Choose Your Path
The College of Arts and Sciences offers students dozens of majors and minors. Ranging from the arts to the humanities to the natural and social sciences, many programs incorporate an interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum.
As part of a Santa Clara education, students are required to complete the core curriculum in addition to the requirements set by their chosen area of study. Students often choose to double major or supplement their major with a minor(s). Academic and peer advisors are available to help navigate the process of selecting, adding, or changing majors and minors.
![Summer dig](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/anthropology/field_school-760x380.jpg)
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Anthropology
![Alexa Correa - Walking through the city of Chefchaouen visiting small shops and eating the local cuisine during a weekend trip. (2019)](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/modern-languages-and-literatures/home-page-cards/arabic-760x380.jpg)
Minor: Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
![Ceramic piece from the senior art show](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/art-and-art-history/senior-show/2018-senior-show/2018_06_15_08-760x380.jpg)
Majors: Art History, Studio Art
Minors: Art History, Studio Art, Graphic Design, Animation and Illustration, Arts Management
![Asian Studies](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/asian-studies-760x380.jpg)
Minor: Asian Studies
![A students presenting in a research showcase](/media/t4_8718822518688992733.jpg)
Major: Biology
Minors: Biology, Biotechnology
![People holding a candles in church](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/catholic-studies/ecppm-300x150.jpg)
Minor: Catholic Studies
![Amelia Fuller with her research assistants](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/chemistry-amp-biochemistry/2018-newsletter/Fuller-Lab-Summer-2017-680x340.jpg)
Majors: Chemistry, Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
![Compassion in Action for Children Mural](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/child-studies/compassion-in-action-mural-743x371.jpg)
Major: Child Studies
![Latin Virtual Reality](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/stories/Latin-VR-672x336.jpg)
Major: Classics
Minor: Classics
![Web Violence Prevention](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/communication/stories/Web-Violence-Prevention-720x360.jpg)
Major: Communication
Minor: Journalism, Digital Filmmaking
![Economics image for majors and minors page](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/econ-248x124.jpg)
Major: Economics
Minor: Economics
![Author Huda Al-Marashi with faculty and students](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/english/stories/huda-al-marashi-396x198.jpg)
Major: English
Minors: English, Creative Writing, Professional Writing
![Riparian forests along the Sacramento River floodplain. Photo by Geoff Fricker, used with permission.](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ess/fricker_rm220_kopta_reduced1-360x180.jpg)
Majors: Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
Minor: Environmental Studies
![Mural created with predominantly 4th & 5th grade Latina/o youth involved in the Change For Good after-school youth Participatory Action Research program.](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ethnic-studies/Mural-2-1.18.21-AM-1360x680.jpg)
Major: Ethnic Studies
Minors: Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, African American Studies, Latina/o/x Studies
![Gerontology program](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/gerontology/iStock-660654876-1160x580.png)
Minor: Gerontology
![Historical Perspectives journal](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/history/061e849cffc1622c400a858d31040b82-1422x712.jpg)
Major: History
Minor: History
![Jaime Daigle at ELISAVA](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/stories/jaime-with-bottle-600x300.jpg)
Major: Individual Studies
![Shade-grown coffee in Nicaragua](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ess/blog-images/coffee-plants-800x400.jpg)
Minor: Latin American Studies
![Natalie Linnell teaching students](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/math-and-cs/NatClassAWeb-760x380.jpg)
Majors: Mathematics, Computer Science
Minors: Mathematics, Computer Science
![hand holding small globe](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/modern-languages-and-literatures/pexels-porapak-apichodilok-346885-760x380.jpg)
Majors: French & Francophone Studies, Italian Studies, Spanish Studies
Minors: French & Francophone Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Spanish Studies
![Zoom in of a music stand with SCU Music on it with students playing in the background](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/music/MusicStand-600x300.jpg)
Major: Music
Minor: Music
![Characters of the spelling bee on stage](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/theatre-and-dance/productions/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee/SpBee1-2400x1201.jpg)
Minor: Musical Theatre
![Digital brain](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/neuroscience/pasted-image-0-950x475.png)
Major: Neuroscience
![Sam McNea '20l, Anthony Mejia '20, Kelly Fradet '20, Courtney Davis '21, Mohit Gandhi '21, Coach Erin Bradfield](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/college-notes-19-20/Ethics_Bowl_2020-760x380.jpg)
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Philosophy
![People working with equipment](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/physics/news/weber-&-berggren-2001-200x100.jpg)
Major: Physics, Engineering Physics
Minor: Physics
![Beau Scott in front of capitol building](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/political-science/IMG_2410-674x337.jpg)
Major: Political Science
Minor: Political Science
![2017 MODLL Photo contest - Broncos Abroad](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/premodern-studies/milan-760x380.jpg)
Minor: Premodern Studies
![Student working in front of computer](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/psychology/home-page-gallery/DSCN0170-1000x500.jpg)
Major: Psychology
![VG Leadership cohort 2018](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/public-health/stories/IMG_20180724_155919-760x570-760x380.jpg)
Major: Public Health
Minor: Public Health
![Sophia, Divine Wisdom by artist Mary Plaster](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/religious-studies/perspectives-spring-2020/wisdom-600x300.jpg)
Major: Religious Studies
Minor: Religious Studies
![Silicon Valley Sociological Review cover 2020](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/sociology/stories/svsr-2020-838x429.jpg)
Major: Sociology
Minor: Sociology
![Young farmers using cows to plow field](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ess/blog-images/leslie-photo-sm-600x300.jpg)
Minor: Sustainability
![Choreographer's Gallery 2019 performance](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/theatre-and-dance/stories/Choreographer_s_Gallery_2019_5-760x380.jpg)
Major: Theatre Arts
Minor: Theatre, Dance, Theatre Design & Technology
![Students with arms around each others shoulders in school hallway](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/urban-education/urban-education-760x380.jpg)
Minor: Urban Education
![Professor Lodhia with graduating seniors](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/wgst/Sharmila-and-4-students-760x380.jpg)
Major: Women's and Gender Studies
Minor: Women's and Gender Studies