New Programs Index

Brain, Behavior and Cognition combines the best of Whitman’s Biology and Psychology programs into one challenging and fascinating neuroscience-focused major. This program will hone your research skills, teach you to think deeply and critically about the mind, and prepare you for a future as a scientist.

Explore Philosophy through the lens of ethical and social issues like climate change, criminal justice, biomedicine, animal rights, and racial and gender justice. You’ll learn to understand, analyze and communicate with others about complex moral question

Learn the ins and outs of accounting, banking, investment, personal and corporate finance, and more. This minor from the Economics Department can help prepare you for a global career in business or a graduate-level business program.

This concentration brings together diverse perspectives to help you understand how people interact with the designed world—and how to create solutions that put people first. It will supercharge your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Majors in Biology, Geology, Psychology, Religion and Sociology can enhance their major with coursework and off-campus studies in French. Earn the equivalent of a French minor while exploring the connection between your major and the French-speaking world.

The Social Justice Concentration can be added to any major, allowing students to draw together social justice issues across disciplines like Psychology, Politics, Film and Media Studies, and more.