A discipline is a traditional area of academic study. Parentheses show that some related disciplines are grouped together into departments for administrative purposes. This book is organized alphabetically by department. For example, Asian Studies draws from the faculties of Anthropology, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. All students must complete a minimum of one major course of study in either a traditional discipline or in an interdisciplinary program.
All departments offer one or more major courses of study.
A Synoptic Major is a course of study devised by an individual student in consultation with faculty advisors. Synoptic majors are typically interdisciplinary in nature. Students may elect to undertake a Minor course of study if they choose. Minor courses of study are offered by the departments of Anthropology, Art, Biology, Classics, Dance and Drama, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Religious Studies, and Sociology. A Concentration is very similar to a minor, except that it is interdisciplinary in nature.