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Biology

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Biology
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The Biology Department offers a broad range of courses that emphasize the process of scientific inquiry and experimentation within the context of extraordinary new advances and insights in today鈥檚 natural science fields鈥攆rom molecular biology, epigenetics, evolution, ecology, genetics/genomics, and neuroscience to bioethics, conservation and public health. Whether foundational to a career in research or medicine or adding intellectual insight and inspiration to students of the humanities, arts, or social sciences, students of all backgrounds are welcome.

Biology Major

The major in Biology provides students with the skills to perform scientific inquiry using current experimental approaches as they pursue a deeper understanding of the interconnections among living things. We study how recent advances in the biological sciences are driving extraordinary new discoveries and innovations in areas such as evolution, ecology, cell biology, genetics/genomics, and neuroscience. Biological research provides essential information as we address urgent challenges of biodiversity conservation, global climate change, epidemiology, and human health and well-being.

Master of Arts in Biology

The Biology Department offers graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts through the BA/MA program. The department may also grant the Master of Arts degree to students in the biology PhD program who do not complete the PhD. Candidates for the BA/MA in Biology will follow a program that includes coursework, seminars, and, in some cases, teaching.

Doctor of Philosophy in Biology

Students pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy in Biology are expected to study related biological fields through an individual program of courses, seminars, and readings, primarily emphasizing an intensive research experience culminating in a thesis. Graduate students design their own program of courses to complement and strengthen their previous background knowledge. The low student-faculty ratio ensures close collaboration between students and their dissertation advisors.

African American Studies

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Social Sciences Division African American Studies
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The African American Studies Department offers a substantial interdisciplinary, comparative, and cross-cultural approach to the study of the experiences of people of in the Black Atlantic world. Coursework in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts provides insight into the cultural, historical, political, and social development of Africans in the diaspora, conceptions of race and identity, and how people of African descent have influenced Western society.

African American Studies Major

The Major in African American Studies enables students to better understand the social structures and cultural traditions created by Africans in the diaspora, Western conceptualizations of race, the relationship between issues of race and identity, and the histories and influences of people of African descent. The major offers an interdisciplinary, comparative, and cross-cultural approach to studying the experiences of people of African descent in the Black Atlantic world, especially in the United States and the Caribbean.

African American Studies Minor

The Minor in African American Studies offers a comparative, cross-cultural approach to studying the experiences of people of African descent in the Black Atlantic world, especially in the United States and the Caribbean.

Dance

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Arts and Humanities Division Dance
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The Dance Department is a contemporary program with a global perspective. The curriculum centers on the creative act鈥攊magining, making and doing. Our program is interdisciplinary, embodied, collaborative, physically and intellectually rigorous, and fosters personal and social transformation.

Dance Major

The Major in Dance is centered on the creative act—envisioning, making, and doing—to cultivate artistry and inspire personal and social transformation. It is an interdisciplinary, hands-on, and collaborative journey, demanding both physical and intellectual rigor. Students explore choreography, improvisation, pedagogy, research methods, dance ethnography, history, and techniques that embrace diverse learning styles.

Dance Minor

The Minor in Dance introduces students to aspects of the creative act of dance—imagining, making, and doing. Students minoring in Dance will combine classes in physical practice and technique with elective courses in which performance projects are conceived and created, and other electives and hybrid courses that explore topics such as the cultural history of dance as a form of research, writing about dance, and anatomy and kinesiology.

Data Analysis

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Social Sciences Division Data Analysis
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Data science is an integral component of virtually every academic, business, public sector, and political endeavor in today's world. The Hazel Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC) provides quantitative education and research support for students and faculty across the curriculum.

Data Analysis Minor

The Data Analysis Minor provides students with a basic introduction to data analysis, giving them the theory and practical skills needed to collect and prepare data for analysis, explore and visualize data, build models and test hypotheses, discover insights, and communicate results meaningfully. Students will strengthen their ability to apply statistical, mathematical, and programming methods to traditional areas of empirical research within their fields.

Economics

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Social Sciences Division Economics
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The Economics Department offers social science coursework exploring how individuals, business entities and societies produce, allocate, and consume resources and transfer wealth. Macroeconomics issues such as economic growth, unemployment, and inflation are studied along with the microeconomics of individual behavior and relationships. The study of economics is excellent preparation for careers in academics, business, consulting, law, or government.

Economics Major

The Major in Economics introduces students to the ways people, businesses, governments, and other entities allocate and manage finite resources to meet societal and individual needs. Students will examine various theories, principles, and analytical methods to learn about microeconomic topics like supply and demand, means of production, distribution of goods and services, market structures, and consumer choice.

Economics Minor

The Minor in Economics provides students with a solid historical, theoretical, and analytical basis for understanding the ways goods and services are produced, allocated, and distributed within societal structures. Numerous fields value the skills and knowledge gained from studying economics, including research, quantitative and statistical analysis, strategic problem-solving, and understanding the dynamics of human behavior, markets, and institutions.

Education Studies

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Social Sciences Division College of Education Studies
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The College of Education Studies is designed to help students acquire a deeper understanding of education and its relationship to society. Coursework places an analytical lens on educational institutions, practices, and thinking鈥攆rom early childhood through adulthood. Students gain a theoretical background on philosophy, history, and psychology of education while exploring topics such as human development and cognition, pedagogy and curriculum, and sociocultural approaches. Students complete a methods course and a hands-on practicum to gain experience that complements their academic work. Education Studies is a linked major, meaning it can only be declared and completed in addition to a primary major.

Education Studies Major

The Major in Education Studies helps students understand education and its relationship to society. Students will critically analyze educational institutions, practices, and theory—from early childhood through adulthood—using local, national, and global lenses. Foundational courses provide a background in the philosophy, history, and psychology of education, and further study illuminates aspects such as human development and cognition, pedagogy, curriculum design, methodologies, and sociocultural approaches. Rounding out their academic work, students in the major will gain direct insight through a hands-on practicum experience.

Education Studies Minor

The Minor in Education Studies helps students understand education and its relationship to society. Students will critically analyze educational institutions, practices, and theory—from early childhood through adulthood—using local, national, and global lenses.

English

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Arts and Humanities Division English
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The English Department offers courses that foster critical thinking about the relationships among literature, culture, and history. Through the critical study of poetry, novels, essays, and plays, students explore the history of literary culture and the evolving genres, forms, and ideologies of literary expression. English students hone their skills as critical writers and explore their individual potential as creative voices.

English Major

The Major in English helps students hone their skills as critical writers and explore their potential as creative voices. English courses foster critical thinking about the relationships among literature, culture, and history. Students of English become adept critics of poetry, novels, essays, and plays. They develop knowledge of literary culture and about the evolving genres, forms, and ideologies of literary expression. They study the relation of literary texts to their historical contexts. They refine their craft as creative writers.

Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Earth and Environmental Sciences
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The Earth and Environmental Sciences Department offers an exploration of many aspects of the natural world鈥攆rom active volcanoes to climate change to eco-conservation. Courses in geology, environmental science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and planetary geology lead to different areas of specialization and career options. Students work closely with faculty on research projects and perform independent research in the field.

Earth and Environmental Sciences Major

The Major in Earth and Environmental Sciences provides students with a broad base of knowledge of the natural world. Topics of study range from planetary evolution to climate change to ecosystem conservation. Courses in geology, environmental science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and how the Earth’s spheres—geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere—interact with each other prepare students to choose their own areas of specialization.

Master of Arts in Environmental Sciences (two year)

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers a program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Earth and Environmental Sciences. This program is designed for students who desire further training prior to initiation of a doctoral program at another university or for whom the master's degree will be the terminal degree. Graduate students are offered a unique opportunity for accelerated and personal instruction in a small department setting with strengths in geology, paleoclimate, ocean sciences, planetary science, and environmental science. MA or BA/MA students may elect a course of study resulting in the planetary science concentration.

BA/MA in Earth and Environmental Sciences

In addition to the two year Master of Arts in Earth and Environmental Sciences, the department offers the five year combined BA/MA program for Wesleyan students. 

Environmental Studies

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division College of the Environment
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The Bailey College of the Environment was created with a belief in the resilience of the human spirit and a desire to develop a long-term vision of ecosystem health. The most important challenge facing current and future generations will be the quality of the environment and the allocation of dwindling natural resources among populations. Students discuss environmental issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, understand their connections to social or political issues, and derive well-formulated independent conclusions.

Environmental Studies Major

The Major in Environmental Studies empowers students to evaluate, comprehend, communicate, and solve various environment-related issues. ENVS is multi-disciplinary: students take course work that spans the entire curriculum of Wesleyan, including courses in environmental science ethics, philosophy, economics, government, policy, history, humanities, art, film, sciences, and writing.

Environmental Studies Minor

The Minor in Environmental Studies is a flexible program that allows students to tailor their studies to their interests. It prepares students to evaluate, comprehend, communicate, and solve environmental issues, with an interdisciplinary curriculum that may include studies in environmental science, economics, and the humanities.

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Social Sciences Division Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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The Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) Program engages students in critical analyses of gender and sexuality within the broader context of race, class, and ethnicity, and the ways in which these categories shape institutional systems, cultures, and societies. The curriculum includes courses with wide subject, geographic, and thematic coverage, and majors may develop their own areas of concentrated study and perform individually designed research.

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major

The Major in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies engages students in critical analyses of gender and sexuality within the broad context of race, class, and ethnicity, and the ways in which these categories shape institutional systems, cultures, and societies. Majors have excellent opportunities to develop their own concentrated area of study and individually designed research.

Film Studies

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Arts and Humanities Division College of Film and the Moving Image
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The College of Film and the Moving Image (CFILM) incorporates the Department of Film Studies, The Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies, and the Ogden and Mary Louise Reid Cinema Archives. Founded on Wesleyan's liberal-arts tradition, CFILM fosters both the study and practice of visual storytelling. Students and faculty approach the moving image in a collaborative manner that combines historical, formal, and cultural analysis with filmmaking at beginning and advanced levels. Film Studies courses emphasize aesthetics, genre, authorship, industry, and technology. Students have access to the state-of-the-art cinemas at the renowned Jeanine Basinger Center, and the historical Reid film archives are used by scholars and media experts from around the world.

Film Studies Major

The Major in Film Studies enables students to explore the moving image through a distinctive blending of history, analysis, and production. Studies focus on the art and craft of visual storytelling and the language of filmmaking in all its various forms—fiction, documentary, live-action, or animated—and venues such as cinema, television, and the internet.

Film Studies Minor

The Minor in Film Studies enables students to explore the history and craft of filmmaking. Students begin with an introductory course in the language of cinematic storytelling, exploring how advances in technology bring new challenges and opportunities, surveying major directors and genres, and demonstrating how film exists at the intersection of business, technology, and art.

Romance Languages - French, Italian, and Spanish

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Arts and Humanities Division Romance Languages and Literatures
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The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (RL&L) is a cornerstone of the humanities 九色视频 and the University鈥檚 gateway to the French-, Italian-, and Spanish-speaking worlds. Students explore language, literary, and cultural traditions that extend from the Middle Ages to the present and span the geographies of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Through a network of collaborations across departments, extracurricular activities, and study-abroad opportunities, the department supports a wide range of academic programs and initiatives.

French Studies Major

The French Studies Major is designed for students interested in developing a command of the French language sufficient to live and work in a French-speaking environment. Students in the program develop a deep knowledge of French-language literature that informs a larger understanding of Francophone modes of thought, expression, cultures, history, and society.

French Studies Minor

The Minor in French Studies provides students with a command of the French language sufficient to live and work successfully in a French-speaking environment. Students gain a fundamental background in French-language literature and Francophone modes of thought, expression, cultures, history, and society.

Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Major

The Major in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures enables students to gain fluency in the Spanish language and knowledge of the diverse cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Hispanophone communities in the United States and worldwide. The major emphasizes the history and cultural diversity of a world whose geographic reach is vast and whose legacy extends from the pre-colonial period in Latin America and European classical antiquity to the present.

Italian Studies Major

The Italian Studies major provides students with solid training in the spoken and written Italian language, enabling in-depth study of Italian history, culture, and society from the Middle Ages to the present. Students study a variety of texts (literary, film, and cultural), which enhance their acquisition of the language. This flexible, interdisciplinary program allows students to explore their own interests across other fields and in such departments as History, the College of Letters, Art History, and Classical Studies.

Romance Studies Major

The Major in Romance Studies enables students to develop a broad knowledge of two or more languages and cultures — those of Italy, France and the Francophone world, and the Hispanophone world —through a flexible, interdisciplinary program that combines coursework in several fields. Students explore literature, film and other art forms of various periods and regions to compare and gain insight into unique cultural modes of thought, expression, and creative achievement.

German Studies

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Arts and Humanities Division German Studies
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The German Studies Department prepares students for a world in which a sophisticated understanding of other cultures and their histories has become increasingly important. Courses taught in German develop students awareness of how language functions to convey information, express emotions, and communicate thought. Courses taught in English focus on the specific histories of German-speaking countries and the contributions of those countries to many realms of human endeavor.

German Studies Major

The Major in German Studies provides students with a strong foundational understanding of German language, literature, and thought as they explore the rich and diverse cultures of German-speaking countries. The department offers courses both in German, at all levels of proficiency, and in English.

German Studies Minor

The Minor in German Studies is interdisciplinary in nature. It combines the close study of German language, literature, history, and culture with broad humanistic inquiry into trends and structures of German-speaking societies.

