Academic Departments
Explore our academic departments across three colleges. Each department offers distinctive programs, faculty expertise, and pathways to your inspired future.
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14 departments
College of Arts & Sciences
JCU’s intellectual heart — departments grounded in the Jesuit liberal arts.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures
Classical and modern languages and cultures, with language study and intercultural competence.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Biology
Biology: cellular and molecular, organismal, and evolutionary biology, ecology, and biodiversity.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chemistry and biochemistry. ACS-approved study connecting the sciences through lab teaching and research.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Communication
Tim Russert Department of Communication. Theory, practice, and ethics of message-making across platforms.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Education
Education faculty in teacher preparation and educational leadership for a more just society.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
English
English: literature, creative writing, and professional writing.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
History
History. Critical interpretation of the past through research and historical inquiry.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science
Mathematics, computer science, and data science: quantitative and computational fields of study.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy: existence, knowledge, reality, politics, and morality in the Jesuit tradition.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Physics and Engineering
Physics and engineering. Physical science and engineering physics for a technological society.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Political Science
Political science: institutions, law, public policy, global studies, and political theory.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Psychology
Psychology, the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
CASNatural & Social Sciences
Sociology & Criminology
Sociology and criminology. Personal experience in light of larger social and historical forces.
CASHumanities & Professional Studies
Theology & Religious Studies
Theology and religious studies. The religious dimensions of human experience.
3 departments
Boler College of Business
AACSB‑accredited, ethics‑first business education since 1948.
BolerBusiness
Accountancy
Kramer School of Accountancy. Professional accounting education in the Boler College of Business.
BolerBusiness
Economics & Finance
Economics and finance: markets, institutions, and financial assessment and decision-making.
BolerBusiness
Management, Marketing & Supply Chain
Management, marketing, and supply chain: people, markets, and the movement of goods and information.
3 departments
College of Health
JCU’s newest college — clinical training, public‑health research and human performance.
HealthClinical
Counseling
Graduate counseling. CACREP-accredited school and clinical mental health counseling.
