Academic Majors and Minors West Point’s array of major and minor options afford cadets the opportunity to explore, discover, and develop their academic interests. Guidance on Choosing a Major Academic Majors and Minors West Point’s array of major and minor options afford cadets the opportunity to explore, discover, and develop their academic interests. Guidance on Choosing a Major Majors Minors SELECT DEPARTMENT Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Chemical and Biological Sciences & Engineering Chemistry and Life Science Civil & Environmental Engineering Civil and Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science English and World Languages Geography & Earth Sciences Geography and Environmental Engineering History History & War Studies Law and Philosophy Mathematical Sciences Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Military Instruction Physical Education Physics and Nuclear Engineering Social Sciences Systems Engineering opens in a new window American Foundations american foundations american-foundations social-sciences minor american american-government american-politics minor opens in a new window American Politics american politics american-politics social-sciences major american-politics foreign-policy political-science opens in a new window Applied Statistics applied statistics applied-statistics mathematical-sciences minor applied-statistics math mathematics minor statistics stem technology opens in a new window Applied Statistics & Data Sciences applied statistics & data sciences applied-statistics-and-data-sciences mathematical-sciences major applied-statistics data-science math mathematics stem opens in a new window Chemical Engineering chemical engineering chemical-engineering chemistry-and-life-science major abet chemical-engineering chemical-engineering-technology chemistry lab stem technology opens in a new window Chemistry chemistry chemistry chemistry-and-life-science major chemistry lab medical medical-science medicine stem technology opens in a new window Civil Engineering civil engineering civil-engineering behavioral-sciences-and-leadership major abet civil-engineering construction infrastructure lab stem technology opens in a new window Computer Science computer science computer-science electrical-engineering-and-computer-science major abet computer-and-information-science computer-and-information-system-security computer-science stem technology opens in a new window Cyber Science cyber science cyber-science electrical-engineering-and-computer-science major computer-and-information-system-security cyber-science cybersecurity information-assurance lab machine-learning stem technology opens in a new window Cyber Security cyber security cyber-security electrical-engineering-and-computer-science minor cyber-science cybersecurity minor stem technology opens in a new window Defense & Strategic Studies defense & strategic studies defense-and-strategic-studies military-instruction major defense military military-science security strategy opens in a new window Economics economics economics social-sciences major economics macroeconomics microeconomics opens in a new window Electrical Engineering electrical engineering electrical-engineering electrical-engineering-and-computer-science major abet communications-engineering electrical-engineering electronics lab stem technology opens in a new window Engineering Management engineering management engineering-management systems-engineering major abet engineering-management industrial-management project-management technology opens in a new window Engineering Management engineering management engineering-management systems-engineering minor engineering-management industrial-management minor project-management technology opens in a new window Engineering Psychology engineering psychology engineering-psychology behavioral-sciences-and-leadership major cognitive-science human-factors-engineering opens in a new window English english english english-and-world-languages major english literary literature writing opens in a new window Environmental Engineering environmental engineering environmental-engineering geography-and-environmental-engineering major abet environmental-engineering environmental-science health-engineering lab stem technology opens in a new window Environmental Science environmental science environmental-science geography-and-environmental-engineering major environmental-science lab stem technology opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: Africa foreign area studies: africa foreign-area-studies-africa english-and-world-languages major africa african-studies culture foreign-area foreign-language foreign-studies international opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: East Asia foreign area studies: east asia foreign-area-studies-east-asia english-and-world-languages major culture east-asia east-asian-studies foreign-area foreign-studies international opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: Eurasia foreign area studies: eurasia foreign-area-studies-eurasia english-and-world-languages major culture eurasia eurasian-studies foreign-area foreign-studies international opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: Europe foreign area studies: europe foreign-area-studies-europe english-and-world-languages major culture europe european-studies foreign-area foreign-studies international opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: Latin America foreign area studies: latin america foreign-area-studies-latin-america english-and-world-languages major culture foreign-area foreign-studies international latin-america latin-american-studies opens in a new window Foreign Area Studies: Middle East foreign area studies: middle east foreign-area-studies-middle-east english-and-world-languages major culture foreign-area foreign-studies international middle-east middle-eastern-studies opens in a new window General History general history general-history history