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Major Major: a large concentration of courses that deepen your expertise in a subject.
Minor Minor: a smaller concentration of courses allowing you to deepen any of your interests.
3 year program 3-year: a major that has a 3-year degree path, getting you closer to your degree, faster.
Complementary Major Complementary: study two different majors at once by pursuing one of them as a complementary major to your main major.

Online program Online: a program that is offered fully online, from start to finish.
Pre-professional program Pre-professional: a series of courses and advising that helps you prepare for grad school for a particular profession.
Associate Program Associate: a 2-year degree path that deepens your understanding of liberal arts in a concentration of your choice. Online students may take concentrations in Business, Business Administration and Leadership, History, or Sociology.

Accounting  Major Minor 3 year program

Athletic Training Major

Athletic Coaching Minor

Bible & Religion Major 3 year program

Biochemistry Major

Biology Major Minor 3 year program

Business Administration Complementary Major

Business Administration and Leadership Major Online program Associate Program

Business – Information Systems Complementary Major

Chemistry Major Minor 3 year program

Christian Ministries Major Minor 3 year program Complementary Major

Christian Spiritual Formation MinorComplementary Major

Cinema & Media Arts Major Minor

Computer Engineering Major

Computer Science Major Minor 3 year program Complementary Major

Criminal Justice Major Minor 3 year program Online program Associate Program

Cybersecurity Major 3 year program

Dance Major Complementary Major

Dance Performance Minor

Economics Minor

Education Minor

Electrical Engineering Major

Elementary Education Major 3 year program

Engineering Major

Engineering Physics Major

English Major Minor 3 year program

Entertainment & Music Business Minor

Entrepreneurship Minor

Ethics Minor

Event Planning & Management Minor

Exercise Science Major 3 year program

Family Science Major Minor 3 year program

Film Production Major Minor

Finance Major Minor 3 year program

French Minor

General Studies Major Associate Program

Global Business Major Minor 3 year program

Graphic Design Major Minor

History Major Minor 3 year program Associate Program

History of Christianity Minor

Information Systems Minor

Instrumental Performance Major

International Relations Major Minor

Journalism Minor Complementary Major

Language Arts Teaching Major

Legal Studies Minor

Management Major Minor 3 year program

Marketing Major Minor 3 year program

Mathematics Major Minor 3 year program

Mathematics – Decision Science Major 3 year program

Mathematics – Economics Major

Mathematics – Finance Major 3 year program

Mathematics Teaching Major

Mechanical Engineering Major

Mechatronics Engineering Major

Music Major Minor Complementary Major

Music Business Major Minor 3 year program

Music Education Major

Music Performance Minor

Music Theory & Literature Minor

Musical Theatre Major Complementary Major

National Security Studies Major

Nursing Major

Peace and Conflict Transformation Minor

Physical Science Major

Physics Major Minor

Political Science Major

Political Science, Philosophy, & Economics Major

Pre-Chiropractic Pre-professional program

Pre-Dentistry Pre-professional program

Pre-Law Pre-professional program

Pre-Med Pre-professional program

Pre-Medical Technology Pre-professional program

Pre-Occupational Therapy Pre-professional program

Pre-Optometry Pre-professional program

Pre-Pharmacy Pre-professional program

Pre-Physical Therapy Pre-professional program

Pre-Physician Assistant Pre-professional program

Pre-Podiatry Pre-professional program

Pre-Seminary Pre-professional program

Pre-Veterinary Pre-professional program

Psychology Major Minor 3 year program Complementary Major

Public Health Major

Public History Major Minor

Public Relations Major Minor 3 year program

Reading Teaching Minor

Religion Minor

Social Media Minor

Social Studies Teaching Major

Social Work Major Minor

Songwriting Major

Spanish Major Minor 3 year program Complementary Major

Spanish Teaching Major

Special Education Minor

Speech Communication Minor

Sport & Recreational Leadership Major Minor 3 year program

Sport Marketing Major Minor 3 year program

Statistics Minor

Sports Medicine Major

TeachScience Complementary Major

Theatre Major Minor

Video Production Major Minor

Visual Communication Design Major Minor

Voice Performance Major

Women’s Studies Minor

Worship Arts Major

Writing Major Minor 3 year program

Youth Counseling Complementary Major

Youth Leadership Development Complementary Major

Youth Ministries Major 3 year program

 

View our Graduate Studies programs in Business, Music Education, and Theology.