43 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Dance program of Wesleyan University is a contemporary program with a global perspective. The curriculum centers on the creative act – imagining, making and doing. Our program is interdisciplinary, embodied, collaborative, physically and intellectually rigorous, and fosters personal and social transformation.

The Computer Science program of Wesleyan University gives students an understanding of the foundational concepts and technical tools used for solving computational problems and building computational systems. Students learn to program in high-level programming languages, analyze the efficiency and correctness of programs, and create original computational structures.

The Biology program of Wesleyan University offers a broad range of courses that emphasize the process of scientific inquiry and current experimental approaches.

The Physics program of Wesleyan University equips students with an understanding of the fundamental laws that shape the universe and develops the skills needed to succeed in a technology driven society. Students develop competency in the main subject areas of quantum theory, electromagnetism and optics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, classical dynamics, and condensed matter physics.

Majors of the Psychology program of Wesleyan University receive broad training across these areas, have opportunities to pursue topics of particular interest in greater detail, and develop skills in research methods and statistics. Many majors also take advantage of opportunities to work in research laboratories, to serve as teaching assistants, and to participate in service learning courses.

The Mathematics program of Wesleyan University is designed to provide an introduction to the basic areas of mathematics and to provide the technical tools that will be useful later in the student's career.

The Art Studio program of Wesleyan University enables students to become fluent in visual language—its analytical and critical vocabulary and the rigors of its technique and method—as a means to explore intellectual issues and human experience.

Anthropology is the study of the complexity and diversity of human and nonhuman life in an interconnected world. The Anthropology program of Wesleyan University offers courses on anthropological theories and methods, and topics including urban anthropology, globalization, media studies, consumer culture, social movements, development and humanitarianism, and race, gender, and sexuality.

The Earth and Environmental Sciences program of Wesleyan University covers many aspects of the natural world, on Earth and on other planets. Course topics range from active volcanoes to climate change to eco-conservation.

The faculty of the French program of Wesleyan University is designed for students interested in developing a command of the French language sufficient to live and work in a French-speaking environment. Students in the program develop a deep knowledge of French-language literature that informs a larger understanding of Francophone modes of thought, expression, cultures, history, and society.

The Sociology program of Wesleyan University explores life as it is lived in and through institutional structures and dynamic social formations—from the intimate, micro-interactions of everyday life to macro-dynamics of global power.

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program at Wesleyan University offers an interdisciplinary range of courses in Russian language, history, politics, literature, culture, and film, as well as the culture and society of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. 

The African American Studies program of Wesleyan University offers a substantial interdisciplinary, comparative, and cross-cultural approach to the study of the experiences of people of African descent in the black Atlantic world, especially in the United States and the Caribbean.

The Archaeology program of Wesleyan University studies a discipline most directly concerned with the understanding and explanation of past societies through the study of their material remains. The reconstruction of these societies through the interpretation of material culture permits archaeology to span both the prehistoric and the historic periods.

The Art History program of Wesleyan University aims to provide student majors with a strong historical and theoretical understanding of the visual and material environment created by humankind.

The Government program of Wesleyan University  is dedicated to exploring “who gets what, when, and how,” as Harold Lasswell defined political science in 1935. The department might well be called a department of political science or a department of politics; it is called the Department of Government for historical reasons.

The American Studies program of Wesleyan University provides a broad grounding in the study of the United States in a hemispheric and global context.

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program of Wesleyan University is designed to accommodate a broad range of academic interests and allow students to concentrate on particular disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, genetics, epigenetics, genomics, and computational modeling.

The Theater program of Wesleyan University considers the critical and creative study of each theatrical area to be an essential component of a liberal arts education.

The College of Social Studies program of Wesleyan University offers a distinctive blend of teaching methods, subject matter, and educational structure. Its collegial organization combines tutorials and courses in social theory within the college with individually selected courses from other departments and programs in the University to achieve an integrated education in the social sciences.