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Northwestern University Programs

Overview of Programs

Northwestern University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across various schools and departments. The university is committed to providing students with a comprehensive education that prepares them for success in their chosen fields.

Undergraduate Programs

Schools and Departments

• Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music: Offers programs in music, including composition, conducting, jazz, music education, and performance.
• School of Communication: Offers programs in communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, dance, human communication sciences, performance studies, radio/television/film, and theatre.
• School of Education and Social Policy: Offers programs in elementary teaching, human development in context, learning and organizational change, learning sciences, secondary teaching, and social policy.
• Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science: Offers programs in applied mathematics, architectural engineering and design, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, computer engineering, computer science, design engineering, electrical and computer engineering, engineering sciences and applied mathematics, environmental engineering, general engineering, human computer interaction, industrial engineering and management sciences, machine learning and data science, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and robotics.
• Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications: Offers programs in integrated marketing communications and journalism.
• Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Offers programs in various fields, including African studies, American studies, anthropology, art history, art theory and practice, Asian American studies, Asian languages and cultures, astronomy, biological sciences, black studies, business institutions, Catholic studies, chemistry, Chicago field studies, Chinese, classics, cognitive science, comparative literary studies, computer science, critical theory, data science, earth and planetary sciences, economics, empirical and deductive reasoning, English, environmental policy and culture, environmental sciences, ethics and civic life, French and Italian, gender and sexuality studies, general liberal arts, German, global health studies, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, historical studies, history, humanities, integrated science, international studies, Italian, Japanese, Jewish studies, Korean, Latin, Latin American and Caribbean studies, Latina and Latino studies, legal studies, linguistics, literature and arts, materials science, mathematical methods in the social sciences, mathematics, Middle East and North African languages, Middle East and North African studies, molecular biosciences, Native American and indigenous studies, natural sciences, neurobiology, neuroscience, perspectives on power, justice, and equity, philosophy, physics and astronomy, political science, Portuguese, psychology, religious studies, Russian, science in human culture, Slavic languages and literatures, social and behavioral sciences, sociology, Spanish and Portuguese, statistics and data science, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and writing program.

Additional Baccalaureate Options

• Accelerated Bachelors: Allows students to complete their undergraduate degree in a shorter timeframe.
• Certificates: Offers various certificates, including Kellogg certificates, McCormick certificates, Medill certificates, and programs and centers certificates.
• Minors: Offers various minors, including Bienen minors, programs and centers minors, SoC minors, McCormick minors, and WCAS minors.
• Second Majors: Allows students to pursue a second major in addition to their primary major.

Dual Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees

• Honors Program in Medical Education: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree and a medical degree in a shorter timeframe.
• Premedical Scholars Program: A program that provides students with a guaranteed admission to the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dual Bachelor's Degrees

• BA/BS in Liberal Arts and Engineering: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and a bachelor's degree in engineering.
• BA/BMus in Liberal Arts and Music: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and a bachelor's degree in music.
• BA/BS or BS/BS in Communication and Engineering: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in communication and a bachelor's degree in engineering.
• BA/BMus, BS/BMus, BA/BAMus, or BS/BAMus in Communication and Music: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in communication and a bachelor's degree in music.
• BSED/BMus or BSED/BAMus in Education and Social Policy and in Music: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in education and social policy and a bachelor's degree in music.
• BS/BMus or BS/BAMus in Engineering and Music: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in engineering and a bachelor's degree in music.
• BSJ/BMus in Journalism and Music: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in music.
• BSED/BSJ in Education and Social Policy and in Journalism: A program that allows students to earn both a bachelor's degree in education and social policy and a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Graduate Programs

