17 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Oberlin College & Conservatory’s Sociology faculty are active researchers on questions regarding race, ethnicity, immigration, and nationalism; labor and work; inequality; gender and sexuality; social movements and identity politics; and the institutions of education, family, and state. 

One of the first programs of its kind at a liberal arts college, Oberlin College & Conservatory’s Africana Studies Department continues to be at the forefront of academic engagement with the history, cultures, politics, and experiences of African-descended peoples.

As an interdisciplinary major from Oberlin College & Conservatory, Archaeological Studies, sits at the nexus of science and culture, exploring human society through its material remains.

From language and medicine to kinship and dwelling, anthropology asks questions that are fundamental to understanding our place in the universe.  At Oberlin College & Conservatory, we offer a bachelor degree in Anthropology. 

Master writing, speaking, and advanced digital communication skills with the help of this Communication Studies degree offered by Oberlin College & Conservatory

Oberlin College & Conservatory’s Department of French and Italian offers instruction and immersion in these world languages with a distinctive curriculum focused on literary texts, film, cultural and historical documents, and other media. 

Students in the Russian and East European Studies program from Oberlin College & Conservatory will discover a real spirit of camaraderie in the department, which is small enough that you inevitably get to know all your professors well. 

With courses in American, international comparative politics, and political theory, our Politics program at Oberlin College & Conservatory prepares students for careers in a range of sectors, including government and policy work, journalism, law, nonprofits, movement politics, and academia.

Studying Economics at Oberlin College & Conservatory means belonging to an exceptional academic community and alumni network. 

Like the region itself, Latin American Studies is a dynamic program from Oberlin College & Conservatory that encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the Latinx community in North America.

Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies is an interdisciplinary and transnational program from Oberlin College & Conservatory that fosters transformative understandings of the role identity plays in shaping history, theory, and individual lives.

Established in 1971, Oberlin College & Conservatory’s interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Program teaches students to appreciate and analyze both continuities and differences in Jewish history, religion, and culture around the world. 

Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College & Conservatory is an interdisciplinary field that explores histories, communities, and cultural practices in the United States. 

Oberlin College & Conservatory’s Psychology majors hone speaking and writing skills through seminars and collaborative projects and work with faculty and peers to solve problems that make a difference in the real world. 

Whether you are fascinated by art history, chemistry, environmental studies, music, or politics, German can enhance and complement your studies. Our German Language and Literatures courses at Oberlin College & Conservatory ask students to reflect on the nature and value of a broad range of cultural works as part of a larger inquiry into the meaning of life.

Oberlin College & Conservatory’s East Asian Studies majors gain proficiency in a chosen language and can tailor their course of study around a specific region, historical period or culture, preparing them for a wide range of careers in business, law, education, culture and the arts.

Oberlin College & Conservatory’s Russian program challenges students to go deeper as they explore the extraordinary diversity, complexity, and beauty of a country that stretches over one eighth of Earth’s inhabited surface.