With rich opportunities to explore and specialize, a liberal arts education not only prepares students for success in a rapidly changing world, it prepares them to lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Each Holy Cross student’s curriculum consists of common requirements (which can be fulfilled by selecting from a wide range of courses), a major, and freely elected courses. In designing their course of study, many students opt to combine majors and/or add a minor or a concentration.
Academic Programs | Major | Minor | Concentration | Career Program | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accounting | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Africana Studies | SD | No | Concentration | No |
SD
No
Concentration
No
|
Anthropology | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Arabic | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Architectural Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
Art History | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Asian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Biochemistry | No | No | Concentration | No |
No
No
Concentration
No
|
Biology | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Business | No | No | No | Career Program |
No
No
No
Career Program
|
Business, Ethics, and Society | No | SD | No | No |
No
SD
No
No
|
Catholic Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
Chemistry | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Chinese Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Classics | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Computer Science | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Creative Writing | No | Minor | Concentration | No |
No
Minor
Concentration
No
|
Dance | No | Minor | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Deaf Studies and Sign Languages* | SD | Minor | No | No |
SD
Minor
No
No
|
Economics | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Education | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
Engineering | No | No | No | Career Program |
No
No
No
Career Program
|
English | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Environmental Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Film Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
French and Francophone Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies | SD | No | Concentration | No |
SD
No
Concentration
No
|
Geosciences | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
German Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Greek | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Health Professions Advising | No | No | No | Career Program |
No
No
No
Career Program
|
Health Studies | SD | No | No | No |
SD
No
No
No
|
History | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
International Studies | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Italian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Latin | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies | SD | No | Concentration | No |
SD
No
Concentration
No
|
Law | No | No | No | Career Program |
No
No
No
Career Program
|
Mathematics | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Medieval and Renaissance Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
Middle Eastern Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
Music | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Naval Science (NROTC) | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Neuroscience | No | SD | No | No |
No
SD
Concentration
No
|
Peace and Conflict Studies | No | No | Concentration | No |
No
No
Concentration
No
|
Philosophy | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Physics | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Political Science | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Psychology | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Religious Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Rhetoric and Composition | No | SD | No | No |
Major
SD
No
No
|
Russian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Russian and Eastern European Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
SD
SD
No
No
|
Sociology | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Spanish | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Statistics | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
Studies in World Literatures | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Studio Art | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Teacher Education Program | No | No | No | Career Program |
No
No
No
Career Program
|
Theatre | Major | No | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Visual Arts | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | No | No | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
* Student Designed Program