Academic Departments

Prepares students for careers such as the independent practice of public accounting, controllership, and general accounting management.

Offers ABET accredited undergraduate programs in aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering.

A program of learning and study about the people of African descent in the Americas and around the globe.

Offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

Prepares students to assume responsible positions in the management of the world's natural and human resources.

Education focusing on the integration, application and dissemination of knowledge in the agricultural and applied sciences.

Engaged in teaching, research, and outreach in many fields within environment and natural resources; family, youth and community; human nutrition, food safety, health; marketing, trade and economics; animal systems; and plant systems.

Provides health care education, research, and patient care. Includes the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in American Indian Studies seeks to develop a wider scope of understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Provides the full spectrum of clinical anesthesiology services at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

Assures that all research, testing, or educational instruction involving animals is conducted in a humane manner in accordance with federal laws and regulations, including the Animal Welfare Act.

Provides programs in Dairy, Stress Proteien Biology, Equine, Beef, and the Race Track Industry Program.

Offers academic training in cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

An interdisciplinary graduate program for students who wish to continue their studies of mathematics.

Accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).

Known for an interest in desert architecture and an emphasis on integrating environmental analysis into building design.

A graduate program of study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Arid Lands Resource Sciences.

Provides health care education, research, and patient care. Includes the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.

An academic and research unit devoted to research and education in neurobiology.

Prepares students for careers as officers in the Army.

Provides programs designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for professional careers in studio art, graphic design and illustration, art history, and art education.

Offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Provides graduate training and research in the atmospheric sciences and related fields.

Delivers the basic sciences curriculum to first- and second-year medical students.

Offers the M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees to prepare for senior research positions in industry or government laboratories or a career in college-level or university-level teaching and research.

Provides students with an opportunity to work at the interface of chemistry and biology.

Trains graduate students in research areas at the interface of the biological, mathematical and physical sciences, working with interdisciplinary faculty teams.

A Graduate Interdisciplinary Program that offers opportunities for students interested in research and training related to biomedical engineering.

Nationally-recognized academic research unit at the service of contemporary society

Delivers business and leadership education through undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing innovation, integrity, and cutting-edge research balanced with experiential learning.

Students in this program may choose areas of special concentration such as biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology or microbiology.

A basic science department that provides courses in the medical curriculum and a number of graduate and undergraduate courses in the life sciences.

Dedicated to the study of the civilizations and culture of China and Japan.

A multicampus, interdisciplinary program fostering collaborative research and education on a broad array of topics dealing with insect science.

Promotes Middle East studies-related teaching and research and fosters understanding of the Middle East through an extensive program of outreach to schools and the wider community.

Offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, finance, organization and administration, science and technology policy, and student affairs.

Offer BS, MS, and PhD Degree Programs in Chemical Engineering, and MS and PhD Degree Programs in Environmental Engineering.

ABET accredited BS degree and Masters and PhD programs. Civil engineers conceive, design, construct, manage and maintain physical facilities and infrastructure.

Studies the cultures, history, languages, literatures, and material remains of the ancient Mediterranean world.

The study of human mental processes with a fundamental goal of determining the nature of human intelligence.

Engaged in teaching, research, and outreach in many fields within environment and natural resources; family, youth and community; human nutrition, food safety, health; marketing, trade and economics; animal systems; and plant systems.

Accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).

Prepares students for careers as elementary and secondary school teachers, and non-teaching, entry-level human services positions in social services agencies, programs for the disabled, and group homes.

Plays a pivotal role in providing the research, technology, and engineering expertise necessary for growth and diversity in the economy. Graduates of the college are the entrepreneurs developing high-tech companies, creating jobs, and improving our quality of life.

Offers programs to prepare students for careers in the performing, visual and media arts. Opportunities range from performing and production to teaching, exhibition, administration and technology.

Through the study of language, literature, and culture, programs in Humanities emphasize the importance of critical, creative, thinking and writing. Students prepare for careers in education, public service, international business and the foreign service.

