Departments & Programs

Colgate’s major and minor programs of study are divided among departments and programs housed within four academic divisions.

Together, they offer more than 57 majors and minors that cultivate rigorous intellectual inquiry and critical thinking.

Departments and Programs

April Baptiste teaches a class in Ho Science Center
Africana & Latin American Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor Lynette Stephenson provides feedback to a student on his work.
Art

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Students join visiting Taiko drummers in a hands-on demonstration
Asian Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor Jason Meyers oversees two students working in a laboratory
Biology

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Students work in the organic chemistry laboratory
Chemistry

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Professor Rebecca Ammerman teaches in a classics classroom
The Classics

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Elodie Fourquet points to something while teaching a computer science class
Computer Science

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

An alumni panel discusses the data science career field
Data Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Students on a rock outcrop overlooking mountains and a valley on the geology summer field camp
Earth & Environmental Geosciences

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Professor Yukari Hirata and students participate in a Japanese speech competition
East Asian Languages & Literatures

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Economics students share presentations with professor while gathered around table
Economics

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Professor Mark Stern lectures at the blackboard in a classroom
Educational Studies

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Students closely review the text of Paradise Lost together
English & Creative Writing

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Professor Bob Turner leads a discussion in an environmental studies class
Environmental Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Screening of a film on Whitnall Field
Film & Media Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Geography students and Professor Adam Burnett approach the Australian coast on foot
Geography

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Students sitting in a German lecture
German

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Two students walk through the Academic Quad
Global Public & Environmental Health

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor Barrera and students sitting in a discussion circle
History

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

A series of flags on poles outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva
International Relations

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Professor Guez instructing a Hebrew lecture
Jewish Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Pride flags lining a campus walkway
LGBTQ Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor Kelly reviewing digital materials for a personality test with the student
Linguistics

Program in the Division of University Studies

Calculus lecture
Mathematics

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

A marathon reading of Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost"
Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor Abdal-Ghaffar instructing a beginner Arabic class
Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Students pondering art in gallery space
Museum Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Colgate students playing a flute and a violin in a practice room
Music

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Colgate student being shown weaving techniques in the Coop
Native American & Indigenous Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Students prepare a test subject for a brain scan
Neuroscience

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

off-campus study group in Australian government building
Peace & Conflict Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Professor McCabe holds a philosophy discussion in class
Philosophy

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Professor Galvez works with a student in the laser lab
Physics & Astronomy

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

student sitting behind a desk interning with a U.S. Senator
Political Science

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Wan-chun Liu, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, teaches a class.
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Department in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Professor Chris Vecsey chats with a student on the quad.
Religion

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

A Colgate student confers with Professor Monica Escudero Moro during an Intermediate Spanish Language & Literature class.
Romance Languages & Literatures

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Professor Helfant instructing class
Russian & Eurasian Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Two students learn how to tell the ages of people based on their bones from physical anthropology and dentistry specialist in Mexico
Sociology & Anthropology

Department in the Division of Social Sciences

Performance of Rhinoceros
Theater

Department in the Division of Arts and Humanities

Female students talking with an alumna
Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Program in the Division of University Studies

Student speaking with a presenter at an on-campus writers conference
Writing & Rhetoric

Department in the Division of University Studies