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:
- Environmental Sciences Major Requirements
- Environmental Sciences Second Major for ISP Students Requirements
- Planning Worksheets
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:
- Mathematics Major Requirements
- Mathematics Second Major Requirements for ISP Students
- Mathematics Second Major or Minor Requirements for MMSS Students
- Planning Worksheets
Middle East and North African Studies:
Neuroscience:
- Neuroscience Major Requirements
- Neuroscience Second Major Requirements for ISP Students
- Planning Worksheets
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:
- English Minor in Creative Writing (Sequence-Based) Requirements
- English Minor in Creative Writing (Cross-Genre) Requirements
- Planning Worksheets
Environmental Policy and Culture:
French:
Gender and Sexuality Studies:
Geography:
- Planning Worksheets (Minor discontinued; for students entering before Fall 2023 only)
German:
- German Minor Requirements
- German Business Minor Requirements
- German Studies Minor Requirements
- Planning Worksheets
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:
- Mathematics Minor Requirements
- Mathematics Second Major or Minor for MMSS Students
- Planning Worksheets
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: