Bachelor degree
Women's Studies
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Women's Studies: A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literat...
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Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other set...
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Bachelor degree
Sociology
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fa...
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Bachelor degree
Russian Language and Literature
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Russian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Russian language. Includes instruction in Russian philology, Old Russian, Modern Russian and dialects, literature, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.
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Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural a...
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Bachelor degree
Psychology
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various ...
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Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public ...
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Bachelor degree
Physics
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynam...
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Bachelor degree
Philosophy
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the...
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Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Neuroscience: A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary scientific study of the molecular, structural, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the brain and nervous system. Includes instruction in molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiolog...
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Bachelor degree
Music
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.
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Bachelor degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.
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Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathemat...
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Bachelor degree
Legal Studies
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Legal Studies, General: A general program that focuses on law and legal issues from the perspective of the social sciences and humanities.
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Bachelor degree
History
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spe...
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Bachelor degree
German Language and Literature
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle, and H...
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Bachelor degree
Geology + Earth Science
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rock...
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Bachelor degree
French Language and Literature
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science...
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Bachelor degree
European Studies + Civilization
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree European Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the European Continent, including the study of European migration patterns and colonial empires.
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Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.
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Bachelor degree
Economics
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and ...
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Bachelor degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed pr...
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Bachelor degree
Computer Science
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardware...
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Bachelor degree
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.
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Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biologica...
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Bachelor degree
Astronomy
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Astronomy: A general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. Includes instruction in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and m...
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Bachelor degree
Asian Studies + Civilization
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Asian Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Asian Continent, including the study of the Asian diasporas overseas.
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Bachelor degree
Art + Art Studies
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Art + Art Studies, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of the visual arts. Includes instruction in art, photography, and other visual communications media.
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Bachelor degree
Anthropology
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree Anthropology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and ...
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Bachelor degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.
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Bachelor degree
African-American + Black Studies
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Amherst College
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General Description for:
Amherst College Bachelor degree African-American + Black Studies: A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora; focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin America...
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