16 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Anthropology from Davidson College  is particularly exciting for those students who want active engagement with their studies. All majors complete a methods requirement involving independent research. Student projects may involve interviewing informants for family histories, researching archives on historical topics, studying ethnic performances or festivals, or a myriad of other possibilities.

At Hispanic Studies from Davidson College students work towards a mastery of Spanish, the second most spoken language in the United States and the fourth in the world.

Economics from Davidson College prepares students for effective leadership in their future pursuits.

The Political Science Department at Davidson College offers courses and seminars that cover political theory, various aspects of the American political system, government and politics in foreign countries, and international relations. 

Students at Latin American Studies from Davidson College benefit from a structured interdisciplinary approach to Latin America that highlights the region-specific expertise of Davidson faculty across the curriculum. 

Davidson College offers a bachelor degree in German Studies. Majors will become proficient in the German language, gain knowledge of German-speaking literature, culture, and history, and engage in the critical analysis of those traditions.

The Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) program at Davidson College trains you to examine gender relations and the construction of gender and sexual difference from a globally-informed perspective and to consider how gender and sexuality intersect with the social categories of race, class, ethnicity, disability, and age to produce our complex social identities.

At Davidson College, students who major in Chinese Language and Literature focus on the study of Chinese language, literature, and culture, with the aim of achieving proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, including speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Africana Studies from Davidson College is dedicated to the critical examination of the experience of people of whole or partial African descent whether they are in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe or other places around the world.

Sociology from Davidson College helps students learn to analyse and contextualize the ways in which structural opportunities and constraints predict individual outcomes. 

Psychology majors at Davidson College graduate fully prepared for post-graduate study in psychology or another discipline.

At Davidson College, French and Francophone Studies majors and minors acquire knowledge of the language, literature, and cultures of France and the French-speaking countries of Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, North America, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. 

Communication Studies at Davidson College is interdisciplinary, with opportunities to take a variety of Communication courses, particularly in the subfields of mass communication, intercultural communication, and rhetoric as well as courses in other interdisciplinary fields.

The Arab Studies Department at Davidson College adheres to the philosophy that the study of the Arabic language cannot be separated from the study of the rich Arabic culture.

East Asian Studies from Davidson College is an interdisciplinary major. Advanced study of Chinese language is the core of the major, because the body of knowledge comprising an East Asian Studies Major cannot be mastered without advanced language study. 

Our department at Davidson College offers two distinct majors, Russian Studies and Russian Languages and Literature. We also offer a Russian Studies minor.