SEARCH DEGREES AND MAJORS BY INTEREST
Trying to decide what major is right for you? Find degrees and programs based on your interests.
Health, Wellness, and Human Behavior
Audiology
Earn a doctoral degree in audiology from an accredited program that is the first of its kind in the Intermountain West and Pacific states.
Behavioral Health
Explore the developmental and psychological milestones that can influence behavior and health, whether you’d like to pursue a graduate degree in the field or just gain a deeper understanding with this minor.
Communicative Disorders
Prepare for a graduate program in either speech-language pathology or clinical audiology while you gain an in-depth understanding of communicative disorders in all ages to improve lives and help individuals overcome difficulties.
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Focus your degree in either deaf education or speech-language pathology as you train to help people with communication disorders.
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (Online 2nd BS)
You don’t have to start over to pursue further education in communicative disorders with this flexible, online option. Earn your second bachelor’s degree in two years to unlock the prerequisites required for speech-language pathology or audiology.
Deaf Education - Listening and Spoken Language Endorsement
This family-centered early intervention program is for graduate students who wish to work with young children with hearing loss who are developing listening and spoken language skills.
Dietetics
Become an expert in food and nutrition and a health advocate as you prepare to become a registered dietitian nutritionist in this accredited program where graduates pass the national certification exam at a rate of nearly 100%.
Dietetics Administration
Become a leader in the field of nutrition and dietetics as you enhance your career opportunities in this professional program.
Disability Disciplines
Gain experience conducting and reporting research, writing grants, and teaching as you earn a degree from a program ranked in the top 20 nationally.
Disability Studies
Develop the crucial knowledge, skills, and perspective to deal with complex disability issues — which affect nearly 1 in 5 adults — in your career with this minor, whether you pursue a socioeconomic, political, or scientific degree.
Emergency Medical Technician
Get field experience and hands-on training as a first responder in Price or Blanding while you earn your EMT certificate to start or further your career in the field of law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medicine, or another industry.
Fitness Promotion
Become a fitness professional and make a positive difference in people's lives.
Gerontology Certificate
Earn a certificate that qualifies you to work in the growing field of aging services as you engage in meaningful service, cutting-edge research, and interdisciplinary coursework with hands-on experiences.
Health Education and Promotion
Study health topics that prepare you to teach others how to maintain healthy lifestyles and benefit their lives as you choose to focus on community health practices or want to pursue advanced medical training.
Health Education and Promotion
This program emphasizes the behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities over the life span.
Human Development and Family Studies
Gain in-depth experience in an area of interest to you as you acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge.
Human Development and Family Studies
Earn an MFHD or a PhD in human development and family studies as you prepare to provide education and services to individuals and families.
Human Development and Family Studies
Immerse yourself in this research-oriented program where you’ll gain hands-on experience working with individuals and families, understand developmental milestones throughout life, and prepare for a successful career improving lives.
Human Development and Family Studies
This minor enhances your knowledge base for understanding families and human development to complement majors from other academic disciplines. Lean the basics of developmental milestones and relationship health.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Gain a broad education as you create a unique course of study across a wide range of academic areas to match your interests and explore where they overlap with this flexible option to diversify your potential careers.
Kinesiology
Earn an advanced degree and specialize in health education, exercise science, corporate wellness, or sports medicine as you gain research and practical experience.
Kinesiology
Gain a solid foundation of human movement — from anatomy and physiology to psychology — as you prepare for an advanced degree in exercise science, physical therapy, or medical school, or to teach physical education in public schools.
Marriage and Family Therapy
Prepare for a rewarding career as you earn the academic and clinical practice requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist.
Medical Assistant Certificate
Learn the basics of the medical field, including emergency first response, phlebotomy, medical terminology, and more as you become certified and qualified to enter the rapidly growing field of healthcare without leaving Southeastern Utah.
Medical Laboratory Technician
Prepare to become a medical lab technician in Moab, Blanding, or Price in just one to two years as you gain foundational knowledge of biology and chemistry, as well as interpersonal communication and hands-on experience in labs.
Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness (Psychology)
Whether you’re interested in advocacy or further study of psychology, dive deeper into the intersections of mental health and psychological disorders, like addiction, neglect, and domestic violence, in this interdisciplinary minor.
Nursing
The range of nursing specialties is almost as varied as the personalities of the nurses themselves, so no matter what kind of person you are, there’s a place in nursing for you, with classes offered in Price, Moab, Blanding, Tooele, and Vernal.
