17 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

At The University of Iowa, the bachelor degree in Ancient Civilization focuses on the culture, religion, art, language, and philosophy of the Mediterranean basin from approximately 2000 BCE to 600 CE. 

The History at The University of Iowa encourages students to develop an understanding of change--how it happens and why it happens the way it does--that enables them to engage our dynamic world as active and informed citizens.

The University of Iowa’s Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) allows you to earn a University of Iowa bachelor’s degree from a distance. The BLS emphasizes workplace and leadership skills, and is designed for adults balancing professional growth and busy lives.

The Italian at The University of Iowa introduces students to the cultures of France, the Francophone world, Italy, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, providing an understanding of those countries' historical and contemporary importance.

The ethics and public policy major emphasizes the study of reasoning and prepares students to bring a sophisticated, cross-disciplinary perspective to diverse fields such as business, government, urban and regional planning, social work, and law. This bachelor degree in Ethics and Public Policy is offered by The University of Iowa.

The major in Screenwriting Arts at the The University of Iowa complements and builds on the longstanding, renowned creative writing tradition at Iowa.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in French requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including 33-37 s.h. of work for the major. This bachelor degree program is offered by The University of Iowa.

The Speech and Hearing Science at The University of Iowa will evaluate the communication skills of people with speech, language, and hearing disorders, and develop and implement appropriate treatment plans.

Linguists study the underlying principles of human languages. They are interested in understanding how children learn their native language without much instruction before they enter school and how people speak and understand sentences they have never heard before. This bachelor degree in Linguistics is offered at The University of Iowa. 

The Applied Studies at The University of Iowa is an online degree program designed for community college graduates who have earned at least 60 hours of college course work and wish to complete a bachelor's degree online.

The Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at The University of Iowa is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the perspectives of gender and sexuality along with class, ethnicity, nationality, and race.

The Asian Languages and Literature at The University of Iowa offers instruction in languages of Asia and Eastern Europe as well as in the literatures, civilizations, and cultures of the regions.

Religion shapes the way people interpret the world and their place in it. This bachelor degree in Religious Studies is offered by The University of Iowa. 

The University of Iowa offers a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, designed to enhance analytical and logical reasoning skills. This programme spans four years and is available for full-time attendance. Students engage with a diverse range of philosophical topics, preparing them for various career paths or further studies.

English and Creative Writing majors at the The University of Iowa learn to think, read, and write critically and creatively about how literature and language influence individuals and society. They study the major literary movements and genres in British, American, and global literature in English and learn the many dimensions of literature and how it is created and circulates in the world. 

Here at The University of Iowa we offer a bachelor degree program in English. The English major offers students the foundations of close reading, formal analysis, literary history, critical theory, research strategies, and rigorous, respectful debate. 

More than 230 million people speak Portuguese, making it the sixth most widely spoken language in the world. It is the third most spoken language in the Western Hemisphere (after English and Spanish) and the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere. This bachelor degree in Portuguese is offered by The University of Iowa.