American Studies

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Social Sciences Division American Studies
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The Department of American Studies provides a broad grounding in the study of the United States within a global context. Coursework draws on a variety of disciplines including anthropology, English, history, religion, and sociology, and programs such as Latin American studies, African American studies, and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. Individually designed concentrations, which are the hallmark of the department, allow students to forge interdisciplinary approaches to the issues that interest them, from visual culture and aesthetics to racial politics and gender systems.

American Studies Major

The American Studies Major provides a broad grounding in the study of the United States in a hemispheric and global context. Individually designed concentrations, which are the hallmark of the department, allow students to forge interdisciplinary approaches to particular issues that interest them—from visual culture and aesthetics to racial politics and gender systems.

Global Engagement

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Arts and Humanities Division Global Engagement
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Global Engagement 九色视频 empowers students to navigate an interconnected world through cultural self-awareness, academic exploration, and immersive experiences. With a focus on flexibility and personal growth, students can pursue courses that align with their global interests, develop language skills, and participate in transformative opportunities such as study abroad or community-based projects. By combining academic learning with real-world experiences, Wesleyan encourages students to connect across cultures, broaden their perspectives, and engage meaningfully with the world around them.

Global Engagement Minor

The Minor in Global Engagement provides students with an opportunity to integrate their academic studies, co-curricular activities, and experiential learning through a lens of “intercultural competence.” Students acquire theoretical knowledge while applying it to existing and emerging global interests.

Global South Asian Studies

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Social Sciences Division Global South Asian Studies
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The Global South Asian Studies department uniquely explores the cultures connected to the region in a worldwide context. South Asia (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, and the Tibetan cultural world) is home to more than a quarter of the world’s population and has diasporas perhaps 24 million strong.

Global South Asian Studies Major

The Major in Global South Asian Studies enables students to explore the region's cultures within a worldwide context. Students will study many aspects of this rich and diverse heritage using a variety of disciplinary methods and theories, including postcolonial critique, embodiment theory, and feminist and queer theory, while cultivating an awareness of transnational dynamics.

Global South Asian Studies Minor

The Global South Asian studies minor offers opportunities to study these cultures through disciplines as diverse as anthropology, art history, music performance and theory, cultural studies, creative writing, film studies, dance, history, literature, language, government, and religion. The minor allows students to cultivate critical thinking skills using a variety of disciplinary methods and theories, including postcolonial critique, embodiment theory, and feminist and queer theory, while cultivating an awareness of transnational dynamics.

Government

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Social Sciences Division Government
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The Government Department combines the studies of political science and politics. Distinguished scholars and faculty members are affiliated with a concentration in one of the four major subfields of political science: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, or political theory.

Government Major

The Major in Government provides students with a broad knowledge of political science, or the cultural issues and social structures that determine how and why power is distributed, decisions are made, and policies are implemented. Government majors choose a concentration area for in-depth study—either American politics, comparative politics, international relations, or political theory. Each concentration has its own introductory course, survey courses, and advanced seminars.

History

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Social Sciences Division History
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The History Department introduces students to the scholarly, evidence-based exploration of, potentially, every area of the human condition and culture from the beginning of recorded time. A grounded knowledge in history enables us to make sense of complex things including the meaning of words, the formation of identities, and the development of societies, systems, institutions and states. Students of history are empowered with a deep understanding of the past to give them a more sophisticated perspective on our contemporary world.

History Major

History is one of 九色视频’s most intellectually diverse majors, offering the possibility to investigate nearly every region and time period of the global past. The study of history is excellent preparation for careers in many fields, including law, journalism, the entertainment industry, business and finance, education, politics and public policy, social activism, and the arts. The Major in History enables students to explore and develop a broad understanding of the human condition as it has unfolded through time. The study of history helps us make sense of the present, from the meaning of words to the formation of identities, institutions, states, and societies.

History Minor

The Minor in History enables students to explore and develop a broad understanding of the human condition as it has unfolded through time. Students assess evidence and analyze conflicting interpretations of the past, revealing insights about the current times and providing guidance for the future. Through the completion of six required courses taught 九色视频, students develop knowledge of diverse peoples, geographies, cultures, and ways of life while developing their skills of critical thinking, analytical research, and persuasive writing.

Design and Engineering Studies

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division College of Design and Engineering Studies
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The College of Design and Engineering Studies (CoDES) challenges students to think critically and creatively, and to respond responsibly to the broad and complex social, technological, cultural, and environmental conditions that surround them in today鈥檚 world. Through a curriculum that brings together iterative creation, experimentation, and critique students engage in making as a form of inquiry and research. Distributed across the campus, CoDES activities are centered around the IDEAS Lab at the Exley Science Center and the Digital Design Studio in the Center for the Arts.

Integrated Design, Engineering, Art, and Society Major

The Major in Integrated Design, Engineering, Arts & Society (IDEAS) challenges students to think broadly, design responsibly, and respond critically to the complex social, technological, cultural, and environmental conditions surrounding them. Through a curriculum that brings together iterative creation, experimentation, and critique, IDEAS majors gain proficiency in making as a form of inquiry and research.

Integrated Design, Engineering, Art, and Society Minor

The Minor in Integrated Design, Engineering, Arts & Society (IDEAS) prepares students to succeed at the intersection of design, the arts, and engineering in a liberal arts context. Students develop foundational knowledge in these areas by working in collaborative groups and individually on project-based assignments that emphasize making and doing as critical forms of knowledge.

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
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The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program focuses on the molecular basis of life 鈥� how cells process, integrate and act on information to create and propagate living organisms. Coursework introduces students to technologies in molecular genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genomics, and bioinformatics to investigate the Central Dogma 鈥� replication of biological information, regulation of gene expression, and mechanisms of protein function.

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Major

The Major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MB&B) is designed to accommodate a broad range of academic interests and allow students to concentrate on particular disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, genetics, epigenetics, genomics, and computational modeling. While focused on exploring and understanding the molecular basis of life, the MB&B major allows for flexible, interdisciplinary studies, enabling students to couple their affinity for biological sciences with other majors.

Master of Arts in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (BA/MA)

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MB&B) Department program focuses on the molecular basis of life—on mechanisms by which cells process, integrate, and act on information to create and propagate living organisms.

The MB&B department offers graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts through Wesleyan's BA/MA program. The MB&B Department may also grant the degree of Master of Arts to students in the PhD program who do not complete the PhD.

Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MB&B) Department program focuses on the molecular basis of life—on mechanisms by which cells process, integrate, and act on information to create and propagate living organisms.

The PhD program focuses on advanced scientific inquiry in molecular genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and molecular biophysics. The program’s low student-faculty ratio (2.5:1) ensures close contact between students and their mentors and enables students to customize their course of study.

Jewish and Israel Studies

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Social Sciences Division Jewish and Israel Studies
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Jewish and Israel Studies 九色视频 offers a dynamic, interdisciplinary approach to exploring Jewish history, culture, and contemporary issues. Students can engage with innovative coursework, including a Hebrew program that integrates language learning with cultural experiences. Beyond the classroom, the Center for Jewish Studies enriches the campus and broader community through events such as the Contemporary Israeli Voices series, film festivals, lectures, and seminars, fostering dialogue and a deeper understanding of Jewish and Israeli perspectives.

