

Academics
Uncommon experiences lead to unbelievable opportunities.
Through Commonwealth University, you'll have access to a broader array of academic programs in the classroom and the field with personable and industry-knowledgeable faculty who’ll know your name and work closely with you in a friendly, inclusive environment at either of our locations in Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield.
You’ll add even greater value to your degree by exploring some of our new majors and many new minors, taking specialized courses in your chosen major, and discovering other interests with expanded options in general education courses — all to help you create the personalized college experience to land you a job before graduation and open doors to graduate school.
Academic Programs
Our top-ranked, accredited programs help you prepare for in-demand careers in fast-growing fields.
Early College
Get a head-start on your college career through Commonwealth University’s Early College program with options at Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield. Students may take up to 12 credits per semester. Summer and winter session courses, up to 6 credits in each session. Courses may be taken on campus, online, or through Mansfield’s approved districts as concurrent enrollment in a secondary environment.

Expanded Academic Offerings
More opportunities with greater value
A college is a family of educators and students dedicated to a specific discipline and area of knowledge. A university is a family of colleges, committed to building knowledge across disciplines. Here, our innovative and accredited academic programs are the sum of five distinct colleges: the Zeigler College of Business, and the Colleges of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities; Education and Human Studies; Health Professions; and Science and Technology.
Below is a comprehensive list of all programs offered at CU grouped by college. If a campus location name is listed after a program, it is offered at that location. Unlinked areas are currently under development.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Accounting — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Economics — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Business
- General
- Political - Finance — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Personal Financial Planning - Information Technology and Analytics — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- International Business — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Management — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Marketing — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Professional Sales and Marketing — Bloomsburg
- Sport Management — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- International Sport Management - Supply Chain Management — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Technical Leadership — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
Graduate Degree Programs
- Accountancy — Bloomsburg
- Business Administration (MBA) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Information Technology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Instructional Design and Technology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Instructional Technology Specialist
- Learning Experience Designer - Sport Management — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- International Sports Management
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Anthropology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Communication Studies — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Interpersonal Communication
- Leadership and Public Advocacy
- Organizational Communication - Criminal Justice — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- English — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Creative Writing
- Literature and Society
- Professional Writing - History — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Languages and Cultures — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Arabic Studies
- Chinese
- French
- Russian and Eastern European Studies
- Spanish
- Spanish Translation and Interpreting - Media and Journalism — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Emergent Media
- Journalism
- Media Production
- Strategic Communication - Music — Bloomsburg | Mansfield
- Liberal Arts Track - Music — Bloomsburg | Mansfield
- Music Education — Bloomsburg | Mansfield
- Instrumental Track
- Vocal Track - Music Performance — Bloomsburg | Mansfield
- Instrumental Track
- Vocal Track - Music Technology — Bloomsburg | Mansfield
- Political Science — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- International Affairs
- Political Science
- Pre-Law
- U.S./Public Administration - Psychology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Sociology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Theatre — Bloomsburg
- Design Technology
- Integrated Theater
- Performance - Visual Arts (BA) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Art History
- Ceramics
- Digital Media
- Drawing
- Fabric Design
- Graphic Design
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture - Visual Arts (BFA) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- 2 Dimensional Media
- 3 Dimensional Media
- Art History
- Ceramics
- Drawing
- Fabric Design
- Graphic Design
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- American Sign Language (ASL)/English Interpreting — Bloomsburg
- Early Childhood Education
- Health and Physical Education K-12 (Dual Certification) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Health and Physical Education — Lock Haven
- Coaching - Middle Level Education (4-8) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies - Secondary and K-12 Education — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth and Space Science
- English
- General Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Social Studies - Social Work — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Special Education PK-12/Early Childhood Ed. PK-4 (Dual Cert) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven
Graduate Degree Programs
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling — Lock Haven
- Curriculum and Instruction — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Alternative Education
- Level II Certificate Conversion - Educational Leadership — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- College Student Affairs
- PK-12 Principal Certification (Pennsylvania)
- PK-12 Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction (Certification) - ESL Graduate Specialist (Certification) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Reading (and Reading Specialist Certification) — Bloomsburg
- School Counseling — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Social Work (MSW) — Bloomsburg
- Secondary Education — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Student Intern Track with Certification
- Student Teaching Track with Certification - Special Education PK-12 — Bloomsburg
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Exercise Science — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven
- Health Science — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Applied Health Studies
- General/Pre-Professional
- Pre-Accelerated 2nd Degree Nursing
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Pre-Physical Therapy
- Pre-Physician Assistant
- Public Health and Community Education - Healthcare Professions — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Medical Imaging — Bloomsburg
- Nursing (ASN, BSN, RN-to-BSN) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Nutrition — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Sports Nutrition - Radiologic Technology — Mansfield
- Respiratory Care — Mansfield
- Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology — Bloomsburg
Graduate Degree Programs
- Applied Exercise Physiology — Bloomsburg
- Athletic Training — Lock Haven
- Audiology (Au.D.) — Bloomsburg
- Nursing Practice (DNP) — Bloomsburg
- Nursing Practice CRNA - Nursing (MSN) — Bloomsburg
- Nurse Administration w/ MBA option
- Nurse Practitioner: Primary Care Adult Gerontology; Primary Care Family Practice - Public Health — Bloomsburg
- School Nursing - Physician Assistant — Lock Haven
- Speech-Language Pathology — Bloomsburg
- Sport Science — Bloomsburg
- Sport and Performance Psychology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Applied Computer Science — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven
- Data Science
- Mobile and Game Application Development
- Web Development - Biology— Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Cellular Biology and Molecular Genomics
- Ecology and Environmental Conservation
- Fisheries (Mansfield only)
- General Biology (BA / BS)
- Marine Biology
- Natural History - Biomedical Sciences— Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- General Biomedical Sciences
- Medical Genomics and Counseling
- Medical Lab Sciences
- Pre-Medical Sciences
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Pre-Physical Therapy
- Pre-Physician Assistant - Chemistry— Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Biochemistry
- Forensics
- General Chemistry
- Natural Products
- Pre-Medical - Computer Science — Bloomsburg
- Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity — Bloomsburg
- Electronics Engineering Technology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven* | Mansfield*
- Engineering Physics — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven* | Mansfield*
- 3+2 Engineering - Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Environmental Geosciences
- Geography and Environmental Planning (Bloomsburg only)
- GIS and Spatial Analysis (Bloomsburg only)
- Professional Geology (Bloomsburg only) - Environmental Technology (AAS) — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Mathematics — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
- Applied Mathematics
- General Mathematics - Radiation and Health Physics — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
* Available as a 2+2 program at Lock Haven and Mansfield
Graduate Degree Program
- Biology — Bloomsburg | Lock Haven | Mansfield
Powered by Professional U
Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield each have a career center and alumni association. Bring them together, and we have a uniquely powerful combination! Professional U combines your academic curriculum with unparalleled access to undergraduate research, internships, clinical and field experiences, and studying abroad. We'll help you develop your interests and skills, build your resume, polish your interview skills, and equip you with the confidence to succeed in the career you're dreaming about.
Explore pathways to further your education

