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19 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
The faculty in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago includes the world’s foremost scholar of Sumerian linguistics and lexicography as well as leading experts in Akkadian literature, Babylonian medicine, the origins of Islam, tribal and nomadic society, and Mesopotamian religion, magic, and medicine.
Comparative Human Development
The program in Comparative Human Development at University of Chicago focuses on the study of persons over the course of life; on the social, cultural, biological, and psychological processes that jointly influence development; and on growth over time in different social and cultural settings.
Anthropology
Students interested in the Anthropology major at University of Chicago should endeavor to complete the three required courses (Theory, Methods, and Discovering Anthropology/Introduction to Anthropology) by the end of their third year.
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Interdisciplinary in nature, the East Asian Languages and Civilizations program at University of Chicago focuses on the traditional and modern civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea, and offers language courses in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Geophysical Sciences
At Geophysical Sciences from University of Chicago our graduate students find new and surprising ways to attack scientific problems.
Sociology
University of Chicago scholars established the world’s first department of Sociology. Today, according to the National Research Council, the department’s graduate program ranks first in the nation.
Russian and East European Studies
We offer a bachelor degree in Russian and East European Studies at University of Chicago. UChicago was one of the first universities in America to recognize the importance of Russia. Samuel Harper, son of the University’s first president, was a prominent Russianist and began building the University Library’s Russian collection, one of the world’s best and largest.
Global Studies
The undergraduate program in Global Studies at University of Chicago draws on the strengths of the College faculty in a variety of disciplines and their innovative work in a number of areas of international relevance (e.g., human rights, international relations, globalization, transnationalism, area studies).
Law, Letters, and Society
Law, Letters, and Society from University of Chicago is the University of Chicago’s selective interdisciplinary major in the social sciences, organized around the study of law.
Germanic Studies
The program in Germanic Studies at University of Chicago is intended to provide students with a wide ranging and highly personalized introduction to the language, literature, and culture of German-speaking countries and to various methods of approaching and examining these areas.
Economics
So great are University of Chicago’s contributions in Economics that an entire school of thought is associated with the University’s name.
Gender Studies
Gender Studies at University of Chicago allows undergraduates the opportunity to shape a disciplinary or interdisciplinary plan of study focused on gender and sexuality.
Political Science
University of Chicago’s Political Science Department has had a leading program since its start, with a faculty including one of the country’s leading scholars on race, an expert on the impact of language and religion on politics, a leading scholar on the work of John Locke, and a top constitutional theorist.
Psychology
Home to one of the nation’s first Psychology departments, University of Chicago is the birthplace of the study of behaviorism and the empirical investigation of sleep and dreams.
Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies has been an important field of research at University of Chicago since the institution’s first classes in 1892.
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies from University of Chicago is an interdisciplinary program for students who want to engage critical issues in the social sciences and humanities through deep immersion in the histories, cultures, economies, politics, and natural environments of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Public Policy
Public Policy Studies offers University of Chicago students an opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary study of domestic and international policy issues.
Geographical Studies
We offer a bachelor degree in Geographical Studies at University of Chicago. The discipline of geography contributes to an understanding of society by exploring the earth’s environment and its interactions with human life, by inquiring into cultures and societies from the perspective of area study, and by investigating problems of spatial organization.
South Asian Languages and Civilizations
The student majoring in South Asian Languages and Civilizations (SALC) at University of Chicago will gain a broad knowledge of the literature and history of the South Asian subcontinent (i.e., Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), and proficiency in at least one South Asian language that is equivalent to two years of study or greater.