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94 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university
Russian
The B.A. in Russian at Pennsylvania State University provides the student with a command of spoken and written Russian and a general knowledge of the literature and culture of the Russian people.
Labor and Human Resources
This Labor and Human Resources major at Pennsylvania State University permits students to undertake a study of work and the employment relationship in the context of a liberal arts education. A broad foundation of theoretical and professional knowledge is provided through a multidisciplinary approach.
Political Science
Focus on reasoning and political theory as you learn to analyze domestic politics and the politics of other nations. This online Political Science program at Pennsylvania State University can help prepare you for a career in the growing field of political science or provide background for graduate studies.
Criminology
This Criminology major at Pennsylvania State University provides students with a broadly based liberal education focused on the understanding and analysis of crime and justice systems.
African American Studies
This African American Studies major at Pennsylvania State University helps students achieve a critical understanding of the forms of knowledge, culture, and social organization that African-Americans have produced, and of the social conditions that have supported and constrained this work.
Community, Environment, and Development
Community, Environment, and Development is a multidisciplinary program at Pennsylvania State University that brings together economics and sociology to help students understand and address issues related to economic and community development, the environment and natural resources, and international development, and the critical interactions between these, both locally and globally.
Italian
The Italian B.S. at Pennsylvania State University encourages students to develop skills in Italian (speaking, reading, writing) in preparation for careers in professional areas where fluency in Italian is particularly relevant and useful.
Communication Arts and Sciences
The B.S. in Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University promotes an understanding of fundamental facets of human communication, knowledge of theories and research that illuminate communication processes, and expertise in practical applications of communication research to civic, cultural, family, health, interpersonal, organizational, and social contexts.
Economics
This Economics major at Pennsylvania State University is designed for those who seek a broad understanding of the operation of the economic system and training in the methods and uses of economic analysis.
Political Science
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science at Pennsylvania State University emphasizes the technical aspects of political science knowledge development and application.
German
German Studies at Pennsylvania State University is an interdisciplinary academic sub-field of the Humanities concerned with the languages, literatures, arts, and politics of German-speaking communities in Europe and across the world (e.g., Pennsylvania Germans).
Rehabilitation and Human Services (Abington)
This Rehabilitation and Human Services (Abington) major from Pennsylvania State University helps prepare students for entry-level positions in a variety of human service settings, particularly settings that provide services to persons with physical, emotional, and/or mental disabilities.
Rehabilitation and Human Services (University College)
This Rehabilitation and Human Services (University College) major from Pennsylvania State University helps prepare students for entry-level positions in a variety of human service settings, particularly settings that provide services to persons with physical, emotional, and/or mental disabilities.
Health Policy and Administration
This Health Policy and Administration major from Pennsylvania State University helps prepare students for management and policy positions or graduate study in the field of health care. Students in the major develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand the complex societal problem of providing access to quality health care at reasonable cost.
Health Policy and Administration (Capital)
This Health Policy and Administration (Capital) major from Pennsylvania State University helps prepare students for management and policy positions or graduate study in the field of health care. Students in the major develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand the complex societal problem of providing access to quality health care at reasonable cost.
Economics (Liberal Arts)
This Economics (Liberal Arts) major from Pennsylvania State University is designed for those who seek a broad understanding of the operation of the economic system and training in the methods and uses of economic analysis.
Psychology
This Psychology major at Pennsylvania State University is designed for students who want to learn about behavior, normal and abnormal, how it is studied, and its relation to applied areas.
Communications
The Communications degree program at Pennsylvania State University addresses strongly articulated employer requirements for the workplace through an integrated program model.
Security and Risk Analysis (Capital)
The Bachelor of Science in Security and Risk Analysis (Capital) in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University responds to the expanding need for a highly trained analytic workforce to address a wide range of security and risk domains including national/homeland security, emergency and disaster management, law and crime, as well as enterprise risk management
Communications
Communications is an interdisciplinary program at Pennsylvania State University that combines practical, professional instruction with critical and cultural examinations of mass media.