Liberal Arts
BA
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
Erin Sullivan ’12 taking photos in Morocco.
For the boundary breakers—make a major all your own.
If you can articulate an interdisciplinary course of study not satisfied by our current slate of majors, you’re invited to design your own!
Ready to Break New Ground?
This program is ideal for students who are curious, creative, fiercely independent, and eager to explore connections across multiple areas of interest.
Above: Erin Sullivan ’12 finds the perfect shot in the Moroccan desert.
The Possibilities are Nearly Limitless
A few ideas to jumpstart your thinking…
- Interactive Storytelling: New Media + English + Computer Science + Theatre and Performance
- Film Criticism: Cinema and Television Studies + Journalism + Video Production
- Bioethics: Biology + Philosophy + Sociology + Law and Justice Studies
- African Studies: History + English + Anthropology + Global Studies
- Public Health: Sociology + Psychology + Environmental Science
- International Studies: Political Science + Economics + Global Studies + History
- Religion: Contemplative Studies + History + Philosophy
- Childhood Studies: Psychology + Sociology + English
- Food Studies: Chemistry + Anthropology + Art History + History
- Migration Studies: Political Science + History + Global Studies + Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies
Is the BALA Right For Me?
The BALA program is not the same as pursuing two independent majors. Instead, you build one individualized, interdisciplinary major that cannot be achieved within an existing department’s structure.
It’s made for students motivated to build their own path.
The program intentionally combines courses from two or three disciplines to create a single, integrated course of study. You’ll approach a theme, problem, or set of questions from a multidisciplinary perspective, rather than complete the requirements of two separate majors.
If you’re ready to design an innovative and individualized course of study that blends multiple fields, it’s the right fit for you.
How Does It Work?
Choosing up to three primary areas of interest, you’ll work very closely with faculty from two departments to create a plan, select courses, and develop an independent project in your senior year that pulls your passions together.
Top Story
The filmmaker received her first Oscar nominations in both the Best Documentary Feature and the Best Documentary Short categories this year, the latter shared with Co-Director Christalyn Hampton ’91.
