Converse University

Accounting

The Bachelor of Science in accounting covers intermediate, financial, cost, tax, and auditing coursework along with accounting information systems and business fundamentals, preparing students for professional accounting positions and graduate study.

Advanced Studies

Art Education

The Bachelor of Arts in art education prepares students for initial certification (PreK-12) in art, developing competencies in art production across media, art history, aesthetics, and the theory and practice of teaching art, culminating in student teaching.

Art History

The Bachelor of Arts in art history provides an understanding of visual culture through the ages with an emphasis on the West, developing skills to analyze, write, and discuss the style, content, and historical context of periods and artists, and preparing students for graduate study and museum, gallery, and auction careers.

Art Teacher Education

Art Therapy

Art therapy is offered as a Bachelor of Arts major option within the Department of Art, Design, and Letters, combining studio art and art history study with coursework oriented toward the field of art therapy.

Biochemistry

Based on the recommendations of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, this major requires 36 credit hours of chemistry, 15-16 hours of biology, and 15 hours of cognate coursework, developing laboratory skills and faculty-sponsored research experience in biochemistry.

Biology (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in biology requires 32 credit hours of biology coursework spanning introductory sciences, diversity, cellular biology, genetics, and evolution, plus a senior seminar and cognate coursework in chemistry, mathematics, and other sciences.

Biology (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in biology requires 37 credit hours of biology plus expanded cognate coursework in chemistry, mathematics and statistics, and physics, preparing students for graduate or professional study and science careers.

Business Administration (BA)

A student majoring in business administration completes a core curriculum in economics, accounting, management, marketing, and business statistics, then selects a concentration in international business, marketing, or sports management. The program prepares students for employment or graduate study.

Business Administration (BS)

The Bachelor of Science with a business administration major requires the business core plus a concentration in finance. This program is ending December 31, 2024, and no student may declare a BS in Finance after that date, though students who declared the major before then are allowed to complete it.

Business Professionalism

Open to students who have declared any major at Converse, this certificate helps students demonstrate professionalism in order to obtain jobs. In addition to an internship and coursework, students complete a portfolio of activities that must be verified to satisfactory standards before the certificate is awarded.

Chemistry (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in chemistry consists of 34 hours of chemistry coursework and 15 hours of cognate coursework, including organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry, and requires a research experience.

Chemistry (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in chemistry requires a minimum of 39 credit hours in chemistry plus 18 hours of cognate coursework in mathematics and physics, including a required research experience, preparing students for graduate study and professional careers.

Child and Family Studies

This major prepares graduates to work with children and families in private and public organizations, combining core coursework in child and family studies with a concentration such as child development specialist, child/behavior advocate, or health services.

Communications and Media Studies

The communications and media studies major combines a required core with elective courses in communication and media, developing skills in communication theory, media analysis, and professional practice.

Community Advocacy

Composition

The Bachelor of Music in composition develops advanced ability to compose music in a variety of styles, forms, notations, and mediums, with fluency in current notation and composition technology, through intensive theory, composition, and musicianship study.

Computer Science

Students completing the BS in computer science demonstrate mastery of foundational topics including computer hardware, systems software, theory of computation, and software development, enabling them to design, implement, and evaluate software systems and deliver software products as part of a team.

Contemporary Music (Media Applications)

The Bachelor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music (Media Applications) incorporates creativity, performance, and media applications, consisting of coursework in music, a multidisciplinary core, digital media, internships, and courses in entrepreneurship and media applications.

Creative and Professional Writing

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative and professional writing provides an intensive apprenticeship in the writing arts informed by the study of literature. Requiring 45 hours of core and elective coursework, it prepares students for careers in creative and professional writing and related literary professions.

Creative Writing

Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum and Instruction

Dance

The Bachelor of Arts in dance provides an inclusive, flexible environment for students to develop physical and intellectual capabilities in dance, with training rooted in healthy, sustainable technique. Students engage in studio and theory classes and perform in fully staged dance works, preparing for careers in performance, choreography, education, and dance medicine.

Data Science

The data science major provides study of data science and its intersection with another field, emphasizing data types, cleaning, wrangling, documented code, and communication of outcomes. Students complete a required core plus a four-course concentration in mathematics, business, child and family studies, or an individualized area.

