DISCOVER FUTURE-PROOF
Our future-proof academic program is all about nurturing and graduating Educated Persons in a collaborative, stress-free environment. When you complete the program, you will possess practical and marketable analytical skills, and have outstanding written and verbal rhetoric abilities. You will embrace lifelong intellectual inquiry and learning, and have advanced intercultural understanding and global insight. You will also command a broad social and political understanding of our contemporary world and trends, and the resilience needed to succeed.
These skills, knowledge, and traits will serve you extremely well in our increasingly uncertain and dynamic world where automation and AI, rapid innovation, and pandemic and other disruptions change not only jobs, but entire industries in an instant. NewU supercharges your ability to thrive, both personally and professionally, as you blaze your trail wherever life takes you.​
Majors
We designed some of the most innovative, forward-looking, and future-proof majors around.
Our Psychology & Human Behavior major is exciting, contemporary, and fresh packed with the latest developments in the field from cognitive psychology to neuroscience. We are one of only two universities in Washington, DC offering a major in Entrepreneurship. NewU University is the only one to offer a Creativity & Innovation Management major in the US at the undergraduate level. Save the planet with our Sustainability & Climate Change major, or become a big data guru with the Computer & Data Science major.
And if you don’t see your desired major on our programs list, just use the chart below to see how your interests may already be incorporated into our multidisciplinary and contemporary curriculum. Your major may just have been upgraded!
Traditional Major | Year Introduced | Upgraded, Future-Proof Major at NewU | Year Introduced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accounting | >> | 2021 | ||
Anthropology | >> | 2021 | ||
Business Administration | >> | 2021 | ||
Computer Science | >> | 2022 | ||
Economics | a long time ago... | >> | 2021 | |
Finance | a long time ago... | >> | 2021 | |
History | a long time ago... | >> | 2021 | |
Journalism | >> | 2021 | ||
Marketing | >> | 2021 | ||
Political Science | >> | 2021 | ||
Sociology | >> | 2021 |
Not quite decided yet? Even if you don’t see your major in the table above, or if you still believe college graduates work in their field of study, consider the reality of life after college. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that only 27% of college graduates actually end up working in a field closely related to their major!
Yes, we know facts rarely change minds when you really, absolutely, definitely think you know what college major you want. But imagine this: if you could go back in time and correct some major mistakes (no pun intended), would you do it? Well, you are not alone. Over 60% of college graduates say they would change their major if they could go back.
And one last revelation on college majors demonstrates that over 80% of college students change their major at least once while in college.
So, whatever major you choose at NewU, you can’t go wrong. It’s ok to change your major at any time before you graduate, and it is statistically more than likely that you will get your first 3 jobs in fields not closely related to your major. So breathe in, breathe out, and just go for it! Any choice of major you make at NewU is the right choice.
All NewU students who wish to graduate with a degree in one or more majors must successfully complete all courses required for their chosen major, and at least 4 courses from the electives towards their major. All NewU students may choose to take up to 4 additional electives from another major or majors at no extra cost as part of their NewU program, as long as the course is below capacity and not oversubscribed by other students who need the course to graduate.
All course descriptions and requirements for each major are in the Student Catalog.
Know Human Nature
Psychology & Human Behavior
required for major
- Behavior Change
- Brain and Cognition
- Cognitive Psychology
- Judgment and Decision-Making
- Language
- Memory and Learning
- Mind, Body, and Machines
- Research Methodology and Design
- Social Psychology
- Theories of Developmental Psychology
electives towards the major
- Psychology of Personality and Motivation
- Behavioral Economics
- Mind and Virtual Reality
- Abnormal Psychology
- Serious Games
- Human Perceptions
- Collective Behavior
- Mass and Social Media
- Independent Study
- Internship / Practicum / Independent Study
Be Your Own Boss
Entrepreneurship
required for major
- Behavioral Economics
- Innovation and Creativity
- IT, Data, and Privacy
- Judgment and Decision-Making
- Market and User Research
- Negotiation Mastery
- New Venture Creation
- Product Strategy and Product Management
- Project Management
- Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
electives towards the major
- Psychology of Personality and Motivation
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Leadership
- Data Analytics and Insight
- Nonprofit Management
- Geography of Innovation
- Technology Entrepreneurship
- Independent Study
- Internship / Practicum / Independent Study
Modern Business Major
Creativity and Innovation mgmt
required for major
- Data Visualization and Information Design
- Design Thinking
- Innovation and Creativity
- Leadership
- Market and User Research
- Organizational Innovation
- Product Strategy and Product Management
- Prospecting the Future
- Psychology of Personality and Motivation
- Rapid Prototyping
electives towards the major
- Brand Management
- Law, Regulation, and Strategy
- Data Ethics and Algorithmic Justice
- Data Analytics and Insight
- Serious Games
- Geography of Innovation
- Mind, Body, and Machines
- Independent Study
- Internship / Practicum / Independent Study
Save the Planet
Sustainability & Climate Change
required for major
- Behavior Change
- Brand Management
- Climate Change Science
- Collective Behavior
- Design Thinking
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Law, Regulation & Strategy
- Prospecting the Future
- Research Methodology & Design
- Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility
electives towards the major
- Behavioral Economics
- Data Analytics and Insight
- Human Perceptions
- Innovation & Creativity
- Organizational Innovation
- Product Strategy & Product Mgmt
- Technology Entrepreneurship
- Independent Study
- Internship / Practicum / Independent Study
Become a Data Guru
Computer & Data Science
required for major
- Data Visualization and Information Design
- Data Analytics & Insight
- Data Ethics & Algorithmic Justice
- Data Science for Business
- IT, Data, and Privacy
- Law, Regulation, and Strategy
- Mind and Virtual Reality
- Mind, Body, and Machines
- Product Strategy & Product Mgmt
- Project Management
electives towards the major
- Behavioral Economics
- Design Thinking
- Innovation and Creativity
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Memory and Learning
- Organizational Innovation
- Prospecting the Future
- Research Methodology and Design
- Serious Games
- Independent Study
- Internship / Practicum / Independent Study
Core Courses
Prior to specializing within a Major, all NewU students are expected to complete a set of required core courses, which lay the foundation for lifelong academic and professional career success. These courses are all scheduled during Year 1 of your NewU experience, and each new student is automatically enrolled.
This way we made your first year of college even easier by pre-configuring the most interesting, useful, and expertly-designed courses for you, so you don’t even have to worry about course registrations, withdrawals, section swaps, instructor selections or changes, and all the related complexities of academic life as a new college student.
All course descriptions are in the Student Catalog.
First Year Class Schedule for All Students
Fall Semester
- The Art of Persuasion
- Foundational Analytics
- Modern World
- Organizational Behavior
- Psychology of Human Behavior
- Special Topics Seminar
Spring Semester
- The Art of Persuasion (Part 2)
- Foundational Analytics (Part 2)
- Modern World (Part 2)
- Understanding Other Cultures
- Positive Psychology
- Special Topics Seminar
