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Fast-track your future with two degrees in just five years with our 3-2 Pre-Engineering Program. Earn a degree in three years at OWU, then spend two years at a partner school to complete your engineering degree. Take on rigorous coursework in biology, chemistry, and physics, to build a strong foundation for biomedical engineering. This interdisciplinary approach prepares you to tackle challenges in medical devices, biomaterials, and healthcare technologies.

Earn two degrees in five years, combining foundational studies in physics and computer science with advanced engineering coursework. Gain expertise in circuit design, digital systems, and programming, preparing you for careers in fields like telecommunications, robotics, and hardware development. Our graduates go on to prominent engineering schools and launch successful careers in technology and engineering.

Master programming and engineering with our streamlined 3-2 Pre-Engineering Program. Earn a computer science degree in three years at OWU, then spend two years at a partner school to complete your engineering degree. Engage in rigorous coursework in computer programming, algorithms, and systems design, blending computer science with engineering principles. Through hands-on research and internships, you'll gain practical experience in fields like software engineering, systems architecture, and healthcare technology.

Explore the principles of physics with our 3-2 Pre-Engineering Program. Earn a physics degree from OWU in three years, then spend two years at a partner school to complete your engineering degree. Study mechanics, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics, developing problem-solving skills essential for aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering. Our students go on to top-tier graduate schools and are employed by leading engineering firms and research institutions.

Learn both financial and managerial accounting, along with finance, tax, and business law. Collaborate with faculty mentors on research projects, and as part of OWU's Accounting & Finance Fellows Program, a select group of accounting and finance majors or minors can explore topics more deeply and take on real-world accounting research and application.

Choose your track: Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance, and deepen your studies with courses in history, literature, languages, religion, art, or philosophy. You’ll complete an interdisciplinary capstone project during your senior year to give you real-world experience.

Enjoy internship opportunities at museums, libraries, and universities, including Northwestern University's Early Print Lab and archaeological digs across the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

Take advantage of field-work opportunities that will connect you with job opportunities with inner-city social service agencies, local government, or marketing research firms after graduating.

While you’re here, you’ll have the opportunity to study and work in Bolivia, India, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Costa Rica.

Turn your love of art into a practical degree—choose from four tracks: fine arts, studio art, art history, or art education. Gain hands-on experience through internships and signature projects in the New York Arts Program, working alongside NYC professionals in various artistic fields. You can also participate in Theory-to-Practice Grant trips as early as your first year.

Art graduates have exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, worked in a wide range of professions, and taught at all levels from grade school through college.

Study the life cycles of stars and the formation and evolution of galaxies. Participate in the Summer Scholarship Research Program and enjoy the opportunity to present at undergraduate research forums on campus and across the country. You’re guaranteed to complete a year-long research project during your senior year—which gives you an opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice and prepare for jobs or graduate school.

Apply the laws of physics to study the universe at the largest scales. Participate in the Summer Scholarship Research Program and enjoy the opportunity to present at undergraduate research forums on campus and across the country. You're guaranteed to complete a year-long research project during your senior year—which gives you an opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice and prepare for jobs or graduate school.

Conduct research in areas as diverse as computer modeling, synthesis and analysis of inorganic complexes, design and testing of probes for environmental analysis, synthesis of complex organic molecules, and chemical modification of proteins.

Graduates have landed science careers at Anderson Cancer Center and Battelle Memorial Institute, medical school at Johns Hopkins and Ohio State University, graduate school at Yale, and research programs at the Mayo Clinic, to name a few.

Examine ecosystem health in Costa Rica or save the honey bees in the Stratford Ecological Center.

Covering a range of topics including genetics, zoology, environment and sustainability, and health and human kinetics, you’ll have a diverse foundation in biology to prepare for graduate school (at Auburn, Cornell, or Penn State, to name a few), or a career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Mayo Clinic, and more.

Connect politics, the arts, geography, education, and business within black cultures. Gain firsthand experience through a fieldwork or internship position, or study abroad in Africa and the Caribbean. Explore global culture in inner-city Chicago or take a volunteer trip to Ghana.

