences
European Studies	360	x	x	European Studies
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Applied Kinesiology Option credit intensive major	377D	x		Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Exercise Physiology Option credit intensive major	377A	x		Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Exercise Science Option credit intensive major	377	x		Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - General Option credit intensive major	377C	x		Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Exercise Science and Sport Studies - Sport Management Option credit intensive major	377B	x		Exercise Science and Sport Studies (requires departmental approval)
Finance credit intensive major	390	x		Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
Food Science	400		x	Food Science
French	420		x	French
French - Cultural Studies Option	420	x		French
French - Linguistics Option	420B	x		French
French - Literary Studies Option	420C	x		French
Genetics credit intensive major	447	x		Genetics (requires departmental approval)
Geography	450	x	x	Geography
Geological Sciences credit intensive major	460	x	x	Earth and Planetary Sciences
German - German Studies Option	470A	x	x	Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
German - Language and Literature Option	470	x	x	Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Greek - Ancient	490		x	Classics
Greek - Modern	489		x	Modern Greek Studies
Hebrew Language	563H		x	Jewish Studies
History	510	x	x	History
History - Ancient History and Classics Option	510C	x		History
History/French	513	x		French
History/Political Science	514	x		History
Human Ecology	532		x	Human Ecology
Human Resources Management	533		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Hungarian	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	560	x	x	Italian
Italian Studies	560I	x	x	Italian Studies
Japanese	565		x	Asian Languages and Cultures
Jewish Studies	563	x	x	Jewish Studies
Journalism and Media Studies	567	x		Journalism and Media Studies (requires competitive admission)
Korean	574		x	Asian Languages and Cultures
Labor Studies and Employment Relations	578 575	x	x	School of Management and Labor Relations (requires competitive admission)
Labor Studies and Employment Relations - Law and the Workplace Option	575L		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Labor Studies and Employment Relations - Diversity in the Workplace Option	575D		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Labor Studies and Employment Relations - Work Organization and Management Option	575M		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Labor Studies and Employment Relations - Labor Unions and Social Movements Option	575U		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Labor Studies and Employment Relations - Work, Globalization, and Migration Option	575G		x	School of Management and Labor Relations
Latin	580		x	Classics
Latin American Studies	590	x	x	Latin American Studies
Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies	595	x	x	Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
Linguistics	615	x	x	Linguistics (major requires departmental approval)
Management credit intensive major	620	x		Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
Marine Sciences	628		x	Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Biology/Biological Oceanography Option credit intensive major	628D	x		Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Chemistry Option credit intensive major	628E	x		Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Marine Geology Option credit intensive major	628F	x		Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marine Sciences - Physical Oceanography Option credit intensive major	628G	x		Marine and Coastal Sciences
Marketing credit intensive major	630	x		Rutgers Business School (requires competitive admission)
Mathematics	640	x	x	Mathematics
Medical Technology credit intensive major	660	x
Medieval Studies	667	x	x	Medieval Studies
Meteorology	670		x
Microbiology credit intensive major	680	x		Biochemistry and Microbiology
Middle Eastern Studies	685	x	x	Middle Eastern Studies
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry credit intensive major	694	x		Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (requires departmental approval)
Music - B.A.	700	x	x	Music (major requires dept approval)
Natural Resource Management	704		x	Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Nutrition	709		x	Nutritional Sciences
Operations Research	711		x	Operations Research
Organizational Leadership	713		x	Organizational Leadership
Philosophy	730	x	x	Philosophy
Physics	750		x	Physics and Astronomy
Physics - General Option credit intensive major	750	x		Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Applied Option credit intensive major	750P	x		Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Engineering Dual Degree Option credit intensive major	750G	x		Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Ocean Physics Option credit intensive major	750K	x		Physics and Astronomy
Physics - Professional Option credit intensive major	750D	x		Physics and Astronomy
Planning and Public Policy	762	x	x	Bloustein School (requires competitive admission)
Plant Science	776		x	Plant Science
Political Science	790	x	x	Political Science
Portuguese	810	x	x	Spanish and Portuguese
Psychology	830	x	x	Psychology
Public Health credit intensive major	832	x	x	Bloustein School (requires competitive admission)
Religion	840	x	x	Religion
Russian	860	x	x	Russian and East European Languages and Literatures
Science, Technology and Society	880		x
Sexualities Studies	888		x	Women's and Gender Studies
Social Justice	904		x	Women's and Gender Studies
Social Work credit intensive major	910	x		School of Social Work (requires competitive admission)
Sociology	920	x	x	Sociology
South Asian Studies	925		x	South Asian Studies
Spanish	940		x	Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Literary and Cultural Studies Option	940C	x		Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Spanish Linguistics Option	940D	x		Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Spanish Translation/Interpreting Option	940E	x		Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish - Spanish Intensive Option	940F	x		Spanish and Portuguese
Statistics	960	x	x	Statistics
Statistics/Mathematics credit intensive major	961	x		Statistics
Teacher Education (Science and Agriculture)			x	Program in Science Learning
Theater Arts - B.A.	965	x	x	Theater Arts (major requires departmental approval)
Visual Arts - B.A.	080	x		Visual Arts (requires departmental approval)
Women's and Gender Studies	988	x	x	Women's and Gender Studies (major requires dept approval)
Writing Certificate (Professional)			x	Business and Technical Writing
Writing Certificate (Technical)			x	Business and Technical Writing

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