Academics at ECU
At ECU, you will be immersed in a vibrant and intellectually diverse community built around twelve colleges and schools, including eight that offer undergraduate degree programs.
Undergraduate Studies
If you’ve already mapped your path or if you’re taking life one step at a time, you will discover what you need at ECU with one of the widest ranges of degree programs in NC. More importantly, you will find the academic support you need to make the most of your time here.
Graduate Studies
Congratulations on your decision to explore the opportunities associated with getting a graduate degree from ECU. You’ll discover nationally recognized programs and faculty, competitive tuition costs and 77 master’s programs, 15 doctoral programs, 50 graduate certificates and 6 first professional programs.
ECU Online
Whether you want to finish what you started or start something new, East Carolina University offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs in business, health care, education, technology, and other areas to give you the options you need to meet your objectives.
Health Sciences
Choosing a degree in health sciences will prepare you to improve lives and help create access to care across our state in the medical, dental, nursing or allied health fields. Our colleges and schools build on your individual strengths and engage in unique interprofessional collaborations to meet your educational goals.
Colleges and Schools
You’ll find your desired course of study from a range of academic programs available through our colleges and schools. Degree programs are offered at the undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels. Plus, you’ll find ways to customize your educational experience with traditional and interdisciplinary majors, minor concentrations and individualized programs.
- Arthur Graduate School of Business
- Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Allied Health Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Education
- College of Engineering and Technology
- College of Fine Arts and Communication
- College of Health and Human Performance
- College of Nursing
- Honors College
- School of Dental Medicine
- Brody School of Medicine
- Graduate School
- Integrated Coastal Programs
- Miller School of Entrepreneurship
- School of Art and Design
- School of Communication
- School of Hospitality Leadership
- School of Music
- School of Social Work
- School of Theatre and Dance
Departments
The following is a listing of all academic departments. For specific programs, please see Degree Explorer
- Accounting
- Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Anthropology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies
- Biology
- Biostatistics
- Bureau of Business Research
- Cardiovascular Sciences
- Center for Healthcare Systems
- Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
- Chemistry
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Coastal Studies
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Comparative Medicine
- Computer Science
- Construction Management
- Criminal Justice
- Economics
- ECU Community School
- Educational Leadership
- Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education
- Emergency Medicine
- Engineering
- English
- Family Medicine
- Finance
- Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Geography, Planning and Environment
- Geological Sciences
- Health Education and Promotion
- Health Services and Information Management
- History
- Human Development and Family Science
- IDP (Adult Education, Counselor Education and Library Science)
- Interior Design and Merchandising
- Internal Medicine
- Irene Howell Assistive Technology
- Kinesiology
- Literacy Studies, English Education and History Education
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing and Supply Chain Management
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education, Science Education and Instructional Technology
- McClammy Counseling Center and Research Lab
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Military Sciences: Air Force ROTC
- Military Sciences: Army ROTC
- Nutrition Science
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Occupational Therapy
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant Studies
- Physics
- Physiology
- Political Science
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Radiation Oncology
- Recreation Sciences
- Rural Education Institute
- Sociology
- Special Education Foundations and Research
- Surgery
- STEM Education
- Technology Systems
Additional Resources
- Academic Honors Societies
- Intensive English Program
- Lifelong Learning Program
- Military Outreach