Departments & Degree Programs

Academic units at Brown take various forms. These includedivisions, departments, centers, and programs, among others. Compared todepartments, centers, institutes, programs, and committees are less formalassociations of faculty established for interdisciplinary educational and/orresearch programs.

Departments,centers, and programs grant degrees. Below find a list of these units and theundergraduate and graduate degrees they offer.

Many Brown students engage in academic work that crosses departmental boundaries. Certain interdisciplinary programs for undergraduates not listed here may be found on the Dean of the College's concentration website.

See also Centers& Institutes, and the complete university A-to-Z.

Africana Studies, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, PhD
American Studies, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Anthropology, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Applied Mathematics, Division of	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Institute for	Humanities	Center	AB, PhD
Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of	Public Health	Department	AM, ScM, PhD
Biology & Medicine, Division of	Biology & Medicine	Department	AB, ScB, MPH, PhD, MD
Biomedical Engineering, Center for	Biology & Medicine	Center	ScB, ScM, PhD
Biostatistics, Department of	Public Health	Department	ScB, AM, ScM, PhD
Biotechnology Graduate Program	Biology & Medicine	Program	ScM, PhD
Brown-Pfizer MA Program in Biology	Biology & Medicine	Program	MA
Chemistry, Department of	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Classics, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Department of	Life Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Commerce, Organizations, & Entrepreneurship, C.V. Starr Program in	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Comparative Literature, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Computational Biology, Center for	Life Sciences	Center	ScB, PhD
Computer Science, Department of	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, ScM, PhD
Development Studies, Program in	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Early Cultures, Program in	Humanities	Program	AB
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
East Asian Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of	Biology & Medicine	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Economics, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, PhD
Education, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, MAT, MA
Egyptology and Assyriology, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Engineering, School of	Physical Sciences	Department	ScB, ScM, PhD
English, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Environmental Studies, Center for	Social Sciences	Center	AB, ScB, MA
Epidemiology, Department of	Public Health	Department	ScM, PhD
Executive Master in Cybersecurity	Executive Master	Program	EMCS
Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership	Executive Master	Program	EMHL
Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership	Executive Master	Program	EMSTL
French Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Gender and Sexuality Studies	Humanities	Department	AB
German Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Health Services, Policy & Practice, Department of	Public Health	Department	PhD
Hispanic Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
History of Art and Architecture, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
History, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, MA, PhD
IE Brown Executive MBA	Executive Master	Program	EMBA
International Relations Program	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Italian Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Judaic Studies, Program in	Humanities	Program	AB
Latin American Studies, Center for	Social Sciences	Center	AB
Literary Arts, Program in	Humanities	Program	AB, MFA
Mathematics, Department of	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Medieval Studies, Program in	Humanities	Program	AB
Middle East Studies	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Modern Culture and Media, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Department of	Biology & Medicine	Department	AB, ScB, MA and PhD
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), Department of	Biology & Medicine	Department	PhD
Music, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Neuroscience, Department of	Biology & Medicine	Department	ScB, PhD
Philosophy, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Physics, Department of	Physical Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, PhD
Political Science, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, PhD
Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Public Health, School of	Life Sciences	Clinical	AB, AM, ScM, MPH, PhD
Public Policy	Social Sciences	Center	AB, MPA
Religious Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, PhD
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Program in	Humanities	Program	AB
Science and Technology Studies (STS), Program in	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Slavic Languages, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MA, PhD
Sociology, Department of	Social Sciences	Department	AB, ScB, ScM, PhD
Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB, MFA, PhD
Urban Studies Program	Social Sciences	Program	AB
Visual Art, Department of	Humanities	Department	AB

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