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University of Louisville

University of Louisville
2301 S. 3rd St.
Louisville, KY 40292



Website: https://louisville.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 78%
Student:Faculty ratio: 13:1
Total faculty: 860 men, 912 women
Full-time faculty: 495 men, 443 women
Part-time faculty: 365 men, 469 women
Graduation rate: 62% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • Legal Studies
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anthropology, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Earth Science Teacher Education
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Latin American Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music Therapy/Therapist
  • Music, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Applied and Professional Ethics
  • Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Education, Other
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
Diplomas

  • Accounting
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Critical Care Nursing
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
  • Endodontics/Endodontology
  • Engineering, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Epidemiology
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Franchising and Franchise Operations
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health Teacher Education
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
  • Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Latin American Studies
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Science
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Orthodontics/Orthodontology
  • Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics
  • Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
  • Periodontics/Periodontology
  • Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
  • Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Public/Applied History
  • Real Estate
  • Structural Engineering
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Transportation and Highway Engineering
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anatomy
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Audiology/Audiologist
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biostatistics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Dentistry
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Medicine
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Nursing Practice
  • Nursing Science
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anatomy
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biostatistics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Dental Clinical Sciences, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Earth Science Teacher Education
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Endodontics/Endodontology
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Epidemiology
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Nursing Administration
  • Nursing Science
  • Orthodontics/Orthodontology
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics
  • Periodontics/Periodontology
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health, General
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
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