With this worldly experience, you’ll be ready to take on a career in journalism, government, education, business, and more. Or, continue your studies in graduate school in law, business, history, medical school, or others.

Explore the impact of invasive honeysuckle species on greenhouse gas emissions through hands-on research in “living lab” environments. Take advantage of summer research opportunities, and even earn awards and monetary gifts if recognized for research excellence.

Intern with New York’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Michigan State’s Plant Genomics Program, or the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis and prepare to follow grads who landed jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Mayo Clinic, and more.

Prepare for the future of business—learn to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of business in a dynamic and global economy.

Graduates have interned in equity analysis in New York, marketing with the San Francisco 49ers, the music business in Los Angeles, social media and production at ABC Studios in California, and more.

No surprise—OMG (OWU Marketing Group) functions as an actual business/marketing agency, which will prepare you for careers after graduation.

Prepare for the future of business—learn to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of business in a dynamic and global economy.

Graduates have interned in equity analysis in New York, marketing with the San Francisco 49ers, the music business in Los Angeles, social media and production at ABC Studios in California, and more.

No surprise—OMG (OWU Marketing Group) functions as an actual business/marketing agency that will prepare you for careers after graduation.

Understand the way atoms and molecules behave and how those behaviors lead to everything we know and love. Our campus offers seven modern labs and collaborative facilities, high-grade technology like our Shimazu QP5000 Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer, as well as weekly science lectures with successful researchers from across the country.

Deepen your studies with research on and off campus in our labs, or like students before you have done: at Cornell University in New York.

Study abroad in Greece or Italy, get cultured through our lecture and visit series with guest appearances by leading classicists, join the Classics honor society or Class Club—and wrap it all together with the opportunity to publish your written work.

You’ll graduate well-trained in the ancient languages of Greek and Latin, and be prepared to follow past alumni who have entered a career at the Smithsonian and grad school at the University of Chicago, and others.

Coaching is a great pathway if you are interested in working in an educational environment after graduation. At OWU, our coaching program nicely supplements a health and human kinetics degree, whether pursuing the general major or specializing in exercise science or sports and exercise management.

No matter which path you choose, your internship experience will prepare you for a career as a coach and mentor.

Create documentaries and podcasts, explore cultural communication challenges, examine communication issues in specific professions such as health care, and more. Build connections to the professional world with internships from New York to San Francisco.

Your studies will span subjects like web and digital media, public relations, advocacy, social media, organization communications, and advertising, and you’ll complete an internship and in-depth capstone project to gain real-world experience.

Master programming, data analysis, and cybersecurity. Study in cutting-edge facilities, including state-of-the-art labs and collaborative spaces.

Past students have interned at renowned companies like Microsoft and IBM, gaining invaluable industry experience. Graduates land high-paying jobs at leading tech firms and pursue advanced degrees at prestigious institutions.

No matter which of the three concentrations you choose—creative writing, English for educators, or literature, you’ll learn to read critically, communicate clearly, and write persuasively and movingly. These skills are essential for success in every field and profession.

You’ll have endless opportunities inside and outside of the classroom for immersive experiences in creative writing, education, and literature—including exciting cultural experiences to explore the importance of storytelling.

Study dance in a broad artistic, cultural, historical, scientific, and creative context. You’ll gain a deeper appreciation as you view, create, perform, discuss, evaluate, and contextualize dance, in and out of the studio. Plus, you’ll participate in Orchesis, OWU’s annual dance concert.

You’ll also investigate how dance resonates with and responds to its social and cultural frameworks—giving you a well-rounded performing arts background.

Blend math and computer science with courses in big data, data storytelling, science writing, and the intersection of data with the sciences, humanities, and arts. Conduct original research through our Summer Scholarship Research Program, travel to Alaska, compete in computer science and math competitions, and more. Prepare for this rapidly growing profession across a wide range of fields, including finance, health care, insurance, biomedical research, computer science, marketing, and many other areas.