Jewish and Israel Studies Minor

Wesleyan’s minor in Jewish and Israel studies offers students a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary training in a rich, diverse, and challenging field. Courses explore various academic areas such as Jewish religion, Jewish culture, Jewish letters, and Israel studies, and are offered by Jewish and Israel core and affiliated faculty, distinguished visitors, and other Wesleyan faculty.

Latin American Studies

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Social Sciences Division Latin American Studies
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The Latin American Studies (LAST) program offers interdisciplinary courses in the humanities and social sciences taught by faculty from other departments who have expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean. Courses include topics in Latin American history, government, economics, literature, culture and theater.

Latin American Studies Major

The Latin American Studies (LAST) is an interdisciplinary program that is designed to provide an integrated view of Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean. This interdisciplinary approach is complemented by a concentration in a specific department.

Mathematics and Computer Science

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Mathematics and Computer Science
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The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers undergraduate majors while also participating in the College of Integrative Sciences, the Data Analysis minor, the IDEAS minor, and the Informatics and Modeling minor. Coursework prepares students with strong computational abilities, abstract mathematical reasoning skills, an understanding of how to apply mathematical theories in practice, and the ability to write and speak clearly and elegantly about mathematics. The department's graduate programs include a PhD in mathematics and MA programs in mathematics and computer science.

Mathematics Major

The Major in Mathematics broadly explores the relationships between numbers, shapes, measurements, structures, and patterns. Students gain strong computational abilities, abstract mathematical reasoning skills, an understanding of how to apply mathematical theories in practice, and the ability to write and speak clearly and elegantly about mathematics.

Computer Science Major

The Major in Computer Science gives students an understanding of the foundational concepts and technical tools used for solving computational problems and building computational systems. Students learn to program in high-level programming languages, analyze the efficiency and correctness of programs, and create original computational structures.

Master of Arts in Mathematics and Computer Science (two year)

The Mathematics and Computer Science department’s Master of Arts program in mathematics is designed to ensure basic knowledge and the capacity for sustained independent scholarly study.

BA/MA in Mathematics and Computer Science

In addition to the two year Master of Arts in Mathematics and Computer Science, the department offers the five year combined BA/MA program for Wesleyan students. 

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics

The Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics degree demands a breadth of knowledge, an intense specialization in one field, a substantial original contribution to the field of specialization, and a high degree of expository skill.

Anthropology

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Social Sciences Division Anthropology
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The Anthropology Department engages students in the study of the complexity and diversity of human and nonhuman life in an interconnected world. Coursework explores topics including urban anthropology, globalization, media studies, consumer culture, social movements, activism, humanitarianism, race, gender, sexuality and ethics.

Anthropology Major

The major in Anthropology enables students to investigate the complex and diverse cultures and societies developed throughout our interconnected world. Coursework in this major includes anthropological theories and research methods and the study of topics such as urban anthropology, globalization, media studies, consumer culture, art and performance, archaeology, social movements and activism, migration, development and humanitarianism, race, gender, and sexuality.The Anthropology Department engages students in the study of the complexity and diversity of human and nonhuman life in an interconnected world. Coursework explores topics including urban anthropology, globalization, media studies, consumer culture, social movements, activism, humanitarianism, race, gender, sexuality and ethics.

Archaeology

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Social Sciences Division Archaeology
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The Archaeology Department offers students the ability to design their own concentration as they discover, reconstruct, and analyze past societies through the study of their material remains. Coursework is fundamentally hands-on and interdisciplinary, and students will engage with ideas from Anthropology, Art and Art History, and Classical Studies among others to address modern societal and cultural questions.

Archaeology Major

The Major in Archaeology trains students to analyze and reconstruct past societies and their environments through their material remains. Students engage the past in ways that can address modern questions, such as what drives culture change, what creates resilient societies, the role of archaeology in construction of modern identities, and how we can rediscover sustainable technologies that meet climate challenges. The major is fundamentally interdisciplinary and hands-on.

Archaeology Minor

The Minor in Archaeology trains students to analyze and reconstruct past societies and their environments through material remains. Students engage the past in ways that can address modern questions, such as what drives culture change, what creates resilient societies, the role of archaeology in construction of identity, and how we can rediscover sustainable technologies to meet climate challenges. Archaeology is fundamentally interdisciplinary and hands-on.

Medieval Studies

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Social Sciences Division Medieval Studies
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The Medieval Studies program provides an interdisciplinary context for students who wish to study the European Middle Ages. Students may concentrate on one of three fields: art history and archaeology, history and culture, or language and literature. Students have opportunities to experience medieval materials firsthand, including working with artifacts and rare manuscripts in Special Collections, analyzing texts, singing in the Collegium Musicum, gaining familiarity with Latin, or participating on an archaeological dig. Each year, the Department brings distinguished visitors to campus to give public talks and work one-on-one with students.

Medieval Studies Major

The Medieval Studies program fosters an ability to interpret intersections among cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, and identities, the critical use of historical evidence, and the ability to construct arguments informed by ideas of temporalities and geographies. Medieval Studies majors undertake an interdisciplinary approach to the study of a primary, secondary, and third area within the field. The areas of concentration are typically art history and archaeology, history and culture, and languages and literature.

Medieval Studies Minor

The Minor in Medieval Studies provides students with a basic knowledge of the history and culture of the European Middle Ages in an interdisciplinary context.

Music

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The Music Department 九色视频 is unique in its commitment to introducing music from all the world鈥檚 cultures鈥攄emonstrated by in the diversity and range of courses in music history, culture, composition and theory they offer. The Department has a particularly active music making and performance program which provides private instrumental and vocal instruction opportunities and ensemble courses in a wide variety of traditions and approaches. The Department鈥檚 graduate program attracts an internationally and musically diverse collection of musicians and scholars who contribute formally as teaching assistants and informally as fellow musicians.

Music Major

The Major in Music program is built around the individual interests and needs of the student while providing a solid foundation in the study of music history and culture, music analysis, theory, composition, and performance. Wesleyan’s Music department enjoys an international reputation for innovation in the study of World Music, and majors will study at least one musical tradition outside their prime concentration.

Master of Arts in Music

The Music Department offers an MA in music with concentrations in scholarship (ethnomusicology/musicology), experimental music/composition, and performance. Coursework takes the form of seminars and individual study with faculty members. The faculty represent many musical traditions teaching, performing and composing African American, East Asian, Central Asian, Euro-American, Indonesian, South Indian (Karnatak), West African, contemporary and experimental composition, and improvisation.

Doctor of Philosophy in Music

The Music Department offers a PhD in ethnomusicology. Coursework takes the form of seminars and individual study with faculty members. The faculty represent many musical traditions teaching, performing and composing African American, East Asian, Central Asian, Euro-American, Indonesian, South Indian (Karnatak), West African, contemporary and experimental composition and improvisation.

