Please note: This is NOT the most current catalog.
Majors and More
The General Education provisions of St. Olaf’s
liberal arts curriculum are designed to encourage in students
a breadth of knowledge. The requirement that a student complete
a major in order to graduate fosters the development of knowledge
in depth and prepares students for lives of worth and service.
Students at St. Olaf have 42 Bachelor of Arts graduation
majors from which to select, as well as a number of teaching majors
and teaching certification programs. Many students choose to major
in one of the traditional liberal arts disciplines, such as art,
biology, economics, history, mathematics, philosophy, or a world
language. Others choose an interdisciplinary program that brings
the perspectives of several disciplines to bear on a specialized
area of concern, such as Asian studies, medieval studies or women’s
studies. Many students choose to double major or to pursue a concentration
or certification program in addition to a disciplinary major or to develop
an area of emphasis within a major.
While a student needs one major for graduation,
some students opt to pursue two majors and others add an area of
emphasis (a program of three or more related courses within or
beyond the basic major) or a concentration (an approved program
of four or more courses that cuts across departmental boundaries).
Students may also propose an individual major for approval by a
faculty committee. Students interested in a professional music
degree can pursue one of the four different majors available within
a Bachelor of Music degree.
Majors (with areas of emphasis) and concentrations
are officially listed on the student’s permanent record. Students interested in a department
teaching major or teaching certification must first be admitted to the Teacher
Education Program.
Bachelor of Arts Graduation Majors
- American Racial and Multicultural Studies
- American Studies
- Ancient Studies
- Art
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Dance
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Exercise Science
- Family Studies
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary Fine Arts
- Latin
- Mathematics
- Medieval Studies
- Music
- Norwegian
- Nursing
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religion
- Russian
- Russian Area Studies
- Social Studies Education
- Social Work
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Spanish
- Theatre
- Women's Studies
* For information on individual majors, see Integrative Studies
in the Academic Programs
portion of this catalog.
Bachelor of Arts Teaching Certifications
- Communication
Arts and Literature: English
- Dance and
Theater: Dance, Theatre
- Mathematics
- Music: Vocal; Instrumental, Classroom
- Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics
- Social Studies
- Visual Arts
- World Languages: French, German, Latin, Spanish
Areas of Emphasis
Areas of emphasis (three or more related courses within or beyond
the basic major) at St. Olaf are:
- Economics: Finance, Management, Policy Analysis, International
Economic Analysis
- B.A. Music: History-Literature, Theory-Composition
- B.M. Music: Collaborative Keyboard Performance
Bachelor of Arts Concentrations
A concentration is an approved interdisciplinary program consisting
of a minimum of four courses. Bachelor of Arts concentrations
are not available to Bachelor of Music candidates. Concentrations
are listed below:
- Africa and the Americas
- American Racial and Multicultural Studies
- Asian Studies
- Biomedical Studies
- Biomolecular Science
- China Studies
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies
- Financial Management
- Historical Perspectives
- Japan Studies
- Linguistics
- Latin American/Latino Studies
- Management
- Media Studies
- Middle East Studies
- Molecular Biology
- Neuroscience
- Nordic Studies
- Statistics
- Women's Studies
Bachelor of Music Graduation Majors
- Church Music Performance
- Music Education Theory-Composition
Special Programs
Students can customize their educations
at St. Olaf — thanks to an exciting
array of international and domestic off-campus study programs, innovative offerings
such as a Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum course, the Great Conversation,
Asian Conversations and American Conversations and opportunities for independent
study and research, internships, pre-professional studies or the creation of
an individualized major through the Center for Integrative Studies. For more
information on these offerings, see the section on “Special Programs” in
this catalog.
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