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Departments & Degree Programs

Source: https://artsandhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/departments-degree-programs Parent: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/arts-humanities

Our departments and programs offer a number of concentrations, masters fields, doctoral subjects, and secondary fields. Undergraduates and applicants may wish to explore the Arts & Humanities for Students website, while graduate students and applicants may wish to explore the website of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Arts & Humanities Degree-Granting Programs

Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Art, Film, and Visual Studies

Concentration with Tracks and Secondary Fields in Film/Video Production, Film and Visual Studies, and Studio Arts

Celtic Languages and Literatures

Secondary Field

Classics

Concentration and Secondary Field

Comparative Literature

Concentration and Secondary Fields in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies

East Asian Studies

Concentration and Secondary Field

English

Concentration and Secondary Field

Ethnicity, Migration, Rights

Secondary Fields in Ethnicity, Migration, Rights and Latina/o Studies

Folklore and Mythology

Concentration and Secondary Field

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Concentrations in German Studies and Scandinavian Studies and Secondary Field in German Studies

History of Art and Architecture

Concentration with Track in Architecture Studies and Secondary Field

History and Literature

Concentration

Linguistics

Concentration and Secondary Fields in Language Theory and Language Structure, Language and Linguistic Theory, and Language, Mind and Brain

Medieval Studies

Secondary Field

Music

Concentration and Secondary Field and Joint Degree Programs with New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Concentration with Tracks and Secondary Fields in The Middle East in Antiquity, Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies (Islamic Studies), Jewish Studies, and Modern Middle Eastern Studies

Philosophy

Concentration and Secondary Fields in General Philosophy, Value Theory, Contemporary Metaphysics and Epistemology, and History of Philosophy

Study of Religion

Concentration and Secondary Field

Romance Languages and Literatures

Concentration with Special Fields in French and Francophone Studies, Italian Studies, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Spanish, Latin American and Latino Studies, and Romance Studies, and Secondary Fields in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Concentration and Secondary Fields in Central European Studies and Russian Studies

South Asian Studies

Concentration with Tracks in South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and South Asian Studies, and Secondary Field

Theater, Dance and Media

Concentration and Secondary Field

Graduate Programs

Celtic Languages and Literatures

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

Classics

Doctor of Philosophy with Programs in Ancient History, Byzantine Greek, Classical Archaeology, Classical Philology, Classical Philosophy, Medieval Latin, and Modern Greek, and Secondary Fields in Classical Archaeology, Classical Philology, Classical Philosophy, and Greek and Roman History

Comparative Literature

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

Critical Media Practice

Secondary Field

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Doctor of Philosophy in EALC with Fields in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Literature; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Inner Asian History (including Tibet); East Asian Buddhism; and East Asian Arts, Film and Cultural Studies; and Doctor of Philosophy in History and East Asian Languages (HEAL)

English

Doctor of Philosophy

Film and Visual Studies

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

History of Art and Architecture

Doctor of Philosophy

Inner Asian and Altaic Studies

Doctor of Philosophy

Linguistics

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Fields in Historical Linguistics and Linguistic Theory

Medieval Studies

Secondary Field

Music

Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy with Programs in Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Theory, Composition, and Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry, and Secondary Fields in Musicology/Ethnomusicology

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Doctor of Philosophy with Fields in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Jewish History and Culture, and Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

Regional Studies - East Asia

Master of Arts

Study of Religion

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field

Romance Languages and Literatures

Doctor of Philosophy with Fields in French and Francophone Studies, Italian Studies, Latinx Studies, Portuguese and Luzo-Brazilian Literatures, and Spanish and Latin American Literatures, and Secondary Fields in RLL and Latinx Studies

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Doctor of Philosophy and Secondary Field in Slavic Literary/Cultural Studies

South Asian Studies

Doctor of Philosophy with Programs in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, South Asian Studies, and Tibetan and Himalayan Studies