2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Department website: https://www.uwgb.edu/cahss
The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences offers over thirty undergraduate majors and minors in the visual and performing arts, humanities, communication, writing, computer and information sciences, and social sciences. Our faculty takes pride in their engagement with students through traditional, online, and blended delivery methods. We create unique communities of learners that engage critically and creatively around issues, problems, and solutions. In addition, the College supports community engagement through arts and culture programming, speaker series, outreach events, and community-based research. Central to our mission is the promotion of problem-based, engaged learning through close relationships with our students to ensure successful, fulfilling careers and lives. The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences develops students who:
- Are critical and creative thinkers
- Engage in high impact, hands-on learning experiences
- Learn in a diverse and inclusive environment in order to enable success and understand a global, multicultural world
- Develop an understanding of civic and global citizenship and promote this through our community connections
- Can adapt to change and promote improvement
Majors and Minors
- Advertising (minor only)
- Art (Art Education, Pre-Art Therapy, Studio Art,)
- Art History (minor only)
- Arts Management and Entrepreneurship (minor only)
- Communication (Health Communication, Journalism, Mass Media, Organizational Communication, Public Relations, Social Media Communication, Sports Communication)
- Criminal Justice
- Dance (minor only)
- Democracy and Justice Studies (Criminal Justice, Global Democracy, Legal Studies, Social Justice, Social Studies Education)
- English (Creative Writing, English Education, Literature)
- Environmental Design & Community Planning (minor only)
- Film Studies (minor only)
- First Nation Studies
- French and Francophone Studies (minor only)
- Games Studies (minor only)
- Geography
- German
- Global Studies (minor only)
- Graphic Design
- History (General, Public, Social Studies Education)
- Humanities (Ancient and Medieval Studies, Digital and Public Humanities, World Cultures, Environmental Humanities, Humanities Online, Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language)
- Humanities for Professionals (minor only)
- Individual Major
- Information Technology and Data Science (Data Science, Game Studies, Information Technology)
- International Business (minor only)
- Media Arts and Production
- Music (Music Education, Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance, Audio Production, Composition, Individual Studies, Jazz Studies, Music and Entrepreneurship)
- Organizational Leadership (Applied Communication, Business Administration,Early Childhood, Emergency Management, Environmental Policy & Planning, Management in Health Systems, Public and Nonprofit Management, Self-Directed)
- Philosophy
- Political Science (General, Social Studies Education)
- Psychology
- Public Administration (Emergency Management, Emergency Management (Accelerated) - Integrated with graduate Master of Public Administration Program, Public and Nonprofit Management, Public & Nonprofit Management (Accelerated) - Integrated with graduate Master of Public Administration Program)
- Social Justice (minor only)
- Sociology & Anthropology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Theatre (minor only)
- Women's and Gender Studies (minor only)
- Writing and Applied Arts (Community Storytelling, Editing and Publishing, Game Writing, Professional and Technical Writing)
Certificates
- Civic and Community Engagement
- Data Analytics
- Emergency Management
- Geographic Information Systems
- German Engineering
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
- Multicultural U.S. History
- Nonprofit Management
- Professional Ethics
- Spanish/English Translation and Interpretation
- Teaching English as a Second Language