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Set in Athens County, in south-eastern Ohio, Ohio University is a public institution whose listed teaching is at undergraduate level. Health care, biology, education, chemistry, music and geography are among the fields covered, spanning both the sciences and the arts.
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BSW in of Social Work
Social work supports people facing hardship — family difficulty, disability, poor mental health, poverty, abuse or needs that come with age — and connects them with services and protection. Human development, law, policy and ethics join the practical skills of assessment and intervention. Graduates often work in child and family services, mental health, community organisations and local government.
BSN in Nursing
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BSM Sport Management
The business side of sport is the focus here: running clubs and facilities, sponsorship and broadcasting deals, ticketing, marketing and the governance of competitions. Management and finance fundamentals combine with an understanding of how sporting organisations are structured. Graduates often work for clubs, federations, venues, agencies and sports brands.
BSEd in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BSc Information and Telecommunication Systems Major, ECT (VR/AR)
Information systems sits between technology and the organisations that use it, covering how databases, networks and software are selected, integrated and governed to support real business processes. Systems analysis, data management and project delivery are core concerns. Graduates often work as systems analysts, IT consultants, database administrators and technology project leads.
BSA Biological Sciences Major
Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.
BSA Aviation Management
Aviation management covers the business and operations of air transport: airline scheduling and revenue, airport ground operations, safety systems, regulation, and the movement of passengers and cargo. Management fundamentals pair with an understanding of how the industry actually runs. Graduates often work for airlines, airports, ground handling firms and aviation authorities.
BS in Psychology Pre-Physical Therapy
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BS in Physics Major
Physics seeks the rules behind how matter, energy, space and time behave, from particles and atoms to materials, stars and the universe as a whole. Mathematical theory is paired with experiment and measurement. Graduates often move into research, engineering, data and modelling, energy, medical physics, computing and teaching.
BS in Microbiology Major
Microbiology studies bacteria, viruses, fungi and other organisms too small to see: how they live, how they cause disease, and how they are used in medicine, agriculture and industry. Laboratory technique is central, from culturing and identification to genetics and analysis. Graduates often work in clinical and research laboratories, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and food safety.
BS in Mathematical Statistics Major
Statistics is the discipline of reasoning under uncertainty: designing studies, estimating quantities from samples, testing claims and quantifying how much confidence a result deserves. Probability theory underpins it, and computing makes it practical on real data. Graduates often work in analytics, research, finance, public health, government and quality assurance.
BS in Marine, Freshwater, and Environmental Biology Major
Marine engineering deals with the machinery that drives ships and offshore structures: propulsion, power generation, fuel and cooling systems, and the maintenance that keeps them running at sea. Thermodynamics, mechanics and control are core. Graduates often work in shipping, shipbuilding, offshore energy, port operations, survey and marine consultancy.
BS in Integrated Healthcare Studies
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BS in Human Development and Family Science Major
Frameworks for explaining how people grow and change across a lifetime sit at the core here, together with the question of what conditions allow them to flourish. Psychological, social and economic accounts are compared and tested against evidence. Graduates often work in education, social services, policy, research and programme design.
BS in Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences Major
Speech and language pathology studies communication and swallowing difficulties: their origins in development, injury or illness, and how they are assessed and treated. Learning draws on linguistics, anatomy, neuroscience and psychology alongside clinical technique. Graduates often work with children and adults in health services, schools, community settings and private practice.
BS in Geological Sciences Major
Geology reads the Earth as a record: rocks, minerals, fossils and structures that reveal how the planet formed and keeps changing. Field observation and laboratory analysis are used to interpret landscapes, map subsurface layers and assess natural hazards and resources. Graduates often work in energy, mining, groundwater, environmental consulting and geological survey work.
BS in Geography – Urban Planning and Sustainability Major
Urban planning shapes how cities grow: where housing, transport, green space and services go, and who benefits from them. Students learn spatial analysis, design, planning law and the politics of land use and public consultation. Graduates often work in local government, planning consultancies, housing, transport and property development.
