Undergraduate Majors

Penn State offers more than 275 majors, with four-year degrees offered at all twenty of our undergraduate campuses.

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ACCELERATED PREMEDICAL-MEDICAL PROGRAM (BS/MD)

Premedical-Medical (Start and Finish: University Park). This is a special accelerated program in cooperation with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia whereby exceptional students have the opportunity to earn both the B.S. and M.D. degrees in seven years.

ACCOUNTING

Accounting (Start at any Commonwealth Campus and Finish: Abington, Altoona, Behrend, Berks, or Harrisburg) (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park) (Start and Finish: World Campus).

ACTING

Acting BFA (Start and Finish at University Park). The BFA in Acting is an intensive training program for students who intend to pursue a career in acting for stage and film.

ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Actuarial Science B.S. (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park). An actuary is a business professional who uses mathematical skills to define, analyze, and solve complex business and social problems.

ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Advertising/Public Relations (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park; Strategic Communications Option-Start and Finish at World Campus). This major is designed to provide a balance of theory, research, and practice.

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Aerospace Engineering (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park). This major emphasizes the analysis, design, and operation of aircraft and spacecraft. Students learn the theories and practices in the fundamental subjects of aeronautics, astronautics, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics, aerospace materials and structures, dynamics and automatic control, aircraft stability and control and/or orbital and attitude dynamics and control, air-breathing and rocket propulsion, aircraft systems design and/or spacecraft systems design.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

African American Studies (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park).This major helps students achieve a critical understanding of the forms of knowledge, culture, and social organization that African-Americans have produced, and of the social conditions that have supported and constrained this work.

AFRICAN STUDIES

African Studies (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park).The major in African studies is a multidisciplinary program designed to offer students the opportunity to develop their understanding of various aspects of the African continent, including its socioeconomic conditions and global relations.

AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Agribusiness Management (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park; Start at World Campus and Finish at World Campus). Graduates can be found working in the food production, processing, financial services, wholesaling and retailing industries, both in the United States and abroad.

AGRICULTURAL & EXTENSION EDUCATION

Agricultural and Extension Education (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park). This major helps students prepare for positions in education in agriculture, including schools and colleges; Cooperative Extension; business, trade, and professional associations; and government agencies.

AGRICULTURAL AND BIORENEWABLE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Agricultural and BioRenewable Systems Management (Start at any Campus and Finish at University Park). The Agricultural and BioRenewable Systems Management Major is an applied major that intertwines the study of engineering technology, natural resources, and agriculture with fundamentals of business, entrepreneurship, and management.

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Agricultural Science (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park). This major enables students to develop programs of study to serve their individual needs by assembling courses selected from various departments within the College of Agricultural Sciences.

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UNDECIDED)

Agricultural Sciences (Undecided)(Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park).This major is for students interested in the College of Agricultural Sciences, but are undecided about which major they would like to select.

AMERICAN STUDIES

American Studies (Start at any Commonwealth Campus and Finish: Abington, Brandywine, or Harrisburg). This interdisciplinary major is designed to provide students with an integrated and critical knowledge of American culture, drawing on courses in American Studies and in the traditional disciplines and culminating in two senior seminars.

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Animal Science (Start at any Campus and Finish: University Park). Animal science may be defined as the study and integration of all disciplines that relate to the function and care of animals for the benefit of humankind by providing companionship, food, fiber, and research.