Art History focuses on artistic traditions from prehistoric times to the present. As an art historian, you will acquire skills in visual analysis, historical research, critical reading, writing, and oral communication.

The Department of Dramatic Art was established in 1925, making it the second oldest theater department in the country. It counts among its graduates many alumni who are distinguished in the world of theatre and beyond.

The department is also home to PlayMakers Repertory Company (PRC), a professional (LORT/ AEA) theatre named in 2003 by the Drama League of New York as "one of the fifty best regional theatres in the country."

Music
Music Auditions

The Department of Economics gives students a greater understanding of the principles and problems of modern economic life. At the microeconomic level, students examine the behavior of consumers, businesses, workers, and individual markets. At the macroeconomic level, students investigate national and international problems of unemployment, inflation, balance of payments, and economic growth. In addition to coursework, students can work with faculty on research that is at the forefront of the profession.  Economics majors may participate in a joint degree program earning degrees from both UNC and the National University of Singapore.

Offers concentrations in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Media Studies and Production, Performance Studies, Rhetorical Studies, and Speech and Hearing Sciences.  Students participate in exciting internships, including the Hollywood Media Industries Internship and the London Media and Performance Internship program.

The department also offers a minor in Writing for the Screen and Stage, an interdisciplinary partnership with Dramatic Art and the Creative Writing program within the English Department.

Information Science

Integrates the study of the creation and management of information content, the characteristics and needs of the people who create and use information, and the technologies used to support the creation and manipulation of information. Prepares its graduates for a variety of careers in the information industry, including information architecture, database design and implementation, web design and implementation, networking support, and information consulting.

Prepares students for careers in journalism and mass communication. Educates students about the mass media and their roles in society and in a broad range of skills and concepts involving the gathering, editing and presentation of information, along with evaluating the effects of public communication. According to the 2003 report of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, UNC's program "is recognized by academics and media professionals as perhaps the best program in the nation... because it places appropriate emphasis on both scholarly productivity and professional excellence."

Provides entrance into the corporate world of technology or into graduate and professional programs of biomedical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, medicine, polymer science, chemical engineering etc. and even into law and business.

Information Science

Integrates the study of the creation and management of information content, the characteristics and needs of the people who create and use information, and the technologies used to support the creation and manipulation of information. Prepares its graduates for a variety of careers in the information industry, including information architecture, database design and implementation, web design and implementation, networking support, and information consulting.

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent behavior, information processing, and communication in living organisms and computers. It incorporates biology, computer science, information science, linguistics, mathematics, neurology, philosophy, and psychology.

The Department of Computer Science gives students in-depth experience with virtually every aspect of computing – software development, database programming, Web and Internet computing, networking, hardware systems, operating systems, compilers, parallel and distributed computing, theory of computing, and computer graphics.

African and Afro-American Studies

Anthropology

Asian Studies

The Department of Asian Studies offers courses in seven foreign languages and courses in Asian culture, literature, and society.  The program delivers sound training for students interested in pursuing advanced degrees, as well as those considering professions in business, law, government, or journalism with a focus on Asia. Foreign language courses are taught in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Korean, and Persian.  Courses on various aspects of Asia are taught in English by faculty in the Department of Asian Studies and in a variety of other departments.

Classics

Offers concentrations in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Media Studies and Production, Performance Studies, Rhetorical Studies, and Speech and Hearing Sciences.  Students participate in exciting internships, including the Hollywood Media Industries Internship and the London Media and Performance Internship program.

The department also offers a minor in Writing for the Screen and Stage, an interdisciplinary partnership with Dramatic Art and the Creative Writing program within the English Department.

Investigates how culture creates and transforms individual experiences, everyday life, social relations and power. Explores the relations between culture understood as human expressive and symbolic activities, and cultures understood as distinctive ways of life.

Economics

Focuses on the study of creativity and aesthetic expression in everyday life, and on the political implications of that expression as it unfolds in the contested arenas of culture. The Curriculum offers a formal undergraduate minor; undergraduates may also devise their own major in Folklore through the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Geography

Working with faculty who are leaders in their field, majors probe varied topics – from climate variability and ecosystem response to the cultural, urban, and economic systems of the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

The department offers concentrations in three main areas: Earth Environmental Systems, Geography of Human Activity, and Geographic Information Sciences. Students can also participate in independent study and conduct research with faculty members who have received grants from several sources, such as the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the EPA.

