UConn Undergraduate Degrees and Majors for Résumés
It’s important that the majors, concentrations, and/or minors you’re pursuing are formatted correctly in the education section of your résumé. Use this resource to view how degrees, majors, concentrations, and minors should be formatted as well as a reference list (broken up by school/college) of the official name of each undergraduate major and concentration offered at UConn.
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Degree Formatting
If you are pursuing a single major with no concentration or minor, your degree should be formatted as follows in the education section of your résumé:
<Degree>, <Major Name>
Example:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Data Science and Engineering
If you are pursuing more than one major, a major with a concentration, and/or a minor, view the suggested formatting outlined below.
Degree with Concentration
<Degree>, <Major Name>
Concentration: <Concentration Area>
Example:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Digital Media and Design
Concentration: Web/Interactive Media Design
Degree with Minor(s)
<Degree>, <Major Name>
Minor(s): <Minor Name(s)>
Examples:
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies
Minor: Climate Science
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Minors: Public Policy & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
For the official names of each minor offered at UConn, visit the UConn Academic Catalog.
Double Major
<Degree>, Double Major: <Major Name 1> & <Major Name 2>
Example:
Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: Economics & Spanish
Dual Degree
<Degree 1>, <Major Name 1>
<Degree 2>, <Major Name 2>
Example:
Bachelor of Arts, Urban and Community Studies
Bachelor of Science, Applied and Resource Economics
Exploratory Student (ACES)
<Intended Degree>, Undeclared
Emerging Academic Interest: <Major Name> (if decided)*
Example:
Bachelor of Science, Undeclared
Emerging Academic Interest: Finance
*Note that this can be updated as your intended degree and/or emerging academic interest changes!
Individualized Major
<Degree>, Individualized Major: <Focus>
Example:
Bachelor of Arts, Individualized Major: Global Health
