Majors & Minors at Purchase College | 48 Undergraduate Programs

Majors and Minors

Our list of majors and minors only tells part of the story. The energy comes from the mix.

Purchase College offers 48 undergraduate majors, 41 minors, and seven graduate programs through eight academic divisions: the Conservatory of Dance, the Conservatory of Music, the Conservatory of Theatre Arts, the School of Art+Design, the School of Film and Media Studies, the School of Humanities, the School of Liberal Studies, and the School of Natural and Social Sciences.

All programs share a single, integrated campus—an intentional design that produces an unusually collaborative learning environment. Faculty across all divisions are active practitioners in their fields: working choreographers, exhibited artists, published authors, performing musicians, and industry professionals who bring real-world experience into every classroom.

Creativity lies at our core. Interdisciplinary study is encouraged. You’ll develop a toolbox of skills: problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and mindful communication. You’ll learn how to learn. That’s a skill for a lifetime.

Sort your options or click on a major below to begin exploring.

Acting

  • Major
  • BFA

Animation

  • Minor

Anthropology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Art History

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Art History (MA)

  • Major
  • MA

Arts and Cultural Management (MA)

  • Major
  • MA

Arts Management

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Asian Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Biochemistry

  • Major
  • BA

Biology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • BS

Chemistry

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Chinese

  • Minor

Cinema and Television Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Communications

  • Major
  • BS

Contemplative Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Creative Writing

  • Major
  • BA

Dance Performance

  • Major
  • BFA

Economics

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Education Studies

  • Minor

English and Global Literatures

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Environmental Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Fabrication and Material Processes

  • Minor

Film

  • Major
  • BFA

Film / Video Production

  • Minor

French

  • Minor

Gender Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

General Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Global Black Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Global Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Graphic Design

  • Major
  • BFA

History

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Italian

  • Minor

Jewish Studies

  • Minor

Journalism

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Language and Culture

  • Major
  • BA

Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Law and Justice Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Liberal Arts

  • Major
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Linguistics

  • Minor

Mathematics / Computer Science

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Media Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Museum Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Music Minor

  • Minor

Music: Composition (Classical)

  • Major
  • Minor
  • MusB
  • MM

Music: Instrumental Performance

  • Major
  • Minor
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

Music: Jazz Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

Music: Studio Composition

  • Major
  • MusB
  • MM

Music: Studio Production

  • Major
  • MusB

Music: Voice and Opera Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

New Media

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Painting and Drawing

  • Major
  • BFA

Philosophy and Critical Thought

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Photography

  • Major
  • BFA

Playwriting

  • Minor

Playwriting and Screenwriting

  • Major
  • BA

Political Science

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Pre-Medical Studies

  • Certificate

Printmaking

  • Major
  • BFA

Psychology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Screenwriting

  • Minor

Sculpture

  • Major
  • BFA

Sociology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Spanish

  • Minor

Television Theory and Practice

  • Minor

Theatre and Performance

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Theatre Design / Technology

  • Major
  • BFA

Undeclared

Visual Arts (BS)

  • Major
  • BS

Visual Arts Graduate Programs

  • Major
  • MFA
  • MA/MFA

Visual Arts Minor

  • Minor

Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary (BFA)

  • Major
  • BFA