- 90+ Major Programs
- 100+ Minors and Certificates
- 50+ Graduate Programs
Academics
With more than 90 majors and 100 minors, the College of Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of the university.
The Arts and Sciences provides extraordinary opportunities to collaborate across disciplines, blending creativity and analysis to truly be at the forefront of thought. The breadth and depth of knowledge in the college gives students and researchers the critical thinking and adaptability essential for a lifetime of success.
Featured programs
Leadership
Now and in the future, our communities require excellent leaders in every area; this major is designed to respond to that need. The College of Arts and Sciences leadership major immerses students in the core principles of leadership while also providing them with a broad interdisciplinary grounding in the liberal arts. Majors chose a specialization that further allows them to engage with the specific skills and content of their chosen field, ranging from politics or business to sports, environment, or the arts.
Experiential Media Design
This major prepares students to design immersive experiences across platforms like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and interactive installations. Students learn to combine design thinking, storytelling, and technical expertise to create engaging media environments that captivate and inform. Graduates are equipped to thrive in industries such as gaming, immersive media production, exhibitions, and interactive entertainment.
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic anthropology is the application of anatomy, biological anthropology and osteology to aid in the recovery, analysis and identification of human remains within medical and legal contexts. This specialized field is an applied area of biological anthropology, combining the science, methods and technologies of biological anthropology with archaeology, the study of fossilization and other related fields such as forensic pathology, dental anthropology, medical anthropology and biomedical engineering.
World-class artists, scientists and scholars
With American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, members of the National Academy of Sciences and Guggenheim Fellows, our faculty are consistently recognized as experts in their fields.
Research and creative inquiry
Across the college and across the globe, we have faculty and students committed to novel, exciting research that can change the planet and confront modern challenges. Whether you want to analyze galaxies and particles from the deepest reaches of space or work up-close and personal with the tiniest bacteria, our college has a place for you to be inspired and inspire others.
The Arts — bold, innovative and exciting
Our arts facilities are continuing to grow at Ohio State. In the Arts District, the Buckeye community has stunning, state-of-the-art performance spaces right on campus. The Arts District, which includes a new home for the School of Music as well as a new building for the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts, brings creative thinkers and doers closer together.
World-class artists, scientists and scholars
With American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, members of the National Academy of Sciences and Guggenheim Fellows, our faculty are consistently recognized as experts in their fields.
Research and creative inquiry
Across the college and across the globe, we have faculty and students committed to novel, exciting research that can change the planet and confront modern challenges. Whether you want to analyze galaxies and particles from the deepest reaches of space or work up-close and personal with the tiniest bacteria, our college has a place for you to be inspired and inspire others.
The Arts — bold, innovative and exciting
Our arts facilities are continuing to grow at Ohio State. In the Arts District, the Buckeye community has stunning, state-of-the-art performance spaces right on campus. The Arts District, which includes a new home for the School of Music as well as a new building for the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts, brings creative thinkers and doers closer together.
A global network
As an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, you're a member of an extraordinary network of creators, performers, scientists, artists and thinkers who are consistently enacting positive change in the world around them.
Alumni: what's your story?
Let us know what you're doing and how the Arts and Sciences helped get you there. Get involved with our community to encourage and uplift the next generation of Buckeyes.