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Major and Minor Requirements

Requirements for majors and minors are detailed in Northwestern's Academic Catalog. Use the linked planning worksheets to map out yearly course goals. 

African Studies:

American Studies:

Anthropology: 

Art History:

Art Theory & Practice:

Asian American Studies:

Asian Languages and Cultures:

Biological Sciences:

Black Studies (Changed from African American Studies Major, effective Fall 2023):

Chemistry:

Classics:

Cognitive Science:

Comparative Literary Studies:

Computer Science:

Data Science:

Earth and Planetary Sciences:

Economics:

English Major in English and American Literature:

English Major in Creative Writing:

Environmental Policy and Culture:

Environmental Sciences:

French:

Gender and Sexuality Studies:

Geography Adjunct Major (Adjunct major discontinued; for students entering before Fall 2023 only)

German Major:

Global Health Studies:

History:

Integrated Science:

International Studies:

Italian Literature and Culture:

Jewish Studies:

Latina and Latino Studies:

Legal Studies:

Linguistics:

Materials Science (Major discontinued; for students entering before Fall 2023 only):

Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences:

Mathematics:

Middle East and North African Studies:

Neuroscience:

Philosophy:

Physics and Astronomy:

Political Science:

Psychology:

Religious Studies:

Russian and East European Studies:

Russian Language, Literature, and Culture:

Science in Human Culture:

Sociology:

Spanish Major:

Statistics:

Advanced Asian Languages:

African Studies:

Anthropology:

Arabic:

Art History:

Art Theory and Practice:

Asian American Studies:

Asian Humanities:

Black Studies (Changed from African American Studies Minor, effective Fall 2023):

Business Institutions:

Catholic Studies:

Chemistry:

Classical Studies:

Cognitive Science:

Computer Science:

Critical Theory:

Data Science:

Earth and Planetary Sciences:

Economics:

English and American Literature:

English Minor in Creative Writing:

Environmental Policy and Culture:

French:

Gender and Sexuality Studies:

Geography:

German:

Global Health Studies:

Hebrew Studies:

History:

Humanities:

International Studies:

Italian:

Jewish Studies:

Latin American and Caribbean Studies:

Latin and Greek (Classics):

Latina and Latino Studies:

Legal Studies:

Linguistics:

Materials Science:

Mathematics:

Middle East and North African Studies:

Native American and Indigenous Studies:

Philosophy:

Physics:

Political Science:

Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures:

Psychology:

Religious Studies:

Russian and East European Studies:

Science in Human Culture:

Sociological Research:

Sociological Studies:

Spanish:

Statistics Minor:

World Literature:

Advice on Majors and Minors

Advice on Majors and Minors

You should regularly meet with department and College advisers to assess your progress and to plan for upcoming quarters. Ready to declare a major or minor? Here's how.

In addition to major and minor requirements, you also need to complete the requirements of your home school. Below are Weinberg degree requirement worksheets: