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NOTE: The list below is NOT a summary of all PLNU majors, minors, and concentrations. It is, rather, an indication of programs that the university offers under selected titles chosen from the standpoint of prospective students (for example, "Social Services" for at least four major programs at Point Loma).

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: Cell and Molecular Biology,  Environmental Biology, Organismal 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 and Adolescent 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 Information Systems

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

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

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 (Economic)

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 and Adolescent Development, Liberal Studies (multiple-subject teaching credential) and other single-subject teaching credential areas such as Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Literature, Social Science, Physical Education, Family and Consumer Sciences.
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 Studies

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: Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition and Food, Child and Adolescent Development, Dietetics, Fashion and Interiors
Concentrations: Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, Food Services Management, Nutrition and Health
Minors: Child Development, Nutrition
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Fashion

Major: Fashion and Interiors
Concentration: Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design
Minors: None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

Food/Nutrition

Major: Nutrition and Food
Concentration: Food Service Management, Nutrition and Health
Minors: Nutrition
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
Minor: History
Department/School: History and Political Science

Interior Design

Major: Fashion and Interiors
Concentration: Interior Design
Minors: None
Department/School: Family and Consumer Sciences

International Studies

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

Journalism

Majors: Broadcast Journalism, Journalism, Writing
Concentrations: None
Minor: Journalism with a Minor in Spanish, Writing, 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: Athletic Coaching
Department/School: Kinesiology

Literature

Major: Literature
Concentrations: Literature, English Education
Minor: American Literature, British Literature, World Literatures
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages


Management 

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

Marketing 

Majors: Business Administration
Concentration: Marketing
Minors: None
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

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

Physical Education

Majors: Physical Education
Concentrations: Teaching and Coaching
Minors: Athletic Coaching
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
 

Romance Languages

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

Social Science

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

Social Services

Majors: Family and Consumer Sciences, 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, General Sociology
Minors: Sociology, Criminal Justice
Department/School: Sociology and Social Work
 

Spanish

Major: Spanish
Concentrations: None
Minor: Spanish
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Speech

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

Teaching

Majors: Liberal Studies (Multiple Subject) or approved major (Single Subject), Child and Adolescent Development (Multiple Subject)
Concentrations: Child Development, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Single Subject Teaching Credential
Minors: None
Department/School: School of Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, 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

Writing

Majors: Writing, Journalism, Broadcast Journalism
Concentrations: None
Minors: Writing, Public Relations (Interdepartmental)
Department/School: Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages

Youth Ministry

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