11 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Our Religious Studies program at Willamette University will teach you about religions across different cultures.

As a student in our French and Francophone Studies program at Willamette University, you’ll connect with dynamic and multicultural faculty who have a strong interest in interdisciplinary learning and teach a diverse array of classes. Course topics include imperialism, colonialism, self-representation, graphic novels, post-colonialism, migration and contemporary France. 

Whether you want to change the world via creative writing, a business venture or advocacy work, our English program at Willamette University will help you make a powerful statement.

At Willamette University, you’ll take a broad range of courses from professors who are experts in diverse areas of Philosophy, including existentialism, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, theories of knowledge and the philosophy of language.

The Willamette University offers a degree in Creative Writing. Embedding the development of an evolved practice of creative writing in a school of art and design.

Chinese Studies and Japanese Studies at Willamette University are two interdisciplinary programs that together shape the Department of Japanese and Chinese.

Explore Willamette University's liberal arts and sciences curriculum from A to Z through an Individualized Major. Ask questions about the world we live in, take courses on a variety of topics to enhance your understanding and broaden your perspective, then make your own connections. Combine courses from at least two disciplines to create your major.

If you’re passionate about civic engagement and public service, our Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics program from Willamette University will put you in a position to turn knowledge into action.

History matters at Willamette University. As a student in our program, you’ll weave together the knowledge of diverse human experiences to contextualize the present and develop your ideas about the future. 

As a student in our Japanese Studies program at Willamette University, you’ll take classes in language, culture, history, literature, film, religion and art history. You’ll explore your interests through independent and collaborative research.

The roots of Western civilization can be traced to the various classical cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. Our forms of government, education, religion, and artistic and literary expression all have their beginnings in ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East. The Classical Studies degree is offered at Willamette University.