Wesleyan University Programs

The African American Studies Department at Wesleyan offers a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to the study of people of African descent in the Black Atlantic world, especially in the United States and in the Caribbean....

To major in American studies, students should submit a major declaration request through their WesPortal and present a completed application to the administrative assistant of American Studies. The AMST chair will review...

If you plan to major in anthropology, you should take ANTH101, the department's required gateway course, during your first or second year. A minimum grade of B in ANTH101 is required for acceptance into the major. Studen...

 Archaeology is an inherently interdisciplinary field of study dedicated to the understanding and explanation of past societies through the analysis of their material remains. The reconstruction of these societies t...

The Art History program aims to provide student majors with a strong historical and theoretical understanding of the visual and material environment created by humankind. Art history is founded on the premise that artifa...

ART STUDIO: Architecture, Digital Media, Drawing, Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture The art studio program enables students to become fluent in visual language–its analytical and critical vocabula...

The standard introductory course for potential majors and other science-oriented students is ASTR155. It may be taken in the first or sophomore year. It assumes a good high school preparation in physics and some knowledg...

Students are encouraged to begin their major in the first year so that they can take maximum advantage of upper-level biology courses and research opportunities in later years. However, the major can certainly be success...

Chemistry majors complete a rigorous program that provides both curricular breadth and depth. They emerge with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of  chemical science and confident with practical laboratory skil...

Classical Studies offers a multidisciplinary approach to the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome and the broader Mediterranean world, studying these both in their original context and as avenues for modern inquiry....