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 Concentration
- Studio Art Concentration
Criminal Justice: B.S.
- General Option
- Corrections 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.
- 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 Concentration
Sociology: B.A.
- General Concentration
- Policy & Social Problems Concentration
World Languages and Cultures: B.A.
- French Option
- French/Spanish Option
- Italian/Spanish Option
- Spanish Option
1Interdisciplinary majors
Undergraduate Minors
- American Studies2
- Architectural Studies2
- Art
- Art: Art History
- Art: Graphic Design
- Asian Studies2
- Asian American Studies2
- Criminal Justice
- Digital Media2
- Disability Studies2
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environment and Society2
- Film Studies2
- French
- Gender Studies2
- German Studies2
- History
- Italian Studies2
- Labor Studies2
- Latin American Studies2
- Legal Studies2
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies2
- Music
- Peace and Conflict Studies2
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Portuguese Studies2
- Psychology
- Quantitative Economics
- 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
- Writing
2Interdisciplinary minors
Student Profiles
Franchesca Arias '20
Sociology & Spanish
Honors student Franchesca Arias is passionate about studying abroad after completing a summer program in Valencia, Spain.
Study abroad is one of those life-changing experiences. When you’re immersed in the culture, you realize you have the ability to learn every single aspect of that culture and what they’re going through socially and politically.
Hannah Casey '21
Political Science
An internship with a criminal defense attorney helped Political Science major Hannah Casey choose her career direction.
The verdict was ‘Not guilty.’ That was when I fell in love with criminal law.
Michael Makiej '24
Philosophy, Political Science
Michael Makiej hits his stride in and out of the classroom, competing as a high jumper on the men’s track and field team while double-majoring in philosophy and political science.
Why do people do things that they do? What is their morality? Where do our ethics come from? These types of bigger questions always fascinated me.
Warren Wartman '26
Liberal Arts (Theatre Arts and Economics)
At 59, Warren Wartman is embracing a second act as a college student, trading his construction tools for textbooks to study theatre arts and economics at UMass Lowell.
I like to think I add something to the mix, but my younger classmates teach me just as much.
Joe Paquin '25
Sound Recording Technology and Music Studies
An aspiring audio engineer and music teacher, Joe Paquin composed his first choral piece, “Barter,” which was performed at UML’s annual New Music Concert.
I’m so grateful for everyone here. All the faculty are super-supportive and kind.