Majors & Programs A-to-Z

Arts, Sciences and Engineering

With more than 75 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate programs, Rochester offers the intellectual excitement of a major research university and the intimacy and opportunities of a liberal arts college.

Arts and Sciences

Actuarial Studies certificate
African & African American Studies BA, minor
American Sign Language BA, minor
American Studies BA, minor
Anthropology BA, minor
Applied Mathematics BS
Arabic minor
Archaeology, Technology & Historical Structures BA, minor
Art History BA, minor
Asian Studies certificate
Astronomy minor
Bioethics BA, minor
Biological Sciences BS
- Biochemistry
- Cell & Developmental Biology
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Genetics
- Neuroscience
Biology BA, minor, MS, PhD
Biophysics certificate
Biotechnology certificate
Brain & Cognitive Sciences BA, BS, minor, PhD
Business BA, minor
Chemistry BA, BS, minor, PhD
Chinese minor
Classical Civilization minor
Classics BA, minor
Clinical Psychology minor, PhD
Comparative Literature BA, minor, MA
Creative Writing minor
Dance minor
Developmental Psychology PhD
Digital Media Studies BA
East Asian Studies BA, minor
Economics BA, minor, PhD
Economics & Business StrategiesBA
English BA, MA, PhD
With tracks in:
- Creative Writing
- English Literature
- Selznick Film Preservation MA
  joint program with the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at George Eastman House
- Language, Media, and Communication
- Theater
English Literature minor
Environmental Geology minor
Environmental Science BS
Environmental Studies BA
Epidemiology BA, minor
Film & Media Studies BA, minor
Financial Economics BA
French BA, minor
Geological Sciences BA, BS, minor, MS, PhD
Geomechanics BS
German BA, minor
Greek minor
Health, Behavior, & Society BA, minor
Health Policy BA, minor
Health Psychology minor
Hebrew minor
History BA, minor, MA, PhD
Interdepartmental Studies BA, minor, MA, MS
International Relations BA, minor
Italian minor
Japanese BA, minor
Jewish Studies minor
Journalism minor
Latin minor
Latin-American Studies minor
Legal Studies minor
Linguistics BA, minor, MA
Literary Translation undergraduate certificate, graduate certificate, MA
Mathematical Modeling in Political Science/Economics certificate
Mathematics BA, BS, minor, PhD
Mathematics and Statistics BA
Medical Anthropology minor
Medieval and Early Modern Studiesminor
Medphysics certificate
Movement Studies minor
Music BA, minor
Music Cognition minor
Music & Linguistics minor
Organizational Psychology minor
Philosophy BA, minor, MA, PhD
Physics BA, BS, minor
Physics & Astronomy BA, BS, MA, MS, PhD
Polish & Central European Studiescertificate
Political Science BA, minor, PhD
Psychology BA, minor
Psychology as a Natural Scienceminor
Psychology as a Social Scienceminor
Public Health-related Programs
- Bioethics BA, minor
- Epidemiology BA, minor
- Health, Behavior, & Society BA, minor
- Health Policy BA, minor
Religion BA, minor
Research in Visual Science minor
Russian BA, minor
Russian Studies BA, minor
Social and Emotional Developmentminor
Social-Personality Psychology PhD
Spanish BA, minor
Stage Management certificate
Statistics BA, minor
Studio Arts BA, minor
Sustainability minor
Theater minor
Visual Science minor
Visual and Cultural Studies PhD
Women's Studies BA, minor

Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Alternative Energy MS
Audio and Music Engineering BS
Biomedical Engineering BS, minor, MS, PhD
Chemical Engineering BS, minor, MS, PhD
Computer Science BA, BS, minor, MS, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering BS, minor, MS, PhD
Engineering & Applied Sciences BS
Engineering Science BA
Environmental Engineering minor
Materials Science minor, MS, PhD
Mechanical Engineering BS, minor, MS, PhD
Optical Engineering BS
Optics BS, minor, MS, PhD
Technical Entrepreneurship and Management (TEAM) MS

Eastman School of Music

As one of the world's premier music schools, the Eastman School of Music offers performance-intensive undergraduate degree programs that develop comprehensive musical skills and literacy. Graduate-degree programs integrate performance skills, music scholarship, pedagogy, and professionalism to prepare students for new challenges in the professional musical world.

Course Descriptions