Students must indicate one of the majors as a primary major. Students will receive a single diploma designating the degree associated with the primary major and be listed under the primary major at Commencement. Both majors will be listed on the transcript. A student may devise a special interdepartmental major program drawing from fields of study offered through two or more departments. For example, a student could put together a program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in the philosophy of science, drawing from courses offered by the Department of Philosophy and the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
Minors are optional, academically approved and officially recognized secondary specializations.
Giving students an opportunity to explore a discipline other than that of their major in some depth, they require the completion of a focused set of at least six but no more than ten courses drawn from that discipline.