Majors, Minors, and Concentrations

Students are required to declare a major during their fourth semester at the College. Students are not required to have a minor or a concentration, and they may pursue as many of them as is consistent with completing one major, fulfilling distributional requirements, and earning at least 32 credits overall within the eight semesters they are allotted for the completion of their degrees. Numbers in the chart below indicate the amount of required credits for each program.

Program Major Minor Concentration
African and Africana Studies (Bi-Co) 6
Anthropology 11 6
Asian American Studies (Tri-Co) 6
Astronomy 12 4
Astrophysics 12.5
Biochemistry 6 (+3 for chemistry major; +7 for biology major)
Biology 11
Biophysics 6 (+2 for physics major; +7 biology major)
Chemistry 12.5 6 (+ lab)
Chinese Language 6
Classical Culture and Society 11 6
Classical Languages 11 6
Comparative Literature (Bi-Co) 12 (+ language) 6 (+ language)
Computer Science * 11 6
East Asian Languages and Cultures (Bi-Co) 12 6
Economics 13 6
Education (Bi-Co) 11 6 6
English 11 2 (+ thesis)
Environmental Studies (Bi-Co) 11 6
Fine Arts 9 7
French and Francophone Studies 10 6
Gender and Sexuality Studies 6
German and German Studies (Bi-Co) 10 6
Greek 11 6
Health Studies (Bi-Co) 6
History 11
Japanese Language 6
Latin 11 6
Latin American, Iberian and Latino Studies 6
Linguistics (Tri-Co) 8 (Ling/Lang = 12) 6
Mathematical Economics 8
Mathematics 11 6
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 6 (+ language)
Music 10 6
Neuroscience (Bi-Co) 11-12 6
Peace, Justice, and Human Rights 6
Philosophy 10 6
Physics 11-11.5 7.5
Political Science 10
Psychology 11 6
Religion 11 6
Scientific Computing 6
Sociology 11 6
Spanish 8 6
Statistics 6
Visual Studies 6

* NB: Neither the concentration nor the minor in Computer Science will be available to students admitted for the fall of 2019 and beyond; for prior classes, these programs will remain available on an "if space permits" basis​.

Programs at Bryn Mawr College

Haverford students may choose to pursue any major or minor offered at Bryn Mawr College. The following programs are available exclusively at Bryn Mawr; see the relevant chapter in this catalog for detailed information.

Program Major Minor Concentration
Arts Program (Bryn Mawr)
Child and Family Studies (Bryn Mawr)
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology (Bryn Mawr)
Film Studies (Bryn Mawr)
Geology (Bryn Mawr)
Growth and Structure of Cities (Bryn Mawr)
Hebrew and Judaic Studies (Bryn Mawr)
History of Art (Bryn Mawr)
Italian and Italian Studies (Bryn Mawr)
Museum Studies (Bryn Mawr)
Romance Languages (Bryn Mawr)
Russian (Bryn Mawr)