Combine math and computer science courses—to understand the social, cultural, and ethical impacts of the increasing use of data. Conduct original research through our Summer Scholarship Research Program, travel to Alaska, compete in computer science and math competitions, and more. Prepare for this rapidly growing profession across a wide range of fields, including finance, health care, insurance, biomedical research, computer science, marketing, and many other areas.

Celebrate the Culture Fest with Horizons. Live in the Citizens of the World House. Gain firsthand experience in China or Japan as you study off-campus for a semester or more. Through studying the Chinese or Japanese language, their native economics, politics and government, history, religion, sociology, and anthropology, you'll gain the knowledge, skills, and experience to live and work in East Asia.

Tackle real-world challenges like supporting economic growth in lower-income nations, addressing unemployment, finding sustainable solutions for environmental issues, uncovering the drivers behind consumer behavior, and exploring what influences income levels.

Through internships, fellowships, and student clubs, you’ll have the opportunity to travel and experience economics in the big cities—New York City and Washington, D.C.

We’ll help you prepare to teach in the specific area you love, from early childhood through high school.

You’ll have many opportunities to work directly with children, including a 15-week student teaching experience supervised by both university faculty and experienced educators. You’ll prepare for teaching licensure and become the knowledgeable, caring, competent professional needed to lead a classroom.

Fast-track your path into engineering with Ohio Wesleyan's new Conrades School of Engineering, launching with a Mechanical Engineering major, two engineering minors, and industry-connected learning. Build a strong foundation through hands-on coursework and a liberal arts lens that prepares you to solve real-world challenges in fields from biomedicine to aerospace. With research opportunities, 3-2 engineering pathways, and a future ABET-accredited* BSME option, OWU equips you to innovate, lead, and shape what's next in engineering. *ABET accreditation pending first graduating class.

No matter which of the three concentrations you choose—creative writing, English for educators, or literature, you’ll learn to read critically, communicate clearly, and write persuasively and movingly. These skills are essential for success in every field and profession.

You’ll have endless opportunities inside and outside of the classroom for immersive experiences in creative writing, education, and literature—including exciting cultural experiences to explore the importance of storytelling.

From studying endangered frogs to researching how road salts affect bodies of water, you’ll strengthen your scientific skills with hands-on research projects, internships, and travel-learning courses. You can even explore environmental topics in Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Galapagos Islands.

Complete an in-depth capstone project to prepare you for graduate studies in science or to find the right job after graduation. Past graduates have pursued environmental, business, and wildlife endeavors.

Through labs, seminars, field and library research, and intensive exposure to technology and the digital world, you'll learn how to manage and solve environmental problems. Study in the Moore Greenhouse, do local service projects in Delaware County to enhance your studies. Student projects have made real-world impacts: waste reduction through May Move Out, reusable food containers, promoting reusable water bottles with hydration stations, and more.

Prepare for a career in a growing field promoting individual and public health. Learn concepts of exercise and physical activity as they relate to healthy, injured, and high-risk populations. Studies include laboratory and laboratory-type activities in exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, and exercise testing.

With an exercise science background, you may go on to pursue career fields like physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, nursing, chiropractic, and more.

From presenting at film festivals to reimagining production sets, film studies opens the door to countless creative opportunities. Explore a wide-ranging curriculum that includes screenwriting, Latin American cinema, video production, editing and design, acting, music analysis in film, Black identity, female filmmakers, and much more.

Through our New York Arts Program, you could work side-by-side with professionals in the film and creative arts business while living in New York City for a semester.

Our finance major blends a strong core of economics classes with advanced coursework in finance to prepare you for a range of industries: investment banking, financial planning, wealth management, private equity, or corporate finance, to name a few.

Participate in internships from coast to coast or around the world. The Philadelphia Center lets you try out independent city living while completing an internship in a government agency or private business.

Study the importance of food as biological fuel, a natural resource with problems of abundance and scarcity, a focus of celebration, a human obsession, a cultural expression, as a multi-billion-dollar industry, and as an interaction with the global environment through agriculture and waste disposal.

Gain the tools to investigate, debate, and solve some problems like food scarcity, malnutrition, obesity, preserving cultural heritage in a global society, and feeding people in a world of 7 billion and more.