Germanic Languages and Literature

History

Develop an appreciation for and fuller understanding of the global issues within the context of a diverse, flexible, interdisciplinary curriculum. The program draws on courses and faculty throughout the humanities and social sciences, and students may concentrate on either: international studies, which includes international politics, global economics, and transnational culture; or area studies, which explores a single region of the world, such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, the Middle East, the European Union, and Russia and Eastern Europe.

Students are encouraged to participate in study abroad, undergraduate research, and independent study to enhance their knowledge and understanding of international cultures and experiences.

Latin American Studies

Based in the Department of Sociology, this interdisciplinary program focuses on the modern work environment and its social context. While providing excellent liberal arts training, the program prepares students for a variety of positions and careers in public and private sector organizations. As a major, you will study employer-employee relations, development of human resources, and the institutional context of work with courses taken in the disciplines of economics, history psychology, and sociology.

Provides a broad, humanities-based approach to the rich and fascinating culture that we call the Middle Ages in lands including Europe, the Near East and Russia, during the period from around 500 to 1500.

This interdisciplinary program allows majors to concentrate on one of three topical areas: the culture of peace and war; national and international defense and security; and the evolution of warfare. The program is known for its exploration of wide-ranging topics – from science and technology to ethics and public policy. This extensive training gives graduates the experience for careers in government, banking, and business, as well as advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Philosophy

Political Science

This program gives students an understanding of both domestic and foreign politics, processes, and problems. Working with faculty who have been recognized for outstanding commitment to teaching, you will analyze American government, international relations, political theory, and comparative politics.

In addition to the wide range of courses, you can pursue hands-on work through internships, service-learning courses (APPLES), and independent study. As a graduate, you will have a keen perspective of political issues, basic knowledge of government if considering a career in public service, and a strong background for law or graduate school.

As a public policy major, you will examine societal and government actions that are designed to resolve complex public problems.  Students often double major with political science, economics, journalism or business. You will acquire a range of knowledge and skills.  Specifically, you will 1) master the fundamental tools of policy analysis; 2) understand the politics of public policy; and 3) explore substantive knowledge in a core policy field, such as  Business and Public Policy; Law and Public Policy; Economic and Community Development; Environmental/ Natural Resource Policy; Health Policy; International Public Policy; Science and Technology Policy; and Social and Education Policy.

Religious Studies

Slavic, Eurasian and East European Area Studies

Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. It is an exciting field that seeks to understand our personal lives, our communities, and the world. As a major, you may explore sociology at the personal level, societal level, and gldobal level. As part of your study, you may also pursue independent study and internships, including APPLES, the University's service-learning program.

This interdisciplinary curriculum explores diverse issues concerning women and gender in America and throughout the world. Undergraduate Students
are introduced to ideologies that have been used throughout history to explain female and male natures, functions, and roles as they intersect with race, class, and sexuality. As a major, students study  recent scholarship on feminist theory and the intellectual, economic, political, and artistic contributions of women in various historical and cultural contexts.

Provides entrance into the corporate world of technology or into graduate and professional programs of biomedical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, medicine, polymer science, chemical engineering etc. and even into law and business.

Information Science

Integrates the study of the creation and management of information content, the characteristics and needs of the people who create and use information, and the technologies used to support the creation and manipulation of information. Prepares its graduates for a variety of careers in the information industry, including information architecture, database design and implementation, web design and implementation, networking support, and information consulting.

Provides a strong grounding in the traditional sciences of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, as well as the social sciences and humanities, to address environmental management and policy.

Explores the interrelationship between the environment and human health, giving students specialized knowledge of environmental health issues.

