Degree Programs
UNDECLARED ADVISING
Center for Advising and Student Achievement
Offices in Aylesworth Hall, Northeast Wing, Room 201
(970) 491-3658
Undeclared is a special designation for students who have a rich and diverse set of interests that span the University curriculum and want to explore majors. Through the Undeclared advising process students are able to learn about various academic opportunities while keeping their options open as they begin their college experience. Professional academic advisers in the Center for Advising and Student Achievement (CASA) are knowledgeable about the academic requirements to assist students in the process of selecting a major. Advisers help students plan their schedules, provide information on career options, and refer students to other resources. Students are encouraged to declare a major by the time they earn 45 credits.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
Undergraduate Majors
Major Requirements
The student wishing to graduate must complete the requirements for a major and the All-University Core Curriculum (see that section of the catalog). A major is a sequence of courses in a subject-matter area or discipline which, when accompanied by appropriate supporting courses, leads to a degree. A minimum of 27 semester credits constitutes a major. Completion of a major is shown on both the student’s diploma and academic record.
Second Major Requirements
Students may elect to complete the requirements for two or more majors. To graduate with more than one major, students must complete all the requirements for each major (some majors accept, as fulfilling their own category 4A-C requirements, the fulfillment of the category 4A-C requirements in another declared major the student complete). Common requirements may count in meeting the curriculum requirements for each major, but each major must have a minimum of 27 unique credits. [The requirements for multiple degrees are described in the section below.]
At least one full term before the graduation term, students must contact the Records and Registration Section of the Registrar’s Office and the department office(s) responsible for administering the major(s) they have declared or intend to declare. If all the completed majors are of the same degree type (e.g., B.A., B.S., B.M., B.F.A.) and the student has fewer than 150 credits, the student will be awarded a single diploma which displays all majors earned.
Students with fewer than 150 credits who have completed multiple majors that are of different degree types will be given the following choices at the time they file their graduation contract:
1. The degree of the first major with other majors listed on the diploma and academic record.
2. The Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (B.A.S.) if one major is a B.A. and another is a B.S.
Students must complete degree requirements for the first major before they can graduate. Students completing degree requirements for the second major only cannot graduate until the first major’s degree requirements have been met.
Concentration Requirements
Some majors have concentrations (or specialization areas). A concentration is a sequence of at least 12 semester credits of designated courses within a major designed to accommodate specific interests of students. Completion of a concentration is shown on a student’s academic record, but not on the diploma.
Option
Some majors have options which are a sequence of courses within a major or concentration of either guided electives or electives selected from areas of interest as approved by the student’s adviser. Options do not appear on diplomas or a student’s academic record.
Second Baccalaureate Degree Requirements
A second baccalaureate degree can be earned either concurrently (i.e., at the same time a student graduates with the first degree) or sequentially (i.e., when a student who previously graduate from Colorado State University or another accredited institution with a baccalaureate degree returns to school to earn a second degree.
Second Degrees Earned Concurrently
Students with multiple majors who have successfully completed a minimum of 150 credits, a minimum of 27 unique credits for each major, and the AUCC category 4A-C requirements for each major, may request separate baccalaureate degrees. A maximum of two baccalaureate degrees (e.g., B.A. and B.S., or a B.A.S. and B.F.A.) can be earned concurrently.
Degrees Earned Sequentially
Students enrolling at Colorado State University after previously graduating with one or more baccalaureate degrees may earn an additional degree in a different major if they fulfill the following requirements:
1. A minimum of 30 semester credits in residence in addition to the credits earned at the time the student graduate with his/her previous baccalaureate.
2. All curriculum requirements for the major including All-University Core Curriculum requirements (see that section of this catalog).
The earlier baccalaureate degree(s) may be from Colorado State University or from another institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the Council for Higher Education Accrediting, or equivalent will fulfill the All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) requirements with the exception of those AUCC courses (including category 4 courses) that are required in the major.
List of Majors
The following is an alphabetical list of majors offered by Colorado State University and the department/college in which they are housed. For information on requirements for undergraduate degrees, see Graduation Requirements and Procedures and college and department sections of this catalog. This list is subject to change.
