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 – Physics
Aquatic Biology and Fisheries
Aquatics
Architecture
Art
Art Education (Visual Arts)
Athletic Training
Biochemistry
Biology
Botany, Field
Business
Business Administration*
Business and Marketing Education
Career and Technical Education
Cellular and Molecular 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)*
Computational Mathematics
Computer Science (Cooperative Education, Hardware Systems, Information Systems)
Computer Technology
Construction Management
Criminal Justice and Criminology*
Dance
Dietetics
Drawing – Art
Early Childhood Education
Earth Science
Earth/Space Science Education
Ecology
Economics (Business*, Financial Analyst*, Liberal Arts)
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 Communication/Interpretation – Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Environmental Design – Architecture
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)*
Financial Mathematics
French
French Education
General Studies
Genetics
Geographic Information Processing and Mapping (GIScience)
Geography
Geology
German
German Education
GIScience
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 (Computer Technology)
Industrial Technology (Construction Management)
Information Systems – Business*
Interior Design
International Business*
Japanese
Japanese Education
Journalism (Graphics, Magazine, News, Photojournalism)
Journalism Education
Land Management – Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Landscape Architecture
Latin Education
Legal Studies (Business, Public Law)
Life Science Education
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Marketing*
Mathematical Economics
Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics Education
Medical Technology
Metals – Art
Meteorology and Climatology (General, Professional) – Geography
Microbiology
Music
Music Composition
Music Education (Instrumental/Vocal)
Music Performance (Guitar, Organ, Piano, Symphonic Instruments, and Voice)
Music Technology
Musical Theatre
Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Natural Resources Studies
News - Journalism
News - Telecommunications
Nursing*
Occupational/Industrial Hygiene – Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Operations Management – Business*
Painting - Art
Park and Recreation Management – Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Philosophy*
Photography – Art
Physical Education (Teaching)
Physical Science Education
Physics (Applied, General)
Physics Education (Teaching)
Political Science (Economics, International Studies, Political Science)*
Printmaking – Art
Psychology*
Public Relations
Religious Studies*
Residential Property Management
Respiratory Therapy
Risk Management and Insurance*
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
Statistics – Mathematical Sciences
Technology Education
Telecommunications (Film and Television Studies, News, 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 (Art Education)
Visual Communication (Graphic Design)
Wildlife Biology and Conservation
Women’s Studies*
Zoology
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
Legal Assistance
Mechanical Engineering Technology (co-op with Purdue University)
Nuclear Medicine Technology
Radiation Therapy
Radiography
* Degree in 3: These majors are available in the Degree in 3 program, which allows you to earn a bachelor's in just three years by attending classes over the summers. Learn more.