Chico State is organized into seven colleges. These colleges are further subdivided into departments, centers and institutes, programs and other offices.

Generally, each department has a chair, who is elected by and from among the faculty of the department. The chair reports to the dean of the college of which the department is a member.

Departments formuate the curriculum of the classes in their academic area. Departments generally correspond to a major in that field of study, which is a program of required classes to achieve a degree in that field of study. As of 2008, the university had 154 majors and 53 graduate programs.

This is a list of Chico State Departments:

Academic Departments

• Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems
• Anthropology Department
• Department of Art and Art History
• Department of Biological Sciences
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
• Department of Communication Design
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Construction Management
• Department of Economics
• Education Department
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of English
• Department of Finance and Marketing
• Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography and Planning Department
• Department of Geological and Environmental Science
• Health and Community Services Department
• Department of History
• Department of Journalism
• Department of Kinesiology
• Department of Management
• Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, and Manufacturing
• Department of Music
• Department of Nutrition and Food Science
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Physics
• Political Science Department
• Department of Professional Studies in Education
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Recreation and Parks Management
• Department of Religious Studies
• Sociology Department
• Department of Theater Arts

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