They range from Anthropology, to Women's studies, Medieval Studies to Neuroscience, Chemistry to Slavic Languages! Basically, if there is something you are interested in, we have it, and we want you to try it! Many of our majors are also available as Minors, which are courses of study that you can take in something that is interesting to outside of your declared major. This is great because although many majors seem diametrically opposed to each other, people are interested in all kinds of things- so you get Statistics majors with dance minors, or History majors with Astronomy minors. The University makes it very easy to explore various academic passions simultaneously.
Over 35 of our majors have what is called a Distinguished Majors Program (DMP). These programs are for students that excel in their major, and want to dig a little deeper into the subject matter. These programs generally require a written thesis. Several interdisciplinary programs also have this requirement, encouraging students to engage in a project, or research a question of personal interest to them, culminating in a presentation or paper.
Hence my blog today...
When you enter the University of Virginia as a first year student you don't imagine yourself loving something enough to want to write 30, 40, 50, 100 pages about it. But sometimes this happens! You would be surprised at how invested you become in the research and learning that occurs here, how much you want to talk about it and the thrill that personal discovery has for some people. So, I encourage all of you to think about it when you get here. Ask yourselves: What inspires me? What is something that four years from now I will still love to talk about?
And maybe, if you're lucky, a few years from now, you'll be suffering through a thesis of your own :-)
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