Neuroscience and Behavior

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The Neuroscience and Behavior program offers courses and research activities taught by faculty members in the departments of biology, psychology, and chemistry. The discipline of Neuroscience probes one of the last biological frontiers, asking fundamental questions about how the brain and nervous system work in the expression of behavior. Through lecture/seminars, lab-based methods courses, and hands-on research experience, students are afforded a rich educational experience in a field where important and exciting developments and discoveries continue to occur.

Neuroscience and Behavior Major

The Major in Neuroscience and Behavior opens avenues for students to explore the role of the brain in expressing behavior in animals including humans. Wesleyan neuroscience students learn in an interdisciplinary environment that includes coursework in biology, psychology, and chemistry.

Master of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior (BA/MA)

The MA in Neuroscience and Behavior opens avenues for students to explore the role of the brain in expressing behavior in animals including humans. Students learn the details of how the nervous system works and how it functions with other biological and psychological systems. Students often expand their learning to include topics such as statistics, computer programming, design, and philosophy of science. Lab-based methods courses and hands-on research in state-of-the-art laboratories give students a rich educational experience that provides a foundation for various career options that include medicine, basic and applied research in the public or private sector, and scientific writing or reporting.

Physics

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The Physics program requires participation in research and proficiency in the main subject areas of physics. Coursework is designed to develop competency in quantum theory, electromagnetism and optics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, classical dynamics, and condensed-matter physics. Preparation in mathematical and computational methods is an integral part of the program. Students may attend weekly colloquium series or research seminars in atomic and molecular physics, chemical physics, condensed-matter physics, and theory. The Society of Physics Students is a great resource for sharing ideas and questions with like-minded students.

Physics Major

The Major in Physics equips students with an understanding of the fundamental laws that shape the universe and develops the skills needed to succeed in a technology driven society. Students develop competency in the main subject areas of quantum theory, electromagnetism and optics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, classical dynamics, and condensed matter physics.

Physics Minor

Physics is the foundation of a liberal arts education for innovations in science and engineering and prepares students for quantitative problem solving in any field. The Physics minor provides exposure to the primary areas of Physics with minimal electives. Through the minor, students develop a core understanding of the quantitative and predictive description of natural phenomena using the rigorous language of mathematics.

Master of Arts in Physics (BA/MA)

The Physics department offers graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts through Wesleyan’s BA/MA program. Students interested in the master's program should consult their Physics major advisors as early as possible to permit time to complete the course requirements for both the BA and MA degrees.

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

Students in the Physics PhD program perform both experimental and theoretical research, mastering topics in focus areas that include quantum computing, high-energy plasmas, low-temperature superfluids, photonics, materials science, biomolecular interactions, the physics of animal behavior, fluid mechanics, and more. Degree candidates work side-by-side with faculty on research that is supported by major national granting agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards & Technology, Defense Department agencies, and others.

The small size of the program permits the design of individual programs of study and the development of a close working colleagueship among students and faculty. Students engage in physics research from the start of their graduate studies, rather than spending one or two years focused on coursework before starting research. Thus, graduate students join the department's research activities upon arrival.

Philosophy

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The Philosophy program enables students to explore questions that are of basic importance to the human experience鈥攕uch as: What is a good life? What is reality? How are knowledge and understanding possible? What should we believe? What norms should govern our societies, our relationships, and our activities? Philosophers critically analyze ideas and practices that often are assumed without reflection. Wesleyan鈥檚 philosophy faculty draws on multiple traditions of inquiry, offering a wide variety of perspectives and methods for addressing these questions.

Philosophy Major

The Major in Philosophy provides students with a solid grounding in historical knowledge and skillful reasoning as they explore perennial human questions about the nature of reality, truth, knowledge, values, reason, ethics, beliefs, and the individual’s place in relation to society.

Psychology

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The Psychology Department offers scientific study of the human mind, brain, and behavior. Areas of psychology represented in the department include human development, social psychology, cognitive psychology, cultural psychology, neuroscience, and psychopathology. Psychology majors receive broad training across these areas, have opportunities to pursue topics of particular interest in greater detail, and develop skills in research methods and statistics.

Psychology Major

The Major in Psychology provides students with the tools and methods for the scientific study of behavior, mind, and brain. Students seek to understand how people think and act, both as individuals and in groups. Department faculty offer their expertise in six subareas of study: cognitive, cultural, developmental, social, psychopathology, and neuroscience. Features of the major include foundational courses, training in statistics and research methods, small, advanced seminars, and opportunities to conduct original research. Building upon a strong base in theoretical perspectives, students will learn to apply scientific inquiry and critical thinking and will gain a deep appreciation for the necessity of ethical behavior and social responsibility in all aspects of the practice of psychology.

Master of Arts in Psychology (BA/MA)

Psychology offers the Master of Arts degree via the BA/MA program. Upon successful completion of the BA degree requirements, students become graduate students for two semesters and complete the MA. There is no stand-alone MA program in Psychology; the combined BA/MA program is only available to Wesleyan students.

Religion

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The Religion Department offers an interdisciplinary program that explores the variety of religious experiences and expressions. Students explore practices of interpretation, systems of belief, patterns of religious behavior, the history of religious traditions, the effects of religion in society, and the ways religions can form collective identity through race, nationalism, gender and sexuality, class, caste, language, and migration. Coursework introduces various forms of religious phenomena such as myth, ritual, texts, and theological and philosophical reflection. Classes cultivate the ability to interpret and analyze social and cultural systems, to critically analyze texts, and to craft arguments in a variety of genres.

Religion Major

The Major in Religion provides students with a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and critical exploration of various religious experiences and expressions. In addition to coursework that demonstrates the power and limits of some approaches to studying religion, students will analyze practices of interpretation, systems of belief, and patterns of religious behavior.

Religion Minor

The Minor in Religion enables students to explore various religious experiences and expressions throughout the world. Minors in Religion will analyze practices of interpretation, systems of belief, and patterns of religious behavior with empathy, cultural sensitivity, and ethical awareness.

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

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The Russia, Eurasia, and East-Central Europe (REES) Department provides a unique interdisciplinary program which includes study of the literature, history, politics, music, cinema, art, dance, and religious background of the countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. In addition to Russian, the REES faculty speak Ukrainian, Buryat, Tatar, and Kazakh languages. Most courses are taught in English and are designed to provide students with the nuanced understanding of this region required to solve today鈥檚 geopolitical and environmental crises.

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Major

The Major in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies provides students with a thorough, interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary Russia and other post-Soviet states, their culture, society, history, politics, and economic institutions.

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Minor

The Minor in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies offers students a nuanced, interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary Russia and other post-Soviet states, their culture, society, history, politics, and economic institutions.