Geology

This program offers solid training in earth science, a foundation for a career as a professional geologist or in the application of geology to many other fields, including teaching, law, public policy, environmental advocacy, and business.  As a major, you will study basic earth composition and earth processes and then acquire a deeper understanding of topics of special interest to you.  Among others, you might choose climate change (past and future), mountain building, water resources, age-dating of ancient rocks, earthquakes, volcanoes, or fossils and biologic evolution.

As a public policy major, you will examine societal and government actions that are designed to resolve complex public problems.  Students often double major with political science, economics, journalism or business. You will acquire a range of knowledge and skills.  Specifically, you will 1) master the fundamental tools of policy analysis; 2) understand the politics of public policy; and 3) explore substantive knowledge in a core policy field, such as  Business and Public Policy; Law and Public Policy; Economic and Community Development; Environmental/ Natural Resource Policy; Health Policy; International Public Policy; Science and Technology Policy; and Social and Education Policy.

Biology

The bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees in biology provide a liberal education directed toward an appreciation of the complexity of nature and prepare students for careers in the biological, environmental, and medical sciences. The BS and BA in biology train students for careers in the health professions (including medical, dental, and veterinary) and in research, teaching, or medical practice in institutions of higher education, government, and private industry. Professional (MD, DVM, DDS, and DDM) and advanced academic (MA, MS, PhD) degree programs in the health and life sciences usually require knowledge of biological processes provided by the degree programs in biology.

Provides laboratory information and services needed for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.  Clinical Laboratory scientists perform a variety of laboratory tests, ensure the quality of the test results, explain the significance of laboratory tests, evaluate new methods and study the effectiveness of laboratory tests.  Clinical Laboratory Scientists are employed in a wide variety of laboratory settings including hospitals, research laboratories, forensic laboratories, commercial laboratories, and laboratory industries.  There is a national shortage of clinical laboratory practitioners and graduates of this program have multiple job offers.  

Provides a strong grounding in the traditional sciences of chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics as these apply to the environmental sciences, as well as on developing understanding of the application of scientific information and methods in environmental management and policy.

Exercise and Sports Science

Nursing

Nationally recognized as one of the premiere nursing schools in the country, the School of Nursing enables students to engage in research and hands-on practice at area hospitals and clinics. Students research the problems of contemporary health and illness; provide and manage care for individuals, families, and groups; employ interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills; and collaborate with other groups in shaping health policies affecting individual and community health.

Gain laboratory-derived understanding of basic biological mechanisms; knowledge of the relationship between diet and health or disease; theory-based strategies for changing the diets to reduce disease; and improve health practice-based skills for delivering nutrition information to the community and individuals.

Pharmacy

The program provides comprehensive training, enabling students to develop patient-specific therapeutic plans, determine the appropriate dose for medication, counsel patients on their medications, monitor drug therapy, and manage a pharmaceutical care practice. In addition to coursework, students participate in clerkships under the direct supervision of a practicing pharmacist. Graduates pursue careers as pharmacists and managers in a variety of settings, including community pharmacies, healthcare facilities, the pharmaceutical industry, and government organizations, such as the Food and Drug Administration.

Courses deal with topics as diverse as the relations of the US to other countries around the world; people and cultures of Europe, Latin America, Africa or Asia; international economics; human rights; and problems of poverty in the Third World.

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent behavior, information processing, and communication in living organisms and computers. It incorporates biology, computer science, information science, linguistics, mathematics, neurology, philosophy, and psychology.

Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Students study the physical nature of speech, use of sounds in language, word formation, sentence structure, meaning of words and how they combine into sentences, and the effect of situation on language use.

Arabic

Chinese

German

Hebrew

Indonesian

Japanese

Persian

Portuguese

Serbo-Croatian

Swahili

Bulgarian

French

Greek

Hindi

Italian

Latin

Polish

Russian

Spanish

Tamil

Explores issues of human conflict and its resolution, national and global security, and defense.

Political Science

This program gives students an understanding of both domestic and foreign politics, processes, and problems. Working with faculty who have been recognized for outstanding commitment to teaching, you will analyze American government, international relations, political theory, and comparative politics.

In addition to the wide range of courses, you can pursue hands-on work through internships, service-learning courses (APPLES), and independent study. As a graduate, you will have a keen perspective of political issues, basic knowledge of government if considering a career in public service, and a strong background for law or graduate school.

