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Every Lawrentian Majors in Curiosity
ACADEMIC TERMS 101
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To help you explore your options, here are a few terms you’ll see as you browse Lawrence majors, minors, programs, and pathways.
Major
A primary area of study that leads to a degree.
Minor
A secondary area of study that complements your major or expands your interests.
Pre-Professional Program
A guided path that helps prepare you for professional study in fields such as health or law.
Cooperative Degree Program
Start at Lawrence, then continue at a partner professional school to build career-specific skills.
Performance Area
Focused study spanning vocal, instrumental, stage, and musical inquiry to foster artistic excellence and deep creative engagement.
Areas of Study
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Cooperative Degree Program
Engineering
Read More: EngineeringStudents wishing to combine a liberal arts education with engineering may want to choose a dual degree program in engineering, which typically involves two to three years of study at Lawrence University and two years of study at an affiliated engineering school.
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Cooperative Degree Program
Forestry and Environmental Management
Read More: Forestry and Environmental ManagementThe major emphases at Duke are in forest resource production, resource ecology, resource policy and economics, water and air resources, and ecotoxicology.
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Cooperative Degree Program
Law
Read More: LawProgram Overview A liberal education, whatever the disciplinary focus, is excellent preparation for law school and a legal career. The conventional time for completion of a juris doctor (J.D.) law degree is four years for the undergraduate degree plus three years of law school. Lawrence has an accelerated 3-plus-3 cooperative partnership with Marquette Law School…
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Cooperative Degree Program
Occupational Therapy
Read More: Occupational TherapyLawrence offers a 3-2 program in occupational therapy in conjunction with the School of Medicine of Washington University, St. Louis. Students spend three years of study at Lawrence and then continue for five semesters and two summers in the occupational therapy program at Washington University. After two semesters of successful study at Washington University, Lawrence…
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Cooperative Degree Program
Pharmacy
Read More: PharmacyLawrence offers a direct admission and a 3+3 dual degree program leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in conjunction with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).
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Cooperative Degree Program
Public Health
Read More: Public HealthLawrence offers a 4+1 program in public health in conjunction with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Students spend three years at Lawrence and a year of dual enrollment at Lawrence and in MCW’s online public health program, starting the summer after their junior year. In the dual degree year, while still in residence at…
