Majors and Programs
When you're a student at Upper Iowa University, you can select from a broad range of academic majors offered in a comprehensive, flexible program. To earn a bachelor's degree, you must satisfactorily complete 120 credit hours, including a general education core and the appropriate courses in your major. General education requirements can vary and can be found in the Fayette and Academic Extension catalogs.
Our innovative academic calendar is divided into six, eight-week terms, so you take only two courses each term. You can still complete your degree on time while being able to focus more attention on each course.
Pre-professional advising is available in the following areas:
- Law
- Medicine
- Physician’s Assistant
- Physical Therapy
- Optometry
- Podiatry
- Radiology
- Osteopathic
- Chiropractic
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Veterinary Science
- Mortuary Science
- Pre-Engineering
- Art Therapy
- Counseling
- Psychology
- Social Work
Our extensive list of majors includes:
- Accounting
- Agricultural Business
- All Science
- Applied Plant Science
- Art
- Athletic Training
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Communications Studies
- Conservation Management
- Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Elementary Education
- Emergency and Disaster Management
- English
- Environmental Science
- Exercise and Sports Studies
- Financial Management
- Forensic Science
- General Business (for Teacher's Licensure)
- Graphic Design
- Health Care Administration
- Health Services Administration
- Human Resources Management
- Human Services
- Industrial Technology
- Information Technology
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- International Business
- Life Science
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Mortuary Science
- Physical Education (Teaching)
- Prekindergarten-Grade 3
- Psychology
- Public Administration (certification in Fire Science or Law Enforcement)
- Reading
- RN-BSN (Nursing)
- Social Science
- Sociology
- Sports Communication
UIU also offers minors/endorsements.
For current information on which UIU locations offer courses in these majors, course descriptions, and degree requirements, see the current Upper Iowa catalog.