Degrees, Programs & Majors
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga currently offers a diverse variety of 43 undergraduate majors, 39 undergraduate minors and 21 graduate degree programs. See the course catalogs for official listings of program information and other details. The links below are to departmentally supplied pages with more detail about each program, perhaps in a more detailed or descriptive style.
- Undergraduate Majors
- Undergraduate Minors
- Preprofessional Programs
- Other Healthcare Programs
- Graduate Degree Programs
- Certificate Programs
Undergraduate Majors
The University offers undergraduate programs which lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Social Work, and Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. Majors offered within these degrees are as follows (specific requirements are outlined in the appropriate colleges and divisions):
- Applied Mathematics (B.S.)
Concentrations: Actuarial Science, General
- Art (B.A., B.F.A.)
B.F.A. Concentrations: Graphic Design, Painting and Drawing, 3-D - Art Education (B.S.)
- Biology (B.S.)
Concentrations: General Biology, Ecology, Molecular, Organismal, Preprofessional - Business Administration (B.S.)
Concentrations: Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resource Management, Industrial Management, Marketing - Chemistry (B.A. and B.S.)
Concentrations: Chemistry, Biochemistry
- Communication (B.A.)
- Computer Science (B.S.)
Concentrations: Computer Engineering, Software Systems, Scientific Applications, Information Security and Assurance - Criminal Justice (B.S.)
- Economics (B.A. and B.S.)
- Engineering (B.S.E.)
Concentrations: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.), Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) - Engineering Technology Management (B.S.)
- English and American Language and Literature (B.A.)
Includes concentration in Writing - Environmental Science (B.S.)
Concentrations: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Sociology-Anthropology - Exceptional Learning K-12 (B.S.)
- Foreign Languages (B.A.)
Concentrations: French, Greek and Latin, Latin, Spanish - Foreign Language Education (B.S.)
Concentrations: French, Latin, Spanish - Geology (B.S.)
Concentrations: Geology, Environmental Geology - Health and Human Performance (B.S.)
Concentrations: Health and Exercise Science Pedagogy K-12, Movement Science, Sport and Leisure Service Administration, Foods and Nutrition - History (B.A.)
- Human Ecology (B.S.)
Concentrations: Interior Design, Child and Family Studies, Early Childhood Education: PreK-3 - Humanities (B.A.)
Includes concentration in International Studies - Legal Assistant Studies (B.S.)
Concentration: Social Sciences
- Mathematics (B.A.)
- Medical Technology (B.S.)
- Middle Grades Education (B.S.)
Concentrations: English, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences - Music (B.A.)
- Music (B.M.)
Concentrations: Instrumental Performance, Theory and Composition, Vocal Performance - Music Education (B.M.)
Concentrations: Instrumental, Vocal Music
- Nursing (R.N to B.S.N.)
- Philosophy and Religion (B.A.)
Concentrations: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Combined - Physics (B.S.)
- Political Science (B.S.)
Concentrations: American Studies, International and Comparative Studies, Legal Studies, Public Policy and Administration, Public Administration and Nonprofit Management - Psychology (B.A. and B.S.)
- Rehabilitation Science (B.S.)
Concentrations: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy - Secondary English (B.S.)
- Secondary Mathematics (B.S.)
- Secondary Natural Sciences (B.S.)
Concentrations: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics - Secondary Social Sciences (B.S.)
Concentrations: Economics, Geography, History, Political Science - Social Work (B.S.W.)
- Sociology and Anthropology (B.A. and B.S.)
Concentrations: Anthropology, Sociology - Theatre and Speech (B.A.)
- Theatre Education (B.S.)
Undergraduate Minors
- Africana Studies
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Athletics Coaching
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice
- Drama
- Economics
- Education
- English: literature or writing or creative writing
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Science
- Exercise Science
- Food and Nutrition
- French
- Geographic Information Science
- Geography
- Geology
- Greek
- History
- Humanities
- International Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Leisure Studies
- Legal Assistant Studies
- Mathematics
- Music: performance or history or composition
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Promotion
- Psychology
- Public Administration and Nonprofit Management
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech
- Theatre
- Women's Studies
Additional minors may be developed. See related major department for course information.