BS in Geography - Meteorology Major
Geography brings together physical systems such as climate, rivers and landforms with human patterns of cities, migration, development and resource use, asking how place shapes both. Mapping, fieldwork and spatial data analysis are central skills. Graduates often work in planning, environmental management, geographic information systems, development, research and logistics.
BS in Geography Major
Geography brings together physical systems such as climate, rivers and landforms with human patterns of cities, migration, development and resource use, asking how place shapes both. Mapping, fieldwork and spatial data analysis are central skills. Graduates often work in planning, environmental management, geographic information systems, development, research and logistics.
BS in Geography Environmental Pre-Law Major
Environmental geography examines the relationship between people and the physical environment across different places: land use, water, climate, hazards, pollution and how communities adapt. Fieldwork, mapping and spatial data analysis are central skills. Graduates often work in environmental consultancy, planning, conservation and resource agencies, climate adaptation and research.
BS in Geography - Climate, Environment and Society Major
Geography brings together physical systems such as climate, rivers and landforms with human patterns of cities, migration, development and resource use, asking how place shapes both. Mapping, fieldwork and spatial data analysis are central skills. Graduates often work in planning, environmental management, geographic information systems, development, research and logistics.
BS in Geographic Information Science Major
Information systems sits between technology and the organisations that use it, covering how databases, networks and software are selected, integrated and governed to support real business processes. Systems analysis, data management and project delivery are core concerns. Graduates often work as systems analysts, IT consultants, database administrators and technology project leads.
BS in Forensic Chemistry Major
Chemistry studies matter: what substances are made of, how they react, and how new compounds and materials can be created and analysed. Laboratory technique and careful measurement sit alongside theory from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, materials, energy, food and environmental testing, research and teaching.
BS in Environmental Health
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BS in Environmental Geoscience
Geology reads the Earth as a record: rocks, minerals, fossils and structures that reveal how the planet formed and keeps changing. Field observation and laboratory analysis are used to interpret landscapes, map subsurface layers and assess natural hazards and resources. Graduates often work in energy, mining, groundwater, environmental consulting and geological survey work.
BS in Environmental Chemistry Major
Environmental chemistry follows chemical substances through air, water, soil and living things: where pollutants come from, how they transform and accumulate, and how they are measured and cleaned up. Analytical laboratory technique sits alongside fieldwork and modelling. Graduates often work in environmental consultancy, testing laboratories, industry, regulation and research.
BS in Environmental and Plant Biology Major
Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.
BS in Economics Major
Economics asks how societies use scarce resources: how prices form, how households and firms decide, and how policy, trade and money shape growth, employment and inequality. Mathematical modelling and statistical evidence run through the subject. Graduates often work in analysis and consultancy, banking, government and international organisations, and research.
BS in Cybersecurity Engineering
Cyber security is about protecting systems, networks and data from attack, and understanding the people and incentives behind threats. Study covers cryptography, secure design, network defence, incident response and digital forensics, together with the habits of testing and defending real systems. Graduates often work in security operations, penetration testing, risk and governance, and consultancy.
BS in Criminal Justice Major
Criminal justice looks at how societies define crime and respond to it, covering policing, courts, sentencing, corrections and the debates about fairness running through all of them. It draws on law, sociology and policy analysis. Graduates often move into law enforcement, probation and youth services, policy research, security or further legal study.
BS in Civil Engineering
Civil engineering covers the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment: buildings, bridges, roads, water supply, drainage and other infrastructure. Mechanics, materials and structural analysis combine with project planning and constant attention to safety and cost. Graduates often work in design consultancies, construction, transport, and water or environmental engineering.
BS in Chemistry - Pre-Pharmacy Major
Chemistry studies matter: what substances are made of, how they react, and how new compounds and materials can be created and analysed. Laboratory technique and careful measurement sit alongside theory from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, materials, energy, food and environmental testing, research and teaching.
BS in Chemistry - Pre-Medicine Major
Chemistry studies matter: what substances are made of, how they react, and how new compounds and materials can be created and analysed. Laboratory technique and careful measurement sit alongside theory from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, materials, energy, food and environmental testing, research and teaching.