On campus, you may join OWU Cercle Français, attend performances and sample foods at Culture Fest, or become a language tutor to enhance your studies. Off-campus, you'll spend a semester in a French-speaking country to deepen and refine your language skills. When traveling abroad, you’ll explore an existing problem or develop a totally new avenue of exploration—and present your research at the Student Symposium.

From studying the effects of house dust mite exposure versus respiratory virus infections to using cutting-edge technology for gene classification in research at Mississippi State, our genetics students have tackled real-world challenges head-on.

Through our program, you’ll gain an understanding of the fundamental properties of life, which can lead to discoveries that benefit health, society, and the environment.

Use tools such as mapping, Geographic Information Systems, and community interviews to study natural and human patterns as they vary over geographic space, as well as the interaction between humans and their natural environments.

Gain experience like past graduates have: using drones to map the islands of Belize, studying the effects of reforestation in Chile, and more. Prepare for a career in urban and regional planning, environmental and resource management, logistics, or others.

Prepare for a career in a growing field promoting individual and public health. Fully understand techniques through Cardiovascular and Flexibility Training courses. Learn in the Simpson Querrey Fitness Center, complete a 120-hour internship, and more.

Pursue a diverse career in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, fitness instruction, management, or recreation fields.

Curate a history program that reflects your unique interests with the freedom to focus on U.S., European, Pacific Asian, Latin American history, and more—offering both creativity and flexibility in your academic journey.

Past students have helped digitize a collection of Confederate records, presented scholarly articles, cataloged artifacts in the Brandt Museum of Zoology, and more.

Pair your interest in studying religion with other disciplines. Or career paths like performing arts, politics, environmental studies, and more. Study and pursue research projects in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Past students have landed internships in OWU's Chaplain's office, Delaware and Columbus-area churches, nonprofit organizations, and other ministries.

In our International Business program, you’ll choose a regional focus—Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or North America—while building a strong foundation in business and economic principles, cultural understanding, and language proficiency.

Take your studies further—to Seville, Spain; Brussels, Belgium; or Geneva, Switzerland, for example—and explore the economic importance of the French market, the entrepreneurial success of Japanese businesswomen, and more.

With many opportunities to gain real-world experience through internships and research projects in Washington, D.C., and locations around the world, it’s no wonder we’re ranked as having one of the top 10 "Best Value" international studies programs in the nation (College Factual).

You’ll meet with international policy experts and scholars and Skype with leaders at NATO and other international organizations. Prepare for advocacy work, graduate school, or to be employed by an international organization.

Explore the politics, language, history, literature, and economics of Latin America. On campus, live in LA CASA or create cultural events through VIVA. You'll study abroad in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking nation in Latin America. Travel to a Latin American country or region with a mission team and aid in homebuilding, tutoring children, and caring for orphans of natural disasters. Prepare for teaching, social justice, or graduate school opportunities.

Work with local businesses or nonprofit organizations to implement class concepts in “live” management situations—past students have taken their ideas from entrepreneurship class and developed them into ongoing, viable businesses.

Intern in equity analysis in New York; marketing with the San Francisco 49ers; with mergers and acquisitions in Columbus; and in the music business in Los Angeles. Prepare to become a business leader, run your own company, and get real-world experience before you graduate.

Work one-on-one with faculty in independent studies—operations research, computer graphics, design of experiments, and more. Did you know that as a math student, you could conduct research in China, Alaska, and the Virgin Islands through Connection grants and travel learning?

Prepare for graduate school and for careers in mathematics and computer fields, as well as statistics, business, education, and the natural and physical sciences.

Fast-track your future with Ohio Wesleyan's new accredited* Mechanical Engineering major, launching Fall 2027. Earn a BSME while combining hands-on engineering coursework with a liberal arts foundation. Design, build, and test devices, engines, and machines while honing problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. Graduate ready to tackle real-world engineering challenges and launch a career in a rapidly growing field. *ABET accreditation pending first graduating class.

Choose your track: Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance, and deepen your studies with courses in history, literature, languages, religion, art, or philosophy. You’ll complete an interdisciplinary capstone project during your senior year to give you real-world experience.

