Majors and Minors

Our list of majors and minors only tells part of the story. The energy comes from the mix.

At Purchase College, the mix of professional conservatory training in the visual and performing arts with rigorous programs in the sciences, humanities, and liberal arts produces a unique kind of campus experience.

Creativity lies at our core. Interdisciplinary study is encouraged. And regardless of major, you’ll develop a toolbox of skills from finding unconventional approaches to problem solving, thinking critically, collaborating, and communicating mindfully. You’ll learn how to learn, so you’re be prepared for any and all career paths ahead.

Choose from 48 majors and 38 minors of undergraduate study, and seven graduate programs.

Sort your options or click on a major below to begin exploring.

Acting

  • Major
  • BFA

Anthropology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Art History

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Art History (MA)

  • Major
  • MA

Arts Management

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Asian Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Biochemistry

  • Major
  • BA

Biology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • BS

Chemistry

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Chinese

  • Minor

Cinema and Television Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Communications

  • Major
  • BS

Contemplative Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Creative Writing

  • Major
  • BA

Dance Performance

  • Major
  • BFA

Economics

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Education Studies

  • Minor

English and Global Literatures

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Entrepreneurship in the Arts (Online)

  • Major
  • MA

Environmental Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Film

  • Major
  • BFA

Film/Video Production

  • Minor

French

  • Minor

Gender Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

General Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Global Black Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Global Studies

  • Major
  • BA

Graphic Design

  • Major
  • BFA

History

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Italian

  • Minor

Jewish Studies

  • Minor

Journalism

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Language and Culture

  • Major
  • BA

Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Law and Justice Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Liberal Arts

  • Major
  • BA
  • Interdisciplinary

Linguistics

  • Minor

Mathematics/Computer Science

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Media Studies

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Museum Studies

  • Minor
  • Interdisciplinary

Music Minor

  • Minor

Music: Composition (Classical)

  • Major
  • Minor
  • MusB
  • MM

Music: Instrumental Performance

  • Major
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

Music: Jazz Studies

  • Major
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

Music: Studio Composition

  • Major
  • MusB
  • MM

Music: Studio Production

  • Major
  • MusB

Music: Voice and Opera Studies

  • Major
  • MusB
  • MM
  • Artist Diploma
  • Performers Certificate

New Media

  • Major
  • BA

Painting and Drawing

  • Major
  • BFA

Philosophy and Critical Thought

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Photography

  • Major
  • BFA

Playwriting

  • Minor

Playwriting and Screenwriting

  • Major
  • BA

Political Science

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Printmaking

  • Major
  • BFA

Psychology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Screenwriting

  • Minor

Sculpture

  • Major
  • BFA

Sociology

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Spanish

  • Minor

Television Theory and Practice

  • Minor

Theatre and Performance

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Theatre Design/Technology

  • Major
  • BFA

Undeclared

Visual Arts (BS)

  • Major
  • BS

Visual Arts Graduate Programs

  • Major
  • MFA
  • MA/MFA

Visual Arts Minor

  • Minor

Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary (BFA)

  • Major
  • BFA