B.A. Degree Programs and Minors

Students in the School of Humanities may choose to major within a discipline, emphasizing the mastery of a particular field of knowledge and its methodology. Alternatively, they may choose to treat the field as a focus for an integrated liberal arts education that combines studies across disciplines. (For example, a student might choose to major in philosophy with substantial work in the natural sciences, or to major in history with substantial work in literature.)

Students plan their studies in consultation with a faculty advisor. The advisor works closely with the student to establish a program of study that fulfills both general degree requirements and requirements for the major, and that takes advantage of the many interdisciplinary opportunities at Purchase.

Undergraduate Majors
Art History
Cinema Studies
Creative Writing
Drama Studies
History
Journalism
Language and Culture
Within the language and culture major, there are full programs in French and Spanish, with opportunities to study Arabic,
Chinese, German, Hebrew, and Italian.
Literature
Philosophy

Undergraduate Minors
Art History
Chinese
English and Comparative Literature
French
History
Italian
Jewish Studies
Journalism
Philosophy
Philosophy and the Arts
Philosophy of Science
Spanish

Related Undergraduate Minors (Interdisciplinary)
Asian Studies
Global Black Studies
Lesbian and Gay Studies (Gender Studies)
Latin American Studies
Women's Studies (Gender Studies)

Updated Feb. 11, 2008