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Environmental Studies The center offers an undergraduate bachelor of arts degree program, and emphasizes issues of solid and hazardous waste, environmental health, and environmental justice.
International Relations An interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration program offered by the Watson Institute for International Studies.
Latin American Studies, Center for Offers a multidisplinary undergraduate concentration focusing on culture, history, and contemporary problems of Latin America.
Brain Science Cross-departmental program offering graduate training and undergraduate summer research.
Africana Studies Focused on the Afro-Americas, including North, Central and South America.
American Civilization Offers an undergraduate concentration and MA and PhD programs in American Studies and Museum Studies.
Ancient Studies Studies the cultures of Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, through the Arab conquest. Offers undergraduate concentrations in Ancient History, Ancient Religion, and Ancient Languages and Literature.
Anthropology Offers undergraduate programs in anthropology and linguistic anthropology, and MA and PhD museum studies and anthropology degrees.
History of Art and Architecture Faculty expertise covers all major periods of Western and East Asian art. Courses offered at the nearby Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) may be taken free of charge by History of Art students for Brown credit.
Language Studies, Center for The locus on campus for faculty and staff with interests in language teaching, learning, and research.
Classics Undergraduate and graduate study with five possible tracks.
Comparative Literature Offers undergraduate and graduate study.
East Asian Studies A multidisciplinary undergraduate concentration, offering China and Japan tracks with requisite language study.
Education Offers an undergraduate Education Studies major, and MAT degrees in elementary and secondary education.
Egyptology The only university department in North America devoted exclusively to the study of ancient Egypt. Offers undergraduate BA, and graduate MA and PhD degrees.
English Offers undergraduate BA, and graduate MA and PhD degrees. Includes an undergraduate Honors in Creative Writing program, and an MFA in creative writing.
French Studies Specializes in French language and Francophone literature, for majors and nonmajors.
German Studies Offers an interdisciplinary concentration which includes language study.
Hispanic Studies Language and literature study. Faculty expertise covers both Peninsular and Spanish American regions.
History Offers an undergraduate program with optional honors, and graduate study.
History of Mathematics Offers graduate study and research, and courses in Akkadian, historiography, and ancient scientific texts.
Italian Studies Offers undergraduate concentration in Italian Studies and a combined undergraduate Italian Studies and Modern Culture & Media concentration. Also offers graduate study.
Judaic Studies Offers an undergraduate concentration and graduate MA and PhD programs.
Modern Culture and Media Focuses on study of the mass media in relation to modern society and cultural products.
Medieval Studies Offers undergraduate concentration tracks in Medieval Cultures and Late Antique Cultures.
Music Offers undergraduate concentration, and two graduate MA and PhD programs.
Old World Archaeology and Art Offers an undergraduate concentration and a graduate PhD program.
Philosophy Offers three undergraduate concentration programs, and MA and PhD programs.
Political Science Offers study in American and comparative politics, international relations, and political theory and economy.
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Interdisciplinary degree programs from undergraduate BA to PhD.
Psychology Undergraduate and graduate studies.
Religious Studies Offers an undergraduate concentration, and graduate studies in Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity, and Contemporary Religious Thought.
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration.
Slavic Languages Undergraduate concentration, graduate MA and PhD programs, and study abroad opportunities.
Sociology Offers undergraduate and graduate studies.
Taubman Center for Public Policy Studies focus primarily on American institutions.
Theatre, Speech and Dance Undergraduate concentration, productions, courses, costume design, and an MA program.
Urban Studies Program Undergraduate concentration program involving a close relationship with the city of Providence. Students are expected to work with local agencies and organizations, and summer internships are available.
Visual Art Offers undergraduate concentrations in Visual Art, Art Semiotics, and History of Art and Architecture.
Chemistry Undergraduate and graduate PhD study, seminars, and research.
Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Undergraduate study and PhD degrees offered in cognitive science or linguistics.
Computer Science Offers graduate PhD and undergraduate study, seminars and research.
Applied Mathematics Graduate program which conducts research and education programs principally in the areas of differential equations; optimization and control theory; applied probability, statistics and stochastic systems theory; numerical analysis and scientific computation; and the mechanics of solids and fluids.
Geological Sciences Research areas in geophysics, hydrology, structural geology, planetary geoscience, seismology, and geochemistry.
Mathematics Offers undergraduate concentration and graduate study and research.
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Sponsors an undergraduate Gender Studies concentration, and a major graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty research fellow program.
Physics Offers undergraduate concentration, graduate PhD programs, and research opportunities.
Development Studies Consists of an undergraduate concentration and a Masters program focused on the industrialization and growth of modern states.

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