Academic Programs - Majors, Minors, and Concentrations
The following section describes the academic programs available at Belmont Abbey College and includes courses of study organized as majors, concentrations, and minors. In addition to a broad base in the liberal arts, students focus on a particular discipline, which is called the major. First and second-year courses, numbered 100 to 299, are called lower-level courses, and junior and senior courses numbered 300 to 499, are called upper-level courses.
The programs in which students can major are listed by discipline. Not all discipline departments listed in this Catalogue offer a major, and some free-standing majors are offered within a larger department (e.g., Educational Studies). Those departments offering a minor are also indicated in the descriptions. Students may not minor in the field in which they are majoring. Per College policy, students may not request to take consortium classes, with the exception of RIZE, to fulfill minor requirements.