We'll help you maximize your time to complete your undergrad degree while preparing for your next step whether that's a job in your chosen field, grad school, medical school, law school, or other pre-professional preparation in fields such as:
- Pre-Chiropractic
- Pre-Dental
- Pre-Genetic Counseling
- Pre-Law
- Pre-Medical (DO and MD)
- Pre-Occupational Therapy
- Pre-Optometry
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Pre-Physical Therapy
- Pre-Physician Assistant
- Pre-Podiatry
- Pre-Veterinary
We also partner with several schools to offer accelerated programs to help you complete your climb faster, saving you time AND money so you can jumpstart your career. These include:
- University of Pittsburgh Law School
- Fairleigh Dickinson and Temple University Pharmacy Schools
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Widener University Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
New Academic Opportunities
Innovative Technology
While traditional, in-person instruction will continue to be available at all campuses, new technology-enabled classrooms allow real-time collaborative learning that expands the academic offerings available to you. This innovative learning environment brings you and fellow students together in a real classroom, at the same time, connected with classmates on other campuses to engage in real-time learning with our expert faculty.
Artist, Musician, or Scientist-in-Residence
Aligned with faculty expertise, you’ll explore new techniques and develop new skills with special access to state-of-the-art studio and lab settings.
Criminal Justice
Enroll in the Police Academy through the Criminal Justice program and spend six months in the PA Municipal Police Academy as part of your degree program or add an EMT-national certification.
Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Science (EGGS) Field Camp
Expanded offerings to explore the unique natural landscapes and differences of our campus locations.
Nursing and Physician Assistant Programs
Increased clinical settings or clinical rotation opportunities at healthcare facilities within our region.