Undergraduate Minors
Columbian College offers 67 undergraduate minors, allowing students a variety of ways to explore a field outside of their major.
Students interested in pursuing a minor should consult a faculty advisor in the applicable department and declare both major and minor programs through the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
Undergraduates may declare up to two minors.
Find a Minor
- Africana Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Ethics
- Arabic Studies
- Arabic and Hebrew Languages and Cultures
- Archaeology
- Art History
- Asian American Studies
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Biological Anthropology
- Biology
- Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Classical and Near Eastern Studies
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Criminal Justice
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Dance
- Data Science
- Economics
- English
- English for Business Students
- Film Studies
- Fine Arts
- Fine Arts and Art History
- French Language, Literature, and Culture
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geography
- Geological Sciences
- German Language and Literature
- Graphic Design
- Hebrew
- History
- Human Services and Social Justice
- Italian Language and Literature
- Japanese Language and Literature
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Judaic Studies
- Korean Language and Literature
- Law & Society
- LGBT and Sexuality Studies
- Linguistics
- Logic
- Mathematics
- Mind-Brain Studies
- Music
- Organizational Communication
- Organizational Sciences
- Peace Studies
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Public Policy
- Religion
- Russian Language and Literature
- Sociocultural Anthropology
- Sociology
- Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
- Statistics
- Theatre
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"To fulfill my writing requirement sophomore year, I found myself enrolled in an 8 a.m. introductory-level journalism course. It was one of my most challenging classes at GW, but it was indisputably the most rewarding. I ended up minoring in journalism and interning for news organizations including NPR and USA Today."
Beth Furtwangler
BA '08, Communication