Anthropology

Anthropology offers summer Field School experiences for students to go out in the field and experience anthropology first-hand.

Apparel, Retail Merchandising, and Design

The Fashion, Apparel & Business Organization (FABO) puts on an annual fashion show.

Architecture

The architecture program is a five-year professional course of study leading to a Master of Architecture degree.

Art

The Art department houses a giant wood kiln which is fired for five days each spring, allowing all Art students to fire their ceramics.

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences professors have research projects with reptiles and amphibians. If you stop by the second floor in Stevens Hall, you'll get so see some of them.

Chemistry / Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

New labs are housed in the new state-of-the-art research building - Sugihara. 

Criminal Justice

There is a Serial Killers course offered to learn about the historically famous serial killers and theories of the development of a serial killer. 

Communication Programs

Three different communication majors are offered:

• Agricultural Communication

• Management Communication

• Strategic Communication

Emergency Management

Emergency Management is an emerging field that offers many areas of specialization. Students work closely with the Landscape Architecture program, focusing on how to anticipate climate and urban disasters in cities.

History / Public History

The History program works with Study Abroad to curate history related experiences around the world.

Interior Design

Students participate in the Scheels Design Challege to design a spall space.

Journalism

Students gain additional experience by working with the Bison Information Network (television), KNDS-96.9 (radio), or The Spectrum (print). 

Landscape Architecture (Environmental Design)

Mathematics

The Mathematics Department hosts the annual Sonia Kovalevsky Day for local middle and high school women.

Music

The Challey School of Music offers a number of majors and minors in music, as well as opportunities for non-majors to perform in choir and instrumental ensembles.

Philosophy, Ethics, and Applied Humanities

  Design your degree, including the option to do a directed study. This means working one-on-one with a professor and self-crafting the course content. 

Physics

The Society for Physics Students hosts many events and activities for local K12 students to learn more about Physics.

Political Science

Many students interested in going into law school will take the Pre-Law track as a Political Science major. 

Pre-Med / Pre-Professional Programs

Advising track that works with a base major. You can focus on:

• Pre-Chiropractic

• Pre-Dentistry

• Pre-Medicine

• Pre-Mortuary Science

• Pre-Naturopathic Medicine

• Pre-Occupational Therapy

• Pre-Optometry

• Pre-Physical Therapy

• Pre-Physician Assistant

Psychology

Many studies are conducted with other NDSU students trying to earn credits for their general psychology classes.

Sociology

The Sociology and Anthropology Department has hosted movie nights where they watch a movie and then a panel discusses it through sociological and anthropological lenses. A recent one was Barbie (2023).

Statistics

NDSU holds an annual Red River Valley Statistical Conference. This conference includes undergraduate, graduate, and student group presentations on research conducted in the Department of Statistics.

Theatre Arts

Prospective and current students get FREE tickets to four mainstage productions each year, from musicals to drama to children's theatre to student-created productions.

Women and Gender Studies

As a field committed to fostering justice for all, students complete a Community Outreach capstone that places feminist theory into practice.