With about 180 majors and more than 130 minor areas of study, Ball State can help you reach almost any personal or professional goal you set for yourself. If you’re not quite sure what you want to study, your faculty advisor and University Core Curriculum courses will help you find the program that makes the most of your talents and interests (without throwing off your graduation date). Whatever you end up studying, you’ll get tons of hands-on experience and close interaction with faculty, so when it comes time to sport the mortarboard, you’ll be ready for anything.
Ball State Majors:
Accounting*
Acting
Actuarial Science
Advertising
Animation and Video (Electronic Art)
Anthropology*
Apparel Design
Applied Mathematics
Aquatic Biology and Fisheries - Biology
Aquatics
Architecture
Art
Art Education (Visual Arts)
Athletic Training
Biochemistry
Biology
Botany, Field - Biology
Business
Business Administration*
Business Education
Career and Technical Education
Cellular and Molecular Biology - Biology
Ceramics - Art
Chemistry
Chemistry Education
Child Development
Child Life Specialist - Family and Consumer Sciences
Classical Culture
Classical Languages (Greek and Latin)
Communication Studies (Interpersonal, Organizational, Public)*
Computer Science
Computer Technology
Construction Management
Criminal Justice and Criminology*
Dance
Drawing – Art
Early Childhood Education
Earth Science
Earth/Space Science Education
Economics (Business*, Financial Analyst*, Liberal Arts)
Electronic Art (Animation and Video)
Elementary Education
Elementary Education - Special Education, Exceptional Needs: Mild Interventions (Early and Middle Childhood)
English (Creative Writing, English Studies, Literature, Rhetoric and Writing)
English/Language Arts Education
Entrepreneurship*
Environmental Management
Exercise Science
Family Studies
Family and Consumer Sciences (General, Education)
Fashion Merchandising
Film and Television Studies - Telecommunications
Finance (Business Finance, Financial Planning and Investments, Financial Analysis)
French
French Education
General Studies
Genetics - Biology
Geographic Information Processing and Mapping (GIScience)
Geography
Geology
German
German Education
GIScience
Glass-Art
Graphic Arts Management
Graphic Design (Visual Communication)
Health Science
Hearing Impaired/Deaf Education – Special Education
History*
Hospitality and Food Management
Human Resource Management*
Industrial Technology
Information Systems – Business*
Interior Design
International Business*
Japanese
Japanese Education
Journalism (Graphics, Magazine, News, Photo)
Journalism Education
Landscape Architecture
Latin Education
Legal Studies (Business, Public Law)
Life Science Education - Science Education
Marketing*
Mathematical Economics
Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics Education
Medical Technology
Metals – Art
Meteorology and Climatology (General, Professional) – Geography
Microbiology - Biology
Music
Music Composition
Music Education (Instrumental/Vocal)
Music Media Production
Music Performance (Guitar, Organ, Piano, Symphonic Instruments, and Voice)
Musical Theatre
Natural Resources
News - Journalism or News Telecommunications
Nursing*
Nutrition and Dietetics
Operations Management – Business*
Painting - Art
Philosophy*
Photography – Art
Physical Education (Teaching)
Physical Science Education
Physics (Applied, General)
Physics Education
Political Science (Economics, International Studies, Political Science)*
Printmaking – Art
Psychology*
Public Relations
Religious Studies*
Residential Property Management
Respiratory Therapy
Risk Management and Insurance*
Sales
School Health Education
Science Education
Sculpture - Art
Social Studies Education
Social Work*
Sociology*
Spanish
Spanish Education
Special Education (Early Childhood, Hearing Impaired/Deaf Education, Mild Interventions, Severe Interventions)
Speech-Language Pathology
Sport Administration
Technology Education
Telecommunications (Film and Television Studies, News, Digital Production, Sales and Promotion)
Theatre
Theatre Design and Technology
Theatre Education
Theatre Production
Theatrical Studies
Travel and Tourism – Geography
Urban Planning and Development
Visual Arts Education
Visual Communication (Graphic Design)-Art
Wildlife Biology and Conservation - Biology
Women's and Gender Studies*
Zoology - Biology
Preprofessional Programs:
Pre-Audiology
Pre-Chiropractic
Pre-Dental Hygiene
Pre-Dentistry*
Pre-Engineering (General, Chemical, Metallurgical)
Pre-Law
Pre-Medicine*
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Pharmacy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Physician’s Assistant
Pre-Veterinary
Two-Year (Associate) Degrees:
Business Administration (Management)
Business Information Technology
Chemical Technology
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Radiation Therapy
Radiography
* Degree in 3: Indicated majors are available in our Degree in 3 program, which allows you to earn a bachelor’s degree in just three years by attending classes over the summers. Learn more about this opportunity at www.bsu.edu/degreein3.