Recommendations from Departments and Concentrations

Students interested in focusing their studies away from Macalester within their major, minor, and/or concentration can find recommendations from academic departments and concentrations below. Departments and concentrations have determined that these programs are well-aligned with their curricula and offer coursework that could be included in major, minor, and concentration coursework.

Departments Requiring Study Away

• Anthropology
• Asian Languages and Cultures
• Classical Mediterranean and Middle East
• French and Francophone Studies
• German Studies
• International Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Russian Studies
• Spanish & Portuguese

Other Departments and Concentrations

• African Studies
• American Studies
• Art and Art History
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Cognitive Science
• Community and Global Health
• Critical Theory
• Economics
• Educational Studies
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Food, Agriculture, and Society
• Geography
• Geology
• History
• Human Rights and Humanitarianism
• International Development
• Legal Studies
• Linguistics
• Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science (and Data Science)
• Media and Cultural Studies
• Middle Eastern and Islamic Civilization
• Music
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Physics & Astronomy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Sociology
• Theater and Dance
• Urban Studies
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies