Brevard College

Applied Physics

The Applied Physics program offers a Bachelor of Science to students who aspire to be space scientists, chemists, engineers, biomedical scientists, or geophysicists, for example. An Applied Physics student engages in a solid core of courses in Physics and Mathematics, followed by a concentration of coursework in Biomedical or General Sciences areas.

Art

The Art Major is dedicated to comprehensive study of the visual arts within an interdisciplinary, liberal arts context. The B.A. degree in Art provides experiential education in the production, theory, and history of art and supports dedicated, lifelong engagement in the visual arts. The Major fosters open inquiry, experimentation, pursuit of excellence and personal growth in an engaged learning environment.

Biology

The Biology major is a comprehensive program that studies how life operates at the cellular, organismal, and ecological levels of organization. Our instruction focuses on experiential activities in lecture, lab, and field where students are engaged in the learning process. We strive to produce graduates who are prepared to enter graduate or professional school, immediate technical employment, or other science-based careers.

Business

The Brevard College Business major provides a solid foundation of business principles in accounting, economics, information technology and data use, management, and marketing. It challenges students to apply and integrate these principles through experiential learning, such as case studies, team projects, and internships. With the many challenges that local and global businesses face, the major emphasizes communication, ethics, critical and practical reasoning, and sustainability.

Business Administration

The Brevard MBA offers a comprehensive curriculum that emphasizes experiential learning and leadership development. Students will engage in courses such as Communication, Ethics, Leadership, and Management, with a special focus on artistic, intellectual and social growth. The Capstone course allows students to apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, enhancing their professional and personal growth.

Chemistry

The mission of the Brevard College Chemistry program is to promote and develop creative and analytical scientific thinkers with strong oral and written communication skills. As a chemistry major, a student will explore the chemical basis of matter down to the atomic level using math, scientific theory, and laboratory experimentation.

Communication

The Communication major at Brevard College provides students with the theoretical foundation and practical skills necessary to thrive in a media-driven professional landscape. The program emphasizes adaptability, critical thinking, and technical proficiency to prepare graduates for a broad range of communication-focused careers. Graduates are prepared for diverse roles in fields including public relations, marketing, advertising, social media, and other communication-driven domains.

Computer Science

The Computer Science major offers a BS degree with an optional concentration in data analytics. The program emphasizes the theoretical focus of the computing discipline and its connection to abstract mathematics. In the Computer Science program, students will explore programming, system design and implementation of computing-based systems and demonstrate an ability to communicate their profession.

Criminal Justice

The focus of the Criminal Justice program is to empower students with the knowledge and ability to critically evaluate the criminal justice system, as a dynamic and ever-changing field of study, from scientific and interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will acquire well-rounded exposure to all of the components of the criminal justice system and gain a deeper understanding of the impact the system has on the individual and society as a whole.

Elementary Education

Students wishing to study childhood education in the elementary ages or wishing to earn teacher licensure in elementary education must select the Elementary (K-6) Education concentration. The course work in the Elementary (K-6) Education concentration provides modeling of best practices in elementary education and features a strong experiential base that includes classroom observations and field experiences embedded.

English

The English major offers students the opportunity to direct their talents and interests toward a variety of academic and vocational goals by pursuing one of the following emphases. Students in all emphasis areas complete a set of common courses for the major beyond the English courses taken to satisfy General Education Requirements.

Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies major is designed for students interested in understanding and managing the interactions between the natural environment and human societies. Both concentrations incorporate experiential education principles and practices such as real-world problem-solving, labs, field trips, internships, and original research projects.

Exercise Science (B.A.)

Exercise Science majors are immersed in an experiential liberal arts curriculum designed to challenge its graduates to be leaders in disciplines relating to movement and the science of the human body. The B.A. degree is a more liberal-arts approach to preparing students for careers in fitness training, coaching, and adapted education.

Exercise Science (B.S.)

Exercise Science majors are immersed in an experiential liberal arts curriculum designed to challenge its graduates to be leaders in disciplines relating to movement and the science of the human body. The Exercise Science B.S.

Health and Human Performance

This program is designed to prepare students to work in a variety of settings, such as in coaching, strength and conditioning, fitness and wellness programming, personal training, recreation specialties, and some health careers. Admission prerequisite courses: Human Anatomy and Physiology.

Health and Physical Education

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Physical Education provides a liberal arts foundation for students pursuing careers in teaching, coaching, and related fields. Students will study the human body's response to physical activity, lead both team and individual sports, understand physical education curricula, address personal and community health issues, and develop effective instructional strategies.

Health Science

The goal of the Health Science major is to develop a fundamental understanding of the physical, psychological, and biochemical aspects of human health. This major is appropriate for students planning to enter programs in a variety of health-related professions, such as physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapist assistant, public health, and careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine.

History

The Brevard College History program is designed to help students develop the professional skills needed to excel, whether as a historian or in another profession. The program focuses on professions skills needed today: thinking critically, reading and listening carefully, speaking effectively, writing adeptly, and using digital technology. Alumni of this program have gone on to professional careers in law, business, real estate, marketing, administration, and more.

Integrated Studies

The Brevard College program in Integrated Studies empowers students to design distinctive, interdisciplinary educational programs to advance their personal and vocational goals. The "two emphasis" track enables students to create personalized courses of study combining work from two different disciplines, and includes a senior portfolio and project requirements that provide opportunities for students to synthesize insights from their chosen fields of study.

Mathematics

The Mathematics program is an engaging curriculum for the development of mathematical knowledge, skill, and understanding, as well as an appreciation of the beauty of the discipline and its applications in society. Although mathematics is an inherently abstract subject, our educational practice emphasizes learning by experience.

Music

The Music Department at Brevard College is committed to the study of music in an experiential liberal arts context that encourages the passionate, lifelong pursuit of artistic and intellectual excellence. The Bachelor of Arts in Music is designed for those students who desire to be broadly educated in the liberal arts and in music. This degree is especially appropriate for those students who wish to combine music with a second major or a minor.

Music Education

The Bachelor of Arts in Music Education is a professional program that prepares students for initial licensure in K-12 public school music, or for study at the graduate level. Licensure is for all areas of music - general, choral, and instrumental. Students wishing to earn teaching licensure in music must major in Music Education and take the required courses to meet required competency areas.

Organizational Leadership

The Brevard College Organizational Leadership major centers on an intentional, service-based approach to management and encourages students to develop and implement effective leadership knowledge and skills by using experiential learning like case studies, team projects, field experiences, and internships. The major focuses on the development of critical leadership skills such as collaboration, human resource management, conflict management, diversity, and decision making.

Outdoor Leadership and Experiential Education

The focus of the Outdoor Leadership and Experiential Education program is to empower students with the knowledge, values and courage to be ethical leaders and skilled educators, specially equipped for the leadership in the field of outdoor recreation and education.

Psychology

Our mission is to produce graduates who become active, engaged, tolerant, and service-oriented citizens, who consider multiple perspectives toward the world in which they live. In service of those goals, the major provides a career-oriented, experientially-based education in Psychology delivered in a liberal arts context.

Theatre

The Brevard College Theatre Program uses experiential learning strategies to personalize theatre training. We encourage students to learn to synthesize experiences from the classroom into practical and marketable skills for a future career. The degree is designed to offer students guided, independent growth that will help them craft meaningful careers.