Enjoy internship opportunities at museums, libraries, and universities, including Northwestern University's Early Print Lab and the Mediterranean and Northern European archaeological digs.

Prepare for a career at the forefront of science by exploring the ever-evolving world of microbiology. You’ll gain hands-on experience with advanced microscopy equipment, conduct full-time research alongside faculty, and present your discoveries at campus symposia as well as national and international conferences.

With innovations like recombinant DNA technology making bacteria a powerful tool in scientific discovery, you’ll graduate ready to contribute to breakthroughs in medicine, biotechnology, environmental science, and more.

95% of our music graduates achieve their post-graduate goals as performers, composers, music teachers, or by connecting their passion for music with other disciplinary pursuits from pre-med and chemistry to business and international studies.

Choose your music track: education, instrumental, vocal, or composition, and gain on-the-job experience through the New York Arts Program, working alongside NYC professionals across the field in the art capital of the world.

As a neuroscience student, you’ll prepare to develop better medicines and therapies for neurological and psychiatric disorders and to understand the fundamental properties that define us and the nature of consciousness.

You’ll study the brain at all levels—through research and independent study, in our state-of-the-art labs on campus, and through studying abroad.

In partnership with a top nursing school in Ohio, OWU offers two options to achieve your nursing degree—an ideal scenario if you are interested in a nursing career and want an undergraduate experience that allows you to study abroad, play athletics, join fraternity and sorority life, or participate in any of the academic and residential campus opportunities.

Gain hands-on skills in first-rate facilities like the Simpson Querrey Fitness Center, or join the Pre-Health Club where you’ll work to educate the public about illnesses and self-care.

Travel to Washington, D.C., to learn about food and migration, or study the sustainability of olive production in Morocco. Intern with Cooking Matters, learn in the Kroger Distribution Center, and more.

You’ll prepare for a career in community health, health education, food justice and advocacy, food industry work, related graduate programs in public health and dietetics, or to begin your path to becoming a Registered Dietitian.

You will learn to analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments in defense of particular views. Attend lectures by renowned speakers. Conduct and present research through your hands-on capstone project, and access the Methodist Theological School library to deepen your learning in philosophy.

Studying philosophy will prepare you for a career in business, law, medicine, teaching, and the ministry.

Explore the universe, from the subatomic particles to massive galaxies. Study the basic laws that govern the universe—and develop innovations with practical applications, such as technologies in medicine, lasers, and computers.

Choose from three options to meet your career goals, including our 3-2 program where you’ll earn two degrees (one in physics pre-engineering from OWU and one in engineering from a partner school) in five years.

Study the real vs. ideal, conflicting values, and other obstacles that U.S. citizens and members of the global community face every day.

The Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs will help you learn more about political life through internships and independent study. You can also partake in the Mock Convention (an OWU tradition) or Moot Court and travel to conferences nationwide with Model UN.

From your first year, you can gain dental health experience and study off campus with Travel-Learning Courses in Brazil, Costa Rica, East Africa, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, and North Carolina.

Combine your pursuit of dentistry with subjects of zoology, chemistry, botany-microbiology, psychology, neuroscience, or other areas to better prepare you to pursue dental school post-graduation.

Aspiring to attend law school? You don’t need to have a certain major. Instead, you'll focus on developing essential skills for success in law school: strong reading comprehension, effective written and verbal expression, a deep understanding of human institutions and values, and creative problem-solving.

Enhance your experience by interning in Washington, D.C. through our Wesleyan in Washington program, gaining real-world insight and hands-on experience that will set you apart after graduation.

From your first year, you can gain clinical experience and study off campus with Travel-Learning Courses in Brazil, Costa Rica, East Africa, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, and North Carolina. Past internships and research have included volunteering to administer child health screenings, examining congenital heart diseases at the Mayo Clinic, and more.

Take these experiences with you to pursue medical school post-graduation.

Interested in pursuing a career in physical therapy? OWU can provide the educational pathways to get you there. Your studies may combine disciplines of zoology, psychology, health and human kinetics, exercise science, biology, anatomy and physiology, and more.

