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Majors, Minors & Areas of Study

Data Science

Data drives the world.

UMW’s major and minor in data science cover the evidence-based approaches, analytical models, and stat-centered processes critical in nearly every field. Understand complex systems and make sound decisions in today’s quick-changing world. Study techniques for analyzing big data, social media, consumer information, demographic trends, sports data, and more. Collaborate with scientists and statisticians from the nearby Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center. Understand the behavior of complex systems, aid in decision-making and become essential to any modern enterprise.

Areas of Study

As a data science minor at UMW, you’ll gain fundamentals in math, computer science, statistics, and business analytics. Choose from courses in data mining, modeling and simulation, linear algebra, statistics, and analytics application development.

Career Opportunities

No matter what your major, UMW’s data science minor will enhance your credentials and provide you with a skill set beneficial to the career path you choose – business, education, government, you name it. With companies around the world realizing the value of leveraging large amounts of information to make effective decisions, data science is an exploding job market.

Internships

At UMW, internships give data science minors valuable real-world experience and resume-boosting on-the-job training. Many data science students find internships with the Dahlgren naval base and affiliated defense contractors. Plenty of analytics and data science opportunities, many with nonprofits, exist in nearby Washington, D.C. A complete list of available internships is provided by Career Services.

Major

Please review the course catalog for major requirements.

Minor

UMW’s data science minor requires 15 credits in areas including math, data science, computer science, and business administration.

At UMW, the Department of Computer Science offers a variety of scholarships.

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Majors, Minors & Areas of Study

Arts Administration

You make the arts happen.

Behind every successful art show, every smash-hit theatrical production, every breathtaking ballet, is a savvy arts administrator. UMW’s minor in arts administration complements a degree in the arts, or any course of study. Melding accounting, management, and marketing with specialized courses in UMW’s Department of Theatre and Dance, this minor will give you the education and hands-on experience you’ll need to make a difference in the world of the arts.

Areas of Study

UMW arts administration minors learn the principles of accounting, management, and marketing, combined with strategies in essential areas of arts administration. Tie it all together with practical hands-on experience through a theater practicum or an internship in house management, box office, communications, finance, and more.

Career Opportunities

UMW’s proximity to Washington, D.C., and some of the world’s most celebrated arts organizations – the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden – gives students unprecedented opportunities to work in the field of arts administration and establish a valuable network of professional contacts.

Internships

Gain valuable real-world experience at prestigious art galleries in nearby Washington, D.C., the arts-rich Fredericksburg community, or right here on campus. Part-time jobs and internships are available in UMW’s box and management offices; scene, costume, and electrics shops; and at such celebrated artistic entities as the Virginia Ballet Company, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and Ford’s Theatre.

To complete an arts administration minor at UMW, you will need 15 credits, including principles and resource strategies of arts administration; courses in accounting, management, or marketing; and a theater practicum or internship.

Information about scholarships is available on the Department of Theatre and Dance website.

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Majors, Minors & Areas of Study

Physics

Answer the question of why.

Why don’t riders fall off the roller coaster? When you look in a window, why do you see what’s inside as well as your own reflection? As a University of Mary Washington physics major, you’ll satisfy your curiosity about the physical universe, then analyze and describe your discoveries. Explore what interests you most – astronomy, thermodynamics, nuclear physics, electronics, optics, mathematical physics, quantum mechanics and more – preparing yourself for higher study or entry into an in-demand career.

Degree Awarded

Students majoring in physics who complete all requirements earn the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in physics.

Areas of Study

The principles of physics underlie other natural sciences and are essential to many applied sciences and technical programs. UMW’s course offerings include general physics, astronomy, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, nuclear physics, modern physics, electronics, optics, mathematical physics, mechanics, quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, solid state physics, and more.

Career Opportunities

Graduates in physics establish careers as researchers, educators, and engineers in such fields as acoustics, astronomy, astrophysics, atomic physics, biophysics, chemical physics, fluid dynamics, geophysics, low-temperature physics, medical physics, materials science, nuclear physics, optics, particle physics, plasma physics, solid state physics, spectroscopy, and vacuum physics.

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Internships

For-credit and paid internships provide opportunities for students to gain field experiences and learn about potential employers. Internship sponsors such as NASA and the Naval Surface Warfare Center work with the department to establish individual objectives. Individual study is another avenue to learn intensively and enhance career skills.

Besides earning general academic honors, physics majors may earn departmental honors. Your academic advisor can explain requirements and guide you through this process.

Major Requirements

The physics major requires 41 credits including core courses, electives, and classes at the 300 level or above.

Minor Requirements

The physics minor requires 24 to 26 credits including core courses, electives, and classes at the 300 level and above.

Physics majors may qualify for valuable scholarships and awards.

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Students seeking the musical theatre minor strengthen technique by taking classes in these three areas and build their performance credentials by acting in musical productions at the University.

Areas of Study

Musical Theatre is an interdisciplinary minor that reflects the synthesis of music, dance, and theatre performance classes
THEA 218 – Voice and Body Movement
DANC 301, 302 – Intermediate Ballet
DANC 141, 142 – Beginning Jazz

Requirements

Minor Requirements

Twenty-four credits are required for the musical theatre minor.

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Majors, Minors & Areas of Study

Actuarial Science

Love crunching numbers?

Open to all majors, UMW’s minor program in actuarial science develops skills expected of entry-level actuaries and prepares you for your first two actuarial exams, typically enough to land work while you advance toward future exams required for certification. Learn to compute rates, premiums, and dividends, and anticipate and manage probabilities and risk. You could see your career opportunities multiply!

Areas of Study

Open to all majors, the UMW minor in actuarial science includes courses in math, economics, accounting, and computer science for a full range of knowledge in rates, risks, probabilities, and statistical analysis.

Career Opportunities

Consistently ranked as a top career choice, actuarial science can lead to exceptional earning potential. Actuaries most typically work in insurance, with pensions, or in consulting firms, but they also can find work with financial services industries, marketing/sales organizations, benefits management firms, and other types of businesses. The U.S. Department of Labor expects employment opportunities for actuaries to increase faster than average.

Internships

The Department of Mathematics, which hosts UMW’s minor program in actuarial science, offers internships at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Geico Insurance, and others.

Founded in 1982, the UMW chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) honorary national mathematics society, promotes scholarly activities in math. The Mary Washington chapter inducts new members each April.

UMW’s minor in actuarial science requires 21 to 22 credits, including Calculus III, Probability and Statistical Inference, Theory of Interest, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Principles of Microeconomics, plus six to seven credits from your choice of Intermediate Accounting I and II, Computer Information Systems, Mathematical Economics, Macroeconomics, Money Banking, Investment Analysis, Numerical Analysis I and II, Probability and Statistical Inference.

UMW’s Department of Mathematics, which hosts the actuarial science major, offers several scholarship opportunities for qualifying students. For a complete list of scholarship opportunities available at UMW, visit the Office of Financial Aid.