40 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Theater program at Swarthmore College is an educational and artistic laboratory – a place for expanding the talents and intellect of students and faculty alike.

The Comparative Literature program at Swarthmore College takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of literature, using different languages to study works from distinct eras.

The English Literature program at Swarthmore College studies how literature shapes experience. 

The Dance program at Swarthmore College brings together a talented group of students to perform a global repertoire of dance styles and simultaneously engage in critical thinking and writing.

The Art History program at Swarthmore College provides students with the tools necessary to communicate this understanding in coherent written and verbal forms.

The Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Swarthmore College facilitates the interdisciplinary study of social relations of power in a variety of texts, practices, and cultural and historical contexts.

The History program at Swarthmore College cultivates the understanding of historical methods and the fundamentals of historical thinking, research, and writing.

The Linguistics program at Swarthmore College yields insights not only about languages, but also about the nature of the human mind.

The German Studies program at Swarthmore College offers courses ranging from intensive elementary German to the age of Goethe, from the urban modernity of Vienna and Berlin to German Cinema and contemporary popular culture.

The Psychology program at Swarthmore College has strengths in clinical, developmental, social, cognitive, physiological, and cultural aspects of the field, offering something for every student who is interested in understanding human nature.

The Computer Science program at Swarthmore College offers courses that emphasize the fundamental concepts of computer science, treating today's languages and systems as current examples of the underlying concepts.

The Art program at Swarthmore College engages students on an individual level to strengthen their paths as young artists.

The Black Studies program at Swarthmore College introduces students to the history, culture, art, social relationships, and political, religious, and economic experiences of Black people in Africa, the Americas, and elsewhere in the world, and to explore new approaches -- in perspectives, analyses and interdisciplinary techniques -- appropriate to the study of the Black experience.

The Art (Honors) program at Swarthmore College engages students on an individual level to strengthen their paths as young artists.

The Film and Media Studies program at Swarthmore College blends critical studies with critical making, often within the same course.

The Philosophy program at Swarthmore College  analyzes and comments critically on concepts that are presupposed and used in other disciplines and in daily life.

The Classics program at Swarthmore College includes training in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit.

The Chinese program at Swarthmore College offers a range of courses in Chinese language, literature, and culture which are integrated into a broad program of Asian Studies and further offerings in Chinese language, history, culture and society in the Tri-College community.

The Engineering program at Swarthmore College seeks to help its students realize their full intellectual and personal potential, combined with a deep sense of ethical and social concern.

The Physics and Astronomy program at Swarthmore College offers a wide variety of classes, including an ambitious curriculum of advanced seminars for our physics, astrophysics, and astronomy majors, but also many introductory classes for all students.