Sociology

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The Sociology Program helps students develop new frameworks for analyzing a broad array of social relations鈥攆rom everyday life interactions to large-scale historical and structural transformations. Coursework includes the topics of social theory, social movement, critical media studies, sexualities, family, gender, race & ethnicity, education, inequality, globalization, economy & development, work, leisure, healthcare, urban sociology, religious movements, philanthropy, political sociology, and sociological methods of analysis.

Sociology Major

The Major in Sociology enables students to develop new frameworks for analyzing social behavior and human relationships. From everyday life interactions to large-scale historical and structural transformations, sociology concerns itself with traditional and emergent social formations and institutions, and seeking insight into intersecting cultures and subcultures.

Art and Art History

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The Department of Art and Art History includes two distinct major programs: Art Studio and Art History. Majors within the department can be pursued in either or both areas. The study of Art History provides students with a strong understanding of how the man-made visual and material environment both embodies and shapes culture, beliefs, and values. In Art Studio courses, students develop a personal creative vision and practice while becoming fluent in techniques of various media.

Art History Major

The Major in Art History provides students with a strong understanding of the visual and material environment created by humankind and how those creations both embody and shape the culture, beliefs, and values of the people who made them. Taking artworks as primary objects of study, students will critically analyze their form and materials and draw upon written texts and/or oral sources to interpret their aesthetic, social, economic, political, philosophical, and religious significance.

Art Studio Major

The Art Studio Major enables students to become fluent in visual languages—their analytical and critical vocabularies and the rigors of their techniques and methods—to explore intellectual issues and human experience. Students learn techniques associated with various media while developing a personal creative vision, beginning with basic studies in drawing and introductory art history. The program reflects the diversity of technical and intellectual approaches of current artistic practices and is open to interdisciplinary experimentation.

Art History Minor

The Art History Minor enables students to incorporate the study of artworks and architecture into their courses of study in other disciplines. The minor maintains the geographical breadth, historical depth, and academic rigor of the major but comprises fewer courses and does not require the study of a foreign language.

Theater

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The Theater Department considers the critical and creative study of each theatrical area to be an essential component of a liberal arts education. Offerings include courses in: acting; civic engagement and outreach; criticism; ethnography; history and literature; costume, lighting, scenic, and media-based design; directing; performance studies; theory; performance art; playwriting; puppetry; and solo performance.

Theater Major

The mission of the Theater Department is to graduate self-empowered, well-informed, creative storytellers engaged in their communities. Foundational coursework introduces theater techniques, theories, literature, and discourses. Advanced courses prepare students to articulate their visions of theater both on stage and in writing, and to engage in deep scholarly and artistic research. The department embraces a broad definition of theater and encourages artistic innovation.

Astronomy

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The Astronomy Department provides outstanding opportunities for undergraduates who wish to major in this fascinating subject, either in preparation for graduate school or as an end in itself. Our unique program blends coursework with research opportunity and provides students access to professional-quality telescopes, instrumentation, and computers. A principal strength is our active research faculty who will work one-on-one with undergraduates employing state-of-the-art instrumentation and computers to investigate areas of current astronomical interest.

Astronomy Major

The Major in Astronomy enables students to explore the foundational concepts and recent discoveries that have shaped the modern study of celestial objects, space, the phenomena of the cosmos, and the universe. Students develop advanced proficiency with the theoretical concepts and observational tools employed in distinct subfields of astrophysics. The program blends coursework with research opportunities and provides students with access to professional-quality telescopes, instrumentation, and computers.

Master of Arts in Astronomy (two year)

The Astronomy program blends coursework with research opportunities, providing students access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and computers to investigate areas of current astronomical interest. Primary research activities in the Astronomy department include mapping the local interstellar medium, probing the atmospheres of extrasolar planets, observations of young stars and circumstellar disks, investigations of x-ray binary star systems, and studies of the massive black holes that reside at the centers of galaxies.

Wesleyan also offers an MA Concentration in Planetary Science, an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of geology and astronomy with substantial contributions from physics, chemistry, and biology.

BA/MA in Astronomy

In addition to the two year Master of Arts in Astronomy, the department offers the five year combined BA/MA program for Wesleyan students.

Chemistry

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Research in the Chemistry Department spans organic and inorganic nanomaterials, new recyclable polymers, the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, understanding the structures and dynamics of proteins, the development of biofuels, the structures of molecules in the interstellar medium, the development of new therapeutic and diagnostic drugs, and computational approaches to complex chemical systems. A familiarity with chemistry is not only fundamental to other sciences, but is relevant to government, art, economics, and archaeology.

Chemistry Major

The Major in Chemistry provides students with a solid foundation in the chemical sciences and experience with practical laboratory skills. Students will apply the scientific method to develop and test hypotheses, perform lab experiments, critically analyze data, and communicate findings. The Chemistry department offers two pathways for completing the major: The Standard Chemistry Track (A-track) is appropriate for students who are interested in studying chemistry with the breadth and depth of a traditional chemistry major The Biological Chemistry Track (B-track) is intended for students who prefer to focus their studies on biochemistry and chemical biology at the molecular level.

Chemistry Minor

The Minor in Chemistry provides students with an essential foundation in the chemical sciences. Emphasis is placed on the principal theories on the chemical nature of the world, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Master of Arts in Chemistry

The Chemistry department offers graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts through the BA/MA program. The department may also grant the degree of Master of Arts to students in the Chemistry PhD program who do not complete the PhD. Candidates for the BA/MA in Chemistry will follow a program with a strong research orientation that includes coursework, seminars, and, in some cases, teaching.

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry offers a graduate program leading to a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry. The program offers a breadth of research opportunities and course offerings, providing PhD students with exposure to many subfields of chemistry. Students develop close working relationships with faculty mentors, who help them design and follow their own customized program of study. PhD candidates acquire the skills to be independent chemical researchers and are qualified to design, carry out, interpret, and communicate the results of significant research projects.

Classical Studies

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The Classical Studies department offers a multidisciplinary approach to the history, culture, languages, literature, art and architecture of ancient civilizations in Greece, Rome, and the broader Mediterranean world. Drawing connections to this shared past expands our notions of the present and introduces new perspectives on modern issues involving societal structures, human expression, ways of living, and legal systems.

Classical Studies Major

The Major in Classical Studies offers a multidisciplinary approach to the civilizations of ancient Greece, Rome, and the broader Mediterranean world. Drawing connections to this shared past expands our notions of the present and introduces new perspectives on modern challenges. There are three concentrations within the Major: Literature and Performance; History, Politics, and Social Justice; and Archaeology and Archaeological Science. Students use diverse theoretical approaches spanning the sciences, social sciences, and humanities and delve into politics, media, history, identity, philosophy, religion, literature, material culture, and the environment.

Interdisciplinary Humanities

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The College of Letters (COL) is a three-year interdisciplinary major for the study of European literature, history, and philosophy, from antiquity to the present. Students participate as a cohort in a series of five colloquia in which they read and discuss concepts drawn from the three disciplinary fields, and from monotheistic religious traditions. Majors become proficient in a foreign language and study abroad to deepen their knowledge of another culture. A unique college within the University, the COL has its own library and workspace where students can study together, attend talks, and meet informally with their professors.

