Your General Education courses will ensure you develop a wide range of skills and the flexible habits of mind to meet 21st-century challenges: languages, quantitative reasoning, scientific literacy, creativity and collaboration, and the ability to communicate your knowledge effectively.
majors, concentrations, and pre-professional programs
student to faculty ratio
ranking for best undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report, 2019
MAJORS
![Africa and The African Disapora](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/AfricaTheAfricanDiaspora.png?ssl=1)
![Ancient Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-2.jpg?ssl=1)
![Applied Linguistics](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2023/05/Applied-Linguistics.jpg?ssl=1)
![Art and Art History](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/ArtArtHistory.png?ssl=1)
![Asian Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-4.jpg?ssl=1)
![Biology](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-5.jpg?ssl=1)
![Biomolecular Science](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/BiomolecularScience.png?ssl=1)
![Business and Management Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2023/09/Majors-47.jpg?ssl=1)
![Chemistry](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-6.jpg?ssl=1)
![Chinese](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-8.jpg?ssl=1)
![Classics](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-7.jpg?ssl=1)
![Computer Science](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-9.jpg?ssl=1)
![Creative Writing](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2023/05/Creative-Writing.jpg?ssl=1)
![Dance](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-10.jpg?ssl=1)
![Economics](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-11.jpg?ssl=1)
![Education / Educational Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/EducationEducationalStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Engineering Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/EngineeringStudies.png?ssl=1)
![English](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-12.jpg?ssl=1)
![French](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-15.jpg?ssl=1)
![Family Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/FamilyStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Film and Media Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/FilmMediaStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Environmental Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-13.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/GenderSexualityStudies.png?ssl=1)
![German](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-16.jpg?ssl=1)
![Greek](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-17.jpg?ssl=1)
![History](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-18.jpg?ssl=1)
![Individual Major](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/IndividualMajor.png?ssl=1)
![International Relations](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/InternationalRelations.png?ssl=1)
![Japanese](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-19.jpg?ssl=1)
![Kinesiology Kinesiology](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2021/05/Kinesiology.png?resize=320%2C200&ssl=1)
![Latin](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-20.jpg?ssl=1)
![Latin American Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-21.jpg?ssl=1)
![Mathematical Biology](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/MathematicalBiology.png?ssl=1)
![Mathematics](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-22.jpg?ssl=1)
![Medieval Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-23.jpg?ssl=1)
![Middle Eastern Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/MiddleEasternStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Music (BA MUSIC)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-24.jpg?ssl=1)
![Music for social impact](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2023/11/Asset-2.jpg?ssl=1)
![Music Theater](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2023/05/Musical-Theater.jpg?ssl=1)
![Neuroscience (NEURO)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/Neuroscience.png?ssl=1)
![Nordic Studies (NORST)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/NordicStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Norwegian](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-25.jpg?ssl=1)
![Norwegian](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-26.jpg?ssl=1)
![Philosophy](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-27.jpg?ssl=1)
![Physics](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-28.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-29.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-30.jpg?ssl=1)
![Public Health Studies](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2023/05/Public-Health-Studies.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-31.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-32.jpg?ssl=1)
![Russian Language and Area Studies (RUSSN)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/RussianLanguageAreaStudies.png?ssl=1)
![Social Studies Education](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-35.jpg?ssl=1)
![Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-37.jpg?ssl=1)
![Social Work](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-36.jpg?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-38.jpg?ssl=1)
![Statistics and Data Science (STAT)](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/registrar/files/2020/07/StatisticsDataScience.png?ssl=1)
![Hover over Trigger Text](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Majors-39.jpg?ssl=1)
Academics at St. Olaf
![Holland](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2019/06/Holland.jpg?resize=600%2C350&ssl=1)
St. Olaf is the first step toward a lifetime of learning and doing, of seeing creative solutions to real-life, global challenges. The breadth and depth of our curriculum ensures that you’ll develop the skills necessary for success in all fields.
WHAT’S YOUR INTEREST?
St. Olaf offers a liberal arts experience with the benefits of a music conservatory.
![Charles Taliaferro6](https://i0.wp.com/wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/files/2016/07/Charles-Taliaferro6.jpg?resize=820%2C600&ssl=1)
Classroom Experience
We don’t have graduate students or teaching assistants. Our professors will push you hard in class, but they’ll also be the mentors who challenge you to think about where your learning will lead. Because they will know you well, their reference letters and recommendations can open doors as they follow your life and career long after they’ve given you your last grade.
The Art of Conversation
Conversation is at the heart of a St. Olaf education. We want students to develop the ability to listen carefully, argue forcefully, and be the kind of engaged thinker who makes a conversation more interesting.
St. Olaf’s signature Conversation programs are interdisciplinary, team-taught explorations that take students on five distinct intellectual journeys through influential texts and ideas that have shaped our past and will guide our future.
Average participation in a first-year Conversation program