Beloit College

Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Studying the cultures, languages, literatures, mythologies, and material remains of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as their interdependent relationships with other societies of the ancient Mediterranean, teaches advanced skills in critical thought, creative problem-solving, communication, and careful analysis. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Anthropology

Anthropology integrates perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences to better understand human diversity across time and space. The program provides students with strong foundations in cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Applied Chemistry

The study of chemistry provides an atomic and molecular basis for understanding the world through hands-on, inquiry-based experiences that ask students to construct their own knowledge and communicate it to others. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of life on a molecular level, with hands-on, inquiry-based experiences that ask students to develop their own understanding and communicate it to others. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Biology

The biology major provides a broad background in biology at all scales of organization, from molecules to cells to organisms to ecological communities. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Business Management

The Samuel J. Campbell Department of Economics and Business curriculum provides students with a solid understanding of fundamental economic and business principles, how the global market economy works, and how to apply these understandings to business management, public policy, and their own lives. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Chemistry

The study of chemistry provides an atomic and molecular basis for understanding the world. The department's philosophy is that students should learn chemistry by doing what chemists actually do, using sophisticated instruments and techniques from the start, gaining molecular-level insight into the macroscopic behavior of materials and facility in symbolic representation. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Cognitive Science

The cognitive science major provides a program for the interdisciplinary study of mind, drawing on the content and methodologies of several other disciplines. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Computer Science

Computer science focuses on how to create a model for a real-world situation, how to represent that model inside a computer, and how to devise mechanizable techniques to manipulate that model. Students pursuing a computer science major learn advanced techniques for such modeling and focus on models specific to computer science and computer technology. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Creative Writing

In creative writing, students practice creative composition in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting and other media, with creative work informed by the critical study of literature, culture, and other media. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Critical Identity Studies

The Department of Critical Identity Studies aims to bring normative and non-normative identities and embodied lifeways across space and time into critical and constructive dialogue so as to integrate theories and practices that advance the work of equity and anti-racism at the college and beyond. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Data Analytics

Majoring in data analytics at Beloit, students learn not only how to work with data, but also the humanistic foundation of data work. The major pairs computer science and mathematics coursework with humanities study and a disciplinary specialty, so that graduates acquire career-ready skills for work in a variety of fields that make use of complex data sets. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Data Science

Majoring in data science at Beloit, students learn not only how to work with data, but also the humanistic foundation of data work. The major combines a substantial mathematics and computer science core with humanities coursework and a disciplinary specialty, positioning graduates to work in business, the arts, science, government, and more. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Economics

The economics major emphasizes the economics discipline as a social science, providing students with a solid understanding of fundamental economic principles, how the global market economy works, and how key institutions of a modern economic system operate. The department emphasizes the development of quantitative and analytical skills and career readiness. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Education and Youth Studies

The major embodies a scholar-practitioner model in the liberal arts tradition, providing students with a sequence of intellectual, ethical, and practical experiences that lead to a broad, integrated knowledge of youth and education. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Engineering Program (3-2)

The dual-degree cooperative engineering program combines a liberal arts education with a professional engineering education. A student generally spends three years at Beloit College followed by two years at an ABET-accredited engineering college, and earns two degrees. The degree requires a minimum of 23 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Environmental Biology

The environmental biology major provides a broad background in biology with a focus on how organisms interact with environments. Coursework spans organismal biology, experimental design and statistical analysis, molecular-to-cellular biology, and population-to-ecosystem level study, supported by courses across the environmental studies program. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Environmental Chemistry

The environmental chemistry major combines core study across the branches of chemistry with an extensive set of supporting courses in the environmental studies program. Students learn chemistry by doing what chemists actually do, and apply that training to important questions in environmental issues, medicine, and biotechnology. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Environmental Communication and Arts

The environmental communication and arts major is one of the environmental studies program's interdisciplinary majors, enabling students to analyze the relationship between human society and the environment. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Environmental Geology

The interdisciplinary environmental geology major provides an understanding of how soil, water, and mineral resources form and involves the practical application of geologic principles to environmental problem solving. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Environmental Justice and Citizenship

The environmental justice and citizenship major is one of the environmental studies program's interdisciplinary majors, enabling students to analyze the relationship between human society and the environment. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