BS in Chemistry Major
Chemistry studies matter: what substances are made of, how they react, and how new compounds and materials can be created and analysed. Laboratory technique and careful measurement sit alongside theory from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, materials, energy, food and environmental testing, research and teaching.
BS in Chemistry - Biochemistry Major
Chemistry studies matter: what substances are made of, how they react, and how new compounds and materials can be created and analysed. Laboratory technique and careful measurement sit alongside theory from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Graduates often work in pharmaceuticals, materials, energy, food and environmental testing, research and teaching.
BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology Major
Molecular biology examines life at the level of the molecules that carry and express genetic information, and the proteins they build. Students learn how genes are regulated and how cells are studied and manipulated, spending significant time on laboratory technique. Graduates work in research laboratories, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and clinical science.
BS in Broadcast Meteorology Major
Meteorology explains how the atmosphere behaves: why weather systems form, how storms develop and how conditions can be observed, measured and forecast. Students learn atmospheric physics, dynamics and numerical modelling, and how to interpret data from satellites, radar and ground stations. Graduates often work in forecasting, aviation, energy, agriculture or climate research.
BS in Biological Sciences Wildlife and Conservation Major
Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.
BS in Biological Sciences Pre-Professional Major
Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.
BS in Biological Sciences Pre-Physical Therapy Major
Biology is the study of living things, from molecules and cells to organisms, populations and whole ecosystems. Laboratory and field methods sit alongside genetics, physiology, evolution and ecology. Graduates often move into research and laboratory work, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, conservation and environmental roles, education and science communication.
BS in Aviation Flight A
Aviation management covers the business and operations of air transport: airline scheduling and revenue, airport ground operations, safety systems, regulation, and the movement of passengers and cargo. Management fundamentals pair with an understanding of how the industry actually runs. Graduates often work for airlines, airports, ground handling firms and aviation authorities.
BS in Astrophysics Major
Astrophysics applies the laws of physics to stars, galaxies, black holes and the structure of the universe itself. Expect mathematics, computational modelling and the analysis of observational data alongside theory. Graduates often continue in research or move into data science, software, instrumentation, finance and science communication.
BS in Applied Physics
Applied physics takes the laws of physics and puts them to work on practical problems in technology and industry. Optics, materials, electronics, instrumentation and computational modelling sit alongside laboratory work and measurement. Graduates often move into engineering and technology companies, instrument design, research and development, or data-heavy technical roles.
BS in Applied Mathematics Major
Applied mathematics uses mathematical tools to describe and solve problems drawn from the physical, biological, economic and engineering worlds. Differential equations, modelling, numerical methods and computation are the everyday materials. Graduates often work in modelling and simulation, data analysis, finance, engineering, software and research.
BS in Advanced Computing Major
At its core, computer science is about computation: algorithms, data structures, programming languages, operating systems and the theory beneath them. Mathematical reasoning and hands-on building reinforce each other throughout. Graduates often become software engineers, or move into data, security, research, product development and technical roles in almost any industry.
BS in Actuarial Science Major
Applied mathematics uses mathematical tools to describe and solve problems drawn from the physical, biological, economic and engineering worlds. Differential equations, modelling, numerical methods and computation are the everyday materials. Graduates often work in modelling and simulation, data analysis, finance, engineering, software and research.
BS Chemistry - Pre-Dentistry Major
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
BMus in Piano Pedagogy Major
Pedagogy is the study of teaching itself: how people learn, how lessons are designed and sequenced, and how assessment, motivation and classroom relationships affect understanding. Students examine learning theory, curriculum and educational research. Graduates often go into teaching, curriculum and materials development, training roles, or research on education.
BMus in Piano Major
Piano study centres on performance at the instrument: technique, tone, reading music and interpretation, supported by repertoire, theory and music history. Playing alone and with others is central, as is learning how a programme is prepared, shaped and presented. Graduates often work in performance, teaching, accompaniment, recording and wider roles across the music profession.
