Colleges introducing new majors and programs in 2021/2022

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A lot of colleges announce new programs and offerings in their newsletters or on social media, but it’s hard to keep track. I thought we could create a running thread where we keep track of new programs that are announced this year. Comment below, and I’ll add them to the table as they come in!

|College | New Program in 2022| Start Date |
| — | — |
|Agnes Scott| Premed partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine | Spring 2022
|[Bemidji State| Bachelor’s In Human Communication| Spring 2022
|[Cal Poly Humboldt]| Several new programs in engineering, technology and science expected](Academic Programming Build Out | Cal Poly Humboldt)| Before 2023
|Colgate University| Minor in Global Environmental and Public Health (GPEH)| Fall 2021
|Colorado College| Major in Business, Economics and Society (BESoc)| Fall 2022
|Grace College| Major in Professional Communication (Professional Communication - Grace College & Seminary)
|Hobart & William Smith | Minor in Aquatic Studies | Spring 2022
|Lake Superior State| B.S. In Data Science| Fall 2022
|Lebanon Valley College| Bachelor’s in Nursing (BSN)| Fall 2022
|Medger Evers College (CUNY)| [Minor in Cannabis] (https://www.mec.cuny.edu/cannabis-education-comes-to-medgar-evers-college/) | Start date unknown
|Rice University| Business Major| Fall 2022
|Rice University| Operations Research (within Dept. of Computation and Applied Mathematics| Unknown - announced 4/20/21
|[Saint Joseph’s University| Minor in Neurodiversity at Work| Start date unknown
|University of Berkeley| Major in Aerospace Engineering| Fall 2022
|University of Pittsburgh| | Pitt Public Health - Bachelor’s in Public Health - BSPH | Fall 2022
|Quinnipiac| BS in Environmental Studies, BA in Sustainability and Environmental Policy, BA in Environmental Studies (co-major)| Fall 2021
|Vanderbilt| is offering a new Climate Studies Major climate studies major| Fall 2022.

View the Collection for Schools with new programs in 2021/22

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Hello,

I know that the University of Pittsburgh has started a new Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH). The new class of undergraduates will start this major in Fall 2022!

Bachelor’s Degree | Pitt Public Health | University of Pittsburgh

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great - thank you!

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Lebanon Valley College will be offering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program starting in Fall 2022 (Direct Admit for qualified applicants).

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Rice now offers an undergrad business major and operations research degree within the engineering dept.

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thanks for this @search2022! Do you have a link to an announce.ment about this? Will add to the grid above.

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awesome - thank you!

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Quinnipiac will offer a bachelor of science in environmental science, a bachelor of arts in sustainability and environmental policy, and a bachelor of arts (co-major) in environmental studies

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Colgate will have a new minor in Global Public and Environmental Health that just started in the fall.

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Vanderbilt is launching a climate studies major in fall 2022.

Additionally, there are dozens of new programs listed on this site. Scroll down to the headings that say “Colleges start new programs.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/editorial-tags/new-academic-programs

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Here’s a particularly exciting one—a brand new theater/TV/film conservatory is opening in Connecticut, and is planning to begin the process for accreditation as soon as it’s able in two years. In the meantime, they will begin by launching their certificate programs fall 2022.

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Denison added a new Journalism major in 2021: Denison University launches new journalism major and minor (September 15, 2021) | News

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UCB aerospace engineering – has minor, will start major in fall 2022

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Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly Humboldt State University) has a number of new majors to be added in the near future:
https://www.humboldt.edu/polytechnic/academic-programming-build-out

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thank you! planning to update chart asap

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Thanks again for these updates - please keep posting if you get wind of new undergrad programs or partnerships! In addition to updating the chart in the first post in this thread, I’ve created this new college collection to keep track of these: Colleges Adding New Programs in 2021/2022

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Other New UC programs and Majors-
UC Santa Barbara:
-Pre-major added for Actuarial Science BA/BS and Statistics
and Data Science BA/BS

UC Merced:
-Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Minor
-Material Science and Engineering Minor
-Geospatial Technology Minor

UC Davis:
-Systems & Synthetic Biology
-Human Biology
-Data Science

UCLA:
New Major:
-European Languages and Transcultural Studies
New Minors:
-Central American Studies, Social Data Science, European Languages and Transcultural Studies, Scandanavian

UC San Diego
-Black Diaspora and African American Studies
-Business Economics
-Public Health with Concentration in Biostatistics
-Public Health with Concentration in Climate and Environmental Sciences
-Public Health with Concentration in Community Health Sciences

UC Santa Cruz:
Minors
-Spanish Studies

Concentrations
-EART B.S. = Geophysics

Bachelor’s/Master’s Contiguous Pathways
-Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Master’s Pathway Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Education
Bachelor’s/Master’s Pathway

Designated Emphasis
-Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology

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thank you!

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