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100+ Ways to Make Your Mark

Students have more than 100 majors to choose from at UC Davis, including sustainable environmental design and marine and coastal science. Many students aren't sure what they want as a major, and that's OK. Here, you can explore as an undeclared or exploratory major and discover what matters to you.

UC Davis Majors

Aerospace Science and Engineering (Major)
African American and African Studies (Major & Minor)
Agricultural and Environmental Education (Major)
American Studies (Major & Minor)
Animal Biology (Major)
Animal Science (Major & Minor)
Animal Science and Management (Major)
Anthropology (Major & Minor)
Applied Mathematics (Major)
Applied Physics (Major)
Art History (Major & Minor)
Art Studio (Major & Minor)
Asian American Studies (Major & Minor)
Atmospheric Science (Major & Minor)
Biochemical Engineering (Major)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Major)
Biological Sciences (Major & Minor)
Biological Systems Engineering (Major)
Biomedical Engineering (Major & Minor)
Biotechnology (Major)
Cell Biology (Major)
Chemical Engineering (Major)
Chemical Physics (Major)
Chemistry (Major & Minor)
Chicana/Chicano Studies (Major & Minor)
Chinese (Major & Minor)
Cinema and Digital Media (Major)
Civil Engineering (Major)
Classical Civilization (Major & Minor)
Clinical Nutrition (Major)
Cognitive Science (Major)
Communication (Major & Minor)
Community and Regional Development (Major & Minor)
Comparative Literature (Major & Minor)
Computer Engineering (Major)
Computer Science (Major & Minor)
Computer Science and Engineering (Major)
Design (Major)
East Asian Studies (Major & Minor)
Ecological Management and Restoration (Major)
Economics (Major & Minor)
Electrical Engineering (Major & Minor)
English (Major & Minor)
Entomology (Major)
Environmental Engineering (Major)
Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry (Major)
Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning (Major & Minor)
Environmental Science and Management (Major)
Environmental Toxicology (Major & Minor)
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity (Major & Minor)
Fiber and Polymer Science (suspended 2017-20) (Major & Minor)
Food Science (Major)
French (Major & Minor)
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (Major & Minor)
Genetics and Genomics (Major)
Geology (Major & Minor)
German (Major & Minor)
Global Disease Biology (Major & Minor)
History (Major & Minor)
Human Development (Major & Minor)
Hydrology (Major & Minor)
International Agricultural Development (Major & Minor)
International Relations (Major)
Italian (Major & Minor)
Japanese (Major & Minor)
Landscape Architecture (Major)
Linguistics (Major & Minor)
Managerial Economics (Major & Minor)
Marine and Coastal Science—Coastal Environmental Processes or Marine Environmental Chemistry (Major)
Marine and Coastal Science—Marine Ecology and Organismal Biology (Major)
Marine and Coastal Science—Oceans and the Earth System (Major)
Materials Science and Engineering (Major)
Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research (Major)
Mathematical and Scientific Computation (Major)
Mathematics (Major & Minor)
Mechanical Engineering (Major)
Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Major & Minor)
Microbiology (Major)
Middle East/South Asia Studies (Major & Minor)
Music (Major & Minor)
Native American Studies (Major & Minor)
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (Major)
Nutrition Science (Major & Minor)
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Major)
Philosophy (Major & Minor)
Physics (Major & Minor)
Plant Biology (Major & Minor)
Plant Sciences (Major)
Political Science (Major & Minor)
Political Science – Public Service (Major)
Psychology (Major & Minor)
Religious Studies (Major & Minor)
Russian (Major & Minor)
Science and Technology Studies (Major)
Sociology (Major & Minor)
Sociology—Organizational Studies (Major)
Spanish (Major & Minor)
Statistics (Major & Minor)
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (Major)
Sustainable Environmental Design (Major)
Textiles and Clothing (suspended 2018-20) (Major & Minor)
Theatre and Dance (Major & Minor)
Undeclared/Exploratory Program (Major)
Undeclared—Fine Arts (Major)
Undeclared—Humanities (Major)
Undeclared—Life Sciences (Major)
Undeclared—Physical Sciences (Major)
Undeclared—Social Sciences (Major)
Viticulture and Enology (Major)
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology (Major & Minor)

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