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Biology
Division of Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnolo, Neuroscience
Engineering
Division of Engineering
Medical School
Brown Medical School, Brown University AIDS Program, Brown University School of Medicine, Department of, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Center for Statistical Sciences, Institute For Brain and Neural Systems, International Health Institute, Program in Liberal Medical Education
Africana Studies
Focused on the Afro-Americas, including North, Central and South America.
American Civilization
Offers an undergraduate concentration and MA and PhD programs in American Studies and Museum Studies.
Ancient Studies
Studies the cultures of Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, through the Arab conquest. Offers undergraduate concentrations in Ancient History, Ancient Religion, and Ancient Languages and Literature.
Anthropology
Offers undergraduate programs in anthropology and linguistic anthropology, and MA and PhD museum studies and anthropology degrees.
Applied Mathematics
Graduate program which conducts research and education programs principally in the areas of differential equations; optimization and control theory; applied probability, statistics and stochastic systems theory; numerical analysis and scientific computation; and the mechanics of solids and fluids.
Brain Science
Cross-departmental program offering graduate training and undergraduate summer research.
Chemistry
Undergraduate and graduate PhD study, seminars, and research.
Classics
Undergraduate and graduate study with five possible tracks.
Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Undergraduate study and PhD degrees offered in cognitive science or linguistics.
Comparative Literature
Offers undergraduate and graduate study.
Computer Science
Offers graduate PhD and undergraduate study, seminars and research.
Development Studies
Consists of an undergraduate concentration and a Masters program focused on the industrialization and growth of modern states.
East Asian Studies
A multidisciplinary undergraduate concentration, offering China and Japan tracks with requisite language study.
Education
Offers an undergraduate Education Studies major, and MAT degrees in elementary and secondary education.
Egyptology
The only university department in North America devoted exclusively to the study of ancient Egypt. Offers undergraduate BA, and graduate MA and PhD degrees.
English
Offers undergraduate BA, and graduate MA and PhD degrees. Includes an undergraduate Honors in Creative Writing program, and an MFA in creative writing.
Environmental Studies
The center offers an undergraduate bachelor of arts degree program, and emphasizes issues of solid and hazardous waste, environmental health, and environmental justice.
French Studies
Specializes in French language and Francophone literature, for majors and nonmajors.
Geological Sciences
Research areas in geophysics, hydrology, structural geology, planetary geoscience, seismology, and geochemistry.
German Studies
Offers an interdisciplinary concentration which includes language study.
Hispanic Studies
Language and literature study. Faculty expertise covers both Peninsular and Spanish American regions.
History
Offers an undergraduate program with optional honors, and graduate study.
History of Art and Architecture
Faculty expertise covers all major periods of Western and East Asian art. Courses offered at the nearby Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) may be taken free of charge by History of Art students for Brown credit.
History of Mathematics
Offers graduate study and research, and courses in Akkadian, historiography, and ancient scientific texts.
International Relations
An interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration program offered by the Watson Institute for International Studies.
Italian Studies
Offers undergraduate concentration in Italian Studies and a combined undergraduate Italian Studies and Modern Culture & Media concentration. Also offers graduate study.
Judaic Studies
Offers an undergraduate concentration and graduate MA and PhD programs.
Language Studies, Center for
The locus on campus for faculty and staff with interests in language teaching, learning, and research.
Latin American Studies, Center for
Offers a multidisplinary undergraduate concentration focusing on culture, history, and contemporary problems of Latin America.
Mathematics
Offers undergraduate concentration and graduate study and research.
Medieval Studies
Offers undergraduate concentration tracks in Medieval Cultures and Late Antique Cultures.
Modern Culture and Media
Focuses on study of the mass media in relation to modern society and cultural products.
Music
Offers undergraduate concentration, and two graduate MA and PhD programs.
Old World Archaeology and Art
Offers an undergraduate concentration and a graduate PhD program.
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Sponsors an undergraduate Gender Studies concentration, and a major graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty research fellow program.
Philosophy
Offers three undergraduate concentration programs, and MA and PhD programs.
Physics
Offers undergraduate concentration, graduate PhD programs, and research opportunities.
Political Science
Offers study in American and comparative politics, international relations, and political theory and economy.
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Interdisciplinary degree programs from undergraduate BA to PhD.
Psychology
Undergraduate and graduate studies.
Religious Studies
Offers an undergraduate concentration, and graduate studies in Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity, and Contemporary Religious Thought.
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration.
Slavic Languages
Undergraduate concentration, graduate MA and PhD programs, and study abroad opportunities.
Sociology
Offers undergraduate and graduate studies.
Taubman Center for Public Policy
Studies focus primarily on American institutions.
Theatre, Speech and Dance
Undergraduate concentration, productions, courses, costume design, and an MA program.
Urban Studies Program
Undergraduate concentration program involving a close relationship with the city of Providence. Students are expected to work with local agencies and organizations, and summer internships are available.
Visual Art
Offers undergraduate concentrations in Visual Art, Art Semiotics, and History of Art and Architecture.