# Majors And Academic Programs

**Source**: https://admissions.yale.edu/majors-and-academic-programs
**Parent**: https://admissions.yale.edu/estimate-your-cost

80 Majors, 2,000 Courses, 1 Unique Path.

Yale students enroll in four or five courses each semester to complete a total of thirty-six courses while earning a degree. With roughly 2,000 courses offered every year, it would take more than 200 years to experience the full breadth of the undergraduate curriculum!

About three-quarters of all courses enroll fewer than twenty students, and hundreds enroll fewer than ten. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6:1. Most majors include a senior requirement (essay, research project, or portfolio) that allows students to work one-on-one with a professor for one or two semesters.

Whether you are certain of your academic focus or have dozens of possibilities in mind, you will have plenty of time to explore the options. Yale students have until the end of sophomore year to declare a major.

Yale graduates in all majors are prepared to serve in positions of leadership in every imaginable field. Use the [Yale College Outcomes Interactive Tool](https://ocs.yale.edu/outcomes/yale-college-outcomes), hosted by the [Office of Career Strategy](https://ocs.yale.edu/) to explore the diversity of experiences recent graduates have pursued.

## A

- [African American Studies](http://afamstudies.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-major-african-american-studies)
- [African Studies](https://african.macmillan.yale.edu/)
- [American Studies](http://www.yale.edu/amstud/undergrad/index.html)
- [Anthropology](http://www.yale.edu/anthropology/anthropology/Dept_news/Dept_news.html)
- [Applied Mathematics](http://applied.math.yale.edu/)
- [Applied Physics](https://appliedphysics.yale.edu/)
- [Archaeological Studies](http://www.yale.edu/archaeology/)
- [Architecture](http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/programs/undergraduate)
- [Art](http://art.yale.edu/Undergraduate)
- [Astronomy](http://www.astro.yale.edu/)
- [Astrophysics](http://www.astro.yale.edu/)

## B

- [Biomedical Engineering](https://seas.yale.edu/departments/biomedical-engineering)

## C

- [Chemical Engineering](http://seas.yale.edu/departments/chemical-and-environmental-engineering)
- [Chemistry](https://chem.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies)
- [Classical Civilization](http://www.yale.edu/classics/)
- [Classics](http://www.yale.edu/classics/)
- [Cognitive Science](http://www.yale.edu/cogsci)
- [Comparative Literature](http://www.yale.edu/complit/litmajorfaq.html)
- [Computer Science](http://cpsc.yale.edu/)
- [Computer Science & Economics](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/computerscienceandeconomics/)
- [Computer Science & Mathematics](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/computer-science-mathematics/)
- [Computer Science & Psychology](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/computer-science-psychology/)
- [Computing and Linguistics](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/computing20and20linguistics/)
- [Computing and the Arts](http://c2.cs.yale.edu/)

## E

- [Earth and Planetary Sciences](https://earth.yale.edu/)
- [East Asian Languages & Literatures](http://www.yale.edu/eall/undergrad.html)
- [East Asian Studies](http://ceas.yale.edu/)
- [Ecology & Evolutionary Biology](http://www.yale.edu/eeb/)
- [Economics](https://economics.yale.edu/undergraduate-program)
- [Economics & Mathematics](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/economics-mathematics/)
- [Electrical Engineering](https://seas.yale.edu/departments/electrical-engineering)
- [Electrical Engineering & Computer Science](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/electrical-engineering-computer-science/)
- [English](http://www.yale.edu/english/undergraduate.html)
- [Environmental Engineering](http://seas.yale.edu/departments/chemical-and-environmental-engineering)
- [Environmental Studies](http://www.yale.edu/evst/index.html)
- [Ethics, Politics & Economics](http://www.yale.edu/epe/)
- [Ethnicity, Race & Migration](http://erm.yale.edu/)

## F

- [Film and Media Studies](http://www.yale.edu/filmstudiesprogram/undergrad.html)
- [French](https://french.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-program)

## G

- [German Studies](https://german.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-program)
- [Global Affairs](http://jackson.yale.edu/global-affairs-major)
- [Greek, Ancient and Modern](http://www.yale.edu/classics/),

