Academic Majors and Minors

These academic program descriptions represent the most current information provided to the Academic Advising Center by the individual colleges and departments. Academic program changes occur frequently. For that reason, these forms should be used as a starting point of reference. The student should also review the academic department's web page and the current UW-L undergraduate course catalog. When in doubt about specifics, contact the college academic services office for guidance.

Academic Program by Colleges

M=major, m=minor, t=leads to teacher certification

College of Business Administration

m M	Accountancy - Department Link
m	Business Administration -
m M t	Economics - Department Link
M	Finance - Department Link with concentration in: Risk and Insurance
m M	Information Systems - Department Link
m M	International Business
M	Management - Department Link with tracks in: General Management and Technology Human Resources International Management
M	Marketing - Department Link

College of Liberal Studies

m t	Anthropology - Department Link Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/Anthropology/AnthroReq.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/Anthropology/AnthroCourses.htm
M	Archaeology - Department Link Major Requirements: http://perth.uwlax.edu/sociology/Archaeology/req4maj.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/records/03-05/UG-Cat/arc.html Child/Youth Care emphasis
m	Criminal Justice - Department Link Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/CriminalJustice.pdf
m M t	Economics - Department Link
m M t	English - Department Link with emphasis in: Literature Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/majors.html Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/courses.html Rhetoric and Writing Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/rhetoricandwriting/degreerequirements.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/courses.html
m	Creative Writing Minor Requirements: http://http://www.uwlax.edu/english/majors.html Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/courses.html
m	Professional Writing Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/majors.html Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/english/courses.html
m	Environmental Studies - Department Link Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/ls/envstsindex.html
m	Ethnic and Racial Studies - Department Link Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/EthnicStudies/#MinorReq Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/EthnicStudies/#MinorReq
m M t	French - Program Link; Department of Modern Languages Link Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/FRENCH%20MAJOR%202007.pdf Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/FRE%20MINOR%20Mar%2007.pdf Courses: www.uwlax.edu/records/01-03/UG-Cat/fre.html Business concentration Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/FRENCH%20MAJOR%20w%20Bus%20%20Mar%2007%20(2).pdf
m M t	German Studies - Program Link Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/GER%20Studies%20Major%20Mar%2007.pdf Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/German%20Studies%20Minor.pdf Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/records/01-03/UG-Cat/ger.html Business concentration Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/German%20Studies%20Major%20with%20Business%20Concentration.pdf
	Gerontology emphasis - Department Link
m M t	History - Department Link Major/Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/history/majors.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/history/courses.htm Regional emphasis
m	Public History
m	International Studies - Department Link European emphasis Latin American emphasis
m	Military Science - Department Link Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/rotc/courses.htm
m M	Philosophy - Department Link
m M t	Political Science - Department Link Major/Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/PoliticalScience.pdf Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/Courses.htm
m M	Psychology - Department Link Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/psychology/pmajor.htm Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/psychology/pminor.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/Records/05-07/psychology.htm
m M	Public Administration - Department Link Major/Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/PublicAdministration.pdf Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/PoliSci/Courses.htm
m M t	Sociology - Department Link Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/sociology/socmajor.htm Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/sociology/socminor.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/sociology/Section%20Info/soccourses.htm
m M t	Spanish - Program Link Major Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/SPA%20Major%20Nov07.pdf Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/SPA%20Minor%20Nov07.pdf Business concentration major requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/languages/Advising/SPA%20Maj%20Bus%20Con%20Mar%2007.pdf
m t	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Department Link
	University Honors - Department Link
m	Women's Studies - Department Link Minor Requirements: http://www.uwlax.edu/womensstudies/Minor's%20checklist.htm Courses: http://www.uwlax.edu/womensstudies/course_descriptions.htm
School of Arts and Communication
m M t	Art - Department Link
m M	Communication Studies - Department Link with emphases in: Interpersonal Communication - Emphases Link Public Relations and Organization Communication - Emphases Link Persuasion and Public Communication - Emphases Link Telecommunication - Emphases Link
m M	Music - Department Link with emphases in:
t	Choral - Emphases Link
t	General - Emphases Link History - Emphases Link
t	Instrumental - Emphases Link Jazz Performance - Emphases Link
m	Music Theatre - Emphases Link Performance - Emphases Link Piano Pedagogy - Emphases Link Theory - Emphases Link
m	Photography - Department Link
m M	Theatre Arts - Department Link with emphases in: Design/Technical General Studies Management Music Theatre Performance
School of Education
m t	Early Childhood Education
M t	Early Childhood-Middle Childhood
M t	Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence
m M t	Science (Broadfield)
m M t	Social Studies (Broadfield)
m t	Special Education - Department Link

College of Science and Allied Health

M	Athletic Training - Department Link
M	Biochemistry - Department Link
m M t	Biology - Department Link with concentrations in: Aquatic Science Biomedical Science Cellular and Molecular Environmental Science
m M t	Chemistry - Department Link with concentrations in: Business Environmental Science
M	Clinical Laboratory Science - Department Link
M	Community Health Education - Department Link
m	Computational Science
m M t	Computer Science - Department Link
m t	Earth Science - Department Link
M	Exercise and Sport Science - Department Link with emphases in: Fitness - Emphases Link Physical Education - Emphases Link Sport Management - Emphases Link
t	Concentrations:
t	Coaching Competitive Athletics
t	Special Physical Education - Emphases Link

M m t	Strength and Conditioning - Concentration Link Department of Health Education and Health Promotion - Department Link

M m	Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation- Department Link

m	Geoarchaeology - Department Link
m M t	Geography - Department Link with concentrations in: Applied Geography Environmental Science
m	Geographic Information Science - Emphases Link
m	Inclusive Recreation
m M t	Mathematics - Department Link with emphases in: Applied
m	Education
m	Statistics
M	Microbiology - Department Link with concentrations in: Biomedical Environmental Science
M	Nuclear Medicine Technology - Department Link
m M t	Physics - Department Link with concentrations in: Biomedical - Concentration Link Business with emphases in:
m	Astronomy Computational Optics - Emphases Link
M	Radiation Therapy - Department Link

Graduate Programs

Biology

with concentrations in:

Aquatic Science

Cellular and Molecular

Clinical Microbiology - Department Link

Microbiology

Nurse Anesthesia - Department Link

Physiology

Business Administration - Department Link

Clinical Exercise Physiology - Department Link

College Student Development & Administration

Community Health Education - Department Link

Education-Professional Development

Exercise and Sport Science - Department Link

General - Department Link

Physical Education Teaching - Department Link

Sport Administration - Department Link

Human Performance - Department Link

Occupational Therapy - Department Link

Physical Therapy - Department Link

Physician Assistant Studies - Department Link

Reading

Recreation Management - Department Link

School Health Education - Department Link

School Psychology

Software Engineering - Department Link

Special Education

Therapeutic Recreation - Department Link

The university offers pre-professional studies for Chiropractic, Dentistry, Engineering, Forestry, (Natural Resources, Conservation, Wildlife Management), Law, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Veterinary Medicine.

Dual degrees offered in Biology/Chiropractic, Biology/Physical Therapy, Physics/Physical Therapy, Psychology/Occupational Therapy, Chemistry/Engineering, Computer Science/ Engineering, Mathematics/Engineering, and Physics/Engineering.