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Distribution of Undergraduate Majors by Department

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY

DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS BY DEPARTMENT

This report, prepared by the University Registrar's Office, summarizes the 1,155 declared majors on file for 893

students enrolled for Fall Term 2007.  254 students have declared two majors; four have declared three majors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE COLLEGE

Seniors

Juniors

Sophomores

 

84

 

History

41

40

3

 

73

 

English

36

33

4

 

66

 

Journalism and Mass Communications

29

36

1

 

57

 

Biology

29

28

 

 

47

 

Art

 

 

 

 

 

35

Art History

20

14

1

 

 

12

Studio Art

7

5

 

 

44

 

Romance Languages

 

 

 

 

 

20

Spanish

6

14

 

 

 

15

French

10

5

 

 

 

9

Romance Languages

6

3

 

 

38

 

Psychology

18

20

 

 

34

34

Mathematics

19

15

 

 

33

 

Sociology and Anthropology

 

 

 

 

 

27

Sociology and Anthropology

15

12

 

 

 

6

Archaeology and Anthropology

2

4

 

 

32

 

Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

19

Biochemistry

11

6

2

 

 

10

Chemistry

3

6

1

 

 

3

Chemistry-Engineering

3

 

 

 

31

 

Physics & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

16

Physics-Engineering

 8

8

 

 

 

15

Physics

4

11

 

 

29

 

Interdisciplinary

 

 

 

 

 

14

Neuroscience

6

8

 

 

 

7

Russian Area Studies

3

3

1

 

 

5

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

3

2

 

 

 

2

Independent work

2

 

 

 

 

1

Environmental Studies

1

 

 

 

26

 

Classics

8

15

3

 

25

 

Philosophy

18

7

 

 

18

 

East Asian Languages and Literatures

8

10

 

 

15

 

Geology

 

 

 

 

 

14

Geology

8

6

 

 

 

1

Environmental Geology