Colleges and Universities
- 9041
- Division of Continuing Education
- Providing access to the academic resources of the University to part-time students, to local, national, and international businesses, and to the general community. Online courses are available.
- 9042
- College of Social and Behavioral Science
- One of the largest colleges at Amherst, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences helps thousands of students achieve an understanding of culture, society, psychological perspectives, and individual behavior.
- 9045
- Social Thought and Political Economy Program
- Encouraging students to engage in a critical examination of society and to develop their own capacities for critical reading, writing, and thinking.
- 9046
- The College of Humanities and Fine Arts
- Offering many degrees in foreign languages, literature, history, performing arts, and writing.
- 9048
- Art History Program
- Providing students the opportunity to explore that aspect of human creative endeavor which has been expressed through the visual arts.
- 9049
- Asian Languages and Literatures Department
- Created in 1969 with the mission of educating students with a knowledge and understanding of Asian cultures in the hopes it will carry us a long way toward world peace.
- 9050
- Comparative Literature Department
- A wide-ranging and rigorous approach in the exploration of techniques of critical reading and interpretation to the development of theoretical perspectives.
- 9053
- French and Italian Studies Department
- Offers the undergraduate major and minor as well as graduate degrees, strengthened by study abroad programs in both France and Italy, offering the student the opportunity to achieve linguistic proficiency and in-depth expertise in the chosen field.
- 9054
- Journalism Department
- A distinguished faculty composed of award-winning journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize winner.
- 9055
- Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department
- Founded nearly twenty-five years ago to cultivate an appreciation of the historic role played by Jewish culture in the development of human civilization.