Subject Areas

The School of Undergraduate Studies offers an individualized course of study in the liberal arts. This is an active experiential process that encourages free inquiry and independent learning. With the assistance of a faculty advisor, students design their own programs based on their intellectual interests and professional or personal goals. The academic resources available to students in the School of Undergraduate Studies are vast, with courses in nearly every field of the liberal arts and in a variety of creative and practical arts. This page contains links to further information about the hundreds of courses available on campus and online.

Social Sciences

  • Anthropology and Sociology
  • History
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Urban Studies

Management and Business

Food Studies

Environmental Studies

Global Studies

Humanities

  • The Arts: History, Theory, and Criticism
  • Cultural Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Jewish Cultural Studies
  • Literature
  • Philosophy

Visual and Performing Arts

  • Creative Arts Therapy
  • Performing Arts
  • Recreational Movement
  • Visual Arts

Media Studies and Film

  • Film and Media Business
  • Film Studies and Production
  • Media Studies and Production
  • Screenwriting

Writing Program

  • Fiction
  • Fundamentals
  • Journalism and Feature Writing
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry
  • Special Topics

Foreign Languages

  • American Sign Language
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latin
  • Nepali
  • Portuguese (Brazilian)
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Tibetan
  • Yiddish

English Language Studies

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages