Advising Programs
Students interested in pre-professional preparation in areas such as medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and law, may choose any major in any college, and may arrange to work with the appropriate pre-professional advisor to prepare for application and admission to the professional school of their choice.
Teacher Certification Programs
Teacher Licensure is now at the graduate-level only. Specific information on all graduate programs in education are offered through the School of Education and a reference list of majors and programs needed in the undergraduate school for admission into specific education programs can be found at http://www.admiss.vt.edu/majors/index.php/majors/major/0EDU.
| AEM | Applied Economic Management Community Economic Development; Environmental Economics, Management and Policy; Financial Planning; International Trade and Development |
| AGRB | Agribusiness Agribusiness Management; Veterinary Business Management |
| AGSC | Agricultural Sciences |
| AT | Agricultural Technology (2-yr Program - apply separately through college)2 Applied Agricultural Management; Landscape and Turf Management |
| APSC | Animal and Poultry Sciences Production Business; Science; Pre-Vet |
| BCHM | Biochemistry |
| CSS | Crop and Soil Sciences Agronomy; Crop Genetics and Breeding; International Agriculture; Turfgrass Management |
| DASC | Dairy Science Biotechnology/Pre-Vet; Dairy Enterprise Management; Dual Emphasis |
| EHRT | Environmental Horticulture |
| ENSC | Environmental Science Land Restoration and Management; Land, Water, and Air; Water Science and Quality |
| FST | Food Science and Technology Food and Health; Food Business; Fermentation; Science; Technology |
| HNFE | Human Nutrition; Foods and Exercise Dietetics; Science of Food, Nutrition and Exercise |
| LCON | Landscape Contracting |
| ARCH | Architecture (5-yr Program)1 4 |
| ART | Art Art History |
| ARTF | Art - Fine Arts5 Creative Technologies; Studio Art; Visual Communication Design |
| BC | Building Construction Construction and Design; Development, Real Estate, and Construction |
| EPP | Environmental Policy and Planning |
| IDS | Industrial Design1 4 |
| ITDS | Interior Design |
| LAR | Landscape Architecture (5-yr Program)4 |
| PUA | Public and Urban Affairs Environmental Affairs; Global Development; Public and Non-Profit Management; Public Policy; Urbanization Planning and Policy |
| BUS | Business (Undecided)6 |
| ACIS | Accounting and Information Systems Accounting; Accounting Information Systems Audit; Information Systems |
| BIT | Business Information Technology Computer-Based Decision Support Systems; Operations and Supply Chain Management |
| FIN | Finance Banking and Financial Institutions; Certified Financial Planner; Corporate Financial Management; Financial Accounting; Investment Management |
| HTM | Hospitality and Tourism Management |
| MGT | Management Entrepreneurship, Innovation, & Technology Management; Human Resource Management; Management Consulting and Analysis |
| MKTG | Marketing Management Professional Sales |
| REAL | Real Estate |
| GE | General Engineering (All 1st year Engineering students) |
| AE | Aerospace Engineering |
| BSE | Biological Systems Engineering |
| CHE | Chemical Engineering |
| CE | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CEM | Construction Engineering and Management |
| CPE | Computer Engineering |
| CS | Computer Science |
| EE | Electrical Engineering |
| ESM | Engineering Science and Mechanics Biomechanics; Engineering Physics |
| ISE | Industrial and Systems Engineering |
| MSE | Materials Science and Engineering Nuclear Material |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering |
| MINE | Mining Engineering |
| OE | Ocean Engineering |
| CLA | Classical Studies |
| CMST | Communication Studies |
| CONS | Consumer Studies |
| CRI | Criminology |
| CW | Creative Writing |
| FCS | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| FMD | Fashion Merchandising and Design |
| FR | French |
| GER | German |
| HIST | History Global/Comparative History; Military/Diplomatic/Political History; Undergraduate Research/Thesis; Social/Cultural/Economic History; History of Science/Technology/Environment |
| HD | Human Development |
| HSE | Humanities, Science, and Environment |
| IPPL | International Public Policy |
| IREL | International Relations |
| IS | International Studies Business; Environmental Affairs; Global Development; Security and Foreign Policy; World Politics & Policy |
| LL | Literature and Language Literature; Pre Education; Pre Law |
| MJ | Multimedia Journalism |
| MUS | Music (Audition required) Composition; Designed Professional; Education; Performance Liberal Arts; Performance Professional Instrumental; Performance Professional Vocal; Technology Liberal Arts; Technology Professional |
| NSFA | National Security & Foreign Affairs |
| PHIL | Philosophy Pre-Medical Professions |
| PM | Property Management |
| PR | Public Relations |
| PSCI | Political Science Legal Studies; National Security Studies; Political Theory |
| PTW | Professional and Technical Writing |
| RED | Residential Environments & Design |
| RLCL | Religion and Culture |
| RUS | Russian |
| SOC | Sociology Africana Studies; American Indian Studies; Crime/Deviance; Social Inequality; Research Methods; Women's and Gender Studies |
| SPAN | Spanish |
| TA | Theatre Arts Cinema; Design; General Theatre; Performance |
| NR | Natural Resources (Undecided) |
| EI | Environmental Informatics |
| ERM | Environmental Resources Management Environmental Resource Management; Watershed Management |
| FISC | Fish Conservation Freshwater Fisheries Conservation; Marine Fisheries Conservation |
| FORS | Forestry Forest Operations and Business; Forest Resource Management; Urban Forestry |
| GEOG | Geography |
| MTRG | Meteorology |
| NRC | Natural Resources Conservation Environmental Education; Conservation and Recreation Management; Natural Resources Science Education |
| PSD | Packaging Systems and Design |
| SBIO | Sustainable Biomaterials |
| WLC | Wildlife Conservation |
| WRPM | Water: Resources, Policy, and Management |
| BIOC | Biochemistry |
| BIOL | Biological Sciences Biomedical |
| CHEM | Chemistry |
| CNEU | Clinical Neuroscience |
| CBNU | Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience |
| CSNU | Computational and Systems Neuroscience |
| CMDA | Computational Modeling and Data Analytics Physics |
| ECAS | Economics (Science) |
| EXPN | Experimental Neuroscience |
| GEOS | Geosciences Earth Science Education; Geology; Geochemistry; Geophysics |
| MATH | Mathematics Applied Computational Mathematics; Applied & Discrete Mathematics; Mathematics Education |
| MIC | Microbiology |
| NANO | Nanoscience |
| NEUR | Neuroscience |
| PHYS | Physics Physics Education; Pre-Health; Pre-Law |
| PSYC | Psychology |
| STAT | Statistics |
| SYSB | Systems Biology |
| US | University Studies (Undecided) |
1 Applications accepted from incoming freshmen only; transfers may not choose these majors
2 A maximum of 28 credits from the Agricultural Technology program may be applied toward a four-year degree in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
3 Restricted major--one for which demand far exceeds available space. Students applying to these majors will automatically be considered for University Studies as a 2nd choice major
4 Students are admitted in fall semester only
5 Portfolio required
6 Freshmen or transfer students with fewer than 30 credit hours