What's a department? What's a program?

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<p>Can someone please explain the difference between the departments and programs listed on this page: [Elon</a> College, the College of Arts and Sciences](<a href=“Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences | Elon University”>Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences | Elon University)</p>

<p>The program of Non-Violence Studies looks right up Son’s alley. But when we click on it, we can’t tell if it’s a major or a minor. [Elon</a> University - Academics](<a href=“Elon University - America’s Top-Ranked Teaching University”>Elon University - America’s Top-Ranked Teaching University)</p>

<p>They refer to it as “this minor” in the second paragraph. So, does that mean the first paragraph describes is as a major?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>They could certainly make it clearer, but most (if not all) of the “Programs” are interdisciplinary minors, not majors. The interdisciplinary majors are in the column under Departments. This page [Elon</a> University - Academics](<a href=“http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/]Elon”>Elon University - America’s Top-Ranked Teaching University) is better and has a clear list of majors and minors at the bottom.</p>

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<p>Majors:
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Minors:
[url=<a href=“Koenigsberger Learning Center | Elon University”>Koenigsberger Learning Center | Elon University]Academic</a> Minors](<a href=“Elon University - America’s Top-Ranked Teaching University”>Koenigsberger Learning Center | Elon University)</p>

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<p>It looks like three communications majors (Broadcast & New Media, Corporate, Cinema) have been deleted. Have they all been combined into Communication Science, a new major for 2008?</p>

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<p>…bump…</p>

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<p>Sort of. There appears to have been a large revamp, effective this year. </p>

<p>[E-net</a>! - School Revises Curriculum to Prepare for the Future](<a href=“http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Note.aspx?id=931372]E-net”>School Revises Curriculum to Prepare for the Future | Today at Elon | Elon University)</p>