Northern Illinois University
Academic Advising Center
Division of Academic Affairs

If you're undecided about your major or aren't affiliated with a college, please contact us for advising.

Note: If you don't see the major for which you have an interest, contact us. The names of majors can vary by institution.

Type in your major or use the dropdown to find your advisor Academic Advising Center (AAC) College of Business • Accountancy • Business Administration • Finance • Management (Emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility, Human Resource Management or Leadership and Management) • Marketing • Operations Management & Information Systems College of Education • Athletic Training • Early Childhood Studies (Infant to Grade 3) • Elementary Education (Grades 1-6) • Kinesiology and Exercise Science • Middle Level Teaching and Learning (Grades 5-8) • Physical Education • Special Education (Emphasis in Learning Behavior Specialist I or Vision Impairments) College of Engineering and Engineering Technology • Electrical Engineering (Emphasis in Biomedical Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering) • Industrial and Systems Engineering (Emphasis in Engineering Management, Health Systems Engineering or Manufacturing Systems) • Mechanical Engineering (Emphasis in Advanced Computing and Simulation, Mechatronics and Robotics or Sustainable Energy) • Technology (Emphasis in Applied Manufacturing Technology, Aviation Management Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Energy and Environmental Technology, Industrial Management and Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology or Nuclear Engineering Technology) College of Health and Human Sciences • Communicative Disorders • Family and Child Studies (Emphasis in Child Development, Family and Individual Development or Family Social Services) • Fashion Merchandising • Health Education • Health Sciences (Emphasis in Pre-Physical Therapy or Rehabilitation Services) • Hospitality and Tourism Management • Medical Laboratory Sciences • Military Science • Nursing • Nutrition, Dietetics, and Wellness • Public Health (Emphasis in Environment and Health, General Public Health, Health Administration or Health Promotion) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Actuarial Science • Anthropology (Specializations: Physical Anthropology, Ethnology, Archeology, Cultural-Social Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology) • Biological Sciences (Specializations: Biomedical, Cell & Molecular, Microbiology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology) • Chemistry and Biochemistry (Emphasis in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemistry for Pre-Professional Students or Secondary Teaching) • Communication Studies (Emphasis in Rhetoric and Public Communication, Media Studies or Organizational/Corporate Communication) • Computer Science (Emphasis in Computational Software, Enterprise Software or Software Development) • Economics • English (Emphasis in English Studies, English Studies in Writing or English Studies Leading to Secondary Licensure in English Language Arts) • Environmental Studies (Emphasis in Biodiversity and Environmental Restoration, Educator Licensure-Environmental Science, Energy Studies, Environmental Policy, Nature in Society or Water Sciences. Specializations: Biodiversity & Environmental Restoration, Energy Studies, Human Experience, Environmental Policy, and Water.) • Geography (Emphasis in Geography. Specializations: Geographic Information Systems, Natural Environmental Systems, Urban/Economic Systems) • Geology and Environmental Geosciences (Emphasis in Earth and Space Science Education, Environmental Geosciences or Geology. Specializations: Geology, Environmental Geosciences, Earth Science Education, Earth and Space Science, and Environmental Science.) • History • Journalism • Mathematical Sciences (Emphasis in Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, General Mathematics, Mathematics Education. Specializations: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics) • Meteorology • Nonprofit and NGO Studies • Philosophy • Physics (Emphasis in Applied Physics, Professional Physics for Graduate Study or Secondary School Teaching) • Political Science (Emphasis in International Politics, Justice and Democracy: The American Experiment, Politics, Public Administration and Service or Public Law. Specializations: Accelerated Law Degree, Politics, Public Law, Public Administration & Service, International Politics, and Justice & Democracy: The American Experiment.) • Psychology • Sociology • Statistics • World Languages and Cultures (emphasis in French and Francophone Studies; German Studies or Spanish and Hispanic Studies) College of Visual and Performing Arts • Art • Art and Design Education • Art History • Studio Art (Emphasis in Design and Media Arts or Studio) • Music (For the B.M., emphasis in Composition, Music Education or Performance) • Theatre Arts (Emphasis in Acting, Dance Performance or Design and Technology) • Theatre Studies Pre-Professional Studies •Pre-Dentistry •Pre-Law •Pre-Medicine •Pre-Optometry •Pre-Pharmacy •Pre-Veterinary Medicine Interdisciplinary Minors Applied Communication Applied Ethics Black Studies Classical Studies Cognitive Studies Comparative Literature Environmental Management Systems Environmental Studies Gerontology Global Studies Homeland Security Certificates Latino and Latin American Studies Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Linguistics Medieval Studies Philosophy of Education Public Administration Southeast Asian Studies Urban Studies Women’s Studies Office of Educator Licensure •Art •Early Childhood Education •Elementary Education •English Language Arts •Family and Consumer Sciences •Health Education •Learning Behavior Specialist •Library Information Specialist •Reading Specialist •Bilingual and ESL •Mathematics •Music •Physical Education •Science - Biology •Science - Chemistry •Science - Earth and Space Science •Science - Environmental Science •Science - Physics •School Counselor •School Psychologist •Social Science - Anthropology •Social Science - Economics •Social Science - Geography •Social Science - History •Social Science - Political Science •Social Science - Psychology •Social Science - Sociology •Special Education College of Law Admissions and Financial Aid Graduate School Applied Management (Emphasis in Computer Science, Public Safety, Instructional Technology or Training and Evaluation) Certificates, Minors, and Specializations • Actuarial Science • Asian American Studies • Business Analytics Using SAP Software • Chinese Studies • Coaching • Comparative Literature • Creative Writing • Criminology • Dance Education • Dance Performance • Deafness Rehabilitation • Geographic Information Systems • Information Systems • Interactive Marketing • Italian • Japanese Studies • Lean Six Sigma • Learning Behavior Specialist 1 • Middle School Literacy • Mobile Programming • Nanotechnology • Productivity • Professional Selling • Public Sector Leadership • Religious Studies • Safety • Service Management • Social Entrepreneurship