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Designing an individualized major
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Designing an Individualized Major

Your UWW academic program will develop to match your background, interests, and goals.

You will be assigned an academic advisor from the UWW office and a Skidmore faculty advisor who can offer guidance in your area of academic focus as well. These two advisors review your interests and goals with you thoroughly before directing you in the initial stages of your program. As the student, you are at the center of this process.

Many students design interdisciplinary programs, such as Latin American studies, women's studies, or a variety of options in the social sciences. We've had programs in health studies, psychology and literature, and Arabic studies, as well as computer science, human behavior, and management information systems.


UWW students focus their study in areas that suit their interests and needs - often one of these well-established fields:

  • American studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art (studio or art history)
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Chemistry
  • Classics
  • Computer science
  • Dance
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • Geology
  • German
  • Government
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physical education
  • Physics
  • Political economy
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Russian
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Theater
  • Women's studies

Fields can also be combined to create a concentration, such as these examples developed by recent graduates:

  • Arts management
  • Asian studies
  • Communications
  • Community health
  • Environmental studies
  • Health communication
  • Health studies
  • Human services
  • International affairs
  • Latin American Studies
  • Liberal studies
  • Literary studies
 
  • Management information systems
  • Music in the community
  • Nonprofit management
  • Organizational behavior
  • Peace studies
  • Performing arts
  • Public administration
  • Religion and culture
  • Religion and law
  • Transcultural healthcare management
  • Writing about culture

 


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