Majors

The “course” is the basic unit of instruction and measurement of academic progress at Guilford College. Almost all courses carry four credits (the equivalent of four semester hours). Exceptions include some sport studies courses, independent study projects, internships, and seminars.

Normally, 100-level courses are introductory courses, 200-level courses are sophomore courses, and 300- and 400-level courses are junior and senior courses. First-year students may not enroll in 300- or 400-level courses unless they demonstrate exceptional maturity or background in the discipline.

Courses are generally offered by academic departments, which make available coherent patterns of courses for students to take to complete the requirement for a major. Interdisciplinary majors are also available.

Guilford offers a total of 38 majors, which include:

Major	Department	Course Schedule Abbreviation	Degree Offered	Evening Major	Major requires 2nd Disciplinary Major
Accounting	Accounting	ACCT	B.S.	E	Yes
African American Studies	African American Studies	AFAS	A.B
Art	Art	ART	A.B.;B.F.A.
Biology	Biology	BIOL	A.B.;B.S
Business Management	Business Management	BUS	B.S.	E
Chemistry	Chemistry	CHEM	A.B.;B.S.
Community & Justice Studies	Community & Justice Studies	JPS	B.S.	E
Computer & Info Technology	Computer & Info Technology	CMIT	B.S.
Criminal Justice	Criminal Justice	JPS	B.S.	E
Economics	Economics	ECON	A.B.
Education Studies	Education Studies	EDUC	A.B.	E
English	English	ENGL	A.B.
Environmental Studies	Environmental Studies	ENVS	A.B.		Yes
Exercise & Sports Studies	Sports Studies	SPST	B.S.
Forensic Biology	Forensic Biology	BIOL	A.B.	E
French	French	FREN	A.B.
Geology	Geology	GEOL	A.B.;B.S.
German	German	GERM	A.B.
German Studies	German Studies	GERM	A.B.
Health Sciences	Health Sciences	HSCI	B.S.		Yes
History	History	HIST	A.B.	E
Integrative Studies	Integrative Studies	ITGR	A.B.
International Studies	International Studies	INTR	A.B.		Yes
Mathematics	Mathematics	MATH	B.S.
Music	Music	MUS	A.B.
Peace & Conflict Studies	Peace & Conflict Studies	PECS	A.B.
Philosophy	Philosophy	PHIL	A.B.
Physics	Physics	PHYS	B.S.
Political Science	Political Science	PSCI	A.B.	E
Psychology	Psychology	PSY	A.B.	E
Religious Studies	Religious Studies	REL	A.B.
Soc & Anthropolgy	Soc & Anthropolgy	SOAN	A.B.
Spanish	Spanish	SPAN	A.B.
Sport Management	Sport Management	SPST	B.S.
Sport Medicine	Sport Medicine	SPST	B.S.
Theatre Studies	Theatre Studies	THEA	A.B.
Women's Studies	Women's Studies	WMST	A.B.		Yes

To find information on specific majors, please search under the heading for the corresponding department.

Course offerings of departments and interdisciplinary programs are listed in this section. The following order is observed: course number, descriptive title, any cross-listing(s) of the course, and credits awarded for the course. Noted at the end of the course description are prerequisites and any general college requirements to which the course applies in the current curriculum.