Agricultural Business (B.S.), Agricultural and Resource Economics/Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Economics (B.S.), Agricultural and Resource Economics/Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Education (B.S.), interdepartmental major/ Agricultural Sciences
Animal Science (B.S.), Animal Sciences/Agricultural Sciences
Anthropology (B.A.), Anthropology/Liberal Arts
Apparel and Merchandising (B.S.), Design and Merchandising/Applied Human Sciences
Applied Computing Technology (B.S.), Computer Science/Natural Sciences
Art (B.A., B.F.A.), Art/Liberal Arts
Biochemistry (B.S.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Natural Sciences
Biological Science (B.S.), Biology/Natural Sciences
Biomedical Science (B.S.), Biomedical Sciences/ Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Business Administration (B.S.), interdepartmental major/Business
Chemical and Biological Engineering (B.S.), Chemical and Biological Engineering/ Engineering
Chemistry (B.S.), Chemistry/Natural Sciences
Civil Engineering (B.S.), Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering
Communication Studies (B.A.), Communication Studies/ Liberal Arts
Computer Engineering (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering/Engineering
Computer Science (B.S.), Computer Science/Natural Sciences
Construction Management (B.S.), Construction Management/Applied Human Sciences
Economics (B.A.), Economics/Liberal Arts
Electrical Engineering (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering/Engineering
Engineering Science (B.S.), interdepartmental major/ Engineering
English (B.A.), English/Liberal Arts
Environmental Engineering (B.S.), Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering
Environmental Health (B.S.), Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Equine Science (B.S.), Animal Sciences/Agricultural Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.), interdepartmental major/Applied Human Sciences
Fire and Emergency Services Administration [1](B.S.), Education/Applied Human Sciences
Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (B.S.), Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology/Natural Resources
Forestry (B.S.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Geology (B.S.), Geosciences/Natural Resources
Health and Exercise Science (B.S.), Health and Exercise Science/Applied Human Sciences
History (B.A.), History/Liberal Arts
Horticulture (B.S.), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/Agricultural Sciences
Human Development and Family Studies (B.S.), Human Development and Family Studies/Applied Human Sciences
Interior Design (B.S.), Design and Merchandising/ Applied Human Sciences
Landscape Architecture (B.S.), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/Agricultural Sciences
Landscape Horticulture (B.S.), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/Agricultural Sciences
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (B.A.), Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts (B.A.), interdepartmental major/Liberal Arts
Mathematics (B.S.), Mathematics/Natural Sciences
Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering/ Engineering
Microbiology (B.S.), Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Music (B.A., B.M.), Music, Theatre, and Dance/ Liberal Arts
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (B.S.), Human Dimensions of Natural Resources/Natural Resources
Natural Resources Management (B.S.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Natural Sciences (B.S.), interdepartmental major/Natural Sciences
Nutrition and Food Science (B.S.), Food Science and Human Nutrition/Applied Human Sciences
Performing Arts (B.A.), Music, Theatre, and Dance/ Liberal Arts
Philosophy (B.A.), Philosophy/Liberal Arts
Physics (B.S.), Physics/Natural Sciences
Political Science (B.A.), Political Science/Liberal Arts
Psychology (B.S.), Psychology/Natural Sciences
Rangeland Ecology (B.S.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Restaurant and Resort Management (B.S.), Food Science and Human Nutrition/Applied Human Sciences
Social Work (B.A.), Social Work/Applied Human Sciences
Sociology (B.A.), Sociology/Liberal Arts
Soil and Crop Sciences (B.S.), Soil and Crop Sciences/ Agricultural Sciences
Technical Journalism (B.A.)[2], Journalism and Technical Communication/Liberal Arts
Watershed Science (B.S.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Zoology (B.S.), Biology/Natural Sciences
Undergraduate Minors
Minor Requirements
Minor programs of study are optional and are offered by certain departments. A minor consists of a minimum of 21 specified credits of course work outside the major. A minimum of 12 of the 21 credits must be course work at the upper-division level (300-400) and a minimum of 12 credits must be from course work within the department offering the minor. Minors are noted on the student’s academic record, but not on the diploma.
List of Minors
This list is subject to change.
