Undergraduate Majors and Graduate Programs

Accounting

Learn the language of business, interpreting the bottom line financial health of an organization and helping organizations analyze their future financial prospects.

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Department: Business Administration and Economics Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: accountant, auditor, consultant, controller, purchasing

Biology

Study the processes and systems that make life happen in plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.

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Department: Biology Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: medicine, dentistry, pharmaceuticals, research

Chemistry

Study of matter and its relationship with energy, exploring the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of substances.

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Department: Chemistry Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: research, forensics, lab technician, analyst, teacher

Computer Science

Study the organization, design, and functions of computers, scientific and technical application, programming principles and languages, data structure and networks, database and operating systems, software engineering, and artificial intelligence.

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Department: Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: software development, database/network administration

Criminal Justice (Traditional or Online)

Study of the laws, procedures, and systems that protect the innocent and punish the guilty and develop an understanding the operations of the government, courts, police, and correctional institutions.

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Department: Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Degree: Online Degree

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: lawyer, law enforcement, corrections, policy analyst

History

Study events that have occurred in the past, seeking to understand what led up to them, why they occurred, and the lasting consequences of political, economic, and social systems.

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Department: Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: historian, law, teacher, government, research, advocacy

Liberal Studies

Explore the wide range of thought throughout recorded history through the humanities, literature, art, philosophy, history, nature, social structures, cultures, and languages.

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Department: Languages and Liberal Studies Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: editor, historian, writer, archivist

Management

Takes a critical look at strategy development, decision-making, operations, and personnel behavior within organizations such as businesses.

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Department: Business Administration and Economics Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: entrepreneur, consultant, analyst, supervisor

Marketing

Explore strategies and practices which ensure that products, ideas, and services are embraced by end users. This includes matters related to the pricing, development, promotion, and distribution.

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Department: Business Administration and Economics Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: advertising, branding, analytics, promotion

Mathematics

Use numbers and symbols to explain quantities, space, relationships between objects, and measurement, often in the abstract.

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Department: Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: engineering, computing, aerospace, defense, economics

Media Studies

Create and distribute information to broad groups of people and explore how people receive information and are influenced to make decisions through newspapers, television, radio, websites, apps, and social media.

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Department: Visual and Performing Arts and Media Studies Academic Department

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: journalists, producers, designers, public relations

Organizational Leadership (Online)

For more information, visit Organizational Leadership, emajor.usg.edu/ORGL or contact Program Coordinator Juone Brown at brownj@fvsu.edu or at 478-822-101.

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Degree: Online Degree

Degree: Undergraduate Degree

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Possible Careers: administration, management, human resources