## H

- [History](https://history.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-program)
- [History of Art](http://arthistory.yale.edu/undergraduate/)
- [History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health](http://hshm.yale.edu/undergraduate-major)
- [Humanities](https://humanities.yale.edu/humanities-major)

## I

- [Italian Studies](http://www.yale.edu/italian/academic/undergrad/)

## J

- [Judaic Studies](https://judaicstudies.yale.edu/)

## L

- [Latin American Studies](https://clais.macmillan.yale.edu/)
- [Linguistics](https://ling.yale.edu/academics/linguistics-major-yale)

## M

- [Mathematics](https://math.yale.edu/undergrad-programs)
- [Mathematics & Philosophy](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/mathematics-philosophy/)
- [Mathematics & Physics](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/mathematics-physics/)
- [Mechanical Engineering](https://seas.yale.edu/departments/mechanical-engineering-and-materials-science)
- [Modern Middle East Studies](https://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/academics/modern-middle-east-studies-major)
- [Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry](https://mbb.yale.edu/)
- [Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology](https://mcdb.yale.edu/)
- [Music](http://www.yale.edu/yalemus/undergraduate/index.html)

## N

- [Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations](http://www.yale.edu/nelc)
- [Neuroscience](http://neuroscience.yale.edu/)

## P

- [Philosophy](http://www.yale.edu/philos/undergrad.html)
- [Physics](http://www.yale.edu/physics/undergrad/index.shtml)
- [Physics & Geosciences](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/physics-geosciences/)
- [Physics & Philosophy](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/physics-philosophy/)
- [Political Science](http://www.yale.edu/polisci/undergrad/index.html)
- [Portuguese](http://www.yale.edu/span-port/portuguese.html)
- [Psychology](http://www.yale.edu/psychology/programs.html#undergrad)

## R

- [Religious Studies](http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/undergrad.html)
- [Russian](http://www.yale.edu/slavic/undergrad.html)
- [Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies](http://www.yale.edu/slavic/undergrad.html)

## S

- [Sociology](http://www.yale.edu/socdept)
- [South Asian Studies](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/south-asian-studies/)
- [Spanish](http://www.yale.edu/span-port/index.html)
- [Special Divisional Major](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/special-divisional-majors/)
- [Statistics and Data Science](http://statistics.yale.edu/)

## T

- [Theater and Performance Studies](http://www.yale.edu/theaterstudies/index.html)

## U

- [Urban Studies](https://urbanstudies.yale.edu/)

## W

- [Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies](http://www.yale.edu/wgss/undergrad.html)

## Special Programs

##### For First-Years

- [Directed Studies](https://directedstudies.yale.edu/)
- [First-Year Scholars at Yale](https://fsy.yale.edu)
- [First-Year Seminars](https://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/special-academic-programs/first-year-seminars)

##### Interdisciplinary and Specialized Programs

- [Education Studies](https://educationstudies.yale.edu/)
- [Energy Studies](https://earth.yale.edu/energy-studies)
- [Global Health Studies](https://jackson.yale.edu/study/global-health-studies/)
- [Human Rights Studies](https://law.yale.edu/schell/undergrad-program/)
- [Journalism Initiative](https://ocs.yale.edu/channels/yale-journalism-initiative/)
- [Residential College Seminars](https://yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/special-academic-programs/residential-college-seminar-program)
- [ROTC, Air Force, Naval, Army](https://rotc.yale.edu/)
- [Studies in Grand Strategy](https://grandstrategy.yale.edu/)

##### Joint Graduate Programs

- Five-Year BA/BS & Master’s Programs in [Music](http://music.yale.edu/study/degrees-programs/ba-mm/), [Public Health](https://publichealth.yale.edu/admissions/programs/mph/select/index.aspx), and [Forestry & Environmental Studies](http://environment.yale.edu/academics/degrees/five-year/)
- [Joint BA/BS & MA/MS Degree](http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/academic-regulations/special-arrangements/)

##### Academic Support Programs

- [Poorvu Center for Teaching & Learning](http://ctl.yale.edu/)
- [Science, Technology, and Research Scholars (STARS)](http://science.yalecollege.yale.edu/stars)