Fields of Study

Pursue your passion. Search and filter to explore more than 50 fields of study offered by the Krieger School.

Interested in a specific list? View our majors and minors page, master’s and doctorate programs, or see our full list of departments, programs, and centers.

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Krieger School of Arts & Sciences > Academics > Fields of Study

Africana Studies

Major (BA) • Minor

Anthropology

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Archaeology

Major (BA) • Minor

Behavioral Biology

Bioethics

Biology

Major (BABS) Combined Degree (BA/MSBS/MS)

Biophysics

Major (BA) Combined Degree (BA/MS) Graduate Degree (MSPhD)

Biotechnology

AAP offers seven programs that focus on advances in the life sciences and information technology make the impossible possible.

Advanced Academic Programs

Cellular, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics

Graduate Degree (PhD)

Chemical Biology

Graduate Degree (PhD)

Chemistry

Major (BS) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Civic Life

Classics

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Cognitive Science

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (MAPhD)

Communication

Earn your MA in Communication or the dual degree of an MA in Communication and MBA.

Advanced Academic Programs

Comparative Thought and Literature

Critical Diaspora Studies

Offered through the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism.

Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies

Online master's degrees in cultural heritage management and museum studies.

Advanced Academic Programs

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

East Asian Studies

Major (BA) • Minor

Economics

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (MAPhD)

Economics

Explore applied and financial economics master's programs or pursue a dual degree with the MBA.

Advanced Academic Programs

Energy

Energy Policy, Environmental Studies, and GIS

Three MS degrees that focus on how science, policy, and industry overlap.

Advanced Academic Programs

Engineering

Major • Minor

English

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Environmental Science and Studies

Major (BABS) • Minor

Film and Media

The MA in Film and Media includes script writing, designing innovative VR, camera work and more.

Advanced Academic Programs

Film and Media Studies

Major (BA) • Minor

Financial Economics

French

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

German

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Governmental Studies

Advanced Academic Programs offers seven degrees in government, security, policy, analytics, and nonprofit management.

Advanced Academic Programs

Hebrew & Yiddish

Graduate Degree (PhD)

History

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

History of Art

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

History of Science and Technology

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Humanistic Studies

Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies

Graduate Degree (PhD)

A customizable PhD curriculum drawing on faculty and expertise from two departments.

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary studies allows students to combine disciplines to develop a customized major.

International Studies

Major (BA) Combined Degree (BA/MA)

Islamic Studies

Italian

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Jewish Studies

Language Education

The center offers individual courses in Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, English as a Second Language, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Sanskrit.

Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Major (BA) • Minor

Liberal Arts

The Master of Liberal Arts helps expand perspectives with an interdisciplinary eye.

Advanced Academic Programs

Linguistics

Mathematics

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Medicine, Science, and the Humanities

Molecular Biophysics

Graduate Degree (PhD)

Moral and Political Economy

Museums and Society

Music

Natural Sciences Area

Near Eastern Studies

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Neuroscience

Major (BS) Combined Degree (BS/MS)

Organizational Leadership

An MS in Organizational Leadership degree designed for all levels within an institution.

Advanced Academic Programs

Philosophy

Major (BA) • Minor Combined Degree (BA/MA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Physics and Astronomy

Major (BABS) • Minor Graduate Degree (MAPhD)

Political Science

Major (BA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med

The Johns Hopkins Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program prepares recent college graduates and career-changers for admission to medical school.

Pre-Law

The Pre-Law Program is not a major but part of a pre-professional advising track program.

Pre-Med

Johns Hopkins offers both a non-major undergraduate pre-med program, along with a post-baccalaureate pre-med program.

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Public Health

Major (BA) Combined Degree (BA/MHABA/MHSBA/MSPH)

Romance Languages

Sociology

Major (BA) Graduate Degree (PhD)

Spanish & Portuguese

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (PhD)

Theatre Arts and Studies

Visual Arts

Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Writing

Two MA degrees in Science Writing or Writing will help you find your voice and share your story.

Advanced Academic Programs

Writing Seminars

Major (BA) • Minor Graduate Degree (MFA)