11 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

As a Spanish and Latin American Studies major at Otterbein University, you’ll develop a strong foundation in the language to advance your communicative proficiency and cultural understanding. 

As a Psychology student at Otterbein University, you will be treated as an individual. You will have numerous opportunities for personal and professional development, working side-by-side with your professors.

A major in Sociology at Otterbein University is exceptionally flexible. You can easily complement a sociology major with an additional major and minor. Many students combine sociology with psychology, political science, communication, English, history, business, or a modern language.

Do you like to hold organizational leadership positions? Enjoy speaking in public and debating others? Have talents that include excellent communication skills, both written and verbal? Find that you are able to diagnose communication breakdowns and help repair them? The answers to these questions might lead you to major in Communication Studies at Otterbein University.

Enjoy strategizing the best ways to combat health issues? Do you have skills that include problem-solving, seeing the “big-picture” and setting strategies to devise campaigns?  Are you interested in current social issues or health challenges, but do not see yourself providing direct patient care? Then the Health Communication course from Otterbein University is the right choice for you.

The mission of the Global Studies program from Otterbein University is to help students appreciate and understand today’s increasingly intercultural world and the interconnections that link citizens across the world.

The Otterbein University offers a major in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Many of our students combine coursework in WGSS with other programs of study. The most popular double majors are in English, Psychology, Sociology, and History/Political Science.

Criminology is an exciting field with a long history within the discipline of sociology. Students majoring in Criminology and Justice Studies at Otterbein University explore the historical and societal origins and roles of deviance and crime, its effects on society, as well as the systems established to control, investigate, deter, punish, treat, rehabilitate and respond to crime and deviance.

Economics at Otterbein University offers a unique way of examining individual and social behavior, often called the "economic way of thinking."  

The mission of Otterbein University’s Political Science program is to foster scholarship, leadership, civic engagement, and responsible citizenship.

The Literary Studies at Otterbein University concentration immerses you in great reads, compelling questions, and transformative writing experiences.