Majors, Minors, and Certificates
Iowa offers over 200 majors, minors, and certificates.
Students are encouraged to work across disciplines to find their passion. If you are unsure of what you’d like to study at Iowa, look at an open major, or take our MyMajors assessment to explore possible majors based on your interests and strengths.
Use our program search to explore all of our areas of study and find what is right for you.
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Areas of Study
Area of Study Sort ascending | College |
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Writing | |
Veterinary Medicine Preprofessional Program | |
Translation | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Therapeutic Recreation | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Theatre Arts | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Technological Entrepreneurship | |
Sustainability Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Certificate in Sustainability | |
Statistics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Sport Media and Culture | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Sport and Recreation Management | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Speech and Hearing Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Spanish | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Sociology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Social Work | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Social Science Analytics Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Social Justice and the Performing Arts | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Social Justice | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Secondary Education | College of Education |
Screenwriting Arts | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Science Studies | College of Education |
Russian | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Risk Management & Insurance | Tippie College of Business |
Resilience and Trauma-Informed Perspectives Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Radiation Sciences RT to BS | Carver College of Medicine |
Radiation Sciences | Carver College of Medicine |
Public Health | College of Public Health |
Public Digital Arts Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Psychology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Portuguese | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Political Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Political Risk Analysis Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Podiatric Medicine Preprofessional Program | |
Physics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Physician Assistant Preprofessional Program | Carver College of Medicine |
Physical Therapy Preprofessional Program | Carver College of Medicine |
Philosophy | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Pharmacy Preprofessional Program | College of Pharmacy |
Optometry Preprofessional Program | |
Open Major or Undecided | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Occupational Therapy Preprofessional Program | |
Nursing RN-BSN | College of Nursing |
Nursing | College of Nursing |
Nuclear Medicine Technology | Carver College of Medicine |
Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy | |
Neuroscience | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Naval Science and Technology | College of Engineering |
Native American and Indigenous Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Music | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Museum Studies | |
Mortuary Science Preprofessional Program | |
Microbiology | Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Medieval Studies | |
Medicine Preprofessional Program | Carver College of Medicine |
Medical Laboratory Science | Carver College of Medicine |
Mechanical Engineering | College of Engineering |
Mathematics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Marketing | Tippie College of Business |
Management | Tippie College of Business |
Linguistics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Leadership Studies | |
Law Preprofessional Program | College of Law |
Latin American Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Journalism and Mass Communication | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Italian | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Interscholastic Athletic/Activities Administration | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
International Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
International Relations | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
International Business | |
Interdepartmental Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Informatics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Industrial and Systems Engineering | College of Engineering |
Human Rights | |
Human Physiology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
History | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Health Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Health Promotion | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Global Health Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
German | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Geoscience | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Geography | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Geographic Information Science Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
French | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Finance | Tippie College of Business |
Exercise Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Event Management Certificate | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Ethics and Public Policy | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Environmental Sciences | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Environmental Policy and Planning | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering |
Entrepreneurial Management | Tippie College of Business |
Enterprise Leadership | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Tippie College of Business |
English and Creative Writing | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
English | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Engineering | College of Engineering |
Elementary Education | College of Education |
Electrical Engineering | College of Engineering |
Education Studies and Human Relations | College of Education |
Education | College of Education |
Economics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Tippie College of Business |
Disability Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Dentistry Preprofessional Program | College of Dentistry |
Data Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Dance | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Critical Cultural Competence | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Criminology, Law, and Justice | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Counseling and Behavioral Health Services | College of Education |
Computer Science and Engineering | College of Engineering |
Computer Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Communication Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Clinical and Translational Science | |
Classical Languages | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Civil Engineering | College of Engineering |
Cinema | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Chiropractic Medicine Preprofessional Program | |
Chemistry | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Chemical Engineering | College of Engineering |
Business Analytics and Information Systems | Tippie College of Business |
Business | Tippie College of Business |
Biomedical Sciences | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Biomedical Engineering | College of Engineering |
Biology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Bachelor of Liberal Studies | University College |
Bachelor of Applied Studies | University College |
Astronomy | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Asian Languages and Literature | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation | College of Engineering |
Art History | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Art | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Applied Physics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Ancient Civilization | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
American Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Aging and Longevity Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
African American Studies | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Aerospace Studies and Military Science | University College |
Actuarial Science | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Accounting | Tippie College of Business |