Academic Departments & Programs
List of Academic Departments & Programs
UC San Diego’s academic departments and programs offer a constellation of opportunities for students, and foster lifelong learning and the passion to continuously acquire and synthesize knowledge.
- Academic Internship Program
- Anesthesiology
- Anthropology
- African American Studies Minor
- African Studies Minor
- Applied Ocean Science
- Audiology (joint w/SDSU)
- Basic Writing Program
- Bioengineering
- Bioinformatics Program
- Biomedical Sciences
- California Cultures in Comparative Perspectives Minor
- Cancer Center
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Chicano/Latino Arts & Humanities Minor
- Chinese Studies
- Classical Studies
- Classics (Tri-campus Program w/UCI and UCR)
- Clinical Psychology (joint w/SDSU)
- Clinical Research
- Cognitive Science
- Cognitive Science Interdisciplinary Program
- Communication
- Comparative Studies in Language, Society & Culture
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Contemporary Issues
- Critical Gender Studies
- Culture, Art & Technology (Sixth College Writing)
- Dimensions of Culture (Thurgood Marshall Writing)
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Education Studies
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Emergency Medicine
- English as a Second Language Program
- Environmental Studies Minor
- Environmental Systems
- Ethnic Studies
- European Studies Minor
- Family & Preventive Medicine
- Film Studies Minor
- Genetics
- German Studies
- Global Public Health
- Health Care & Social Issues Minor
- Health Law (joint w/California Western School of Law)
- History
- Human Development Program
- Human Rights Minor
- Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts
- International Migration Studies Minor
- International Studies Program
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Judaic Studies
- Language & Communicative Disorders (joint w/SDSU)
- Latin American Studies
- Law and Society Minor
- Leadership of Healthcare Organizations
- Linguistics
- Linguistics Language Program
- Literature
- Literature/Language Program
- Making of the Modern World (Roosevelt College Writing Program)
- Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
- Marine Sciences Minor
- Materials Science and Engineering Program
- Math Education
- Math & Science Education (joint w/SDSU)
- Mathematics
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Medical Genetics
- Medicine
- Middle East Studies
- Muir College Writing Program
- Music
- NanoEngineering
- Neurosciences
- Neurosciences (Ph.D)
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Public Health (Epidemiology/Health Behavior/Global Health) (joint w/SDSU)
- Public Service Minor
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology
- Religion, Program for the Study of
- Reproductive Medicine
- Revelle Humanities Program (Revelle College Writing Program)
- Russian and Soviet Studies
- Science Education Minor
- Science Studies Project
- Science, Technology & Public Affairs
- Sociology
- Structural Engineering
- Subject A Program
- Summer Session
- Surgery
- Theatre & Dance
- Third World Studies
- Urban Studies and Planning
- Visual Arts
- Warren College Writing Program
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Divisions & Schools:
- Arts & Humanities
- Biological Sciences
- Jacobs School of Engineering
- Physical Sciences
- Rady School of Management
- School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
- School of Medicine
- Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Social Sciences