Public policy problems exist in nearly all fields of endeavor. Students may focus on health, education, environmental and urban policy.

Students in this program study literature in a global context, from an international and/or interdisciplinary perspective.  As a major you may analyze literature in ways that cut across political and linguistic boundaries, examine the relationship between literature and other media, or focus on the connections between literature and philosophy, history, or the visual arts.  Students choose from rich offerings in a variety of literatures, cultures, disciplines, and departments.  Mastery of a foreign language is strongly encouraged.

English

Carolina’s English department is known for its outstanding contributions to creative writing, literary criticism, and teaching. Working with internationally recognized writers and scholars, students analyze great works of English and American literature, from traditional classics, such as Beowulf, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare's plays, to novels by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Virginia Woolf, to contemporary authors, such as Toni Morrison and Tom Stoppard.

Focuses on the study of creativity and aesthetic expression in everyday life, and on the political implications of that expression as it unfolds in the contested arenas of culture. The Curriculum offers a formal undergraduate minor; undergraduates may also devise their own major in Folklore through the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Provides entrance into the corporate world of technology or into graduate and professional programs of biomedical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, medicine, polymer science, chemical engineering etc. and even into law and business.

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent behavior, information processing, and communication in living organisms and computers. It incorporates biology, computer science, information science, linguistics, mathematics, neurology, philosophy, and psychology.

Mathematics

As a mathematic major, you will receive a firm grounding for graduate study as well as a wide range of careers, such as analyst, consultant, modeler, planner, or optimizer. The department also cooperates with the School of Education in the preparation of teachers. Working with mathematicians whose research and findings have been published throughout the world, you can pursue a degree in Mathematics (Basic or Applied) or one of the related degree programs in Computer Science or Mathematical Decision Sciences (Actuarial Science, Operations Research, Statistics).

Prepares students for careers in statistical analysis, operations research, management science, industrial engineering, biostatistics, strategic planning, systems analysis, financial analysis, and actuarial science.

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent behavior, information processing, and communication in living organisms and computers. It incorporates biology, computer science, information science, linguistics, mathematics, neurology, philosophy, and psychology.

Psychology

The Department of Psychology program gives students a comprehensive understanding of behavioral sciences. Rather than emphasize specialization, the department delves into six major domains: clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, biological psychology, quantitative psychology, and social psychology.

Provides entrance into the corporate world of technology or into graduate and professional programs of biomedical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, medicine, polymer science, chemical engineering etc. and even into law and business.

Biology

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent behavior, information processing, and communication in living organisms and computers. It incorporates biology, computer science, information science, linguistics, mathematics, neurology, philosophy, and psychology.

Exercise and Sports Science

Provides a strong grounding in the traditional sciences of chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics as these apply to the environmental sciences, as well as on developing understanding of the application of scientific information and methods in environmental management and policy.

Geology

Marine Sciences

The Marine Sciences minor enables students to develop academic specializations in the marine aspects of their major fields and to prepare for postgraduate study in oceanography, marine sciences or a related field.

Gain laboratory-derived understanding of basic biological mechanisms; knowledge of the relationship between diet and health or disease; theory-based strategies for changing the diets to reduce disease; and improve health practice-based skills for delivering nutrition information to the community and individuals.

Physics and Astronomy

Physicists seek to understand the way the universe works -- from subatomic particles, such as quarks and neutrinos, to materials found in daily life, to the structure of the cosmos.  At UNC, physics research is loosely divided into several areas, including theoretical physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, nanoscience, and biophysics.

All students have an opportunity to get involved in research and work with faculty members in the laboratory, at the telescope, or at the computer. Whether working with nanomanipulators, nuclear accelerators, or a telescope to rival Hubble, students are involved at the forefront
of research.

Exercise and Sports Science

Creative Writing

The undergraduate Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill is-and has long been-one of the best in the country. Its first-rate faculty and students have published widely, won many prizes, and played a major role in shaping the contemporary literature of North Carolina, the South, and the nation.

Journalism