Academic Programs

Degree Options & Majors

Degree Options

Stanford offers three undergraduate degree—Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.), and Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (B.A.S.)—each designed to achieve balance between depth of knowledge acquired through specialization and breadth of knowledge gained through exploration.

Students earn undergraduate degrees in three Schools at Stanford—the School of Humanities and Sciences, the School of Engineering, and the School of Earth Sciences. Humanities and Sciences awards about 80% of undergraduate degrees, while Engineering and Earth Sciences majors account for the remainder of the Bachelor's degrees awarded each year.

Students who wish to pursue in depth a second field of study, in addition to completing the requirements for a major, may elect to complete a minor—a coherent program of study of at least six courses defined by the department or program.

For further information on degree options, please consult the Stanford Bulletin.

Majors

Stanford offers more than 80 fields of study in the form of majors, minors and interdisciplinary programs.

If you think you know what your major might be, accept that it might change, maybe after a Sophomore College seminar or a meeting with your research advisor. If you have no idea of a possible major, trust that you will discover your passion here, perhaps during a midnight conversation with your Resident Fellow or in an internship at one of our overseas campuses .