1 5 ▁Ph D ▁programs ▁through ▁its ▁nine ▁colleg es : ▁arts , ▁human ities ▁& ▁social ▁sciences ; ▁business ; ▁education ; ▁engineering ; ▁hon ors ; ▁n urs ing ; ▁professional ▁& ▁continu ing ▁studies ; ▁science ; ▁and ▁gradu ate . ▁N urs ing ▁is ▁U A H ' s ▁largest ▁single ▁major , ▁although ▁Engineering ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁college . ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁Hon ors ▁College ▁that ▁offers ▁an ▁en rich ed ▁academic ▁and ▁community ▁experience ▁for ▁under grad u ates ▁in ▁all ▁discipl ines . ▁ ▁Not ▁surprising ly ▁given ▁Hun ts ville ' s ▁technology - based ▁economy , ▁U A H ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁engineering ▁and ▁science ▁programs , ▁including ▁ast ro physics , ▁atmos pher ic ▁science , ▁ ▁a eros pace ▁engineering , ▁cy ber security , ▁and ▁digital ▁animation . ▁The ▁first ▁" com mer cial " ▁non - ro cket ry ▁programs ▁( Cons ort ▁and ▁J oust ) ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁were ▁managed ▁by ▁U A H ▁scient ists , ▁the ▁first ▁" high - temper ature " ▁super con duct or ▁was ▁discovered ▁at ▁U A H , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁U . S . ▁experiment ▁flow n ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Mir ▁Space ▁Station ▁was ▁from ▁U A H . ▁U A H ▁is ▁a ▁Space ▁Grant ▁university ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁co operation ▁with ▁NASA ' s ▁Marshall ▁Space ▁Fl ight ▁Center ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁A viation ▁and