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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthropology | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Architectural Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Art History | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Asian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Business, Ethics, and Society | No | SD | No | No |
No
SD
No
No
|
Catholic Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Chinese Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Computer Science | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Creative Writing | No | Minor | Concentration | No |
No
No
Concentration
No
|
Dance | No | Minor | No | No |
Major
No
No
No
|
Deaf Studies and Sign Languages | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
Education | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
Environmental Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Film Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
French and Francophone Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Geosciences | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
German Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Italian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Medieval and Renaissance Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Middle Eastern Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Neuroscience | No | SD | No | No |
No
No
Concentration
No
|
Philosophy | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Physics | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Religious Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Rhetoric and Composition | No | SD | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Russian Studies | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Russian and Eastern European Studies* | SD | SD | No | No |
No
No
No
No
|
Sociology and Anthropology | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
Statistics | No | Minor | No | No |
No
Minor
No
No
|
Studio Art | Major | Minor | No | No |
Major
Minor
No
No
|
* Student Designed Program