College of Letters Major

The College of Letters major integrates cultural competence, freedom of inquiry, critique, and rigor within a collaborative learning community, as manifest in our library where offices open into a shared space for study, discussion, research, workshops, readings, meals, and socializing. The structure of the major, small class sizes, and openness to student concerns sustain a close rapport and lively dialogue among all COL professors and majors.

Caribbean Studies

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Caribbean Studies engages students in the multidisciplinary study of this region at the historical center of the Americas. Peopled by indigenous, immigrant, settler, and diasporic communities, today's Caribbean has extraordinary diversity in its languages, political systems, and cultural histories—representing a microcosm of contemporary global challenges.

Caribbean Studies Minor

The Caribbean Studies Minor immerses students in the interdisciplinary study of the Caribbean, a pivotal region shaped by indigenous, immigrant, settler, and diasporic communities. Its vibrant diversity in languages, politics, and cultural histories offers a lens to examine pressing global issues.

African Studies

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African Studies facilitates a deeper understanding and engagement with Africa for the Wesleyan Community and beyond. Bringing together a diverse array of courses from a wide variety of disciplines, this interdisciplinary cluster focuses on Africa as a large geographic region that is of great historical, cultural, political, and artistic importance.

African Studies Minor

The African Studies Minor enables students to develop a deeper understanding and engagement with Africa and its contemporary issues in addition to its great historical, cultural, political, and artistic importance to American society and the world.

Animal Studies

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Animal Studies engages students in multidisciplinary scholarship from such fields as anthropology, ecology, environmental studies, ethnography, feminist studies, legal theory, literary studies, philosophy, political theory, postcolonial studies, psychology, science studies, and urban studies. This combination of scholarly and practical work prepares students for animal-related careers and post-graduate studies.

Animal Studies Minor

The Animal Studies Minor engages students in multidisciplinary scholarship that provides them with an understanding of important debates and varying disciplinary approaches in the field. Coursework from such fields as anthropology, ecology, environmental studies, ethnography, feminist studies, legal theory, literary studies, philosophy, political theory, postcolonial studies, psychology, science studies, and urban studies can be a part of the minor.

Informatics and Modeling

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Informatics and Modeling offers students two distinct pathways to develop computational, analytical, and quantitative reasoning skills that are becoming increasingly important in many fields of study: Computational Science and Quantitative World Modeling (CSM), and Integrative Genomic Sciences (IGS).

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The Minor in Informatics and Modeling offers students two distinct pathways to develop computational, analytical, and quantitative reasoning skills that are becoming increasingly important in many fields of study: Computational Science and Quantitative World Modeling, and Integrative Genomic Sciences.

Middle Eastern Studies

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Middle Eastern Studies allows students to explore and better understand the complex dynamics of the greater Middle East region from Morocco to Bahrain and beyond, and to acquire a deep insight into the global issues related to it. This knowledge covers the economies, governments, religions, histories, artistic culture, and languages of the region.

Middle Eastern Studies Minor

The Minor in Middle Eastern Studies allows students to explore and better understand the complex dynamics of the greater Middle East region from Morocco to Bahrain and beyond, and to acquire a deep insight into the global issues related to it. This knowledge covers the economies, governments, religions, histories, artistic culture, and languages of the region.

Molecular Biophysics

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Molecular Biophysics provides students with interdisciplinary training at the intersection of molecular biology, chemistry, chemical biology, physical chemistry, and molecular physics. Molecular biophysics is distinguished by an emphasis on analytical, structural and quantitative research investigations of biomolecular and macromolecular systems.

Molecular Biophysics Minor

The Minor in Molecular Biophysics provides students with an interdisciplinary area of research study at the intersection of molecular biology, chemistry, chemical biology, physical chemistry, and molecular physics. Molecular biophysics is distinguished by analytical and quantitative research inquiry of biomolecular and macromolecular systems, using diverse methods, structure determination, functional bioenergetics, statistical thermodynamics, and molecular dynamics. Topics of active research include protein structure and folding, molecular models of enzyme mechanisms, protein-DNA and protein-RNA interactions, biofilm formation, molecular pores, and other membrane proteins.

Muslim Studies

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Muslim Studies engages students in a multidisciplinary study of the set of communities represented by the term 鈥淢uslim.鈥� More than a marker of religion, this term may refer to ethnicities, histories, regions and neighborhoods, politics, and artistic, literary, and musical traditions that may or may not have a recognizable connection to Islam.

Muslim Studies Minor

The Minor in Muslim Studies engages students in a multidisciplinary study of the set of communities represented by the term “Muslim.” More than a marker of religion, this term may refer to ethnicities, histories, regions and neighborhoods, politics, and artistic, literary, and musical traditions that may or may not have a recognizable connection to Islam.

Planetary Science

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Planetary Science exposes students to an emerging interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand the origin and evolution of the solar system in which we live and the other solar systems that we have identified in our galaxy.

Planetary Science Minor

The Minor in Planetary Science exposes students to an emerging interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand the origin and evolution of the solar system in which we live and the other solar systems that we have identified in our galaxy. Science questions include: How do planets form? How common are they in the universe? How do they evolve? Is there or was there ever life on other planets?

Planetary Science Masters Concentration

MA or BA/MA students in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics may elect a course of study resulting in the Planetary Science Concentration, an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of geology and astronomy with substantial contributions from physics, chemistry, and biology.

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The University Major allows students to design a program that responds to their individual interests.

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The University Major affords first and second-semester sophomores the opportunity to design a program that responds to their individual interests and aptitudes, that provides the excitement and the challenge of using the methodologies of two or more disciplines, and that gives sophomores the chance to work independently on an entire program, developing the necessary background and integrating the courses chosen in order to achieve the objectives that are set.

East Asian Studies

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The College of East Asian Studies (CEAS) challenges students to understand China, Japan, and Korea, each with its own traditions and patterns of development. These related yet distinctive civilizations have played an important role in the development of culture around the globe and remain formative influences today. Using the analytical tools of various academic disciplines, and the rigors of language study, students are exposed to a wide variety of subjects and intellectual approaches with a focus on premodern history and culture.

East Asian Studies Major

The East Asian Studies Major is designed to give students a broad knowledge of East Asian cultures with a deeper focus on a single country—China, Japan, or Korea. Cultural studies are grounded in one of four concentrations: Archaeology and History, Literature and Culture, Philosophy and Religion, or Political Economy. Students are expected to develop fluency in an East Asian language and are highly encouraged to study abroad to experience living in an East Asian country while practicing the language in its appropriate cultural context.

East Asian Studies Minor

The East Asian Studies Minor enables students to enhance their knowledge of the history, culture, contemporary issues, and the languages of China, Japan, and Korea. A key component of the minor is the study of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean languages, in which students are expected to reach an intermediate competence level.

