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
- Graphic Design Concentration
- Studio Art Concentration
Criminal Justice: B.S.
- General Option
- Correction Option
- Crime and Mental Health Option
- Homeland Security Option
- Information Technology Option
- Police Option
- Violence 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 Arts Concentration
History: B.A.
Liberal Arts1: B.L.A.
Music
- Composition for New Media: B.M.
- Music Studies: B.M.
- Music Performance: B.M.
- Instrumental Option
- Voice Option
- Music Business: B.M.
- Sound Recording Technology: B.M.
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
- French Option
- French/Spanish Option
- Italian/Spanish Option
- Spanish Option
1Interdisciplinary majors
Undergraduate Minors
- American Studies2
- Arabic Studies2
- Architectural Studies2
- Art
- Art: Art History
- Art: Graphic Design
- Asian Studies2
- Criminal Justice
- Digital Media2
- Disability Studies2
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environment and Society2
- Film Studies2
- French
- Gender Studies2
- German Studies2
- History: B.A.
- Labor Studies
- Latin American Studies2
- Legal Studies2
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies2
- Music
- Peace and conflict Studies2
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Portuguese Studies2
- Psychology
- Race and Ethnic Studies2
- Sociology
- Sound Recording Technology
- Spanish
- Spanish for the Professions Minor
- STEM Teaching
- Technology, Society and Human Values2
- Theatre Arts2
- Writing
2Interdisciplinary minors
Student Profiles
Laura Cabrera '18
Bachelor of Liberal Arts
Laura Cabrera's studies in philosophy and psychology have given her great personal insight - and the confidence to pursue a creative career in music, art and dance.
If you're good at it, dedicate time to it and feel inspired, then anything is possible.
Rory Luddy '22
History
Internships on and off campus gave Rory Luddy museum experience.
The dream is to have a job as a museum curator.
Bradley Sherwood '20
History
Bradley Sherwood explains history to school children and adults at the Tsongas Industrial History Center, an educational partnership between the university and Lowell National Historical Park.
The city appealed to me. There’s a lot to do here.
Nicole Cruz Merced '18, '20
Psychology & Community Social Psychology
When Nicole Cruz Merced overcame her shyness and reached out to a professor, it changed her life.
I found myself as a student in undergrad; I found myself as a professional in grad school.
Lisa Thompson '21
Criminology
Her Ph.D. research at UMass Lowell won Lisa Thompson a rare research assistantship at the National Institute of Justice.
Prof. Harris is so awesome; he literally changed my life.