Aerospace Studies – All-University
Agricultural and Resource Economics – Agricultural and Resource Economics/Agricultural Sciences
Anthropology – Anthropology/Liberal Arts
Applied Statistics – Statistics/Natural Sciences
Art History – Art/Liberal Arts
Biochemistry – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Natural Sciences
Biomedical Sciences – Biomedical Sciences/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Botany – Biology/Natural Sciences
Business Administration – interdepartmental/Business
Chemistry – Chemistry/Natural Sciences
Computer Science – Computer Science/Natural Sciences
Criminology and Criminal Justice – Sociology/Liberal Arts
Economics – Economics/Liberal Arts
English – English/Liberal Arts
Entomology – Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management/Agricultural Sciences
Environmental Engineering – Civil and Environmental Engineering/ Engineering
Ethnic Studies/interdepartmental/Liberal Arts
Fishery Biology – Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology/Natural Resources
Forestry – Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
French – Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
General Philosophy – Philosophy/Liberal Arts
General Sociology – Sociology/Liberal Arts
Geology – Geosciences/Natural Resources
German – Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
History – History/Liberal Arts
Horticulture – Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/ Agricultural Sciences
Japanese – Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
Landscape Horticulture – Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/Agricultural Sciences
Mathematics – Mathematics/Natural Sciences
Media Studies – interdepartmental/Liberal Arts
Merchandising – Design and Merchandising/Applied Human Sciences
Microbiology – Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Military Science – All-University
Music – Music, Theatre, and Dance/Liberal Arts
Nutrition – Food Science and Human Nutrition/Applied Human Sciences
Physics – Physics/Natural Sciences
Plant Health -- Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management/Agricultural Sciences
Political Science – Political Science/Liberal Arts
Range Ecology – Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Religious Studies – Philosophy/Liberal Arts
Soil Resources and Conservation – Soil and Crop Sciences/Agricultural Sciences
Spanish – Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
Spatial Information Management – Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Statistics – Statistics/Natural Sciences
Studio Art – Art/Liberal Arts
Theatre-Acting/Directing – Music, Theatre, and Dance/ Liberal Arts
Theatre-Design/Technical Theatre – Music, Theatre, and Dance/Liberal Arts
Watershed Science – Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Wilderness Management – Human Dimensions of Natural Resources/Natural Resources
Zoology – Biology/Natural Sciences
Interdisciplinary Studies Programs
Interdisciplinary Studies
An interdisciplinary studies program is a specified series of courses focused upon a particular area of concern providing insight from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Credits
earned in these courses can be used in meeting the requirements for a degree.
Completion of requirements for an interdisciplinary studies program is noted on the student’s academic record (transcript) but not on the diploma. The minimum number of credits in an undergraduate interdisciplinary studies program is 20. The programs of study for the interdisciplinary studies programs are in the University-Wide Instructional Programs section of this catalog.
Asian Studies
Biomedical Engineering (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Biotechnology
Conservation Biology
Diversity in Law
Environmental Affairs
Extreme Ultraviolet and Optical Science and Technology (Graduate)
Exercise Science and Nutrition (Graduate)
Food Science and Safety (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Gerontology
Information Science and Technology
Integrated Resource Management
International Development (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Mathematics (Graduate)
Merchandising (Graduate)
Molecular Biology
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience (Graduate)
Organic Agriculture
Peace and Reconciliation Studies (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Political Economy (Graduate)
Religious Studies
Russian, Eastern, and Central European Studies
Water Resources
Women’s (Undergraduate and Graduate)
GRADUATE DEGREES
Agricultural and Resource Economics (M.S., Ph.D.) Agricultural and Resource Economics/Agricultural Sciences
Animal Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Animal Sciences/ Agricultural Sciences
Anthropology (M.A.), Anthropology/Liberal Arts
Atmospheric Science (M.S., Ph.D.), Atmospheric Science/Engineering
Bioagricultural Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management/Agricultural Sciences
Biochemistry (M.S., Ph.D.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Natural Sciences
Bioengineering (M.S., Ph.D.), intra-University
Biomedical Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Biomedical Sciences/ Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Botany (M.S., Ph.D.), Biology/Natural Sciences
Business Administration (M.S.), college-wide, Business
Cell and Molecular Biology (M.S., Ph.D.) intra-University