While you’re here, you’ll gain experience observing, or preferably assisting, a registered physical therapist to prepare you for your own role as a PT.

Explore your passion for animals through our integrated internships at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and various animal clinics and hospitals. Get hands-on experience in and out of the classroom that will help you turn internships into first jobs.

With top-of-the-line facilities and instrumentation, you can carry out advanced research that’s often impossible at other liberal arts institutions.

Join a psychology program ranked in the top 11% of all colleges and universities in America as a “Best Value for the Money” by Collect Factual. Gain real-world experience in governmental agencies, private sector businesses, and legal firms, among others.

OWU gives you access to numerous internship opportunities, like Delaware Speech and Hearing Center, where you can spend 120–150 hours per semester working in a job relevant to your interests.

Learn the skills it will take to be successful in public policy, health professions, social science, law, private industry, nonprofit institutions, education, or government fields. Study at one of our many international university partnership programs, or through a two-week travel-learning course.

Work to solve health-related problems to improve the wellness of the world—here, you’ll get the right head-start to a meaningful career!

Choose your track: Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance and deepen your studies with courses in history, literature, languages, religion, art, or philosophy. You’ll complete an interdisciplinary capstone project during your senior year to give you real-world experience.

Enjoy internship opportunities at museums, libraries, and universities, including Northwestern University's Early Print Lab and the Mediterranean and Northern European archaeological digs.

Learn about social justice issues and how YOU can affect real change with skills in areas like economics, politics, philosophy, education, religion, sociology, and more. Travel to areas of the world where you will see the issues discussed in class in the settings where those events are occurring.

Join OWU students in spreading out across the nation and in Central America, volunteering or experiencing an entire semester abroad in a travel-learning class.

Dive into one of several fascinating focuses such as cultural diversity, social inequalities, poverty and homelessness, crime and social deviance, globalization and international conflict, race and ethnic relations, physical and mental health, and the changing roles of women and men.

Gain relevant experience through internships with the Delaware Juvenile Court, Turning Point (a domestic abuse shelter), and HelpLine (crisis intervention and referral).

Read, write, and converse in Spanish proficiently, while also gaining an understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultures that make up the Hispanic world. Immerse yourself in a travel-learning course and spend a semester at one of Spain’s prestigious universities, the University of Navarra.

You also may benefit from trips sponsored by other departments to destinations such as Mexico, Argentina, or Peru.

Prepare for a successful career in sport management. Learn the business and real-world skills needed to take on the multi-billion-dollar sports industry. Understand how to prescribe exercise regimens and nutritional plans for adults, the same way you would in your professional career.

Your career opportunities vary from working for a local, private, chain, or non-profit organization to pursuing positions with professional sports teams.

Experience all aspects of theatre and dance in and out of the classroom. Immerse yourself in a comprehensive, liberal arts approach to art form that fits into your interests and goals. Continue your education through on- and off-campus programs that expand all the way to Europe.

Study experiences like OWU New York Arts Program offer practice in acting, directing, design, production, and dance.

Not sure what you want to study? It’s our commitment to help you find your passion and build your pathway to a fulfilling career. You’ll have a rigorous liberal arts educational foundation that will be applicable in whichever area of study and whatever career path you choose.

Discover what’s possible for you, on campus and globally, with opportunities to immerse yourself in different cultures. Get real experience, connecting theory and practice, connecting the classroom and the real world.

Develop an understanding of women’s issues and the impact of gender roles in everyday social institutions. You will learn to identify the gendered dimensions of culture, politics, ideas, and texts, in addition to the relationship between feminist scholarship and activism.

Find an internship in premier programs anywhere from New York to San Francisco—or overseas.

Study zoology with hands-on experience in travel-learning courses in Brazil, Costa Rica, East Africa, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, and North Carolina. Build your connections to the professional world with internships at the Columbus Zoo, or University-funded theory-to-practice grants for research projects from Bolivia to Japan to Vietnam.

Our zoology program gives you two major options, so you can create a program that fits your interests and career goals.