Please refer to the UMass Lowell Online Undergraduate Course Catalog for requirements specific to each degree. Please see below for more information on the College's full list of majors and minors.
The departments within the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences offer programs leading to Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Liberal Arts degrees, coinciding with your specific major.
Undergraduate Majors
American Studies1: B.A.
- General Option
- Thematic Option
Art: B.F.A.
- Animation & Interactive Media Concentratioǹư
- Studio Art Concentration
Criminal Justice: B.S.
- General Option
- Crime & Mental Health Option
- Homeland Security Option
- Police Option
Digital Media1:B.A.
Economics: B.A.
Education: B.A.
- Elementary and Moderate Disabilities Concentration
English: B.A.
- Creative Writing Concentration
- Journalism & Professional Writing Concentration
- Literature Concentration
- Theatre Studies Concentration
Graphic Design: B.A.
History: B.A.
Liberal Arts1: B.L.A.
Music
- Composition for New Media: B.M.
- Music Business: B.M.
- Music Performance: B.M.̀ư ̀ư
- Music Studies: B.M.
- Sound Recording Technology: B.M.
Peace & Conflict Studies1: B.A.
Philosophy: B.A.
- General Option
- Communications & Critical Thinking Option
- Philosophy & Religious Studies Option
Political Science: B.A.
Psychology: B.A.
- General Concentration
- Behavior Analysis Concentration
- Developmental Disabilities Concentration
- Community Social Psychology Concentration
- Clinical Psychology Concentration
- Health Psychology Concentratioǹừừừư
Sociology: B.A.
- General Concentration
- Policy & Social Problems Concentratioǹư ̀ừư
World Languages and Cultures: B.A.
- French Option
- French/Spanish Option
- Italian/Spanish Option
- Spanish Option
1Interdisciplinary majors
Undergraduate Minors
- American Studies2
- Arabic Studies2
- Architectural Studies2
- Art
- Art: Art History
- Art: Graphic Design
- Asian Studies2
- Criminal Justicèư
- Digital Media2
- Disability Studies2
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environment and Society2̀ư
- Film Studies2
- French
- Gender Studies2
- German Studies2
- History: B.A.
- Labor Studies2
- Latin American Studies2
- Legal Studies2
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies2
- Music
- Peace and conflict Studies2
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Portuguese Studies2
- Psychology
- Race and Ethnic Studies2
- Sociology
- Sound Recording Technology
- Spanish
- Spanish for the Professions Minor
- Sports Studies2
- STEM Teaching
- Technology, Society and Human Values2
- Theatre Studies2
- Video Game Studies2
- Writing̀ư
2Interdisciplinary minors
Student Profiles
Sarah Golding '19
Public Administration
Sarah Golding works with young people transitioning to adulthood while coping with mental illness. She says the Master of Public Administration program is giving her the right balance of core administrative skills and deep knowledge to help her advocate for her clients.
There’s so much flexibility and it’s so interdisciplinary that you can take the classes that will best serve your needs.
Sophia Cavalcante '25
Music Business
As president of the student-run record label SevenSix, Sophia Cavalcante is preparing for a career managing recording artists.
When an event goes off exactly the way you envisioned it, it’s such an ‘I just did that moment.
Laura Cabrera '18
Bachelor of Liberal Arts
Laura Cabrera's studies in philosophy and psychology have given her great personal insight - and the confidence to pursue a creative career in music, art and dance.
If you're good at it, dedicate time to it and feel inspired, then anything is possible.
Michelle Garcia '21
English, Sociology
Michelle Garcia, a rising spoken word poet, is also learning how to write poetry for the page.
Writing keeps me sane. It keeps me grounded.
Claire Hall '19
American Studies
UMass Lowell has always been part of Claire Hall’s life. Now, three decades after starting her degree in American studies, Hall can call herself a UML graduate.
I’ve done the cycle of life here. Now I have a degree, and I’m proud of it.