'Major' stereotypes
This major's students are known to be aggressive arguers and debators, as well as very intellectual thinkers
What is Government & Politics or Public Policy?
This campus spot is known in Black Terp culture as the place where students of color hangout, a lowkey social hub woven into everyday campus life.
This major analyzes how societies allocate resources, using mathematical models to study markets, incentives, and decision making at both macro and micro levels.
What is Economics?
This organization serves Black Terps preparing for legal careers by offering structured LSAT preparation, mentorship pipelines with practicing attorneys, workshops, and networking opportunities.
What is the Black Pre-Law Association?
This general major is widely assumed to be fairly easy, famously becoming the center of a tiktok trend where coloring books were used as their coursework
What is Business (Anything business related)?
This historic Black Terp space is known for anchoring community, activism, and cultural memory, shaping Black Student life far beyond its official events.
What is the Nyumburu Cultural Center?
This major examines the chemical processes that allow cells and organs to function, using lab techniques to study enzymes, metabolism, and the molecular basis of disease.
What is Biochemistry?
This professional organization supports Black students pursuing accounting, finance, and business careers, known for its networking events, career prep workshops, and strong pipeline to internships with major firms.
What is NABA (National Association of Black Accountants)?
This general major is known for treating sleep like an optional elective, famously recognized for students pulling all-nighters as if they're part of the curriculum
What is Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture, Biology, or Chemistry?
This organization at UMD is known for its inclusive runway culture, where Black students train in posing, confidence, and performance.
Who are En'Rage Models?
This major studies how people interact with data and technology, focusing on organizing information, designing systems, and improving overall digitial experiences?
What is Information Science?
This UMD organization supports Black students in tech, recognized for building community through coding workshops, networking events, and opportunities that help members break into the tech industry.
What is Code: Black?
Viewed by other students as having the "easiest" workload on campus
(A specific major)
What is a communications major?
This UMD dance and perfomance team is recognized for their sharp choreography, bold stage presence, and routines that mirror the energy and precision of an HBCU-style majorette team.
Who are The Star Strutters?
This major studies how to deisgn aircraft, spacecraft, and anything that flies, often involving simulations of extreme aerodynamic forces.
What is Aerospace Engineering?
This Black org's mission is to recruit, retain, and release qualified minorities in the fields of computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences.
This major's students are always in the Eppley Recreation Center lifting
What are Kinesiology majors?
This UMD media organization is celebrated for amplifying Black student voices and experiences, showcasing Black culture, creativity, and community through student driven media
What is The Black Explosion Newspaper?
This major analyzes how governments design, implement, and evaluate programs, using data, economics, ethics, and social research to understand how policies shape real world outcomes for communities.
What is Public Policy?
This grassroots, women-of-color organization works to uplift communities of color by educating and inspiring women of color to understand public policy, use their collective voice at the voting polls, and advocate in areas where bias most deeply affects their lives.
What is Black Girls Vote (BGV)?