College Degree Programs in Springfield MA area

Hampshire College, Amherst:
Hampshire College in Amherst, Western Massachusetts, is a private liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts degree & Certificate programs in a variety of career fields, from microbiology to filmmaking, social entrepreneurship to quantum physics. Hampshire College draws on the resources of four other nearby institutions —Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst—which together form the Five College consortium, one of the oldest and largest in the country.

Undergraduate Degree Programs:
Instead of freshman year, sophomore year, and so on, Hampshire students qualify for a Bachelor of Arts degree by completing a full-time program composed of three levels, or divisions, of study. The underlying philosophy: after exploring widely and deeply, students become the architects and builders of their own academic programs.

The following areas of study are intended as samples and do not reflect all possible courses and programs; all Hampshire students design their own areas of concentration in close concert with faculty committees.

Bachelor Degree Programs:
- African-American Studies
- Agriculture
- American Studies
- Animal Behavior
- Animation and Digital Art
- Anthropology/Archaeology
- Applied Design
- Architecture/Environmental Design
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Astronomy
- Biological/Life Sciences
- Business/Entrepreneurship
- Chemistry
- Childhood, Youth, and Learning
- Cognitive Science
- Communications/Media Studies
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Culture, Brain, and Development
- Dance
- Digital Media
- Economics
- Environmental Studies/Sustainability
- Film/Video/Photography
- Geology
- Globalization/Third World Studies
- Health/Premedical Studies
- History
- International Relations
- Jewish Studies
- Journalism
- Latin American Studies
- Legal Studies
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Marine Science
- Mathematics
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Music
- Native American Studies
- Neuroscience
- Peace and World Security Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Queer Studies
- Religion
- Social Change
- Sociology
- Southwest Studies
- Studio/Visual Arts
- Theatre
- Women's Studies
- World Language
- Writing

Certificate Programs (similar to a minor)
- African Studies
- Culture
- Health and Science
- International Relations
- Latin American
- Caribbean and Latino Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies
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