17 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Bachelor of Arts programme in Japanese at California State University Long Beach is designed to provide students with linguistic and cultural preparation supported by international perspectives and understanding of humanities for social, intellectual and cognitive development as well as development of skills for economic self-sufficiency in the ever-intertwining world of global economy.

The English - Literature option at California State University Long Beach is designed for students who desire a thorough grounding in English and American literature.

The programme in Religious Studies at California State University Long Beach develops in students critical understanding of the forms of religious phenomena in their cultural and historical contexts and a sensitivity to different value systems.

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center at California State University Long Beach seeks to advance the interdisciplinary study of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by offering an environment for academic exchange.

The Comparative World Literature programme at California State University Long Beach studies world literatures in translation and the relationships among those literatures from different theoretical perspectives.

The English - Creative Writing programme at California State University Long Beach is designed for students who wish to write, as well as study, fiction, poetry, plays, or media scripts.

The Philosophy programme at California State University Long Beach provides an intellectually rigorous programme of study in a supportive environment.

The English - Rhetoric and Composition option at California State University Long Beach is designed for students who desire to write for multiple readers and to analyze and interpret texts.

The Department of History degree at California State University Long Beach offers this major in History and promote sequenced and sustained student development in disciplinary and interdisciplinary forms of analysis and reasoning, oral and written communication, research, and the ability to make and evaluate arguments and evidence.

The Religious Studies Certificate at California State University Long Beach develops in students critical understanding of the forms of religious phenomena in their cultural and historical contexts and a sensitivity to different value systems.

The Spanish programme from California State University Long Beach offers classes in language, conversation, business Spanish, cinema, translation, linguistics, literature and culture through highly interactive classes.

The Classics programme at California State University Long Beach offers four different concentrations or tracks, two of which do not require ancient language study.

The Liberal Studies major at California State University Long Beach provides a rich, rigorous cross-disciplinary liberal arts programme of study, with a focus on Education. 

All Linguistics majors at California State University Long Beach study core topics such as morphology (word structure), syntax (grammar), phonology (sound structure), languages of the world, language acquisition, and sociocultural aspects of language.

The English - English Education option at California State University Long Beach is designed for prospective secondary English teachers and satisfies the state-mandated requirement in subject matter competence for the Single Subject Teaching Credential.

The Department of English at California State University Long Beach offers a Certificate in Professional Writing to students interested in careers in writing and editing.

Graduates of this ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures programme from California State University Long Beach may choose to enter any profession aided by competencies in American Sign Language with a knowledge of American and global Deaf cultures (e.g. law, law enforcement, nursing, teaching, social work, and other service professions).