College and Departments
Inspiring Creativity and Innovation
San José State University provides one of this nation's highest quality, accessible, affordable, and technically leading-edge, educational programs in Art and Design.
Your Future Begins Here
Students who attend San José State University are situated in the scenic California Bay Area and booming Silicon Valley.
San Jose State has seven colleges. Each college houses schools, departments and programs specific to its area, creating a rich variety of offerings for our students and the community.
Departments are listed according to their college.
College of Applied
Sciences & Arts
- Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
- Health Professions
- Health Science and Recreation
- Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Management
- Journalism and Mass Communications
- Justice Studies
- Kinesiology
- Library and Information Science
- Military Science (Army ROTC)
- Nursing
- Nutrition, Food Science, and Packaging
- Occupational Therapy
- Social Work
College of Business
- Accounting and Finance
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing and Decision Sciences
- Organization and Management
- Lucas Graduate School of Business
Connie L. Lurie
College of Education
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Counselor Education
- Educational Leadership
- Elementary Education
- Secondary Education
- Special Education
Charles W. Davidson
College of Engineering
College of Humanities
& the Arts
- Art and Art History
- Dance
- Design
- English and Comparative Literature
- Humanities
- Linguistics and Language Development
- Music
- Philosophy
- Theatre Arts, Radio, TV, Film, Animation/Illustration
- World Languages and Literatures
College of Science
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Geology
- Mathematics
- Meteorology
- Moss Landing Marine Labs
- Physics and Astronomy