181 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

As a student studying Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, you will learn how robots move, bubbles burst, airplanes fly, and big data enables big ideas.

Boston University's Department of Religion offers a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and critical approach to religion that explores the variety of religious experiences and expressions. 

The Biology major at Boston University provides students with a breadth of understanding across the full range of biological disciplines as well as an opportunity to explore one of several specialized areas in greater depth. Required coursework for the major and different specializations establishes a core of fundamental knowledge in biology and related sciences.

At Boston University, the Composition and Music Theory programs will help you gain a broad knowledge of contemporary and historical compositional practices, and a mastery of analytic techniques for tonal and post-tonal music.

Asian Studies at Boston University is a major offered in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies to students enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences. The major focuses on East Asia and South Asia, with attention to Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Rim.

Like all World Languages & Literatures majors, Chinese Language and Literature majors at Boston University begin with CAS XL 100 Leaving Home: Explorations in World Literature, a team-taught course in which students meet the WLL faculty through guest lectures and get oriented in the rich diversity of the world’s literary traditions.

The Latin American Studies major at Boston University provides students with a versatile and powerful vehicle for developing an in-depth understanding of the complexities and remarkable diversity of the Latin American region, defined as the 20 independent countries in the Western Hemisphere that are south of the United States, with Spanish, French, or Portuguese as their official languages.

The Spanish and Linguistics major offered by Boston University enables students to combine the study of human language from a variety of perspectives with the study of Spanish language, literature, and culture.

Students majoring in Ancient Greek and Latin at Boston University learn to read key works of classical antiquity in their original languages, acquiring advanced skills in grammar and linguistic analysis.

The intercollegiate BS program in Linguistics and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Boston University is offered by the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College in conjunction with the College of Arts & Sciences.

Sociology graduates from Boston University work in fields that range from medicine and law to social work, education, market research, business, journalism, criminal justice, policy analysis, and nonprofits.

The major in Linguistics offered by Boston University enables students to explore, at many levels and from a variety of perspectives, how language works.

Astronomy offered by Boston University encompasses the most interesting physical phenomena in the universe, from the atmospheres of planets, to the discovery and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, the nature of galaxies and the stars in them, the supermassive black holes that reside at the centers of all large galaxies, and how the universe got to be the way it is. 

The History major offered by Boston University introduces students to monuments and works of art worldwide. Majors work closely with faculty to gain visual and interpretative skills as well as an understanding of technique, materials, and the context in which works of art and architecture are made and viewed.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Boston University provides a holistic approach to exploring business by leveraging business courses as well as those from across the University through the BU Hub.

Boston University's Energy and Environment program provides qualified juniors and seniors an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in one coherent program.

Boston University's Environmental Analysis and Policy majors are trained broadly in the social sciences with a clearly defined specialization in the environmental field.

Boston University's major in Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures offers students the chance to develop an in-depth critical understanding of one or more Middle Eastern and/or South Asian literary and cultural traditions. 

Boston University's Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art is for students who desire a studio program in visual arts that incorporates substantial study in the liberal arts and integrates arts research with broad-based studio art training. 

Boston University's major in Linguistics and Computer Science allows students to explore human (natural) language from a variety of perspectives, through courses focusing on meaning and linguistic structure at a variety of levels (sounds, words, sentences), with a range of electives in other areas.