Colleges & Departments
San Jose State is comprised of seven colleges specializing in the areas arts, science, education, humanities and more. Each college houses schools and programs specific to its respective area to create a university of rich offerings for our students and the community.
Departments and programs are listed according to their college.
College of Applied
Sciences & Arts
- Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC); Health Professions; Health Science
- 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
- Aviation and Technology
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- General Engineering
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Humanities
& the Arts
- Animation/Illustration
- Art and Art History
- Design
- English and Comparative Literature
- Humanities
- Linguistics and Language Development
- Music and Dance
- Philosophy
- Television, Radio, Film and Theatre
- World Languages and Literatures
College of Science
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Geology
- Mathematics
- Meteorology
- Moss Landing Marine Labs
- Physics and Astronomy
College of Social Sciences
- African American Studies
- Anthropology
- Communication Studies
- Economics
- Environmental Studies
- Geography
- History
- Mexican American Studies
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Science
- Sociology
- Urban and Regional Planning