The Graduate School

• Academic Policies and Procedures: Outlines the academic policies and procedures for graduate students.
• Programs A-Z: Offers various graduate programs, including master's and doctoral degrees.
• Courses A-Z: Offers various graduate courses, including courses in accounting and information systems, African studies, anthropology, applied physics, Arabic, art history, art theory and practice, Asian languages and cultures, astronomy, biological sciences, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, black studies, career development, chemical engineering, chemistry, Chicago field studies, Chinese, CIC traveling scholar, civil and environmental engineering, classics, clinical psychology, cognitive science, communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, comparative and historical social science, comparative literary studies, comparative race and diaspora, computer engineering, computer science, counseling, dance, data science, Driskill graduate program in life sciences, earth and planetary sciences, economics, electrical engineering, engineering science and applied math, English, entrepreneurship and innovation, environmental policy and culture, epidemiology, finance, French, gender studies, general engineering, genetic counseling, German, global avant-garde and modernist studies, global health, Greek, health and biomedical informatics, health sciences integrated program, health services and outcomes research, Hebrew, Hindi and Urdu, history, human development and social policy, humanities, industrial engineering and management sciences, initiative for sustainability and energy at NU, interdisciplinary biological sciences program, interdisciplinary seminar, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latin American and Caribbean studies, Latina and Latino studies, learning sciences, legal studies, linguistics, management and organizations, managerial econ and strategy, marketing, master of science in clinical investigation, materials science and engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, media, technology and society, medical humanities and bioethics, medical scientist training, medieval studies, Middle East and North African studies, MS in family therapy, music, music composition, music education, music technology, music theory, musicology, neurobiology and physiology, neuroscience, operations management, performance studies, Persian, philosophy, physics, plant biology and conservation, political science, Portuguese, predictive science and engineering, professional development, psychology, public health, quantitative and systems biology, radio/television/film, religion, reproductive science and medicine, Russian, Segal design institute, Slavic languages and literature, sociology, Spanish, Spanish and Portuguese, statistics, Swahili, TGS general registrations, theatre and drama, theatre, Turkish, and writing.

School of Professional Studies

• Academic Calendar: Outlines the academic calendar for the School of Professional Studies.
• Northwestern University's Rules and Regulations of Student Conduct: Outlines the rules and regulations of student conduct for the School of Professional Studies.
• Undergraduate Academic Policies and Procedures: Outlines the academic policies and procedures for undergraduate students in the School of Professional Studies.
• Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures: Outlines the academic policies and procedures for graduate students in the School of Professional Studies.
• Programs A-Z: Offers various undergraduate and graduate programs, including certificates and degrees.
• Undergraduate Programs: Offers various undergraduate programs, including biological sciences, communication studies, economics, English, enterprise leadership, health sciences, humanities, information systems, organization behavior, psychology, social sciences, and strategic communication.
• Graduate Programs: Offers various graduate programs, including data science, global health, health analytics, healthcare administration, health informatics, information design and strategy, information systems, liberal studies, literature, prose and poetry, public policy and administration, regulatory compliance, sports administration, and writing.
• Certificates: Offers various certificates, including post-baccalaureate certificates and graduate certificates.
• Courses A-Z: Offers various undergraduate and graduate courses, including accounting, advertising, African studies, anthropology, art history, art theory and practice, Asian languages and cultures, astronomy, biological sciences, business law, chemistry, Chinese, classics, communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, comparative literary studies, computer information systems, earth and planetary sciences, economics, English, finance, French, gender studies, global health, health sciences, humanities, history, international studies, journalistic writing, kinesiology, legal studies, marketing, mathematics, music history and literature, organizational behavior, performance studies, philosophy, physics, political science, professional health, psychology, radio/television/film, religion, social sciences, sociology, Spanish, statistics, theatre, and writing.

Machine Learning and Data Science

Overview

The McCormick minor in Machine Learning and Data Science provides students with practical knowledge fundamental to the data science lifecycle. Students will gain experience with a variety of data models and techniques used for collecting data, cleaning it, and analyzing it. They will also learn how to glean insights from data through multiple modern computational tools, as well as the ability to think critically about the construction and implications of analysis and models for data-driven decision making.

Programs of Study

• Machine Learning and Data Science Minor: A minor program that provides students with practical knowledge fundamental to the data science lifecycle.

Data Science and Engineering Courses

• DATA_ENG 200-0 Foundations of Data Science: A course that covers the fundamentals of data science and the context within which this field operates.
• DATA_ENG 300-0 Data Engineering Studio: A course that teaches how to build a sustainable data science lifecycle. Students will analyze data in multiple contexts, share the findings with peers, and practice iteratively refining the analysis based on feedback.