BMus in Organ Major
Music education joins musicianship with the study of how people learn: pedagogy, curriculum, child and adolescent development, assessment, ensemble leading and inclusive teaching. Students keep developing as musicians while practising teaching itself. Graduates teach in schools and community settings, lead choirs and ensembles, work in outreach programmes and teach privately.
BMus in Music Education Major
Music combines performance, composition, and the study of how music is made, heard and understood across traditions. Technical craft, listening, theory and history support each other, with recording and sound technology never far away. Graduates often work as performers, composers, teachers and producers, and in arts organisations, media and the creative industries.
BMus in in Music Composition
Music combines performance, composition, and the study of how music is made, heard and understood across traditions. Technical craft, listening, theory and history support each other, with recording and sound technology never far away. Graduates often work as performers, composers, teachers and producers, and in arts organisations, media and the creative industries.
BM in Music Therapy
Music therapy uses musical interaction — improvising, playing, singing and listening — to support people's emotional, cognitive, physical and social needs. Training blends musicianship with psychology, human development and clinical understanding, and emphasises the therapeutic relationship. Practitioners commonly work in healthcare, mental health, education, disability and older-adult care settings.
BFA in Studio Art
Studio art is practice-led: students make work in disciplines such as painting, sculpture, printmaking or mixed media while developing a critical vocabulary through critique and art history. Much of the time goes into experimenting with materials and building a portfolio. Graduates often sustain their own practice, or work in teaching, galleries and creative industries.
BFA in Performance - Acting and Musical Theater
Training in performance is what acting is: voice, movement, text analysis, improvisation and the discipline of rehearsal. The work is practical — building characters, rehearsing, and responding to other performers and to direction. Graduates often work in theatre, screen, voice work, teaching and roles across the wider performing arts.
BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
BFA in in Stage Management
Designing for the stage means shaping the physical world a performance happens in — sets, props, spatial arrangement, colour, and the way light and bodies move through it. Sketching, model-making, technical drawing and close collaboration with directors are central. Designers work in theatre, opera, dance, live events and screen production.
BFA in in Production Design and Technology
Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.
BFA in in Playwriting
Writing for the stage means building character, conflict and structure out of what can be spoken and shown live. Students draft and revise, testing how a script changes when it is read aloud. Graduates often write for theatre, screen and audio, or work in dramaturgy, script development and teaching.
BFA in in Interior Architecture
Architecture and design concern the shaping of buildings, interiors and objects, balancing function, structure, cost and the way people actually live and move. Studio projects, drawing, modelling and critique sit alongside history, theory and technical study. Graduates often work in architectural and design practices, planning and development, visualisation and construction-related roles.
BFA in in Film
Filmmaking is the craft of telling stories on screen: writing and developing an idea, directing performance, camera and lighting, sound, and editing material into its final shape. Much of the learning happens by making work, often in small crews. Graduates often work in directing, cinematography, editing, production, and commercial and documentary video.
BFA in in Dance - Performance and Choreography
Choreography is the craft of shaping movement into dance: structure, rhythm, space, dynamics and the relationship between bodies. Much of the work happens in the studio, developing material with dancers and collaborating with composers, designers and directors. Graduates often make their own work, join companies, or teach and lead community and screen projects.
BFA in in Art Therapy
Visual arts covers making and thinking across media such as painting, drawing, photography, moving image, sculpture and digital work. Students build a personal practice through experiment and critique while studying art history and contemporary contexts. Graduates often work as artists, and in galleries, education, design, media and cultural organisations.
BFA in Graphic Design
Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.
BFA in General Theater Major
Theatre examines live performance from both sides of the stage: acting, directing, writing, design and stagecraft, together with the history and theory of how drama works on an audience. Text, rehearsal and staging are treated as connected parts of a single craft. Graduates often work in performance, directing, production, arts organisations, teaching and screen work.
BBA in Marketing
Marketing studies how organisations understand customers and bring products and services to them, spanning research, branding, pricing, distribution, advertising and digital channels. The work blends creative thinking with data about behaviour. Graduates often work in brand and product management, digital marketing, market research, advertising, and sales or communications.
