20 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Russian program at Williams College offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual and cultural history of Russia and the former Soviet republics. Students complete the major by combining courses in Russian language and literature with courses in history, political science, music, economics, and art. 

The Jewish Studies program at Williams College offers courses in multiple disciplines, including but not limited to: Religion, Classics, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, and Comparative Literature.

The Psychology program at Williams College is represented by 17 faculty members whose subfields include neuroscience, cognitive, clinical, developmental, educational, and social psychology.

Acquire the skills to enable them to continue their engagement with the target language and culture as lifelong learners and users of Chinese at Williams College.

The German program at Williams College offers students an interdisciplinary approach to German intellectual and cultural history by combining courses in German language and literature with courses in History, Philosophy, Music, and other appropriate fields.

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Williams College thus includes courses from a wide variety of disciplines that focus in a coherent way on gender issues and/or sexuality issues, as well as core courses that acquaint students with the interdisciplinary of the field.

The Latina and Latino Studies program from Williams College seeks to cover the widest range of experiences, encompassing Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dominicans, as well as migrations from a wide variety of Central and South American countries.

 Sociology courses introduce students to classical and contemporary social thought, to the systematic analysis of social institutions and social interaction, and to the social analysis of modern culture. The Sociology major at Williams College emphasizes the humanistic tradition of sociology, stressing qualitative approaches. 

Economics addresses issues that are central to our daily lives: our material standard of living, poverty, inequality, unemployment, and inflation, among others. The methodology of economics at Williams College contributes insights to public policy that can help guide efforts to increase social wellbeing and distribute that wellbeing in a fair way. 

The French program from Williams College is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge embracing the cultural, historical, social, and political heritage of France and the Francophone world. 

American politics, international relations, political theory, and comparative politics are the discipline’s main organizing fields. In the Political Science program at Williams College, each of these has its own introductory course and its own capstone senior seminar.

The Global Studies program at Williams College enables students to achieve this goal through a cross-disciplinary and comparative curriculum

The study of public policy is inherently interdisciplinary, and the Political Economy Program from Williams College self-consciously incorporates the central analytical approaches of both Political Science and Economics, seeking to surmount the sometimes artificial barriers of specialization that may characterize asingle discipline.

The East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) major offered by the Department of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (DALLC) at Williams College gives students an opportunity to pursue bothlanguage study and gain more in-depth knowledge about Chinese or Japanese culture.  

Courses on Japanese culture, linguistics and literature in translation are also offered at Williams College.

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Williams College offers bachelor degrees in Anthropology or Sociology and aims to help students achieve an integrated understanding of biography, history, culture, and social structure. 

The Cognitive Science Program at Williams College is concerned with how humans, animals, and computers acquire, represent, manipulate, and use information

Want to study Spanish? Curious about going abroad, or becoming a major? Whether you are exploring Spanish for the first time, plan to major in Spanish or want to earn a formal Certificate in Spanish, at Williams College we invite you to explore our courses and meet the faculty.

The American Studies Program from Williams College is anchored by interdisciplinary studies of cultures and social formations considered “American,” as well as places, peoples, and events around the world shaped by the U.S.

The Arabic Studies program from Williams College is anchored in a comparative, interdisciplinary, trans-historical and global approach to Arabic language, literature and cultures.