Nursing
Not only does this degree prepare you to apply for RN licensure, but the four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing opens doors to higher level jobs, including charge nurse and shift lead, to ensure you’re qualified for better pay and promotions.
Nursing - RN to BSN
Enhance your career as a registered nurse when you finish a bachelor’s degree by leveraging credits you’ve already earned for your RN. This degree qualifies you for promotions and management positions and helps unlock better pay.
Nursing Assistant
This certificate prepares you for entry-level positions in a high-demand career. Learn how to provide basic quality-of-life care for patients of any age in residential nursing care facilities near Moab, Blanding, and Price.
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Study all the aspects related to nutrition and food science, from the cultural and psychological to the scientific and economic aspects of food science, production, and consumption.
Nutrition Science
This degree provides students with a solid background in health and life sciences as you study how nutrition supports physical performance, so you’re prepared for further study at medical school or to work in sports and athletics.
Pharmacy Technician Certificate
This program prepares you for certification as you train for a career as a pharmacy technician through Price, Moab, or Blanding. Gain hands-on training in and out of class as you learn to assist pharmacists and patients in various capacities.
Phlebotomy Technician
Phlebotomy is the practice of drawing blood from patients and taking the samples to the laboratory for testing. This certificate from Price, Moab, and Blanding teaches you the proper techniques and procedures to work in the field.
Physical and Sport Education
Earn your credentials as a coach and physical education teacher as you take courses either in Logan or across the state.
Physical Education Coaching
If P.E. was your favorite subject in school, this minor might be for you. Learn about anatomy, exercise physiology, fitness, and better ways to coach team sports, as well as developing a solid foundation to teach kids athletic skills.
Physical Science (Composite Teaching)
Master the subjects of physics and chemistry, from the chemical properties of elements through quantum mechanics, as you prepare to teach both subjects in middle and high schools, with hands-on hours of practicums and labs.
Practical Nursing Certificate
Prepare to take the exam for Practical Nurse licensure (LPN) while you learn introductory health skills from professionals in Price, Moab, and Blanding through classroom and hands-on lab experiences over the course of one year.
Psychology
Collaborate with faculty on a wide variety of research projects in psychology in one of the nation’s highest ranked graduate colleges.
Psychology
Prepare for graduate school in psychology as you understand the science of human behavior and mental processes while you hone your research skills and gain experience in clinics, labs, and other hands-on settings.
Psychology
Understand human behavior and interactions better by diving into the principles of psychology. This minor lets you explore statistics and theories surrounding various aspects of the human experience to complement your major.
Psychology Teaching
This educator-geared minor gives you a deep understanding of psychological principles throughout developmental periods, as well as how to conduct research and analyze behavior — plus gain hands-on clinical experience.
Public Health
Identify the unique intersections of public health with other factors, such as occupational and environmental, as you prepare for medical or dental school or community education careers at one of the oldest programs of its kind in the nation.
Public Health
Develop a solid foundation in biological principles. This minor introduces you to healthy functionalities and behaviors so you can make a positive impact and influence communities to make healthier decisions.
Public Health Nutrition
The MPH program in Public Health Nutrition includes interdisciplinary training in nutrition-related sciences and the core public health disciplines.
Recreation Resource Management
Gain a solid understanding of how humans interact with the world in outdoor recreation, a firm foundation of natural resources and scientific knowledge, and learn the best management practices for the various roles of public lands.
Recreation Resource Management
Master the basics of recreation management, from planning and infrastructure to regulation and integration of natural resources, and explore human connections and partnerships to prepare for careers related to recreation resources.
Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Earn a post-graduate advanced certificate as you prepare for a national certification exam that USU students pass at a 99% rate on the first attempt.
Rehabilitation Counseling
Graduate from the highest-ranked program at USU with job possibilities in mental health, addiction, and disability care facilities. Students with any undergraduate major can apply.
Social Work
Delve deeper into social work to prepare to become a professional in a wide variety of social service areas. Become a leader in the social work profession.
Social Work
Help solve contemporary social problems — such as poverty, racism, discrimination, and economic injustice — as you learn about social welfare, change, and justice to prepare for national and state certification as a social worker.
Social Work
Become advocates committed to the resolution of contemporary social problems. This social work minor lets you customize your coursework to fit the specialties you’re most interested in, from mental health to child welfare.
Veterinary Public Health
This program builds on the program of the USU School of Veterinary Medicine by offering specialized training in the emerging Public Health discipline of One Health.
Yoga Studies
The interdisciplinary curriculum promotes a sequential approach to the study of yoga history, literature, philosophy, and practice, so when you complete the minor, you’ve earned your 200- or 300-hour teacher certification.