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Point Loma Nazarene University

Majors and Minors

Accounting

Major: Accounting
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Accounting
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Art and Design

Majors: Art Education, Graphic Design, Visual Arts
Concentrations: Art and Design, Editorial Design, Advertising, Sculpture, Photography Drawing/Painting/Printmaking
Minor: Art
Department/School: Art and Design

Athletic Training

Major: Athletic Training
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Kinesiology

Bible

Major: Biblical Studies
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry

Biology

Majors: Biology, Biology-Chemistry, Environmental Science 
Concentrations: - None
Minors: Organismal Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Department/School: Biology

Business

Majors: Business Administration, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, International Development Studies
Concentrations: Marketing, Entrepreneurial/Finance, Management, International Business
Minors: Business Administration, International Development Studies, Nonprofit Organization Management, Public Relations (Interdepartmental)
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Chemistry

Majors: Chemistry, Biology-Chemistry, Environmental Science 
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Chemistry

Child Development

Major: Child Development
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Child Development
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Children’s Ministry

Major: - None
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Children’s Ministry
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry

Church Music

Majors: Music, Music and Ministry
Concentrations: Performance-Instrumental, Performance-Vocal, Church Music, Music Education, Theory and Composition
Minor: Music
Department/School: Music

Communication

Majors: Broadcast Journalism, Communication, Managerial and Organizational, Communication, Media Communication, Theatre
Concentrations: Societal Communication, Public Address, Multimedia, Performance, Production, Film Studies
Minors: Communication, Media Communication, Public Relations (Interdepartmental), Theatre
Department/School: Communication and Theatre

Computer Science

Majors: Computer Science, Information Systems
Concentrations: - Applied Computer Science, Scientific Programming
Minors: Computer Science, Information Systems
Department/School: Mathematical, Information, and Computer Sciences

Consumer Sciences

Major: Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Concentrations: Family and Consumer Sciences
Minors: - None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Creative Writing

Major: Journalism
Concentrations: Creative Writing
Minors: - None
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Criminal Justice

Major: Sociology
Concentrations: Criminal Justice
Minor: Criminal Justice
Department/School: Sociology and Social Work

Dietetics

Major: Dietetics
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Nutrition
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Development

Major: International Development Studies 
Concentrations: - None
Minor: International Development Studies 
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Economics

Major: International Development Studies
Concentrations: None
Minor: International Development Studies
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Education

Majors: Child Development, Liberal Studies (multiple-subject teaching credential) and other single-subject teaching credential areas such as Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Literature, Social Science, Physical Education.
Concentrations: Refer to departments and schools
Minors: Refer to departments and schools 
Department/School: School of Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, discipline-specific departments and schools

Engineering

Major: Engineering Physics
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Physics and Engineering

Environmental Science

Major: Environmental Science
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Biology and Chemistry


Exercise Science

Major: Exercise Science
Concentrations: Pre-Physical Therapy and Allied Health Program
Minors: - None
Department/School: Kinesiology

Family and Consumer

Majors: Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Family Life Services, Nutrition and Food, Child Development 
Concentrations: Fashion Merchandising, Housing and Interiors
Minors: Child Development, Nutrition
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Fashion Merchandising

Major: Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Concentration: Fashion Merchandising
Minors: - None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Food Services

Major: Nutrition and Food
Concentration: Food Service Management
Minors: - None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Foreign Languages

Major: Romance Languages, Spanish
Concentrations: - None
Minors: French, Spanish
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Graphic Communications

Major: Graphic Communications
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Art and Design

History

Major: History
Concentrations: - Peace Studies, Geographic Region (Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Russia and the Former Soviet Union)
Minor: History
Department/School: History and Political Science

Housing and Interiors

Major: Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Concentration: Housing and Interiors
Minors: - None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Information Systems

Major: Information Systems
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Information Systems
Department/School: Mathematical, Information, and Computer Sciences

International Studies

Major: International Studies
Concentrations: Peace Studies, Geographic Region (Asia,  Europe,  Latin America, Middle East, Russia and the Former Soviet Union)
Minors: - None
Department/School: History and Political Science

Journalism

Majors: Broadcast Journalism, Journalism
Concentrations: Journalism, Creative Writing
Minor: Journalism with a Minor in Spanish, Public Relations (Interdepartmental)
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Kinesiology

Majors: Athletic Training, Exercise Science, Physical Education
Concentrations: Pre-Physical Therapy and Allied Health Program
Minors: - None
Department/School: Kinesiology

Literature

Major: Literature
Concentrations: Literature, English Education
Minor: Literature
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Marketing

Major: Business Administration
Concentration: Marketing
Minors: - None
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Management

Majors: Business Administration, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Concentration: Management
Minors Nonprofit Organization Management
Department/School: Fermanian School of Business

Mathematics

Major: Mathematics
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Mathematics
Department/School: Mathematical, Information, and Computer Sciences

Media

Major: Media Communication
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Media Communication
Department/School: Communication and Theatre

Ministry

Majors: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministry
Concentration: Youth Ministry
Minors: Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry

Music

Majors: Music, Music and Ministry, Music Education Composition, Vocal Performance, Instrumental Performance, Piano Performance
Concentration: Music and Ministry
Minor: Music
Department/School: Music

Nursing

Major: Nursing
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: School of Nursing

Nutrition and Health

Majors: Nutrition and Food, Dietetics
Concentrations: Food Service Management, Nutrition and Health
Minor: Nutrition
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Philosophy

Major: Philosophy, Philosophy and Theology
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Philosophy
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry

Physical Education

Major: Physical Education, Exercise Science
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Kinesiology

Physics

Major: Physics
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Physics
Department/School: Physics and Engineering

Political Science

Major: Political Science
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: History and Political Science

Psychology

Major: Psychology
Concentrations: General Psychology, Therapeutic and Community Psychology
Minor: Pre-Therapeutic Psychology
Department/School: Psychology

Social Science

Major: Social Science
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: History and Political Science

Social Services

Majors: Family Life Services, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences, Psychology, Sociology and Social Work

Social Work

Major: Social Work
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: Sociology and Social Work

Sociology

Major: Sociology
Concentrations: - Criminal Justice, Sociology
Minors: Sociology, Criminal Justice
Department/School: Sociology and Social Work

Speech

Major: Communication
Concentration: Public Address
Minor: Communication
Department/School: Communication and Theatre

Teaching

Major: Liberal Studies (Multiple Subject) or approved major (Single Subject)
Concentrations: Child Development, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Single Subject Teaching Credential
Minors: - None
Department/School: School of Education, discipline-specific departments

Theatre

Major: Theatre
Concentrations: - None
Minor: Theatre
Department/School: Communication and Theatre

Theology

Major: Philosophy and Theology
Concentrations: - None
Minors: - None
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry

Women’s Studies

Major: - None
Concentrations: - None
Minors: Women’s Studies
Department/School: Women’s Studies Center

Youth Ministry

Major: - None
Concentrations: - See Christian Ministry major
Minor: Youth Ministry
Department/School: School of Theology and Christian Ministry