Early Childhood Education

This teacher-education major prepares candidates for certification to teach early childhood (PK-3), combining professional education coursework, clinical experiences, and student teaching with liberal arts study aligned to South Carolina certification requirements.

Economics (BA)

Students complete required economics courses covering microeconomic and macroeconomic principles and theory, money and financial institutions, labor and international economics, and a senior seminar, plus upper-division economics electives. The major prepares students for careers or graduate study in economics.

Economics (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in economics adds a stronger quantitative and mathematics component to the economics core, including business statistics and calculus, preparing students for graduate study or analytical careers in economics.

Education Administration & Supervision, General

Education Administration & Supervision, General

Educational Administration and Supervision, Other

Educational Administration and Supervision, Other

Education, General

Education of the Deaf & Hearing Impaired

Education of the Gifted & Talented

Education of the Mentally Handicapped

Education of the Specific Learning Disabled

Education of the Specific Learning Disabled

Elementary Education

This teacher-education major prepares candidates for certification to teach elementary grades (2-6), combining professional education coursework, literacy, mathematics, science and social studies methods, clinical experiences, and student teaching.

Elementary Teacher Education

Elementary Teacher Education

English

English

The English major requires 36 credit hours of coursework in literature, writing, and language, developing skills in critical reading, analysis, and written expression.

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major drawing on the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to help students understand and work with the environment, developing skills to evaluate environmental data and to write and speak persuasively about environmental issues.

Fine/Studio Arts

Foreign Languages & Literatures, General

French Language & Literature

General Studies

German Language and Literature

German Studies

The German Studies major requires 30 credit hours of coursework at the intermediate level and above, developing language proficiency and knowledge of German culture and literature.

Health and Wellness

The health and wellness major prepares students for careers promoting individual and community well-being through coursework in health, fitness, wellness, and related sciences.

Healthcare Administration

Designed for the expanding healthcare management field, the HCA major goes beyond traditional business studies to focus on healthcare topics such as management and leadership, delivery systems, informatics and technology, community and population health, legal and ethical issues, and finance, with internships and capstone experiences.

Health Care Administration

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Hispanic Studies

The Hispanic Studies major requires 30 credit hours of coursework at the intermediate level and above, developing Spanish language proficiency and knowledge of Hispanic cultures and literatures.

History

The history major requires 36 credit hours of coursework in history, developing research, analytical, and writing skills through the study of diverse historical periods and regions.

History, General

Interior Design

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design, consisting of 74 credit hours of major coursework, is a professional degree directed toward both residential and commercial interior design, covering design process, space planning, human-centric design, drawing software, building systems, lighting, sustainable design, and professional practice, with a required professional work experience.

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education a

Marriage and Family Therapy

Mathematics (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in mathematics provides study of the classical mathematics curriculum, including calculus, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and differential equations, plus mathematics electives. Students develop analytical skills and the ability to formulate valid mathematical proofs.

Mathematics (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in mathematics requires a broader core of mathematics courses, including real analysis, abstract algebra, probability and statistics, and computer science, developing analytical and proof-writing skills for careers or graduate study in mathematics.

Medical Technology

Multicategorial Special Education

This teacher-education major prepares candidates for comprehensive special education certification (PK-12), providing coursework and clinical experiences across multiple categories of exceptionality along with elementary education foundations and directed student teaching.

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Music

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in music is designed for students who wish to combine music study with broad-based studies in the arts and sciences, perhaps leading to a second major or minor, developing intermediate competency in music performance and understanding of music.

Musical Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre develops skills across acting, singing, and dance for the musical stage, combining theatre, voice, and dance coursework with practicum, culminating in a senior capstone project.

Music Business and Technology

Open to students who have declared any major, this 18-credit certificate covers introduction to music business, music business and technology practicum, branding, and a supervised professional internship, for students interested in the music industry.

Music Education

Music Education: Choral

Administered jointly by the School of Education and the Petrie School of Music, this Bachelor of Music prepares candidates for choral music teacher certification (PK-12), combining performance study, conducting, choral methods, music education coursework, and student teaching.