Chemical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.), Chemical and Biological Engineering/Engineering
Chemistry (M.S., Ph.D.), Chemistry/Natural Sciences
Civil Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.), Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering
Clinical Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Clinical Sciences/ Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Communication Studies (M.A.), Communication Studies/ Liberal Arts
Computer Science (M.S., Ph.D.), Computer Science/ Natural Sciences
Construction Management (M.S.), Construction Management/Applied Human Sciences
Design and Merchandising (M.S.), Design and Merchandising/Applied Human Sciences
Earth Sciences (Ph.D.), joint between Geosciences and Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Ecology (M.S., Ph.D.), intra-University
Economics (M.A., Ph.D.), Economics/Liberal Arts
Education and Human Resource Studies (Ph.D.), School of Education/Applied Human Sciences
Electrical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering/Engineering
English (M.A.), English/Liberal Arts
Environmental Health (M.S., Ph.D.), Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (M.S., Ph.D.), Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology/Natural Resources
Food Science and Nutrition (M.S., Ph.D.), Food Science and Human Nutrition/Applied Human Sciences
Forest Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Geosciences (M.S.), Geosciences/Natural Resources
Health and Exercise Science (M.S.), Health and Exercise Science/Applied Human Sciences
History (M.A.), History/Liberal Arts
Horticulture (M.S., Ph.D.), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture/Agricultural Sciences
Human Bioenergetics (Ph.D.), Health and Exercise Science/Applied Human Sciences
Human Development and Family Studies (M.S.), Human Development and Family Studies/Applied Human Sciences
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (M.S., Ph.D.), Human Dimensions of Natural Resources/Natural Resources
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (M.A.), Foreign Languages and Literatures/Liberal Arts
Mathematics (M.S., Ph.D.), Mathematics/Natural Sciences
Mechanical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering/Engineering
Microbiology (M.S., Ph.D.), Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Occupational Therapy (M.S.), Occupational Therapy/ Applied Human Sciences
Pathology (Ph.D.), Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Philosophy (M.A.), Philosophy/Liberal Arts
Physics (M.S., Ph.D.), Physics/Natural Sciences
Political Science (M.A., Ph.D.), Political Science/Liberal Arts
Psychology (M.S., Ph.D.), Psychology/Natural Sciences
Public Communication and Technology (Ph.D.), Journalism and Technical Communication/Liberal Arts
Radiological Health Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences/ Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Rangeland Ecosystem Science (M.S., Ph.D.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Sociology (M.A., Ph.D.), Sociology/Liberal Arts
Soil and Crop Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.), Soil and Crop Sciences/Agricultural Sciences
Statistics (M.S., Ph.D.), Statistics/Natural Sciences
Student Affairs in Higher Education (M.S.), School of Education/Applied Human Sciences
Technical Communication (M.S.),[3] Journalism and Technical Communication/Liberal Arts
Watershed Science (M.S.), Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/Natural Resources
Zoology (M.S., Ph.D.), Biology/Natural Sciences
Professional Degrees
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), interdepartmental, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.)
Accounting/Business
Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.)
Agricultural Sciences
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Business
Master of Computer Science (M.C.S.)
Computer Science/Natural Sciences
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Education and Human Resource Studies/Applied Human Sciences
Master of Engineering (M.E.)
Engineering
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Art/Liberal Arts
Creative Writing/Liberal Arts
Master of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (M.F.W.B)
Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology/Natural Resources
Master of Management Practice (M.M.P.)
Management/Business
Master of Music (M.M.)
Music/Liberal Arts
Master of Natural Resources Stewardship (M.N.R.S.)
Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship/ Natural Resources
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
Intra-University
Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)
Social Work/Applied Human Sciences
[1] Offered only through the Division of Continuing Education as a distance degree program.
[2] A request to rename the major in Technical Journalism to Journalism and Technical Communication is under consideration by the Board of Governors and the Colorado Department of Higher Education at the time of publication of this catalog. It is anticipated this change will be approved by the beginning of Fall Semester 2008.
[3] A request to rename the M.S. degree in Technical Communication to Public Communication and Technology is under consideration by the Board of Governors and the Colorado Department of Higher Education at the time of publication of this catalog. It is anticipated this change will be approved by the beginning of Fall Semester 2008.
