Areas of Study
Hamilton offers 44 majors (we call them concentrations) and 57 areas of study.
- Africana Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Arabic**
- Archaeology
- Art
- Art History
- Asian Studies (China, India, Japan)
- Astronomy*
- Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Biology
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Dance and Movement Studies
- Data Science
- Digital Arts*
- East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Economics
- Education Studies*
- English
- Environmental Studies
- French and Francophone Studies
- Geoarchaeology
- Geosciences
- German, Russian, Italian, Arabic
- German Studies
- Government
- Greek: See Classics
- Hebrew**
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary Concentration
- Italian Studies*
- Japanese
- Jurisprudence, Law and Justice Studies*
- Latin: see Classics
- Latin American Studies*
- Linguistics*
- Literature and Creative Writing
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies*
- Middle East and Islamicate Worlds Studies
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Religious Studies
- Russian Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Theatre
- Women's and Gender Studies
- World Politics
*Minor only, **Language Only
Explore Your Passions
About Our Curriculum
Hamilton is one of the few U.S. colleges with an open curriculum, which means you’ll have the freedom to choose courses that reflect your interests, while still fulfilling the faculty’s expectation that you study broadly across the liberal arts.
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