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Accounting Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Accounting Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Actuarial Science Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Applied Statistics Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Art History Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Art Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
An instructor sits with a student near a microscope.

Biology Education Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Biology Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Two students work out in the field gathering specimans.

Biology Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
A student looking at a computer screen. There is a large screen with financial data behind him.

Business Administration Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Business Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Chemistry Education Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Chemistry Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Karen Butler '14 standing in front the periodic table of elements

Chemistry Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Coaching Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Communication Studies Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
A professor helping one of his computer science students while looking at a computer

Computer Science Major

  • Majors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Computer Science Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kelly Jacobson, Assistant Professor of English, works one-on-one with a University of Lynchburg student.

Creative Writing Minor

  • Minors, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Criminal Forensics Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
Criminal Forensics

Criminal Forensics Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Criminology Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Criminology Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
A student is sitting in a chair while her professor is giving her a polygraph test

Criminology-Philosophy Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Crisis Communication Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Digital Media Arts & Design Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Digital Media Arts Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Digital Media Communications Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Digital Media Marketing Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
A professor is showing four of his students how to use a measuring device. They are standing at the edge of a shallow river.

Earth Science Education Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
Economics professor teaching in front of a stock ticker.

Economics Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
Juan Borga business class

Economics Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
A woman standing in a playground, surrounded by children

Educational Studies Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Educational Studies Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
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Electronic Media Minor

  • Minors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences
Elementary education student works with a student

Elementary Education Major

  • Majors, School of Professional and Applied Sciences

Engineering Dual Degree Program

  • Majors
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English Education Major

  • Majors
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English Major

  • Majors
A student listens in class.

English Minor

  • Minors
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Environmental Science Minor

  • Minors
A student is kneeling in wetlands while holding a notebook and looking at a pipe that's sticking out of the ground

Environmental Sciences and Sustainability Major

  • Majors

Equestrian Sport Management Major

  • Majors
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Exercise Physiology Major

  • Majors
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Finance Minor

  • Minors
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Financial Economics Major

  • Majors
A graphic arts student sits at a computer monitor.

Graphic Design Minor

  • Minors
A college student is teaching a young child how to exercise in a gymnasium, while other kids in the background are also exercising.

Health and Physical Education Major

  • Majors
Professor Adam Dean teaching a group of students in a classroom.

History and Social Studies Education Major

  • Majors
A student standing in a room with a table full of historic memerobilia

History Major

  • Majors
Rick Smallshaw '23 holding sword at history honor society conference

History Minor

  • Minors
Polygraph demonstration

Intelligence Analysis Minor

  • Minors
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Intelligence Studies Major

  • Majors
An MPH student walks with children along a river in Rwanda

International Relations and Security Studies Major

  • Majors

International Relations Minor

  • Minors
Dr. Garren talks to a photographer while walking across the Dell

Journalism Minor

  • Minors
A student is writing in Spanish on a whiteboard

Latin American Studies Minor

  • Minors
Alicia Lawrence ’25 talks with governor

Law and Society Minor

  • Minors
A professor and two students examine a brain.

Life Sciences Research Minor

  • Minors
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Marketing Major

  • Majors
Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership Studies student holding four bags of food at a food bank

Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership Studies (MA) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
A Master of PA Medicine student listens to a patient's heart with a stethoscope

Master of PA Medicine (MPAM) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
Two women evaluate shelves of canned food.

Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
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Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
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Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
Professor Daniel Hall talking with a class

Master of Science in School Counseling (MS) Graduate Pathway

  • Graduate Pathways, Pathway Programs
A professor explaining a mathematics problem to a student while standing in front of a blackboard

Mathematics Education Major

  • Majors
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Mathematics Major

  • Majors
A student standing in front of a blackboard with math equations written on it

Mathematics Minor

  • Minors

Neuroscience Minor

  • Minors
A student is taking another student's pulse in a nursing classroom

Nursing Major

  • Majors
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Philosophy Major

  • Majors
A professor and a student sitting in red chairs outdoors having a discussion

Philosophy Minor

  • Minors
A student is sitting at a table and holding a book

Philosophy-Political Science Major

  • Majors
Carter Elliott, political science alum, speaking in front of a University of Lynchburg banner

Political Science Major

  • Majors
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Political Science Minor

  • Minors
Kelvin Whitehurst '18, communication studies major and popular culture minor

Popular Culture Minor

  • Minors

Pre-Athletic Training

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Dental

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Forestry and Wildlife

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Law

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Library and Information Science

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Medical (MD, DO)

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Occupational Therapy

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks
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Pre-Optometry

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Pharmacy

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Physical Therapy

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Physician Assistant

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks

Pre-Veterinary Medicine

  • Pre-professional Advising Tracks
Kelly Jacobson, Assistant Professor of English, works one-on-one with a University of Lynchburg student.

Professional Writing Minor

  • Minors
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Psychological Science Major

  • Majors
Three students in a classroom are examining a brain

Psychological Science Minor

  • Minors
Health promotion faculty member doing a demonstration in a wheelchair.

Public Health Major

  • Majors
A Master of Public Health student working in a food pantry

Public Health Minor

  • Minors
A student stands in the foreground and other students work on computers and desks in the background.

Public Relations Minor

  • Minors

Social Influence and Advocacy Minor

  • Minors
A professor in a conference room is talking to his students

Sociology Major

  • Majors
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Sociology Minor

  • Minors

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