ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

A program is a course of study designed by faculty members to focus on a particular area of knowledge or a particular approach to an area. Each program establishes requirements for Moderation, course work, and Senior projects; each selects from the courses offered at the College those courses it considers required, recommended, and related to its particular focus. Every student is required to declare a major in a program by the end of his or her sophomore year in order to moderate from the Lower College to the Upper College and to become a candidate for the Bachelor of Arts degree.

 

1. Division of the Arts


Art History
Dance
Film and Electronic Media
History of Photography
Integrated Arts
Music
Photography
Studio Art
Theater


2. Division of Languages & Literature


Literature (works written in English and world literature in translation)
Writing: Fiction and Poetry
Foreign Languages
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Latin
- Russian
- Spanish

3. Division of Natural Sciences & Math


Biochemistry
Chemistry
Ecology and Organismal Biology
Environmental Science
Mathematics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Physics

 

 

 
4. Division of Social Studies


Anthropology
Economics
History
Philosophy
Political Studies
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Theology

5. Interdivisional Programs


AADS (African and African Diaspora Studies)
American Studies
Asian Studies
Classical Studies
CRES (Community, Regional, and Environmental Studies)
French Studies
Gender Studies
German Studies
History and Philosophy of Science
Irish and Celtic Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
LAIS (Latin American and Iberian Studies)
Linguistics
Medieval Studies
MES (Multiethnic Studies)
Philosophy and the Arts
Russian and Eurasian Studies
Victorian Studies

6. Multidisciplinary Studies

Programs initiated and designed by students to integrate material from different programs and Divisions.

COURSES APPROPRIATE TO INTERDIVISIONAL PROGRAMS

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES (AADS)

ARTH 270 History of African Art and Architecture
HIST 115B African-American Experience II
HIST 2271 Black Thought: Contemporary Essays
LIT 3001 Y2K: Shakespeare around the Globe
LIT 3102 African Short Stories

AMERICAN STUDIES

ECON 311 Seminar in National Economic Policy
HIST 115B African-American Experience II
HIST 137 Gay American History
HIST 175 The American Civil War
HIST 288 American Environmental History
HIST 303 The Crisis
LIT 2302 Puerto Rican Literature in the U.S.
LIT 257 Literature of the U.S. I
LIT 3212 Self-Conscious Colloquialism
PS 182 Contested Ideals in American Political Thought
PS 295 Dreams of Perfectibility
PS 340 Equality in American Political Development
PS 415 The Creation of the American World
SOC 271 An Overview of the American Population
SST 318 Constitutional Law

ASIAN STUDIES

All courses listed under CHINESE and
ANTH 318 Power and Money in South East Asia
ARTH 276 Chinese Religious Art
HIST 129 Confucianism
HIST 2304 Making Modern China
REL 102 Buddhist Thought and Practice
REL 304 Contemplative Traditions of Asia

CLASSICAL STUDIES

All course listed under CLASSICAL STUDIES and
HIST 287 Senators, Plebeians, Priests, and Slaves
HIST 296 Race, Ethnicity and Identity in the Ancient World
LIT 2121 Animadversions on Eros

COMMUNITY, REGIONAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (CRES)

ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 102 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 270 Seminar in Geoclassical Economics
HIST 288 American Environmental History
PSY 204 Research Methods in Social Psychology
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 205 Introduction to Research Methods
SST 331 Ecological Thought

Of related interest

ECON 222 Development Economics
ECON 358 Economic Justice
PSY 115 Introduction to Social Psychology

FRENCH STUDIES

All courses listed under FRENCH and
LIT 264 The 19thC Continental Novel
LIT 3102 African Short Stories

Of related interest

PHIL 103 History of Philosophy

GENDER STUDIES

ANTH 213 The Anthropology of Medicine
HIST 137 Gay American History
HIST 2271 Black Thought: Contemporary Essays
HIST 293 Medieval & Renaissance Families
LIT 2302 Puerto Rican Literature in the U.S.
LIT 277 Homosexualities & Modernism
LIT 3111 Victorian Theatricality
PSY 250 Psychology of Women
PSY 354 Eating Disorders: Clinical & Cultural Perspectives
REL 246 Feminism and Islam

Of related interest

ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
PSY 301 Stereotyping and Prejudice

GERMAN STUDIES

All courses listed under GERMAN and
ARTH 262 Twentieth-Century Northern Art
HIST 202 The Weimar Republic
HIST 344 Researching the Holocaust

Of related interest

PHIL 385 Wittgenstein

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

ANTH 213 The Anthropology of Medicine

INTEGRATED ARTS

CLAS 101 The Rise and Fall of Athens
FILM 267 History of Video Art
LIT 2130 Writing about Art
LIT 390 Introduction to Critical Theory

IRISH AND CELTIC STUDIES

LIT 329 The Irish Big House

ITALIAN STUDIES

All courses listed under ITALIAN and
ARTH 102 The History of Western Art II
ARTH 227 Creating a Capital
ARTH 231 The High Renaissance
LIT 2121 Animadversions on Eros
HIST 287 Senators, Plebeians, Priests, and Slaves
HIST 293 Medieval and Renaissance Families
MUS 328 Orpheus the Singer
SOC 217 Twentieth Century Italian Society

Of related interest

Courses in Latin; Roman art, history and literature

JEWISH STUDIES

ANTH 221 The Eastern European Shtetl
HIST 2033 The Jews of Modern Europe 1789-1939
HIST 344 Researching the Holocaust

LATIN AMERICAN AND IBERIAN STUDIES (LAIS)

All course listed under SPANISH and
ECON 222 Development Economics
LIT 2302 Puerto Rican Literature in the U.S.
PS 214 United States-Latin American Relations
PS 216 Individual, Society, and Politics in Latin America

MEDIEVAL STUDIES

HIST 293 Medieval & Renaissance Families
LIT 254 Middle English Literature
LIT 290 The History of the English Language

MULTI-ETHNIC STUDIES (MES)

ANTH 206 Human Variation: The Anthropology of Race
HIST 115B African-American Experience II
HIST 2271 Black Thought: Contemporary Essays
HIST 242 20thC Russia: Communism-Nationalism
HIST 303 The Crisis
LIT 2302 Puerto Rican Literature in the U.S.
LIT 3001 Y2K: Shakespeare around the Globe
PHIL 104 Intro to Philosophy: Multicultural Perspective
PSY 235 School Guidance/Counseling
PSY 261 Theories of Counseling and Social Work
PSY 301 Stereotyping and Prejudice

Of related interest

SPAN 225 Contemporary Latin American Theater

RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES

All courses listed under RUSSIAN and
HIST 242 20thC Russia: Communism-Nationalism
HIST 365 Russian Intellectual History
LIT 264 The 19thC Continental Novel
LIT 2801 The Nobel Slavs

Of related interest

HIST 102 Europe from 1815 to the Present

VICTORIAN STUDIES

LIT 257 Literature of the U.S. I
LIT 3111 Victorian Theatricality
PHOT 312 Travel & Exploration in 19thC Photography

Of related interest

ANTH 206 Human Variation: The Anthropology of Race
HIST 102 Europe from 1815 to the Present

Program in International Education (PIE) Core Courses

HIST 340 - The Politics of History
PS 251 - Globalization and Citizenship
PS 423 - Comparative Politics