35 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Students majoring in Spanish at Reed College acquire substantial expertise in the literary and cultural traditions of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and Spain and achieve a high level of fluency in spoken and written Spanish.

The Art program at the Reed College comprises studio art and art history, complementary and interrelated disciplines with a shared interest in the art object and its historical and theoretical contexts. 

The Chinese Studies program at the Reed College is stretched across six discipline-oriented departments rather than clustered within a single “area studies” major.

Reed College's Theatre Department mirrors the college's liberal arts mission. Theatre students will have a broad education in theatre history, theory, and practice. 

The Comparative Literature program at Reed College crosses the borders of individual national canons to explore works from different languages, cultures, and periods.

The Environmental Studies program at Reed College is an interdisciplinary major for the student who wants broad training in environmental themes. Environmental Studies majors select a primary disciplinary focus in biology, chemistry, economics, history, or political science.

The Economics program at the Reed College is about the study of the choices that individuals and societies make about how to allocate their scarce human, natural, and capital resources among competing uses. It is a social science, applying scientific methods of analysis to problems of human interaction.

The History program at the Reed College will help you develop a broad range of analytical skills in order to better understand the legacy—conscious or unconscious—that each present has inherited from its past and the many perspectives one can have on those legacies.

The Dance - Theatre program at the Reed College emphasizes the artist-scholar who feels equally comfortable in all facets of dance and theatre. The major provides an educational experience responsive to today’s professional demands in the performing arts, in addition to satisfactory preparation for further work and study in either or both areas. 

The International Affairs and Public Policy program at Reed College is designed to meet the academic needs of students interested in pursuing a major involving interdisciplinary work in the areas of globalization, international relations, comparative policy, and international economic development among other fields.

The Literature - Theatre program at Reed College is for those who think of drama as the union of complementary disciplines, this program should appeal to the student interested in playwriting, dramaturgy, and performance, as well as to those who intend to write literary criticism with an emphasis on dramatic literature.

The Religion Department's curriculum at Reed College teaches students the skills needed to empathetically understand and critically explore the diverse ways humans shape and make sense of their worlds.

The Sociology program at Reed College studies human conduct from the perspective of the history and the 'anatomy' or structure of the group. Thus, it tends to focus on how people coordinate their activities to reach individual and collective goals through the elaboration of roles, meanings, and norms that make behavior reciprocally predictable and organized. 

Music enriches the life of the mind, body and soul. Reed College seeks to build an inclusive learning community in which students may explore their musical interests, gain knowledge, improve skills, and express themselves.

The Department of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies  strives to introduce students to the rich linguistic, social, and cultural diversity of the ancient Mediterranean world. The Greek and Latin Language and Literature degree is offered at Reed College.

The Reed College Dance program explores how dance practices both reflect and shape the world. Through work inside and outside of the studio, Reed dancers find fluidity between embodied, written, creative, and scholarly work, and understand dance as a way of approaching salient social, cultural, and political questions. 

This Religion - Ancient Mediterranean Studies program from Reed College is for the student whose interests are divided between the fields of religion and ancient Mediterranean studies. 

The Psychology program at Reed College contributes to the liberal education of Reed students by emphasizing the application of empirical methods to the study of cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral processes. Students conduct research with faculty mentors in the laboratory and in the field. 

The Russian Language and Literature major at Reed College provide students with robust training in textual analysis, written and oral communication, critical thinking, and intercultural competence. 

Reed College’s American Studies Program takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the social and material processes through which people have produced (and consumed) “American” cultures, identities, and politics over time.