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Departments and Programs

Academic Departments

Undergraduates may concentrate their studies in the following fields:

Anthropology
Architecture
Art and Archaeology
Astrophysical Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering and Operations Research
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
East Asian Studies
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Economics
Electrical Engineering
English
Geosciences
Germanic Languages and Literatures
History
Mathematics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Molecular Biology
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Religion
Romance Languages and Literatures
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sociology
Woodrow Wilson School (Public and International Affairs)

Interdepartmental Programs

Undergraduates may supplement their concentration by participating in any of the following programs, most of which grant certificates of proficiency:

African Studies
African-American Studies
American Studies
Applications of Computing
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Architecture and Engineering
Biophysics
Creative Writing
East Asian Studies
Engineering and Management Systems
Engineering Biology
Engineering Physics
Environmental Studies
European Cultural Studies
Geological Engineering
Hellenic Studies
Humanistic Studies
Jewish Studies
Language and Culture
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Materials Science and Engineering
Medieval Studies
Musical Performance
Near Eastern Studies
Robotics  and Intelligent Systems
Russian Studies
Teacher Preparation
Theater and Dance
Visual Arts
Women's Studies
Woodrow Wilson School 

Areas of Concentration

Undergraduate concentration patterns have remained fairly constant over the years. Here, in descending order, are the 12 areas of concentration that were the most popular in the academic year 1997-98:

Number of  Concentrators  ... Department 

257 ... Economics 
249 ... Politics 
234 ... History 
186 ... English 
143 ... Molecular Biology 
142 ... Woodrow Wilson School (Public and International Affairs) 
121 ... Civil Engineering and Operations Research 
109 ... Psychology 
109 ... Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
  71 ... Chemistry 
  66 ... Electrical Engineering 
  65 ... Chemical Engineering
  

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