Majors | H&SS, Carnegie Mellon University

H&SS offers a wide range of interdisciplinary and traditional majors, listed below. For each major, the degree(s) available is listed, as well as the major's home department. Some majors are interdisciplinary, meaning that they span multiple departments. In these cases, the faculty advisor is listed. For a listing of H&SS minors, click here.

Major	Degree	Department

Anthropology and History	BA or BS	History
Chinese Studies	BA	Modern Languages
Cognitive Science	BS	Psychology
Creative Writing	BA	English
Decision Science	BS	Social and Decision Sciences
Economics	BS	Economics
Economics and Statistics	BS	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the Economics and Statistics respective sites) Oded Meyer
English	BA	English
Environmental Policy This is available as an additional major only. For more information, contact the advisor listed on the right.		H&SS Interdepartmental (See Environmental Education website) Peter Madsen
Ethics, History, and Public Policy	BA or BS	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the Ethics, History and Public Policy website) Andy Norman
European Studies	BA	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the European Studies website) Beryl Schlossman
French and Francophone Studies	BA	Modern Languages
German	BA	Modern Languages
Global Politics	BS	Social and Decision Sciences (see Global & International Relations Program website) Traci Sebastian
Hispanic Studies	BA	Modern Languages
History and Policy	BA or BS	History
Information Systems (primary major only)	BS	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the Information Systems website) Stephen Pajewski
Japanese	BA	Modern Languages
Linguistics	BA	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the Linguistics website) Mandy Simons
Logic and Computation	BS	Philosophy
Philosophy	BA	Philosophy
Policy and Management	BS	Social and Decision Sciences
Professional Writing	BA	English
Psychology	BA or BS	Psychology
Psychology and Biological Sciences	BS	Psychology
Russian Studies	BA	H&SS Interdepartmental (See the Russian Studies website) Charlene Castellano
Social and Cultural History	BA or BS	History
Statistics	BS	Statistics
Student-Defined Major	BA or BS	H&SS Interdepartmental Joseph E. Devine
Technical Writing and Communication	BS	English

H&SS Advising: List of Undergraduate Majors