COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
The purpose of the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences (DFCAS) is to master existing knowledge and create new knowledge and understanding through research, scholarship, and professional development. We put that new knowledge and understanding to work to make our communities and the human condition stronger.
MAJORS
African & African American Studies
Anthropology*
Arabic
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Biology: Integrative Biological
Systems
Biology: Microbiology
Biology Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Chemical Biosciences
Chemistry
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chinese
Classics: Classical Languages
Classics: Classical Studies
Classics: Latin
Communication
Community Health
Economics*
English: Literary & Cultural Studies*
English: Writing*
Film & Media Studies
French
German
Health & Exercise Science
Health, Medicine & Society
History
History of Science, Technology & Medicine
Human Health & Biology
Human Relations
Information Science & Technology
Information Studies*
Italian
Japanese
Judaic Studies
Latinx Studies
Letters
Letters: Constitutional Studies
Linguistics
Mathematics*
Native American Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Planned Program: Design Your Degree
Political Science*
Political Science: Elections & Campaign Management
Psychology
Public & Nonprofit
Administration*
Public Health
Religious Studies
Russian
Social Work
Sociology*
Sociology: Criminology
Spanish
Women’s & Gender Studies
*These programs offer optional accelerated master’s programs.
Studying in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences empowered me to pursue my passions for scientific research, leadership, and service. As an upper classman, I conducted Evolutionary Microbiology research, which sharpened my wet-lab skills, and had the life-changing opportunity to study abroad in France through the Withrow Leadership Scholars Program. My classmates and college inspire me to dream bigger and lead a life of impact—that’s what makes the Dodge Family College community so special.”
DALA T. KORKOYAH, III | OU Class of 2026
Major: Microbiology
From: Liberia, West Africa
17 LANGUAGES TAUGHT
BY THE NUMBERS including four Native American languages
150+
COLLEGE-LEVEL SCHOLARSHIPS available
60+ MAJORS AND 60+ MINORS to choose from
100,000
PEOPLE CURRENTLY WITHIN DFCAS ALUMNI NETWORK
DODGE FAMILY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
THINGS TO KNOW
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Choose from the largest variety of majors and minors on campus to create your own future. You can combine degrees like biology and Spanish, economics and Chinese, or history and psychology – or you can even design your own major! With programs in the natural and physical sciences, humanities, social sciences, and professional areas, an Arts and Sciences degree will equip you with a range of rigorous perspectives so you will always be ready to meet the challenges of a complex, changing world.
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Find the career pathway that is right for you. Professional internships, career-building coursework, and the college’s Student Success and Advising Center, also known as The DODGE, can help you bridge your individual major to a career that is right for your values, skills, and passions. Our 100,000 alumni are leading the way in a wide variety of fields, including business and industry; research and development; nonprofit organizations; local, state, and federal government; foreign service; and education.
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Help discover new knowledge. Undergraduate research opportunities include going on archaeological digs, investigating medical and visual anthropology, finding new drugs from fungi, helping translate ancient science books, or digitizing collections of historic documents. All Arts and Sciences majors are taught by research faculty who are leaders in their own fields.
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Become part of a community where every student is welcome, valued, and supported. Learn more about our active student organizations, dedicated faculty mentors, professional advisors, and the largest student body on campus. The Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences is committed to honoring student needs and voices, removing barriers to opportunity, and finding ways to support your academic and personal growth through your four years of undergraduate coursework and far beyond.
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Make a difference, locally and globally. Service-learning classes, study abroad opportunities, and internships give students the opportunity to learn about the world while fostering positive change. Through the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, students work directly with elected officials and nonprofits. Through the Native American Studies Program, students complete internships and practicum courses with Tribal Nations. Through the Withrow Leadership Scholars program, students participate in a “Leadership and Service Abroad” course in Paris and Clermont-Ferrand, France.
