Academics
A Bryn Mawr education is designed to encourage intellectual exploration, independent initiative, advanced research, and the mastery of skills essential to meaningful scholarship: critical thinking, reasoned argument, clear expression, and the ability to solve problems creatively and work across disciplines. The College offers more than 36 majors, 38 minors, and a range of opportunities for interdisciplinary study and independent research, as well as full cross-registration with nearby Haverford College and cooperative programs with Swarthmore and the University of Pensylvania. In addition, Bryn Mawr is one of the few liberal-arts colleges in the country that offers master's and doctoral degree programs.
"Socially and academically, you always have a chance to go someplace new."
Fields of Study
- Africana Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology (see Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology)
- Architecture
- Art History (see History of Art)
- Arts Program
- –Creative Writing
- –Dance
- –Fine Arts at Haverford
- –Music at Haverford
- –Theater
- Asian Studies (see East Asian Studies)
- Astronomyat Haverford
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chemistry, Graduate Program
- Cities (see Growth and Structure of Cities)
- Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
- Classics (see Greek, Latin and Classical Studies)
- Clinical Developmental Psychology (Graduate Program)
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing (See Arts Program: Creative Writing)
- Dance (See Arts Program: Dance
- East Asian Studies
- Ecology (see Environmental Studies)
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Gender and Sexuality, Program in
- Fine Arts (see Arts Program: Fine Arts)
- Film Studies
- French and French Studies
- French, Graduate Program
- Geology
- Geology, Graduate Program
- German
- Greek, Latin and Classical Studies
- Growth and Structure of Cities
- Hebrew and Judaic Studies
- Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies
- History
- History of Art
- International Studies
- Italian
- Latin (see Greek, Latin and Classical Studies)
- Latin-American Studies (see Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies
- Linguistics at Swarthmore
- Mathematics
- Mathematics, Graduate Program
- Middle East Studies Initiative
- Neural and Behavioral Sciences
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Psychology, Graduate Program (see Clinical Developmental Psychology)
- Religion at Haverford
- Romance Languages
- Russian
- Russian, Graduate Program
- Sociology
- Social Work and Social Research
- Spanish
- Theater (see Arts Program: Theater)
- Urban Studies (see Growth and Structure of Cities)
- Women's Studies (see Program in Gender and Sexuality)