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Undergraduate Academics

Whatever you choose to study ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, you won’t stand on the sidelines reading the outcomes of someone else’s work or relying on the pages of a textbook to tell you what you need to know. 

 

You will engage in insightful discourse and debate, challenge your assumptions, and work through purposeful, hands-on collaboration in the classroom, in the lab, and out in the world. At Wesleyan, you will learn to think independently, consider different perspectives and points of view, make an argument for what you believe, and develop fundamental critical thinking and communication skills that will serve you for a lifetime. 

With our flexible liberal arts framework and open curriculum, dedicated faculty, integrated research opportunities, and action-oriented student culture of collaboration, you will have all you need for an impactful and distinct educational experience that’s right for you.

Immersive and Expansive

Create your own academic path, expanding your interests, knowledge, and academic pursuits while also diving deep into your areas of expertise. Our distinct open curriculum approach, supported with general education guidelines, faculty advisors and peer mentors, allows you to align and combine your academic studies with your intellectual curiosity.

Undergraduate Programs

With 47 majors, 32 minors, and 2 certificates—and endless opportunities to combine all three—the choices ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ are as vast as your academic interests.

World-Class Faculty Scholars

At Wesleyan, we integrate a liberal arts and sciences education with the opportunity to do meaningful interdisciplinary research alongside faculty scholars. Interdisciplinary collaboration, intersecting academic exploration, and hands-on research are the cornerstones of a Wesleyan education.

  • 450+ Faculty-Scholars

  • 30% Persons of Color

  • 7:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

Learning in Action

Whether assisting in research or participating in Community-Engaged Learning, we take education outside of the classroom and put it into practice. By building hands-on experiences into the academic process, we connect learning to doing and encourage our students to think about how they could be making an impact in the world.