26 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

As an Environmental Science and Sustainability major at Allegheny College, you will acquire the skills necessary to positively impact both the natural world and the humans who call it home.

Studying Economics at Allegheny College teaches students how people respond to incentives in making choices, and how those choices affect outcomes at both the micro and macro scale. A microeconomist might study how a firm or a family chooses to finance a new piece of equipment or a home purchase. 

The Spanish program at Allegheny College will engage you with Spanish-speaking culture from day one and will keep improving your language skills until graduation and beyond. Along the way, you’ll learn to solve problems by reflecting on and analyzing the deep connection between language and culture. 

The guiding principle behind these learning goals of the English program at Allegheny College is to create a clear path of student development in keeping with the spirit of the department’s mission statement.

The guiding principle behind these learning goals of the English - Creative Writing program at Allegheny College is to create a clear path of student development in keeping with the spirit of the department’s mission statement.

The Global Health Studies degree at Allegheny College is an interdivisional program that promotes a multidimensional understanding of local and global health issues, particularly in low-resource regions. It emphasizes the links between health and patterns of economic and social development, and it brings together courses on the environment, ethics, politics, economics, society, and culture.  

Studying Computer Science (B.Sc.) at Allegheny College  students use scientific and design-centric approaches to solve computational problems and to create and evaluate realistic computer and computer-based systems.

The Psychology program at Allegheny College is designed to provide both breadth and depth in the field. Students take coursework in the basic principles and methods of psychology and from the major subfields. 

The Philosophy program at Allegheny College inquires into structures that form the basis of all that exists, the ways we can justify our claims to knowledge, and the values and goals that guide individuals and societies.

The Mathematics program at Allegheny College offers a wide range of courses designed to introduce students to major areas of mathematical thought, formal reasoning processes, general methods of problem solving, applications of mathematics to diverse areas, the history of mathematics, and the effective communication of mathematics. 

Music is a creative art form in which sounds are selected and combined to be heard over time. It is also a means of communication and expression. The Music program at Allegheny College enables consumers (listeners), re-creators (performers), and creators (composers) to increase their understanding of both the sounded and written aspects of musical language. 

Study the brain and nervous system, drawing upon biology and psychology and exploring areas such as development, sensation and perception, behavior, cognition, learning and memory, movement, sleep, and stress. You’ll gain research, analytical, and communication abilities valued by employers and graduates schools alike with the Neuroscience program at Allegheny College.  

The Studio Art program at Allegheny College  prepares students to become practicing artists with a particular emphasis on critically engaging with their medium, while addressing urgent cultural issues through their making. 

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree at Allegheny College is an interdisciplinary program that is interdivisional. It is designed to foster intellectual development in: the study of women, gender, and sexuality in local, national, and global contexts; the intersectional analysis of gender, race, class, sexuality, nation, age, and ability; power, systems of privilege, and resistance.

The Chemistry program at Allegheny College sets students on a path of mastery of fundamental concepts of matter and provides hands-on lab experience. As you experiment and investigate, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to be successful in a wide range of careers and graduate programs where you can solve challenging global problems.

The Department of Political Science program at Allegheny College is one of the largest of its kind among liberal arts colleges offering coursework in American politics, law, and policy, as well as in other world areas including Europe, Latin America, China and East Asia, and the Middle East. 

A History program at Allegheny College is of great value because it teaches you to draw connections between disparate societies and institutions, assess subjects from multiple perspectives and research, evaluate evidence, communicate, and problem solve.

The Biology program at Allegheny College offers a modern, balanced, and comprehensive treatment of biology, emphasizing independent research, analysis of information, and integration among its subdisciplines and with other areas of the liberal arts, including related disciplines such as chemistry, mathematics, geology, physics and psychology.

The Community and Justice Studies program at Allegheny College investigates challenges facing communities, analyzes key methods of social action, develops ethical reasoning, and directly engages students in responsible engagement in our community.

The strength of the French allows even students who start a language for the first time here at Allegheny College to attain the learning outcomes below. For students with previous experience in a language who would like to continue it here, course placement is based on placement tests taken before you enroll in your first language course at Allegheny.