Majors
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 - Art
Anthropology (General, Applied Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology)*
Apparel Design
Applied Mathematics
Aquatic Biology and Fisheries
Aquatics
Archaeology - Anthropology
Architecture
Art
Art Education (Visual Arts)
Art History
Athletic Training
Biochemistry
Biology
Botany, Field
Business
Business Administration*
Business Education
Career and Technical Education
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Ceramics - Art
Chemistry
Chemistry Education
Child Development
Child Life Specialist
Classical Culture
Classical Languages (Greek and Latin)
Communication Studies (Interpersonal, Organizational, Public)*
Computer Science
Computer Technology
Construction Management
Criminal Justice and Criminology*
Dance
Dietetics/Pre-Dietetics
Drawing – Art
Early Childhood Education
Early Child Special 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 (English, Communication Studies)
Entrepreneurial Management*
Environmental Management
Exercise Science
Family Studies
Family and Consumer Sciences (General, Education)
Fashion Merchandising
Film and Television Studies - Telecommunications
Finance (Business Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning and Investments)*
French
French Education
General Studies
Genetics
Geography
Geology
German
German Education
GIScience - Geography
Glass - Art
Graphic Arts Management
Graphic Design (Visual Communication) - Art
Health Science
Hearing Impaired/Deaf Education
History*
Hospitality and Food Management
Human Resource Management*
Industrial Technology
Industry and Technology
Information Systems – Business*
Integrated Studies
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
Logistics and Supply Chain Management*
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 Media Production
Music Performance (Guitar, Organ, Piano, Symphonic Instruments,Voice)
Musical Theatre
Natural Resources
News - Journalism
News - Telecommunications
Nursing*
Painting - Art
Philosophy*
Photography and Intermedia Arts – Art
Physical Education (Teaching)
Physical Science Education
Physics (Applied, General)
Physics Education
Political Science (Economics, International Studies, Political Science)*
Printmaking – Art
Professional Selling
Psychological Science*
Public Relations
Religious Studies*
Residential Property Management
Respiratory Therapy
Risk Management and Insurance*
Sales (Professional Selling)
School Health Education
Science Education
Sculpture - Art
Social Studies Education (Economics, Geography, Government, Historical Perspectives, Psychology, Sociology)
Social Work*
Sociology*
Spanish
Spanish Education
Special Education (Exceptional Needs: Early Childhood, Hearing Impaired/Deaf, Mild Interventions, Severe Interventions)
Speech-Language Pathology
Sport Administration
Studio Art
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
Women's and Gender Studies*
Zoology
Pre-Professional Programs:
Pre-Audiology
Pre-Chiropractic
Pre-Dental Hygiene
Pre-Dental Preparation*
Pre-Engineering (General, Chemical, Metallurgical)
Pre-Law
Pre-Medical Preparation*
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
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.