13 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Wellesley College Anthropology students are “led out” (educo) of their own personal backgrounds to appreciate the incredible cultural diversity of humanity, receiving an exceptionally broad liberal arts education.

The Wellesley College American Studies major seeks to understand the American experience through a multidisciplinary program of study. 

Wellesley College's Peace & Justice Studies program combines conflict analysis with the study of strategies for promoting peace and justice.

Our Political Science students at Wellesley College explore political institutions, ideas, and movements across the globe.

The Wellesley College Africana Studies program is an interdisciplinary and transnational program of study that includes theoretical and methodological approaches reflective of the experience and intellectual traditions of people of African descent.

Wellesley College’s Sociology major provides a strong foundation in both theory and research methods, while allowing students to tailor their major to their specific subject interests.

Wellesley College's Women's and Gender Studies examines how the lives of individual women and men are shaped by broader structural forces in both historical and contemporary contexts, for e.g., nation-building, globalization, economic developments, and the legal system.

Psychologyis a broad field, and the major is designed to allow students to gain both breadth and depth of knowledge in the field. The Psychology degree course is delivered at Wellesley College

Economics at Wellesley College is the study of how a society allocates scarce resources. Economists use analytical tools to examine how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions and to evaluate outcomes in terms of their equity, efficiency, and stability. 

The Wellesley College German Studies courses introduce our students to a wide range of texts and contexts to acquaint you with the cultural traditions and with contemporary life of Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerland.

The Wellesley College Department of Italian Studies is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for all its students, faculty, and staff, and to promote diversity in its many manifestations: place of origin, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and disability.

The Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences program at Wellesley College the study of how the mind works. It is a dynamic interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and origins of thought and language. 

The Wellesley College East Asian Languages and Cultures - East Asian Studies Program offers inquiry into many of these realities through an interdisciplinary major. Our faculty represent numerous areas of expertise and disciplinary training.