BBA in Management Information Systems
Information systems sits between technology and the organisations that use it, covering how databases, networks and software are selected, integrated and governed to support real business processes. Systems analysis, data management and project delivery are core concerns. Graduates often work as systems analysts, IT consultants, database administrators and technology project leads.
BBA in Finance
Finance concerns how money is raised, invested and managed, and how risk and return are priced over time. Topics run from corporate funding decisions and valuation through to markets, portfolios and financial instruments. Graduates often work in corporate finance, banking, investment and asset management, risk analysis and financial planning.
BBA in Accounting
Accounting deals with how financial information is recorded, verified and reported so that decisions can be made and organisations held to account. Study covers financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation and reporting rules. Graduates often work in accountancy practice, corporate finance teams, audit, tax, and financial management or analysis.
BBA Business Analytics
Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.
BASW in of Social Work
Social work supports people facing hardship — family difficulty, disability, poor mental health, poverty, abuse or needs that come with age — and connects them with services and protection. Human development, law, policy and ethics join the practical skills of assessment and intervention. Graduates often work in child and family services, mental health, community organisations and local government.
Bachelors in Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Gender Studies examines how ideas about gender shape law, work, family life, media and power. Students read social theory, history and cultural criticism, and learn to analyse evidence about inequality. Graduates often move into policy, research, advocacy, human resources, journalism, education and the non-profit sector.
Bachelors in VR and Game Development Program Overview
Game design is about the rules, systems and feedback that make play engaging: what the player can do, what pushes back, and how difficulty and story unfold. Prototyping and testing with real players drive the work, alongside level design and narrative. Graduates often work in game studios, interactive media and simulation.
Bachelors in Voice Division
Singing develops the voice as an instrument: breath, tone, range, diction and interpretation, along with repertoire, musicianship and stagecraft. Practice is built through individual work, rehearsal and performance. Graduates often perform, teach voice, work in choral or theatre settings, or move into wider music professions.
Bachelors in Translational Health
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
Bachelors in Theater
Theatre examines live performance from both sides of the stage: acting, directing, writing, design and stagecraft, together with the history and theory of how drama works on an audience. Text, rehearsal and staging are treated as connected parts of a single craft. Graduates often work in performance, directing, production, arts organisations, teaching and screen work.
Bachelors in the Music Production and Recording Industry
Music combines performance, composition, and the study of how music is made, heard and understood across traditions. Technical craft, listening, theory and history support each other, with recording and sound technology never far away. Graduates often work as performers, composers, teachers and producers, and in arts organisations, media and the creative industries.
Bachelors in The Communication Studies Major
Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning are structured, how languages change, and how people acquire and use them. Evidence and analysis matter more than prescriptive rules. Graduates often work in language technology, speech and language services, teaching, translation, publishing, research and user experience.
Bachelors in The Applied Nutrition Major
Nutrition studies what food does in the body: how nutrients are absorbed and used, how diet relates to health and disease, and how eating habits are shaped by culture, income and availability. It mixes biochemistry and physiology with public health. Graduates often work in health services, the food industry, research and community nutrition programmes.
Bachelors in Teacher Education Majors and Programs
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
Bachelors in Studio Art
Studio art is practice-led: students make work in disciplines such as painting, sculpture, printmaking or mixed media while developing a critical vocabulary through critique and art history. Much of the time goes into experimenting with materials and building a portfolio. Graduates often sustain their own practice, or work in teaching, galleries and creative industries.
Bachelors in Strategic Leadership and Management Degree
Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.
Bachelors In Special Education
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
Bachelors in Sociology
Sociology examines how societies are organised, and how class, gender, ethnicity, institutions and culture shape people's lives and choices. Students learn to gather and interpret evidence about social patterns, and to question explanations that seem obvious. Graduates often work in research, policy, social services, human resources, media and the non-profit sector.
Bachelors in Social Work
Social work supports people facing hardship — family difficulty, disability, poor mental health, poverty, abuse or needs that come with age — and connects them with services and protection. Human development, law, policy and ethics join the practical skills of assessment and intervention. Graduates often work in child and family services, mental health, community organisations and local government.