Music Education: General Music

Administered jointly by the School of Education and the Petrie School of Music, this Bachelor of Music prepares candidates for general music teacher certification (PK-12), combining performance study, conducting, music education coursework, and student teaching.

Music Education: Instrumental

Administered jointly by the School of Education and the Petrie School of Music, this Bachelor of Music prepares candidates for instrumental music teacher certification (PK-12), combining performance study, conducting, instrumental methods and techniques, and student teaching.

Music, General

Music - General Performance

Music - General Performance

Music History & Literature

Music Management and Merchandising

Music, Other

Music Performance - Strings

Music Performance - Strings

Music Performance - Winds

Music Performance - Winds

Music Theory

Music -- Theory and Composition

Music Therapy

This professional Bachelor of Music prepares students to meet entry-level competencies set by the American Music Therapy Association. Students complete four years of coursework and a six-month clinical internship, becoming eligible to sit for the national board certification examination.

Organizational Leadership

Organ Performance

Organ Performance

Performance Certificate for Non-Performance Music Majors

Music majors pursuing the BM in Music Education, Music Therapy, or Music Composition, or the BA in Music, may earn a performance certificate by taking private lessons for credit continuously throughout the degree program and completing junior and senior recitals at the level of performance majors. A notation is made on the academic transcript.

Performance: Piano

The Bachelor of Music with a performance major in piano develops thorough competency in the technical fundamentals and performance skills of the student's primary performing specialty, through intensive applied study, ensembles, recitals, and music theory and history.

Performance: String Instruments

The Bachelor of Music with a performance major in string instruments develops thorough competency in the technical fundamentals and performance skills of the student's primary performing specialty, through intensive applied study, ensembles, recitals, and music theory and history.

Performance: Voice

The Bachelor of Music with a performance major in voice develops thorough competency in the technical fundamentals and performance skills of the student's primary performing specialty, including diction, opera workshop, and song literature, through intensive applied study, ensembles, and recitals.

Performance: Wind Instruments

The Bachelor of Music with a performance major in wind instruments develops thorough competency in the technical fundamentals and performance skills of the student's primary performing specialty, through intensive applied study, ensembles, recitals, and music theory and history.

Philosophy

The philosophy major consists of 30 credit hours of coursework in philosophy, developing critical reasoning, ethical analysis, and the ability to engage with the history of philosophical thought.

Piano Pedagogy

Piano Pedagogy

Piano Performance

Political Science

Political Science

Politics

The politics major requires a minimum of 36 hours across the subfields of political science, preparing students to analyze government, political institutions, and public issues for careers and graduate study.

Pre-Elem./Early Child./Kind. T. Ed.

Pre-Elem./Early Child./Kind. T. Ed.

Professional Leadership

Psychology

The psychology major requires at least 31 credit hours, including core courses and a concentration such as clinical psychology, providing a foundation in psychological science and preparing students for graduate study and careers.

Reading Teacher Education

Religion/Religious Studies

Secondary Teacher Education

Spanish Language & Literature

Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing

This special education teacher-education major prepares candidates for certification (PK-12) to teach students who are deaf and hard of hearing, with coursework in American Sign Language, foundations, reading assessment, methods, and directed student teaching.

Special Education, General

Special Education: Intellectual Disabilities

This special education teacher-education major prepares candidates for certification (PK-12) to teach students with intellectual disabilities, combining special education coursework, elementary education foundations, and directed student teaching.

Special Education: Learning Disabilities

This special education teacher-education major prepares candidates for certification (PK-12) to teach students with learning disabilities, combining special education coursework, elementary education foundations, and directed student teaching.

Studio Art (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in studio art combines a liberal arts curriculum with broad exploratory studio practices across media, requiring 47 hours of coursework with emphasis on the practice of art, culminating in senior seminar and exhibition.

Studio Art (BFA)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art is a professional degree of 77 hours offering a sequence of courses in painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, digital media, and drawing, with a thorough grounding in visual arts foundations, preparing students for careers as professional artists or graduate study.

Supervision & Administration

Teacher Ed and Professional Develop, Spec Subj-Oth

Theater and Dance

Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts in theatre develops competencies across the areas of theatre, including script analysis, acting, stagecraft, theatrical design, and stage management, preparing students to compete for positions in graduate school and the professional job market.

Vocal Performance