{"id":119,"date":"2010-05-27T11:03:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:22:36","slug":"departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/h2>\n<p>For an explanation of the codes frequently found in course descriptions, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/abbreviations-and-symbols\/\">Abbreviations and Symbols<\/a> section in this site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/frederick-s-pardee-school-of-global-studies\/\">Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/programs\/pardee-school\/\">Pardee School Undergraduate Programs<\/a><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/programs\/pardee-school\/\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/african-studies\/\">African Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/east-asian-interdisciplinary-studies\/\">Asian Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/department-of-european-studies\/\">European Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/international-relations\/\">International Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/department-of-latin-american-interdisciplinary-studies\/\">Latin American Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/middle-east-north-africa-studies\/\">Middle East &amp; North Africa Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/muslim-studies\/\">Muslim Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of African American Studies\" href=\"african-american-studies\">African American &amp; Black Diaspora Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of African Studies\" href=\"african-studies\">African Studies <\/a>(includes Akan Twi, Amharic, Igbo, Kiswahili, Wolof, isiXhosa, isiZulu, other African languages)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of American &amp; New England Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/american-studies\/\">American Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Anthropology\" href=\"anthropology\">Anthropology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Archaeology\" href=\"archaeology\">Archaeology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Asian Studies\" href=\"east-asian-interdisciplinary-studies\">Asian Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Astronomy\" href=\"astronomy\">Astronomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology; Biotechnology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/biochemistry-molecular-biology\/\">Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology; Biotechnology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Biology\" href=\"biology\">Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Chemistry\" href=\"chemistry\">Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cinema &amp; Media Studies\" href=\"cinema-media-studies\">Cinema &amp; Media Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Classical Studies\" href=\"classical-studies\">Classical Studies <\/a>(includes Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Latin)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Computer Science\" href=\"computer-science\">Computer Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Core Curriculum\" href=\"core-curriculum\">Core Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Earth &amp; Environment\" href=\"earth-environment\">Earth &amp; Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Economics\" href=\"economics\">Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/elie-wiesel-center-for-jewish-studies\/\">Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of English\" href=\"english\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/department-of-european-studies\/\">European Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of History\" href=\"history\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of History of Art &amp; Environment\" href=\"history-art-architecture\">History of Art &amp; Architecture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/international-relations\/\">International Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/department-of-latin-american-interdisciplinary-studies\">Latin American Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/linguistics\/\">Linguistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/marine-science\">Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics\" href=\"mathematics-statistics-dept\">Mathematics &amp; Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Middle East &amp; North Africa Studies\" href=\"middle-east-north-africa-studies\">Middle East &amp; North Africa Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Muslim Studies\" href=\"muslim-studies\">Muslim Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Neuroscience\" href=\"neuroscience\">Neuroscience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Philosophy\" href=\"philosophy\">Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Physics\" href=\"physics\">Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Political Science\" href=\"political-science\">Political Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Psychology\" href=\"psychology\">Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Religion\" href=\"religion\">Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Romance Studies\" href=\"romance-studies\">Romance Studies<\/a> (includes French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/science-education\/\">Science Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Sociology\" href=\"sociology\">Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/women\u2019s-gender-sexuality-studies\/\">Women\u2019s, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Modern Languages &amp; Comparative Literature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/departments\/world-languages-literatures\/\">World Languages &amp; Literatures<\/a> (includes Arabic, Chinese, German, Hebrew, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Russian, Turkish)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/cas\/departments\/the-arts-sciences-writing-department\/\">Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College of Arts &amp; Sciences For an explanation of the codes frequently found in course descriptions, see the Abbreviations and Symbols section in this site. 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