A nationally prominent law school with a rigorous academic program that prepares lawyers for leadership and service throughout the nation and world.

While providing knowledge and skills basic to the practice of medicine, the College of Medicine inculcates students with fundamental attitudes of compassionate patient care and a spirit and desire for lifelong independent learning and scholarship.

Prepares students for the nursing profession and graduate school. The UA College of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, and affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing.

Our BS, MS, and PhD programs focus on providing students with a broad education in all areas of optics and on educating students with practical experience and competitive technical skills.

Offers Pharm D,M.A. and PhD degrees. A member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.

Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

Conducts programs which span the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences. Emphases are on teaching a fundamental understanding of scientific knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and applying that knowledge to solving problems.

Focuses on the understanding of human beings, the groups they form, and the societies and cultures they create. SBS provides research and a diverse interdisciplinary education for students.

Educates by developing curriculum and promoting research addressing the histories, politics and cultures of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

Provides students with the knowledge and tools that they will need to embark on careers as educators and researchers in the field of neuroscience.

Offers studies leading to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

Created in order to meet the need for instruction in less commonly taught languages.

Prepares students for careers as performers, choreographers, movement specialists and teachers and develops scholarly foundations for specialized and advanced degree work.

Offers graduate training leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Immunobiology.

Studies of the epoch of transition between medieval and early-modern Europe.

Dedicated to the study of the civilizations and culture of China and Japan.

Study and research in areas including molecular genetics and organismal function as they relate to evolution and ecology; population and community ecology; and biological diversity, phylogeny and macroevolution.

Students can pursue a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.).

Prepares students for careers as elementary and secondary school teachers, and non-teaching, entry-level human services positions in social services agencies, programs for the disabled, and group homes.

Prepares individuals for leadership roles at all levels of public education.

Prepares students for roles in research, teaching, school counseling and many other areas in which educational psychology is applied.

Delivers business and leadership education through undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing innovation, integrity, and cutting-edge research balanced with experiential learning.

Plays a pivotal role in providing the research, technology, and engineering expertise necessary for growth and diversity in the economy. Graduates of the college are the entrepreneurs developing high-tech companies, creating jobs, and improving our quality of life.

Offers several programs of study leading to both Masters and Ph.D. degrees and offers an interdisciplinary graduate program in insect science.

Offers programs for careers in retailing, family studies, and family and consumer sciences education. Its close ties with the community ensure that programs reflect the changing needs of society

Offers two bachelor of science degrees for undergraduates majoring in family studies and human development or family and consumer sciences education (FACS), as well as advanced study at the graduate level.

Offers programs to prepare students for careers in the performing, visual and media arts. Opportunities range from performing and production to teaching, exhibition, administration and technology.

Offers a B.A. in French (Literature; Teaching; and Business) and two in Italian (Language and literature; Italian studies).

The study of how genes are inherited, how they control the phenotype of cells and organisms, and how they evolve.

Offers a BA degree in Geography, a BS degree in Regional Development, and an MA and PhD degrees in Geography.

Focuses on research and education dealing with the nature, genesis, and history of the Earth and its crust, and with the evolution of the environment and biota at the Earth's surface.

Provides graduate students with a broad understanding of critical concepts and state-of-the-art skills in the rapidly emerging field of global change.

The administrative unit that oversees all of the graduate programs offered at the UA.

These degrees are offered through a collaboration between several graduate departments.

Provides an opportunity to study coursework in Spanish, live with a Guadalajara family, and be totally immersed in the culture as well as the language.

Designed for individuals who will become professional health educators in community health, public health, school health and biomedical organizations.

Offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, finance, organization and administration, science and technology policy, and student affairs.

Fosters an enduring spirit of inquiry and discovery by providing academic opportunities, such as Honors courses, research experiences, and intellectual dialogues, for artistically and academically talented students.

Through the study of language, literature, and culture, programs in Humanities emphasize the importance of critical, creative, thinking and writing. Students prepare for careers in education, public service, international business and the foreign service.

