JWU Providence’s John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences offers professionally-focused degree programs designed to provide transferable skills and professional competencies necessary for long-term career progression and engaged citizenship.
Programs combine the depth and breadth of a liberal arts education with the career-oriented training for which JWU is known. Connect with faculty who work in a wide range of academic fields, and pursue a more applied approach to a liberal education.
The college also provides the A&S Core Experience — embedded in all of JWU’s varied degree programs — to help you develop the skills identified by employers as most critical to professional success: effective communication, critical and creative thinking, quantitative literacy and ethical reasoning.
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree
Interdisciplinary Studies: Design Your Own Major
Media & Communication Studies
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree
Animal Science
Biology
Criminal Justice
Data Analytics
Equine Studies
Liberal Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Master of Science (MS)
Addiction Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Master of Education (MEd)
Teaching and Learning
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Teacher Education — Business/Secondary Special Education or Elementary/Elementary Special Education (MAT)
Teacher Education — Culinary Arts Education Concentration (MAT)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Educational Leadership
Minors
Chemistry
Community Justice
Criminal Justice
Economics
Environmental Sustainability
Food Studies
Gender Studies
Global Studies
Leadership Studies
Mathematics
Media & Communication Studies
Political Science
Professional Communication
Psychology
Race and Ethnicity Studies
Programs for Undecided Students*
Undeclared: University Explorations
*Tracks into bachelor’s degree program