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College of Arts and Sciences

Anthropology: Including applied anthropology.
Art: Including art history, ceramics, digital arts, drawing, graphic design, illustration, metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, photography, pre-art therapy, printmaking, and sculpture.
Biochemistry
Biology: Including microbiology, fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology.
Chemistry: Including chemical science.
Criminology
Dance
Economics
English: Including literature, creative writing, and literature with teaching certification.
Geography: Including pre-planning.
Geology
History
Kinesiology: Including health fitness instructor, nutrition and exercise sciences.
Mass communications: Including advertising, electronic journalism, electronic media, print journalism, and public relations.
Mathematics
Modern languages: Including French, German, and Spanish.
Music: Including applied music (composition, music theatre, instrumental performance, vocal performance) and music education.
Philosophy: Including interdisciplinary, pre-business, pre-graduate school, pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-ministry, and standard.
Physics
Political science
Pre-law
Psychology
Social work
Sociology
Speech communication
Statistics
Theatre: See also dance and music.
Women’s studies

Also available:
Health professions: Including clinical laboratory science (medical technology), pre-dentistry, pre-health information management, pre-medicine (allopathic, osteopathic, podiatric), pre-nursing, pre-occupational therapy, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-respiratory therapy, and pre-veterinary medicine.
Interdisciplinary majors: Including humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.
Primary texts certificate

College of Engineering

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General engineering: undeclared.
Architectural engineering
Biological and agricultural engineering: Including biological, environmental, general, and machinery.
Chemical engineering: Including engineering materials and petroleum.
Civil engineering: Including construction, environmental, general, and structural engineering options.
Computing and information sciences: Including computer hardware and software engineering.
Construction science and management
Electrical engineering/computer engineering: Including bioengineering, computer hardware, digital systems, power engineering, and software engineering.
Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering: Including engineering management, ergonomics, manufacturing engineering, and operations research.
Mechanical and nuclear engineering: Including aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, composite materials, nuclear engineering, and power systems.

College of Business Administration

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Accounting
Business administration
Finance: Including controllership, financial management, and financial services.
Management: Including general management, human resources management, operations management, and supply chain management.
Management information systems
Marketing: Including agribusiness and marketing.

Also available:
International business certificate

College of Education

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Elementary education
Secondary education: Including art, biological sciences, business, chemistry, earth science, English, English/journalism, journalism, mathematics, modern languages, physics, social studies, and speech.
Special education

Also available:
Middle-level programs and English as a Second Language (ESL).

College of Agriculture

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General agriculture: undeclared
Agribusiness: Including agribusiness, food industry economics, and international agribusiness.
Agricultural communications and journalism: Including agriculture and environment.
Agricultural economics: Including farm management, quantitative, and specialty.
Agricultural education
Agricultural technology management
Agronomy: Including business and industry, consulting and production, plant science and biotechnology, range management, and soil and environmental science.
Animal sciences and industry: Including animal products, bioscience and biotechnology, business, communications, production management, and science and pre-veterinary.
Bakery science and management: Including cereal chemistry and production management.
Feed science and management
Food science and industry: Including food business and operations management and food science.
Horticulture: Including fruit and vegetable production, golf course management, greenhouse management, horticultural science, horticultural therapy, landscape and turf management, landscape design, pre-occupational theray, and nursery management.
Milling science and management: Including chemistry, management, and operations.
Park management and conservation: Including interpretation, law enforcement ranger, park manager, and recreation business.
Pre-veterinary medicine

College of Human Ecology

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Apparel and textiles: Including apparel design and production and apparel marketing.
Athletic training
Communication sciences and disorders
Dietetics: Including coordinated and didactic.
Early childhood education
Family studies and human services: Including family life and community services, general, life span human development, and personal financial planning.
Hotel and restaurant management
Human ecology: including family and consumer sciences education and general.
Interior design
Nutrition and exercise sciences dual degrees: See human nutrition.
Nutritional sciences: Including medically related fields, pre-dental, and pre-medical. See human nutrition.
Public health nutrition: See human nutrition.

College of Architecture, Planning, and Design

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Architecture, planning, and design: Including architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning.

College of Technology and Aviation (K-State at Salina)

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Bachelor’s degrees
Aeronautical technology: Including aviation maintenance and professional pilot.
Computer systems technology/web development technology
Electronic and computer engineering technology
Mechanical engineering technology
Technology management

Associate degrees
Airframe and powerplant (certificate)
Applied business
Aviation maintenance
Computer systems technology
Construction engineering technology
Electronic and computer engineering technology
Mechanical engineering technology
Professional pilot
Web development technology

College of Veterinary Medicine

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Veterinary medicine: Pre-veterinary medicine programs are available in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture.

Secondary majors

Secondary majors: Including American ethnic studies, gerontology, international studies, Latin American studies, natural resources, and environmental sciences.