Offers programs to undergraduate and graduate students in the applied science of water use from many perspectives including social, economic, legal, environmental and scientific. Students prepare for careers in the field of hydrology with our internationally recognized faculty.

Offers graduate training leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Immunobiology.

Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

A multicampus, interdisciplinary program fostering collaborative research and education on a broad array of topics dealing with insect science.

Provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.

Provides graduate training and research in the atmospheric sciences and related fields.

These degrees are offered through a collaboration between several graduate departments.

Engaged in research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography, isotope geochemistry, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, geomorphology, numerical and statistical modeling, and even public health.

A graduate professional degree program which emphasizes landscape and human ecology, socio-cultural and behavioral factors, landscape aesthetics, and artistic principles in a variety of design, planning, and management scenarios.

Establishes and supports a scholarly community for the study of the teaching and learning of literacy and biliteracy in the educational context of cultural and linguistic diversity.

Studies of the epoch of transition between medieval and early-modern Europe.

Offers BA and MA degrees, a PhD minor, and joint BA/MA programs with Business and Law.

A nationally prominent law school with a rigorous academic program that prepares lawyers for leadership and service throughout the nation and world.

Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

Offers undergraduate and graduate programs in linguistics and human language technology.

Dedicated to goal of understanding and teaching about the formation and evolution of the planetary system.

Designed for students desiring managerial positions in large or small organizations.

Designed for students desiring managerial positions in large or small organizations.

Delivers business and leadership education through undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing innovation, integrity, and cutting-edge research balanced with experiential learning.

Offers pre-professional and professional education at the undergraduate level with Bachelor of Arts programs in Aesthetics and Criticism, and Producing, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts program in Production.

Provides lectures by visiting professors, as well as courses & events for UA medical students.

While providing knowledge and skills basic to the practice of medicine, the College of Medicine inculcates students with fundamental attitudes of compassionate patient care and a spirit and desire for lifelong independent learning and scholarship.

Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

Committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans.

Promotes Middle East studies-related teaching and research and fosters understanding of the Middle East through an extensive program of outreach to schools and the wider community.

Offers a wide variety of degree programs and musical experiences, and presents over three hundred concerts and recitals each year.

Provides instruction, research and extension/outreach in a range of disciplines related to the conservation and management of these renewable natural resources.

Focuses on the study of histories, civilizations, cultures, and languages (Arabic, Persian and Turkish) of the Middle East as well as North Africa and other parts of the Islamic world.

An academic and research unit devoted to research and education in neurobiology.

Provides students with the knowledge and tools that they will need to embark on careers as educators and researchers in the field of neuroscience.

Prepares students for the nursing profession and graduate school. The UA College of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, and affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Western Institute of Nursing.

Provides undergraduate, graduate, and cooperative extension programs that advance the discovery and translation of the roles of nutrition in optimizing health for people in Arizona, the nation and the world.

Our BS, MS, and PhD programs focus on providing students with a broad education in all areas of optics and on educating students with practical experience and competitive technical skills.

Provides instruction in pharmacology, toxicology and medicinal chemistry to PharmD students and for providing graduate education to students in a variety of research tracks.

Provide quality preclinical and clinical education in pharmacology and therapeutics for medical students, and educates and trains graduate and postdoctoral biomedical scientists.

Offers Pharm D,M.A. and PhD degrees. A member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.

Emphasizes a "systems level" approach to the study of the integrated biological functions of the human body, with a focus on biochemical, metabolic, neuromechanical, and cardiorespiratory interactions.

Offers courses of study for undergraduate, graduate and medical students.

Provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.

Dedicated to goal of understanding and teaching about the formation and evolution of the planetary system.

Prepares students for managerial and administrative positions in local, state or federal government agencies and nonprofit agencies.

Focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease, and public health education. Research programs involve health promotion in border communities, smoking prevention and cessation, women's health, substance abuse among youth and environmental hazards along the Arizona/Mexico border.

Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

An academic, interdisciplinary exploration of the meaning and value of religion in human experience.

