2026-2027 Edition

Programs of Study

Barnard College offers approximately four dozen majors in disciplines across the humanities, languages, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as in mathematics and computer science. In addition, most departments and programs provide students the opportunity to pursue a minor in the field of study. The College also offers several interdisciplinary minors and programs as well as a method for students to design their own "Special Major".

To the left is the navigation list under Academic Fields of Study:

  • MAJORS AND MINORS - lists 48 majors, most with a related minor
  • CONSORTIUM FOR CRITICAL INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (CCIS MINORS) - lists five minors open to any student plus complementary programs that can be combined with particular majors so that course requirements can be combined and the senior thesis in the major can be coordinated to include content from the interdisciplinary complementary program
  • INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS AND PROGRAMS - lists three interdisciplinary programs
  • FIRST YEAR AT BARNARD - lists three courses created especially for first-year students as part of their First Year at Barnard experience
  • LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT AT BARNARD - list of the languages available at Barnard and Columbia that satisfy the Foundations Language requirement
  • COURSE SEARCH - students can search course listings by department, semester, level, meeting time, keyword, credit value, and several other terms