Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Degrees, Minors, and Certificates

The Colleges of Arts and Sciences offer undergraduate and graduate degrees, minors, and certificate programs in the following areas. Changes in programs and degrees approved after December 2005 may not be reflected in this listing.

Field - Degree or Certificate
American Studies - Min, BA, MA, PhD
Anthropology - Min, BA, MA, PhD
Art and Art History - Min, BA, BFA, MA, MFA
Astronomy - MS, PhD
Biology - Min, BA, BS
Botany - Min, BA, BS, MS1, PhD1
Burmese - U Cert7
Chemistry - Min, BA, BS, MS, PhD
Chinese - U Cert, Min, BA, MA2, PhD2
Classics - U Cert, BA
Clinical Psychology - G Cert
Communication - BA, MA, G Cert, PhD
Computer Science - Min, BS, MS, PhD
Conflict Resolution - G Cert
Dance - Min, BA, MA, MFA
Dance Theatre - BFA
East Asian Languages and Literatures - MA2, PhD2
Economics - U Cert, Min, BA, MA, PhD
English - Min, BA, MA, PhD
English as a Second Language - BA4, MA5, PhD5
Environmental Studies - U Cert, BA4
Ethnic Studies - U Cert, BA
Ethnobotany - BS
Filipino - U Cert7, Min, BA8
French - U Cert, BA, MA3
Geography - Min, BA, G Cert9, MA, PhD
German - U Cert, BA
Hindi - U Cert7, BA6
Historic Preservation - G Cert
History - Min, BA, MA, PhD
Human Language and Computers - U Cert
Human Resources/Organiztional Management - U Cert
Ilokano - U Cert7, Min, BA6
Indonesian - U Cert7, BA6
Indo-Pacific Languages - U Cert7, BA6
Information and Computer Sciences - BA
Interdisciplinary Studies - BA4
Japanese - U Cert, Min, BA, MA2, PhD2
Journalism - BA
Korean - U Cert, Min, BA, MA2, PhD2
Language Acquisition - U Cert
Language and Cognition - U Cert
Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas - MA3
Languages of Hawaii and the Pacific - U Cert
Latin America & Iberian Studies - U Cert
Law and Society-U Cert
Library and Information Science - G Cert, MLISc
Linguistics - U Cert, BA4, MA, PhD
Marine Biology - BS
Marine Option Program - U Cert
Mathematics - Min, BA, BS, MA, PhD
Microbiology - Min, BA, BS, MS, PhD
Museum Studies - G Cert
Music - U Cert, Min, BA, BEd, BMus, MA, MMus, PhD
Ocean Policy - G Cert
Peace Studies - U Cert, BA4, G Cert
Philosophy - Min, BA, MA, PhD
Philippine Language and Literature - BA
Physics - Min, BA, BS, MS, PhD
Planning Studies - G Cert
Political Economy - U Cert
Political Science - Min, BA, MA, PhD
Population Studies - G Cert
Professional Writing - U Cert
Psychology - BA, MA, PhD
Public Administration - G Cert, MPA
Religion - Min, BA, MA
Russian - U Cert, BA
Russian Area Studies - U Cert
Samoan - U Cert7, BA6
Sanskrit - U Cert7, BA6
Second Language Acquisition - PhD5
Second Language Studies - BA4, MA, G Cert
Social Sciences & Health - U Cert
Sociology - U Cert, Min, BA, MA, G Cert, PhD
Spanish - U Cert, BA, MA3
Speech - Min, BA, MA
Tahitian - U Cert7
Telecommunications Information Resource Management - G Cert
Thai - U Cert7, BA6
Theatre - Min, BA, MA, MFA, PhD
Urban and Regional Planning - G Cert, MURP, PhD
Vietnamese - U Cert7, BA6
Women’s Studies - U Cert, BA4, G Cert
Zoology - Min, BA, BS, MS, PhD

1 The MS and PhD in botanical sciences are offered in botany.
2 The MA and PhD in East Asian languages and literatures are offered in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
3 The MA in languages and literatures of Europe and the Americas is offered in Classics, French, German, and Spanish.
4 Students can receive a BA in interdisciplinary studies in creative media, English as a second language, environmental studies, European cultural studies, Indo-Pacific languages, linguistics, and peace studies. In addition, students can design their own majors utilizing this program.
5 The Department of Second Language Studies offers the MA in English as a second language and the PhD in second language acquisition.
6 The BA in interdisciplinary studies for Indo-Pacific languages has several concentrations: Hindi, Indonesian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Thai, and Vietnamese.
7 The Certificate in Indo-Pacific Languages is offered in Burmese, Filipino, Hindi, Ilokano, Indonesian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Tahitian, Thai, and Vietnamese.
8 BA in Philippine Language and Literature with concentration in Filipino or Ilokano.
9 The Department of Geography coordinates the Graduate Certificate in Ocean Policy.

BA—bachelor of arts
BFA—bachelor of fine arts
BMus—bachelor of music
BS—bachelor of science
G Cert—graduate certificate
MA—master of arts
MFA—master of fine arts
Min—minor
MLISc—master of library and information science
MMus—master of music
MPA—master of public administration
MS—master of science
MURP—master of urban and regional planning
PhD—doctor of philosophy
U Cert—undergraduate certificate

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