minor history opens in a new window Geography geography geography geography-and-environmental-engineering major culture geography geopolitics human lab opens in a new window Geospatial Information Science geospatial information science geospatial-information-science geography-and-environmental-engineering major cartography geographic-information-science geography gis stem technology opens in a new window Geospatial Science Major geospatial science major geospatial-science-major civil-and-mechanical-engineering major opens in a new window History history history history major history international military united-states opens in a new window International Affairs international affairs international-affairs social-sciences major foreign-policy governance international-affairs international-relations security-studies opens in a new window Kinesiology kinesiology kinesiology physical-education major kinesiology occupational-therapy sports-science opens in a new window Law & Legal Studies law & legal studies law-and-legal-studies law-and-philosophy major law legal-studies opens in a new window Life Science life science life-science chemistry-and-life-science major biological-science life-science medical medical-science pre-med stem technology opens in a new window Management management management behavioral-sciences-and-leadership major business-administration entrepreneurship general-management public-adminstration social-enterprise opens in a new window Mathematical Sciences mathematical sciences mathematical-sciences mathematical-sciences major math mathematics modeling numerical stem opens in a new window Mathematics mathematics mathematics mathematical-sciences minor mathematics minor network-science technology opens in a new window Mechanical Engineering mechanical engineering mechanical-engineering civil-and-mechanical-engineering major abet cad mechanical-engineering stem technology thermodynamics opens in a new window Nuclear Engineering nuclear engineering nuclear-engineering physics-and-nuclear-engineering major abet lab nuclear-engineering nuclear-policy nuclear-proliferation nuclear-science nuclear-weapons radiation stem technology opens in a new window Nuclear Science nuclear science nuclear-science physics-and-nuclear-engineering minor minor nuclear-policy nuclear-proliferation nuclear-science nuclear-weapons radiation technology opens in a new window Operations Research operations research operations-research mathematical-sciences major analyst-engineering mathematics operations-research optimization technology opens in a new window Philosophy philosophy philosophy law-and-philosophy major ethics justice morality philosophy opens in a new window Photonics photonics photonics physics-and-nuclear-engineering minor electrical minor optical-science optics photonics stem technology opens in a new window Physics physics physics physics-and-nuclear-engineering major lab physics quantum-mechanics stem technology opens in a new window Psychology psychology psychology behavioral-sciences-and-leadership major experiments io-psych industrial-and-organizational-psychology leadership organizational-behavior opens in a new window Regional Studies regional studies regional-studies english-and-world-languages minor africa east-asia eurasia eurasian-studies europe international latin-america latin-american-studies middle-east middle-eastern-studies minor regional-studies opens in a new window Robotics robotics robotics electrical-engineering-and-computer-science minor automation-engineering mechatronics minor robotics stem technology opens in a new window Space Science space science space-science physics-and-nuclear-engineering minor minor space-operations space-science space-systems stem technology opens in a new window Space Science space science space-science physics-and-nuclear-engineering major lab space-engineering space-science space-systems stem technology opens in a new window Systems & Decision Sciences systems & decision sciences systems-and-decision-sciences systems-engineering major abet decision-science project-management stem systems-management systems-science technology opens in a new window Systems Engineering systems engineering systems-engineering systems-engineering major abet project-management stem systems-engineering systems-management technology opens in a new window Terrorism Studies terrorism studies terrorism-studies social-sciences minor counterterrorism terrorism opens in a new window War Studies war studies war-studies history major history international military united-states opens in a new window World Language: Arabic world language: arabic world-language-arabic english-and-world-languages major arabic foreign-language international linguistics opens in a new window World Language: Chinese world language: chinese world-language-chinese english-and-world-languages major chinese foreign-language international linguistics mandarin opens in a new window World Language: French world language: french world-language-french english-and-world-languages major foreign-language french international linguistics opens in a new window World Language: German world language: german world-language-german english-and-world-languages major foreign-language german international linguistics opens in a new window World Language: Persian world language: persian world-language-persian english-and-world-languages major foreign-language international linguistics persian opens in a new window World Language: Portuguese world language: portuguese world-language-portuguese english-and-world-languages major foreign-language international linguistics portuguese opens in a new window World Language: Russian world language: russian world-language-russian english-and-world-languages major foreign-language international linguistics russian opens in a new window World Language: Spanish world language: spanish world-language-spanish english-and-world-languages major foreign-language international linguistics spanish