French and Francophone Studies

The department of modern languages and literatures prepares its students to thrive in a diverse world through the study of French and the cultural, social, philosophical, and historical contexts in which the language is situated. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Geology

The department of geology is committed to preparing all Beloit students to be responsible citizens of planet Earth. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Greek and Latin Studies

The Greek and Latin studies major uses the Latin and Greek languages to study the cultures, languages, literatures, mythologies, and material remains of ancient Greece and Rome and their relationships with other societies of the ancient Mediterranean. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Health and Society

The health and society major provides a program for the interdisciplinary study of health and medical care in the United States and around the world. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Health Sciences

The Health Sciences program provides a streamlined pathway for students to complete prerequisite course requirements for many health professions schools, including Nursing, Physician's Assistant/Associate, Physical Therapist, and others. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

History

The study of history is the study of humanity, of society, and of civilization; in its simplest definition, history is the study of the way in which present ways of doing and thinking have come about in the past. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

International Relations

The international relations major is an interdisciplinary program administered by the department of political science. The major prepares students for graduate or professional school and for careers in the academic world, government, international business, international administration and management, and international governmental and non-governmental organizations. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Japanese Language and Culture

The Japanese language and culture major combines six units of Japanese language study with courses in Asian literature and culture in translation and supporting coursework in Japanese and East Asian history, politics, art, and religion. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Literary Studies

Literary studies majors explore various approaches to understanding and appreciating literatures in English. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Mathematics

Beloit teaches both applied mathematics, which stresses problems arising through contact with nature and society, and pure mathematics, which addresses problems of intrinsic aesthetic interest, and students are free to concentrate on one or the other. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Media Studies

The media studies major brings together coursework in media production and theory, offering students a range of technical skills and theoretical tools that will help them become active producers and thoughtful consumers of media. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Performing and Applied Arts

The performing and applied arts major gives students a well-rounded education intended to prepare them to be interdisciplinary artists unafraid to take risks and make change. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Philosophy

The goal of the philosophy program at Beloit College is to help students develop the capacities for reflection, reason, judgment, and expression that lead to a meaningful and responsible life, by engaging philosophical texts and arguments that help us evaluate what we think and how we live. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Physics

The physics program at Beloit College is an ideal major for a student interested in liberal arts and science, with faculty using dynamic, interactive methods of teaching to ensure students develop the strong problem-solving skills vital in a wide range of careers. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Political Science

The department of political science seeks to make the study of politics and international relations an integral part of the liberal education of Beloit students, providing them with a coherent, comprehensive introduction to the discipline. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Psychology

Psychology is the science of mind, behavior, and experience, and although a relatively new science it already concerns itself with an astonishing variety of phenomena. Beloit's curriculum acquaints students with the major subfields of psychology—developmental, experimental, personality, and social. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Quantitative Economics

The quantitative economics major requires more mathematics than the economics major and emphasizes quantitative skill. Students gain a solid understanding of fundamental economic and business principles, how the global market economy works, and how to apply these understandings to business management, public policy, and their own lives. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Self-Designed Integrative Learning

Self-designed integrative learning majors may be constructed in part or in whole from four-unit blocks that are administered through the Center for Integrative Learning. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary studies programs enable Beloit College students to explore and address complex issues through inquiry between and beyond disciplinary boundaries, analyzing and synthesizing information from multiple perspectives to construct new forms of knowledge. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Sociology

The challenge of sociology is its insight into the complicated connections between individual lives and social institutions. The department's goal is to give students the analytical tools of sociology that clarify those connections and enable them to become critical, thinking citizens, through concepts and theories, experience in the field, and practical research skills. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Spanish Language and Culture

The Spanish language and culture major combines nine departmental units above the introductory level with four supporting courses, developing competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing alongside intercultural understanding. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.

Studio Art

The department of art offers a major and a minor in studio art. The purpose is to lead students to appreciate, understand, and develop creatively in the visual arts. Studio art courses provide a conceptual and process-oriented approach to artmaking, while art history courses build connections between art and society. The degree requires a minimum of 31 units of Beloit credit; Beloit uses course units rather than semester credit hours.