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Majors

At URI, we’ve always had to think bigger than ourselves.  And now that the world is changing by the minute and in need of a constant flow of big ideas—solutions for our planet and its people—URI is prepared to help, with your choice of more than 80 majors.

No matter what you study at URI, you’ll be prepared to make your mark on the world.  A meaningful mark.

URI Undergraduate Majors (with areas of focus)

 

Accounting

African and African American Studies

Animal Science and Technology

  • Animal Science
  • Animal Management
  • Pre-Veterinary

Anthropology

Aquaculture and Fishery Technology

Art

Art History

Biological Sciences

Biology

Biomedical Engineering

Business Administration

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry

Chinese (also see Chinese Language Flagship)

Civil Engineering

Classical Studies

  • Latin American Studies

Communication Studies

Communicative Disorders

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

  • Web Development
  • Cognitive and Information Sciences
  • Interactive and Collaborative Gaming
  • 3D Graphics
  • Computer Forensics (Minor)
  • Digital Forensics (Minor)
  • International Computer Science

Early Childhood Education

Economics

Education

Electrical Engineering

Elementary Education

Engineering

English

  • Comparative Literature

Entrepreneurial Management

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

  • Green Markets and Sustainability
  • Environmental Economics and Management

Environmental Horticulture and Turfgrass Management (Plant Sciences)

Environmental Science and Management

Fashion (see Textiles majors below)

Film Media

Finance

French

Gender and Women’s Studies

Geology and Geological Oceanography

  • Geological Oceanography
  • Geology

German

Global Business

Health Studies

History

Horticulture and Turfgrass Management

Human Development and Family Studies

  • Child Settings
  • Family and Community Settings
  • Family Finance

Industrial and Systems Engineering

International Business Program

International Engineering Program

Italian

Journalism

Kinesiology

  • Exercise Science
  • Health Fitness
  • Early Contingent Physical Therapy
  • Physical Education

Landscape Architecture

Leadership Studies (Minor)

Marine Affairs

Marine Biology

Marketing

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Laboratory Science

Microbiology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Military Science (Army ROTC)

Music

  • Music Composition
  • Music Education
  • Music History and Literature
  • Music Performance
  • Jazz Studies

Nursing

Nutrition and Dietetics

Ocean Engineering

Pharmacy: Pharm.D. (0-6 Doctor of Pharmacy)

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Philosophy

Physics

Physics and Physical Oceanography

Political Science

Psychology

Public Relations

Secondary Education

Sociology

Spanish

Supply Chain Management

Sustainability (minor)

Textile Marketing

Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design

Theatre

  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Design and Technology
  • Stage and Theatre Management

Undecided

Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Women's Studies (see Gender and Women’s Studies)

Writing and Rhetoric

 

Pre-Professional Studies

Pre-Dental

Pre-Law

Pre-Medical

Pre-Physical Therapy

Pre-Veterinary

New England Regional Tuition Program

If you are a resident of a New England state other then Rhode Island, The New England Board of Higher Education provides discounted tuition for a select group of majors. Tuition and fees are estimated and subject to change.

7 degree-granting colleges:

URI Honors Program

Our Honors Program aims to enrich your academic experience with smaller classes, interdisciplinary subjects, and an annual colloquium that explores current, recurrent, or emerging issues. If you are graduating in the top 10 percent of your class, we invite you to learn more.

Center for Student Leadership Development

We offer a pre-freshman Leadership Institute and a Leadership Studies minor. Learn more today!

University college:
award-winning Academic Advising

Whether you know what you want to study or have no idea, URI's offers award-winning academic advising through University College to help you explore your options, from deciding on a major to learning about career paths that you never knew existed.

Office of Admission Mission Statement

The Office of Admission strives each year to enroll a diverse undergraduate class of freshman and transfer students from the state of Rhode Island as well as from other states and countries. We seek to enroll students who are prepared to be successful at the University, who possess a variety of talents and strengths, who are committed to becoming contributing members of the community, and who will be stimulated and challenged by doing undergraduate work in an environment that includes scholarly research and graduate study.