Integrative Sciences

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The College of Integrative Sciences (CIS) aims to equip students with the creative and quantitative skills needed to address current and emerging global challenges in science and technology. The CIS promotes an interdisciplinary and integrative approach to scholarship and learning across mathematics and the life, physical, and behavioral sciences. With a faculty mentor, student researchers pursue inquiry-based learning and develop necessary problem-solving skills. The linked major offered by the CIS combines the intellectual depth of the major with breadth achieved through courses and research in the linked major.

Integrative Sciences Major (Linked Major)

The College of Integrative Sciences (CIS) offers a linked major that equips students with the skills needed to address current and emerging global challenges. These multifaceted challenges require flexible, innovative problem-solving approaches that draw upon scholarship in science, technology, and other perspectives. With a key focus on research, students are transformed from consumers into creators of knowledge. Guided by a faculty mentor, students explore open questions and develop new perspectives on the frontiers of science.

A linked major in CIS enables creative synergies among faculty and students of disparate disciplines and departments. Curious, ambitious students with a wide range of interests in the STEM fields may be attracted to this broad investigative approach of the CIS combined with the intellectual depth of a major in the Natural Science and Mathematics (NSM) program. Graduates of the College of Integrative Sciences are primed to take a ‘big picture’ approach to solving complex, real-world problems that involve and contribute to multiple domains of knowledge and industry.

Master of Arts in Integrative Sciences (BA/MA)

The College of Integrative Sciences (CIS) BA/MA program offers Wesleyan students the opportunity to pursue a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree over five years. Designed for students engaged in interdisciplinary research, the program combines advanced coursework and a thesis to develop creative and quantitative problem-solving skills. By fostering collaboration across mathematics, life sciences, physical sciences, and behavioral sciences, CIS prepares students to tackle complex global challenges in science and technology with innovative, integrative approaches.

Science and Technology Studies

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The College of Science and Technology Studies offers dynamic interdisciplinary coursework in the richness and complexities of the sciences, the cultural dynamics of technologies, and the social structures involved in medicine and health care. The program is well suited for students interested in a variety of professional and academic pursuits. Students develop analytical thinking skills, the ability to translate complex technical issues across diverse audiences, and reasoning skills to grapple with the complex social and ethical contexts.

College of Science and Technology Studies Major

The Major in Science and Technology Studies investigates the sciences, technology, and medicine as integral to society and culture. The major enables students to combine in-depth study in a single science with a broad exploration of the social, cultural, historical, ethical, and philosophical issues related to the practice of the sciences, technology, and medicine.

Social Studies

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The College of Social Studies (CSS) is a rigorous, multidisciplinary major focusing on History, Government, Political and Social Theory, and Economics. Coursework combines tutorials and courses in social theory within the college with individually selected courses from other departments in the University to achieve an integrated education in the social sciences. Founded in 1959, the CSS is reading and writing intensive with weekly essays, small group tutorials, and a vibrant intellectual environment.

College of Social Studies Major

The College of Social Studies major is a multidisciplinary major featuring courses in economics, government, history, and social theory. The curriculum features highly interactive, reading- and writing-intensive classes encouraging intellectual independence within a vibrant and supportive learning environment.

Applied Data Science

Degree Types Available

  • Certificate

Areas of Interest

  • Media
  • Society
  • Social Impact
  • STEM
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Data science is an integral component of virtually every academic, business, public sector, and political endeavor in today's world. The Hazel Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC) provides quantitative education and research support for students and faculty across the curriculum.

Certificate in Applied Data Science

The Applied Data Science Certificate provides students with an introduction to data analysis, including the theory and practical skills needed to collect and prepare data for analysis, explore and visualize data, build models and test hypotheses, discover insights, and communicate results in meaningful ways.

Civic Engagement

Degree Types Available

  • Minor

Areas of Interest

  • Environment
  • Law
  • Society
  • Social Impact
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Civic Engagement enables students to exercise their social consciousness through various formal and informal civic activities in Middletown and around the world. These activities include volunteer work, practica, and community-engaged learning. The minor requires six courses across multiple categories exploring issues related to civic engagement.

Civic Engagement Minor

The Civic Engagement Minor (CEM) enables students to exercise their social consciousness through various formal and informal civic activities in Middletown and around the world. These activities include volunteer work, practica, and community-engaged learning. The minor requires six courses across multiple categories exploring issues related to civic engagement. Categories include: The Individual in Society; The Practice of Democracy; Ethical Reasoning; Volunteerism and Activism; Education and Public Scholarship; and Civic Engagement in a Cross-Cultural Perspective. Students also complete at least 40 hours of service work coordinated through the Office of Community Service and Volunteerism.

Human Rights Advocacy

Degree Types Available

  • Minor

Areas of Interest

  • Law
  • Society
  • Social Impact
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Human Rights Advocacy 九色视频 prepares students to become the next generation of advocates through a combination of critical inquiry, practical experience, and reflective engagement. By exploring human rights norms, social conflict, and abuses by state, corporate, and private actors, students gain a multidisciplinary understanding of human rights challenges. Through focused coursework and hands-on projects in partnership with the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR), students engage in supervised fact-finding, documentation, and advocacy under the guidance of experienced practitioners. This unique approach equips students with the tools to address real-world human rights issues thoughtfully, ethically, and effectively.

Human Rights Advocacy Minor

The Minor in Human Rights Advocacy engages students in supervised human rights fact-finding, documentation, and advocacy. Students gain a multidisciplinary understanding of human rights norms; social conflict; and abusive conduct by state, corporate, and private actors. Students train in human rights practice under the supervision of experienced, reflective advocates while taking related coursework in the humanities, social sciences, and other fields. A unique partnership with the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR) provides students with an immersive experience that, until now, has been available only in law school human rights clinics.

Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory

Degree Types Available

  • Certificate

Areas of Interest

  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Humanities
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Society
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Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory at 九色视频 empowers students to engage deeply with the intellectual currents that shape our understanding of society, culture, and the human experience. This certificate underscores Wesleyan鈥檚 commitment to critical theory as a cornerstone of its academic identity, providing students with a structured path to develop proficiency in analyzing complex ideas across various disciplines. The SCCTC encourages students to explore a diverse array of theory-intensive courses that encompass critical media studies, social and cultural theory, feminist and post-colonial thought, psychoanalysis, and the philosophical traditions stemming from Deconstruction and the Frankfurt School.

Certificate in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory

The Certificate in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory allows students to develop a strong foundation in theoretical approaches to complex social and cultural issues. By encouraging exploration of theory-intensive courses across a variety of disciplines and departments 九色视频, the program fosters interdisciplinary thinking and analytical depth.

Limitless Exploration

Our open curriculum allows undergraduate students to take ownership of their education and to find their passion by exploring various fields of study for a well-rounded, self-directed academic experience.

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