Academic Programs

At Holy Cross, we foster collaboration, innovation and experimentation across disciplines. Our curriculum engages wide-ranging ideas, creates surprising connections and empowers students with skills, expertise and a passion for learning. In designing their plan of study, many students opt to combine majors and/or add a minor or a concentration.

  • Business 
    Career Program

    About 75% of Holy Cross alumni are thriving in business roles, and not a single one majored in it. Discover the multiple pathways that can lead you to succeed in business.

    Students in the Shark Tank business competition
  • Elementary Education Graduate Opportunity 
    Education Career Program

    Earn your Master of Arts in Teaching through our “4+1 Program," a program unique to Holy Cross students offered jointly by Holy Cross and Clark University.

    Holy Cross alum teaching a classroom of students at a Worcester Public School.
  • Engineering Graduate Opportunity 
    Career Program

    By combining a liberal arts education with an engineering degree, you will find yourself uniquely prepared to tackle the technical and creative challenges faced by today’s engineers.

    Professor Tomohiko Narita teaches an Introduction to Physics class in Haberlin Hall
  • Health Professions Advising 
    Career Program

    By offering outstanding academic preparation as well as many volunteer, clinical and research opportunities, Holy Cross has attained an excellent record in preparing students for graduate training in health care, whenever they decide to pursue a health professions career.

    Students examine samples in a lab
  • Music Graduate Opportunity 
    Music Career Program

    This accelerated graduate opportunity allows students to earn a Master of Music (M.M.) from the New England Conservatory, normally with only one additional year of study after graduating from Holy Cross.

    Chertsey Chamber Singers Concert rehearsal in the Beehive of the Prior Performing Arts Center at the College of the Holy Cross on Thursday March 23, 2023 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) 
    Naval Science Career Program

    Offered by the Department of Naval Science, this program offers the education and training to become commissioned officers in the United States Navy and Marine Corps through its Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship program and its College (non-scholarship) program. The NROTC battalion at Holy Cross is a training hub for crosstown units at Brown University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State University.

    The NROTC Commissioning Ceremony
  • Nutrition Science Graduate Opportunity 
    Career Program

    This graduate opportunity allows students to earn an M.S. in Nutrition from Tufts University after graduating from Holy Cross.

    Students planting at Sun Moon Farm during a Spring Break Immersion volunteer program
  • Pre-Law 
    Career Program

    To be a lawyer is to be an advocate. At Holy Cross, you will build the communication, problem solving and reasoning skills that will afford you success not only in law school, but also in your career as a lawyer, policy maker or even business leader.

    gavel, photo by Photo by KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA via pexels
  • Teacher Education Program 
    Career Program

    Grounded in urban-focused teaching and learning opportunities, the TEP depends on strong partnerships with Worcester Public Schools to provide you with a robust sequence of experiences, including structured observation, tutoring and co-teaching, within which to expand their knowledge and skills. This experience is capped with a practicum semester, during which you will teach, assist with a duty, attend meetings and participate in other activities as members of the school community. You will be supported throughout your experience with a team of supervisors, professors and colleagues. Consistent reflection is critical to the program as you challenge your assumptions and discover your own identity as an educator.

    Holy Cross alumni standing at the front of classroom and teaching.