Areas of Study

Majors and Minors

Majors and Minors

Oberlin's College of Arts and Sciences offers 50 academic majors and 42 minors and areas of concentration. The undergraduate liberal arts degree requires study in each of three broad areas: arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics. There are also opportunities to build your own interdisciplinary course of study.

The Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP) offers a 12-month graduate course of study leading to the Master of Education degree. GTEP combines one year of graduate study and school-based internship and leads to an eligibility for initial teaching licensure in Early Childhood (grades Pre-K-3) or Middle Childhood (grades 4-9).

Area of Study Department Major Minor Download
African American Studies   African American Studies X X PDF
Anthropology   Anthropology X X PDF
Arabic        
Archeological Studies   Archeological Studies X   PDF
Art   Art X X PDF
Art History   Art     PDF
Biochemistry   Chemistry / Biochemistry X   PDF
Biology   Biology X   PDF
Chemistry   Chemistry / Biochemistry X X PDF
Chinese   East Asian Studies     PDF
Cinema Studies   Cinema Studies X   PDF
Classics   Classics X X PDF
Cognitive Sciences        
Comparative American Studies   Comparative American Studies X X  
Comparative Literature   Comparative Literature X X  
Computer Science   Computer Science X X PDF
Creative Writing   Creative Writing X   PDF
Dance   Theater and Dance X X PDF
East Asian Studies   East Asian Studies X X PDF
Economics   Economics X X PDF
Engineering   Physics and Astronomy      
English   English X X PDF
Environmental Studies   Environmental Studies Program X X PDF
First Year Seminar Program        
French   French and Italian X X PDF
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies   Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies X X PDF
Geology   Geology X X PDF
German   German Language and Literatures X X PDF
German Studies   German Language and Literatures     PDF
Greek   Classics     PDF
Hispanic Studies   Hispanic Studies X X PDF
History   History X X PDF
Individual Major   X   PDF
Interdisciplinary Performance   Theater and Dance X    
International Studies   Politics     PDF
Italian   French and Italian X X PDF
Japanese   East Asian Studies      
Jewish Studies   Jewish Studies X X PDF
Latin   Classics     PDF
Latin American Studies   Latin American Studies X    
Law and Society   Law and Society X X  
Mathematics   Mathematics X X PDF
Middle East and North Africa Studies        
Musical Studies   Musical Studies X    
Neuroscience   Neuroscience X   PDF
Peace and Conflict Studies        
Philosophy   Philosophy X X PDF
Physics and Astronomy   Physics and Astronomy X X PDF
Politics   Politics X X PDF
Psychology   Psychology X X PDF
Religion   Religion X X PDF
Rhetoric and Composition   Rhetoric and Composition   X  
Russian   Russian X X  
Russian and East European Studies   Russian and East European Studies X X  
Sociology   Sociology X X PDF
Spanish   Hispanic Studies     PDF
Studio Art   Art     PDF
Theater   Theater and Dance X X PDF
Third World Studies   X X  
Visual Arts   Art     PDF
 
Did You Know

In 2000 Oberlin College purchased approximately 5 percent of its total food budget locally. In 2007 Oberlin College local purchases account for 40 percent of the total food budget.