Bachelors in Serve on the Administrative Side of Health
Health care is concerned with how health services are organised, delivered and improved, taking in patient needs, clinical practice, ethics, quality and the systems holding it together. Health sciences sit alongside management and social science. Graduates often work in clinical support, health administration, public health bodies and service improvement.
Bachelors in Retail and Fashion Merchandising
Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.
Bachelors in Restaurant, Hotel, and Tourism
Tourism management studies how destinations, hotels, tour operators and attractions are planned, marketed and run, and how visitor flows affect local economies, cultures and environments. Service operations sit alongside marketing, sustainability and destination planning. Graduates often work in hospitality groups, travel companies, tourism boards and event operations.
Bachelors in Recreation Management
Recreation ecology studies the effects of visitors on natural areas: how trails, camping, boating and tourism alter soils, vegetation and wildlife, and how those impacts can be measured and managed. Fieldwork, monitoring and impact assessment are central. Graduates often work in park and protected-area management, conservation, tourism planning or research.
Bachelors in Psychology
Psychology studies mind and behaviour: perception, memory, development, personality, mental health and how people act within groups. It is an empirical discipline, so designing research and interpreting evidence sit at its centre. Graduates often work in mental health services, research, education, human resources, user research and social services.
Bachelors in Political Science
Political science analyses power: how governments work, how policy is made, why people vote as they do, and how institutions and ideologies shape collective decisions. Methods range from political theory to statistical analysis of behaviour. Graduates often work in public administration, policy research, campaigning, journalism, international organisations and consultancy.
Bachelors in Physics – Meteorology Major
Meteorology explains how the atmosphere behaves: why weather systems form, how storms develop and how conditions can be observed, measured and forecast. Students learn atmospheric physics, dynamics and numerical modelling, and how to interpret data from satellites, radar and ground stations. Graduates often work in forecasting, aviation, energy, agriculture or climate research.
Bachelors in Physics
Physics seeks the rules behind how matter, energy, space and time behave, from particles and atoms to materials, stars and the universe as a whole. Mathematical theory is paired with experiment and measurement. Graduates often move into research, engineering, data and modelling, energy, medical physics, computing and teaching.
Bachelors in Physical Activity and Sport Coaching
Physiology explains how living bodies function: how cells, organs and systems such as the heart, lungs, nerves and muscles work together and adapt to changing conditions. Study combines laboratory measurement with anatomy, biochemistry and an understanding of disease. Graduates often go into research, healthcare, sport and exercise science, pharmaceuticals and teaching.
Bachelors in Photojournalism
Journalism is the practice of finding information others would rather keep quiet, verifying it, and telling it clearly across print, broadcast and digital formats. Reporting craft sits alongside media law, ethics and an understanding of how audiences and platforms work. Graduates often work in newsrooms, magazines, broadcasting, communications and independent media.
Bachelors in Philosophy
Philosophy takes up questions that resist easy answers: what we can know, what makes an action right, what exists, and how language and reasoning work. The training lies in constructing arguments and finding the weaknesses in them. Graduates often work in law, policy, education, publishing, technology ethics, research and management.
Bachelors in Outdoor Recreation and Education
Education explores how people learn, and how teaching, curriculum, assessment and school systems shape that learning. The subject draws on psychology and sociology while staying close to what happens in classrooms and institutions. Graduates often work in teaching and training, curriculum development, educational research, policy and administration.
Bachelors in Nutrition Science Major
Nutrition studies what food does in the body: how nutrients are absorbed and used, how diet relates to health and disease, and how eating habits are shaped by culture, income and availability. It mixes biochemistry and physiology with public health. Graduates often work in health services, the food industry, research and community nutrition programmes.
Bachelors in Music
Music combines performance, composition, and the study of how music is made, heard and understood across traditions. Technical craft, listening, theory and history support each other, with recording and sound technology never far away. Graduates often work as performers, composers, teachers and producers, and in arts organisations, media and the creative industries.
Bachelors in Multimedia
Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.
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