Majors and Academic Plans

The Majors and Academic Plans site is an overview of the more than 45 majors available at UW-River Falls, along with information about the program, facilities, faculty, and career options.

Academic plans are provided to show how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisors, students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.

Official degree requirements for the majors described here are found in the UW-River Falls Catalog, and additional information may be found on the web pages of the departments offering the programs. Links are provided on each major's page to access this additional information.

Majors and Academic Plans for Undergraduate Degrees

Accounting
Agricultural Business
Agricultural Education
Agricultural Engineering Technology - including Environmental Engineering Technology Option, Mechanized Systems Management Option
Agricultural Studies
Animal Science - including Equine Emphasis, Meat Animal Emphasis; Vet Tech Emphasis
Art - including Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor with Minor/Second Major, Broad Area Art-Education (No Minor), Broad Area Art-Liberal Arts
Biology - including: Biomedical Sciences Option, Chemistry Minor; General Biology Option, Chemistry Minor; Field Biology Option, Conservation Minor
Biotechnology
Broad Field Science - including: Liberal Arts, Broad Field Science, and Physical Science Certification
Broad Field Social Studies
Business Administration - including: Finance; Management; Marketing
Chemistry
Communication Studies
Communicative Disorders
Community Planning
Computer Science and Information Systems
Conservation
Crop and Soil Science - including: Crop Option, Soil Option, Sustainable Agriculture Option

Dairy Science
Economics
Elementary Education
Engineering - Pre-professional Program
English - including: Creative Writing BA, Literature BS, Creative Writing BS, Education, Broad Area Education
Environmental Science
Finance Option - Broad Area Business Administration
Geography
Geology
Health and Human Performance - including: Comprehensive K-12 Physical Education, Exercise and Sport Science, Health Education
Health and Wellness Management
History
Horticulture - including: Landscape Option, Professional Option
International Studies
Journalism
Land Use Planning see Community Planning
Law - Preprofessional Program

Management Option-Broad Area Business Administration
Marketing Option-Broad Area Business Administration
Marketing Communications
Mathematics - including: Liberal Arts; Secondary Education
Medicine - Preprofessional Program
Modern Language
Music - including: Music Education-Choral, Music Education-Instrumental, Liberal Arts
Optometry - Preprofessional Program
Pharmacy - Preprofessional Program
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Science, Broad Field - including: Liberal Arts; Broad Field Science; and Physical Science Certification
Secondary Education (see individual majors)
Sociology
Social Work
Sustainable Management
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - including: TESOL-BA, TESOL-BS, TESOL-ED
Theatre Arts
Veterinary Medicine - Preprofessional Program

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