College of Saint Benedict

Accounting

The accounting major provides students the opportunity to develop a solid conceptual foundation as well as the skills required for positions in public accounting and private and governmental accounting. It also prepares students for graduate programs in such areas as business and law.

Art Education

The art education major prepares students in the theory, practice and history of art alongside a Secondary Education minor for licensure to teach art in K-12 schools.

Biochemistry

This interdisciplinary major entails the study of the structure, synthesis, properties and regulation of biomolecules. It is especially appropriate for those who intend to pursue careers in the medical fields, graduate education in biochemistry, medical research or employment in the biotechnology industry.

Biology

The Biology Department educates students in the breadth of the biological sciences to prepare them for graduate school or for professions including those in education or allied health professions, as well as to become life-long learners and well-informed citizens.

Chemistry

A degree in chemistry is excellent preparation for industrial employment, graduate study or secondary teaching, and also prepares students to apply for further study in medicine, forensics, environmental science, law, business administration, government service and agriculture science.

Computing

Problem solving is at the core of computer science. A degree in computing from CSB/SJU prepares students to begin a career in computing or to pursue graduate school, and is good preparation for employment in business, law, medicine, and many other areas where problem solving is important.

Data Science

The Data Science major is an interdisciplinary major, jointly administered by the Computer Science and Mathematics Departments, designed for students interested in applying computational and statistical tools for modeling and simulation as well as knowledge discovery from data across many areas.

Divinity

The School of Theology offers the Master of Divinity, a graduate professional degree with tracks in lay ministry and priesthood studies.

Economics

Economics is the study of individual and social choices that lead to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services through private markets and non-market activities. The department prepares students to understand economic activity and to become leaders in the private, non-profit, government and academic sectors.

Elementary Education

The CSB+SJU Education Department prepares students majoring in Elementary Education to be fully eligible for licensure in Minnesota schools through extensive coursework and field experiences across the curricular areas.

English

The Department of English and Creative Writing offers three distinct major pathways with concentrations in Literature, Creative Writing, and Education, preparing majors for a wide range of careers and for further study of literature and the literary arts.

Environmental Studies

The environmental studies department takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the environment and sustainability issues, integrating perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and fine arts, and applying these to issues ranging from global warming to the environmental impacts of everyday lifestyle choices.

Exercise and Health Science

Exercise science is a broad discipline in which students study how and why humans engage in and respond to physical activity and sport through an academic skills-based curriculum that examines the biological, mechanical, sociocultural, and behavioral aspects of human movement.

Finance

Finance is the study of the management, creation, and analysis of money, investments, and financial capital. As a discipline, finance integrates accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, and even psychology, and offers concentrations in Business Finance, Financial Economics, and Mathematical Finance.

Global Business Leadership

The Global Business Leadership major offers students the ability to learn from diverse and international faculty, work alongside professors in faculty-led consulting projects, and compete in national and international business competitions, developing a global business mindset.

Hispanic Studies

Students of Hispanic Studies explore the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the literature and traditions that give it life. The interdisciplinary major consists of a balanced program of language, literature, culture, and linguistics, and includes study abroad.

History

The CSB/SJU History program supports the liberal arts mission by providing students with insight into the human condition while building skills in critical analysis and effective communication, cultivating an understanding of how the past molds the present.

Liturgical Music

The School of Theology offers the Master of Arts in Liturgical Music, a graduate degree in liturgical music.

Mathematics

The Mathematics Department offers courses to fit the needs of a wide variety of students, with major offerings flexible enough to prepare students for graduate school, secondary education, careers as an actuary or data scientist, or careers in business or industry.

Ministry

The School of Theology offers the Master of Arts in Ministry, a graduate degree preparing students for ministry.

Music

Music, one of the core Liberal Arts, is an expression of the human condition. The CSB+SJU Music Department seeks to deepen students' understanding and appreciation of music through challenging courses, choral and instrumental ensembles, and studio lessons.

Natural Science

The natural science major, paired with a secondary education minor, prepares students for licenses in grades 5-8 general science and grades 9-12 physics, chemistry, or life science, with strong content and pedagogical knowledge.

Nursing

The College of Saint Benedict offers a Master of Science in Nursing graduate degree program with a focus in Leadership and Education.

Nursing

The College of Saint Benedict offers a Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate degree program in nursing, with tracks in Family Nurse Practitioner and in Leadership.

Nursing

The undergraduate Nursing major prepares students for practice as registered nurses through prerequisite, professional nursing, and clinical coursework, with entry into the major being competitive and class size limited.

Nutrition

The study of Nutrition investigates the ways in which food promotes the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and the environment. The interdisciplinary major prepares students for a variety of career options or graduate study.

Philosophy

The Philosophy Department's curriculum is built around two of philosophy's biggest questions: 'What can we know?' and 'How should we live?' Philosophy offers personal enrichment and analysis of concepts with applications in politics, culture, science and life.

Physics

The physics program is planned to keep students abreast of the latest developments in the study of physics, with a curriculum covering the basics of classical and modern physics and preparing majors for graduate school, industrial research, secondary teaching or professional studies such as engineering, law and medicine.

Political Science

The political science department equips students to understand political life, to be effective citizens, and to achieve positions of political leadership, preparing them for successful careers or graduate study in government, public policy, law, business, and the not-for-profit sector.

Psychology

Psychology is a discipline defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The curriculum provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to investigate questions important to the human condition from a scientific perspective.

Social Science

This teaching major is offered for students interested in teaching social science in the middle and secondary schools (grades 5-12). The social science curriculum includes course work in a variety of disciplines, providing a broad base of course work with depth in those areas most frequently taught.

Sociology and Anthropology

The Sociology and Anthropology Department offers a single joint major; sociology is the study of groups, institutions, and interactions, while anthropology is a holistic and comparative study of human diversity.

Strategic Communication Studies

The field of Strategic Communication Studies examines how people communicate and how that communication constructs shared beliefs and shapes human community. Courses provide students with the theory and skill necessary for college work and for personal and professional development.

Studio Art

The studio art major allows students to combine a liberal education with preparation for entry into careers as exhibiting artists, designers, elementary or secondary school teachers, or other art-related fields, as well as for graduate school in studio art, art history, design, architecture, landscape architecture, or art therapy.

Theological Studies

The School of Theology offers the Master of Theological Studies, a graduate degree in theology offered in cooperation between the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.

Theology

Rooted in Benedictine values, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the liberal arts, the Department of Theology seeks to help students cultivate theological ways of knowing as a resource for thinking about all of life.

Theology (Master of Arts)

The School of Theology offers the Master of Arts in Theology, a graduate degree in theology.

Theology (Master of Theology)

The School of Theology offers the Master of Theology, an advanced graduate degree in theology.