Provides instruction, research and extension/outreach in a range of disciplines related to the conservation and management of these renewable natural resources.

Offers Bachelor's degrees preparing students for careers in all areas of retail management. Students can also pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees leading to management and/or research positions with retail companies, direct marketers, consumer research firms, management consulting companies, and in higher education.

Known for an interest in desert architecture and an emphasis on integrating environmental analysis into building design.

Provides programs designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for professional careers in studio art, graphic design and illustration, art history, and art education.

Prepares students for careers as performers, choreographers, movement specialists and teachers and develops scholarly foundations for specialized and advanced degree work.

Offers programs for careers in retailing, family studies, and family and consumer sciences education. Its close ties with the community ensure that programs reflect the changing needs of society

Provides opportunities to prepare for a meaningful career in the library and information professions in the 21st Century.

A graduate professional degree program which emphasizes landscape and human ecology, socio-cultural and behavioral factors, landscape aesthetics, and artistic principles in a variety of design, planning, and management scenarios.

Provides instruction, research and extension/outreach in a range of disciplines related to the conservation and management of these renewable natural resources.

Prepares students for managerial and administrative positions in local, state or federal government agencies and nonprofit agencies.

Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

Conducts programs which span the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences. Emphases are on teaching a fundamental understanding of scientific knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and applying that knowledge to solving problems.

Provides training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language acquisition and teaching.

UA South is located about 75 miles southeast of Tucson in Sierra Vista. UA South offers upper division programs to allow students from Arizona community colleges to complete a degree.

Provides training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language acquisition and teaching.

Focuses on the understanding of human beings, the groups they form, and the societies and cultures they create. SBS provides research and a diverse interdisciplinary education for students.

Offers advanced degree programs designed to prepare students for careers in research and teaching.

Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the broad area of Environmental Science and Soil and Water Science that are integrated with strong research and extension education programs.

Offers nationally recognized undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees to prepare teachers, counselors, specialists, administrators, school psychologists, and researchers/teacher educators in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, gifted education, sign language/deaf studies, and educational interpreting.

Offers educational programs leading to the B.S., M.S., Au.D., and Ph.D. degrees.

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP) in Statistics supports and encourages the central role of statistical thinking in the biological, physical, engineering, financial, and social sciences.

Provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.

A nationally ranked top 20 program providing research and educational programs emphasizing mathematical modeling, computing, and decision technologies for the design and operation of large systems in engineering, business and logistics.

Helps prepare undergraduate students for careers as elementary and secondary teachers and offers master's and doctoral programs leading to positions in school leadership, research and development and teacher education.

Offers Bachelor's degrees preparing students for careers in all areas of retail management. Students can also pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees leading to management and/or research positions with retail companies, direct marketers, consumer research firms, management consulting companies, and in higher education.

Provides undergraduate and graduate education in professional degree programs and liberal arts in such disciplines as Musical Theatre, Production (Acting, Design), Theatre Studies and Theatre Education.

Engaged in research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography, isotope geochemistry, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, geomorphology, numerical and statistical modeling, and even public health.

UA South is located about 75 miles southeast of Tucson in Sierra Vista. UA South offers upper division programs to allow students from Arizona community colleges to complete a degree.

Sponsors policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship and education with decisionmaking.

Assures that all research, testing, or educational instruction involving animals is conducted in a humane manner in accordance with federal laws and regulations, including the Animal Welfare Act.

Academic home for "undecided" or "exploratory" students at the UA. Providing academic advising services as well as help and resources for students exploring majors.

UA South is located about 75 miles southeast of Tucson in Sierra Vista. UA South offers upper division programs to allow students from Arizona community colleges to complete a degree.

Offers two undergraduate majors, one in Veterinary Science and one in Microbiology. The department also offers MS and PhD degrees in Microbiology, as well as MS, applied MS and PhD degrees in Pathobiology.

Oversees and facilitates matters related to research and creative activities by faculty, staff and students.

Provides interdisciplinary feminist research and curriculum.