Undergraduate Departments & Programs

Dartmouth has 29 undergraduate academic departments and 10 academic programs divided into four divisions: the humanities, the sciences, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary programs. More information about the history of each department or program, the majors/minors or certificates it offers, as well as the faculty located within (and their scholarship or research interests) can be found by clicking on the links below. For information on a specific major, see Undergraduate Majors. For information on research in each department, check individual faculty members’ Web sites.

Many of these departments also offer graduate programs. For more information about graduate programs, see Graduate Studies.

In addition to Dartmouth’s formal academic departments and programs, there are a number of centers, institutes, and other programs offering a broad array of opportunities for study and research. For more information, see the list below.

Academic Departments

*Interdisciplinary academic programs

• African and African American Studies*
• Anthropology
• Art History
• Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
• Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies*
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Comparative Literature*
• Computer Science
• Earth Sciences
• Economics
• Education
• Engineering Sciences
• English
• Environmental Studies*
• Film and Media Studies
• French and Italian
• Geography
• German Studies
• Government
• History
• Humanities 1 & 2
• Institute of Writing and Rhetoric
• Jewish Studies*
• Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies*
• Linguistics and Cognitive Science*
• Mathematics
• Mathematical Social Sciences*
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Music
• Native American Studies*
• Philosophy
• Physics and Astronomy
• Psychological and Brain Sciences
• Religion
• Russian
• Sociology
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Studio Art
• Theater
• Women's and Gender Studies*

Undergraduate Fellowships & Off-Campus Programs

• Off-Campus Programs: More than 40 opportunities for off-campus study
• Undergraduate Research: Opportunities for research, working with Dartmouth faculty or independently
• Scholarship Advising: Fellowships for research, study abroad and graduate school for undergraduates
• Dickey Center Student Programs: Encouraging students to apply knowledge and skills in a variety of international activities both on and off campus
• Rockefeller Center Student Programs: Academic programs, funding opportunities, leadership development, internships and career opportunties, in areas of the social sciences
• Leslie Humanities Center Fellowships and Grants: Fellowships and grants for faculty and students for interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary study and innovation