Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Undergraduate-New Brunswick

About the University

Undergraduate Education in New Brunswick

Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students

Programs, Faculty, and Courses

Availability of Majors

Course Notation Information

African Area Studies 016

African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures 013

Africana Studies 014

Agriculture and Food Systems 020

American History 512

American Literature

American Studies 050

Animal Science 067

Anthropology 070

Archaeology 075

Architectural Studies 076

Art History 082

Arts and Sciences 090

Asian Studies 098

Astrobiology 101

Astrophysics 105

Major Requirements

Minor Requirements

Departmental Honors Program

Biological Sciences

Biomedical Sciences

Biotechnology 126

Business Analytics and Information Technolgy 136

Business Law 140

Cinema Studies 175

Cognitive Science 185

Communication 192

Community Development

Comparative Literature 195

Computer Science 198

Criminal Justice 202

Criminology 204

Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources 216

Environmental and Business Economics 373

Environmental Certificates

Environmental Planning 573

Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior 374

Environmental Sciences 375

Environmental Studies 381

European Studies 360

Exercise Science 377

Food Science 400

Gender and Media 438

Geological Sciences 460

Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489

Health Administration 501

Health and Society 502

History/French Joint Major 513

History/Political Science Joint Major 514

Holocaust Studies 564

Human Resource Management 533

Individualized Major 555

Information Technology and Informatics 547

Interdisciplinary Studies, SAS 556

International and Global Studies 558

Jewish Studies 563

Journalism and Media Studies 567

Junior Year Abroad

Labor Studies and Employment Relations 575

Landscape Architecture 550

Latin American Studies 590

Latino and Caribbean Studies 595

Leadership and Management 605

Linguistics 615

Management and Global Business 620

Marine Sciences 628

Mathematics 640

Medicine and Dentistry

Medieval Studies 667

Meteorology 670

Microbiology 680

Middle Eastern Studies 685

Military Education, Air Force 690

Military Education, Army 691

Military Education, Naval 692

Military Science Minor (Military Science 691N, Naval Science 692N, Aerospace Science 693N, Non-Commissioning 695N)

Molecular Biology

Nutritional Sciences 709

Operations Research 711

Organizational Leadership 713

Physiology and Neurobiology

Planning and Public Policy 762

Plant Biology 776

Political Science 790

Public Health 832

Public Policy 833

Sexualities Studies 888

Social Justice 904

Social Work 910

South Asian Studies 925

Sport Management 955

Statistics-Mathematics

Study Abroad 959

Supply Chain Management 799

Urban Planning and Design 971

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 988

World Language Proficiency Certificates

School of Arts and Sciences

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Mason Gross School of the Arts

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick

School of Communication and Information

School of Engineering

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

School of Management and Labor Relations

Honors College of Rutgers University-New Brunswick

General Information

Divisions of the University

Learning Goals

Majors will demonstrate knowledge of fundamental physics principles and their application to astronomy. They will make astronomical observations using optical and radio telescopes, and demonstrate knowledge of how to analyze the data. The top 25 percent of majors will demonstrate preparedness for graduate study in astrophysics, conduct frontier astrophysics research with a faculty member, and demonstrate high quality of work.