Wofford College

Accounting

The Department of Accounting, Business and Finance offers majors in Accounting and Finance. Students majoring in Accounting will be awarded the Bachelor of Science degree.

Area Studies, Other

Art History

The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and in Studio Art. The Art History major introduces students to the history of art and architecture across cultures and periods, emphasizing visual analysis, historiography, and critical interpretation of works of art.

Biology

The Department of Biology offers a major in Biology that emphasizes the development of scientific skills and competencies necessary for understanding living systems and the critical analysis of scientific claims.

Business Economics

Business Economics provides students with a flexible interdisciplinary major that can be tailored to their specific interests, whether qualitative or quantitative. The major is appropriate for students wishing to apply to law school or MBA programs, or entering the workforce in business, government, or nonprofit organizations.

Chemistry (BA)

The Department of Chemistry offers both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chemistry provides a foundation in the discipline while allowing flexibility to combine chemistry with other academic interests.

Chemistry (BS)

The Department of Chemistry offers both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. The Bachelor of Science with a major in Chemistry provides rigorous preparation in the discipline for students pursuing graduate study or careers in the chemical sciences.

Chinese

Chinese offers a major that emphasizes language acquisition together with the study of Chinese culture, literature, and society, preparing students to engage with the Chinese-speaking world.

Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science offers a major leading to the Bachelor of Science degree, providing students with a foundation in programming and problem solving, data structures, algorithms, computer systems, and the theory and application of computing.

Creative Writing

Economics

The major in economics prepares students for understanding and contributing to the world by equipping them with the current tools of economic analysis and critical thinking within a liberal arts framework. Students gain familiarity with quantitative analysis, including the ability to conduct data analysis using statistical software.

English

The Department of English offers a major in English. The major can be completed with or without a Concentration in Creative Writing or Film and Digital Media, and covers literature before and after 1800, diverse voices, language and theory, and writing and production.

English Language & Literature, General

Environmental Studies (BA)

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major in which students may earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. The BA serves students whose main interests lie in the humanistic or social elements of the environment, such as those pursuing careers in law, policy, or environmental education.

Environmental Studies (BS)

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary major in which students may earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. The BS serves students leaning toward careers in environmental science or seeking deeper grounding in the sciences, with interests in food systems, water resources, ecology, energy, or geospatial analysis.

Finance

The Department of Accounting, Business and Finance offers majors in Accounting and Finance. Students majoring in Finance will be awarded the Bachelor of Science degree.

French and Francophone Studies

French is part of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. A major is available in French and Francophone Studies which focuses on both language skills and cultural aspects, and requires a semester of study abroad in a country where French is spoken.

French Language & Literature

German

German is part of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. A major is available in German that focuses primarily on the language, and requires a semester of study abroad in a country where German is spoken.

German Language & Literature

Government

The Department of Government and International Affairs offers each student a foundational understanding of government and politics at all levels. Students majoring in Government have the option to select concentrations in American Politics or Political Theory.

History

The Department of History offers both a major and minor in History. It also participates in a number of interdisciplinary majors, minors, and programs in coordination with other departments.

Humanities

The Humanities major is an interdisciplinary study that combines courses offered in Art History, English, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Theatre. Students design their own major and incorporate the disciplines into a final capstone project.

Intercultural Studies

The Intercultural Studies major offers students the opportunity to design an interdepartmental major in international studies. It is intended primarily for students whose interests lie in the study of cultures outside Europe and North America, and requires students to build a curriculum around a geographical region and research theme.

International Affairs

The major in International Affairs offers students the opportunity to combine essential global learning with personalized, real-world experience. Students take in-depth courses in war and conflict, foreign policy, international political economy, international institutions, and at least one world region.

Mathematics

The department offers a BS with majors in Mathematics, Mathematics with a Concentration in Applied Mathematics, and Mathematics with a Concentration in Pure Mathematics. Students majoring in Mathematics may also obtain an Emphasis in Computational Science.

Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy offers both a major and minor. Any course in Philosophy may be used to satisfy the general education requirement, and the department participates in a number of interdisciplinary majors, minors, and programs.

Physics

The Department of Physics offers both a major and minor course of study. Students interested in the physics major can tailor their curriculum to meet post-graduate needs, often going on to graduate school in physics or engineering, medical school, law school, or careers in the private sector.

Political Science, General

Psychology

The Department of Psychology offers a major that leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. Students majoring in Psychology are also eligible to complete the Program in Neuroscience or the Emphasis in Computational Science.

Religious Studies

The Department of Religious Studies offers both a major and minor. Religious Studies courses are divided into specific areas: Introductory, Texts, Theology and Ethics, Traditions, Religion and Culture, Seminars, and Electives.

Secondary Teacher Education

Sociology and Anthropology

The Sociology and Anthropology Department provides space for students to immerse themselves in the study of society and culture. Students use social theory and mixed methods to investigate race, ethnicity, gender, class, history, religion, politics, economies, landscapes, and issues related to social justice and biocultural diversity.

Spanish

Spanish is part of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Spanish offers a major which emphasizes not only language acquisition, but also the cultural aspects of those parts of the world where Spanish is spoken, and requires a semester of study abroad.

Spanish Language & Literature

Studio Art

The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and in Studio Art. The Studio Art major develops students' creative and technical skills across a range of media, culminating in upper-level studio work and the study of modern and contemporary art.

Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre is an academic and practical program that prepares graduates to be well-rounded theatre artists in a liberal arts context. The major is grounded in four fundamental areas of theatre, after which students may tailor the program to their interests in acting, directing, design, playwriting, or production management.