As an undergraduate student at Emerson College, you have the opportunity to choose from more than two dozen majors. To augment and enhance your primary course of study, you may choose from more than 40 minor programs. We also offer an interdisciplinary program that allows you to create your own major by combining courses across departments to support your unique academic area of interest.
In addition to studying at our Boston campus, you may spend a semester at our Los Angeles campus or our castle in the Netherlands; study in Paris through our Global BFA in Film Art; or choose from other learning options in Washington, DC; Spain; and more.
Majors
All of our BA, BFA, and BS programs have a unique focus on the arts, communication, or liberal arts. Courses are taught by leading experts and practitioners in the School of the Arts, the School of Communication, and the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies.
- Acting (BFA)
- Business of Creative Enterprises (BA)
- Comedic Arts (BFA)
- Business of Creative Enterprises (Global BA)
- Communication Disorders (BS)
- Communication Studies (BS)
- Creative Writing (BFA)
- Film Art (Global BFA)
- Health and Social Change (BA)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (BA/BS)
- International and Political Communication (Global BA)
- Journalism (BS)
- Marketing Communication (BS)
- Media Arts Production (BA/BFA)
- Media Psychology (BS)
- Media Studies (BA)
- Musical Theatre (BFA)
- Political Communication (BS)
- Public Relations (BS)
- Sports Communication (BS)
- Stage & Production Management (BFA)
- Theatre (BFA)
- Theatre & Performance (BFA)
- Theatrical Design & Production (BFA)
- Theatre Education (BFA)
- Theatre Education & Performance (BFA)
- Writing, Literature & Publishing (BA)
Minors
If you feel like you’ve got more than one passion that you’d like to pursue here at Emerson, you’re not alone. In fact, many Emersonians find that selecting a minor can help supplement their major, and help design their perfect discipline.
- African American & Africana Studies
- Art History
- Business Studies for Communication and the Arts
- Comedy Writing and Performance
- Dance
- Digital Media & Culture
- Dramatic Writing
- Economics
- Entrepreneurial Studies
- Environmental Studies
- eSports Communication
- Fiction
- Global & Post-Colonial Studies
- Health and Society
- Hearing and Deafness
- History
- Integrated Sciences
- Journalism
- Latin American & Latinx Studies
- Leadership and Management
- Literature
- Marketing Communication
- Media Studies
- Music History & Culture
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Nonprofit Communication
- Peace and Social Justice
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Podcasting, Radio, and Streaming Media
- Political Communication
- Political Polling
- Political Science
- Pre-law
- Psychoanalysis as Cultural Criticism
- Public Diplomacy
- Public Relations
- Publishing
- Religion
- Psychology
- Sports Communication
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Creative Writing
