College of Humanities and Sciences

Undergraduate Majors

Browse majors available to undergraduates through the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences.

African American Studies, B.A. 

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Anthropology, B.S.

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Bioinformatics, B.S. 

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Biology, B.S.

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Chemistry, B.S.

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English, B.A.

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Environmental Studies, B.S.

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Foreign Language, B.A. 

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Forensic Science, B.S.

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Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, B.A.

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History, B.A.

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Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science, B.S.

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International Studies, B.A.

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Mass Communications, B.S.

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Mathematical Sciences, B.S.

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Philosophy, B.A.

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Physics, B.S.

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Political Science, B.A.

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Psychology, B.S.

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Religious Studies, B.A.

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Science, B.S.

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Sociology, B.S.

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Interested in a career in healthcare?

Pre-Health

VCU offers four pre-health baccalaureate programs, which prepare students for competitive admission into nursing, medical laboratory sciences, radiation sciences or dental hygiene.

Students interested in earning a bachelor’s degree in one of these programs may declare pre-nursing, pre-medical laboratory sciences, pre-clinical radiation sciences or pre-dental hygiene either as their primary major or as a dual major.

Once a student applies and is admitted into the professional health major, their pre-major is changed to the new major. If they are not successful in their admission, they will remain a pre-major until they either apply again in a future semester or decide to declare a new major.

Visit University Academic Advising's Pre-Health Advising page to learn how they help students navigate pre-health program admission requirements, while also supporting their career exploration into parallel majors.

Pre-Professional Health Minors

VCU offers eight pre-professional health undergraduate minors for current students interested in pursuing future admission to professional health programs such as dentistry, medicine, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant or veterinary medicine. 

Students are supported both by a pre-professional health academic advisor in the College of Humanities and Sciences and by a team of pre-professional health and STEM career counselors in VCU Career Services. The advising and career services provided by these offices will prepare highly qualified, confident and knowledgeable pre-professional health students for admission to professional health programs.

Learn more about our pre-professional health minors.