Majors and Minors

Contact Information and Websites



African American Studies (major, minor)
Department office: Crowe 5-128, 847-491-5122
Department website 
Department email: afas@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Mary Pattillo, m-pattillo@northwestern.edu
1810 Chicago Ave, 847-491-3409


African and Asian Languages Program 
(minor in Chinese Language and Culture, minor in Japanese Language and Culture)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program website
Program Director and DUS:
Li-cheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


African Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Program office: 620 Library Place, 847-491-7323
Program website
Program email: african-studies@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Will Reno, reno@northwestern.edu, 847-491-5794


American Studies (major)
Program office: 20 University Hall, 847-491-3525
Program website
Program email: amst@northwestern.edu
Program Director: 
Ivy Wilson, iwilson@northwestern.edu, 847-467-2192
Program Assistant: 
Natasha Dennison, n-dennison@northwestern.edu
20 University Hall, 847-491-3525


Anthropology (major, minor)
Department office: 1810 Hinman Ave, 847-491-5402
Department website
Department email: anthropology@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Helen B. Schwartzman, hsjsls@northwestern.edu
1810 Hinman, 847-491-4824


Art History (major, minor)
Department office: 3-400 Kresge, 847-491-3230 
Department website
Department email: art-history@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Hannah Feldman, h-feldman@northwestern.edu
3-400 Kresge, Phone: 847-491-7788


Art Theory and Practice (major)
Department office: 3-400 Kresge, 847-491-7346
Department website
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Stephen Reinke, s-reinke@northwestern.edu
3-400 Kresge, 847-491-7346


Asian American Studies (minor)
Program office: 1-435 Kresge, 847-467-7114
Program website
Program email: asianamerican@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Carolyn Chen, cechen@northwestern.edu, 847-467-4069


Asian Studies  (adjunct major and minor in Asian Studies, major in Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Administered by the Program in Asian and Middle East Studies; see below for options in Middle East Studies.
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program website
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Peter Carroll, p-carroll@northwestern.edu
216 Harris, 847-491-2753
Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu


Astronomy (see Physics)
Department office: Tech F219, 847-491-3685
Department website
Department email: physics-astronomy@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Vicky Kalogera, vicky@northwestern.edu
Dearborn 14, 847-491-5669


Biological Sciences (major)
Program office: 2-144 Hogan, 847-491-4031
Program website
Program Director: 
Richard F. Gaber, r-gaber@northwestern.edu
2-144 Hogan, 847-491-5452
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Gary J. Galbreath, gjg853@northwestern.edu
2-144 Hogan, 847-491-8775


Business Institutions  (minor)
see Kapnick Business Institutions Program


Catholic Studies (minor)
Department office: 5-179 Crowe, 847-491-5488
Department website
Department email: religion@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Cristina Traina, c-traina@northwestern.edu
5-179 Crowe Hall, 847-491-2938


Central and Southeastern European Studies (minor)
Department office: Crowe Hall 4-130, 847-491-5636
Department website
Department email: slavic@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Elisabeth Elliott, eelliott@northwestern.edu, 847-491-8082


Chemistry (major, minor)
Department office: K148 Tech, 847-491-5371 
Department website
Department email: info@chem.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Fred Northrup, f-northrup@northwestern.edu 
GG40 Tech, 847-491-7910


Chinese Language and Culture (minor)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program website
Program Director and Coordinator of Chinese Language Instruction:
Licheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


Classics (major, minor concentrations in Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies)
Department Office, Kresge 1-535, 847-491-7597
Department website
Department email:classics@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Jeanne Ravid, j-ravid@northwestern.edu
Kresge 1-510, 847-491-8043


Cognitive Science (major, minor)
Program office: 214 Swift, 847-467-2035
Program website
Program e-mail: cogsci@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Steve Franconeri, franconeri@northwestern.edu
317 Swift, 847-467-1259


Comparative Literary Studies (major in Comparative Literary Studies, minor in World Literature)
Department Office: 1-117 Crowe, 847-491-3864
Department website
Department email: complit@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Christopher Bush, c-bush@northwestern.edu
1-113 Crowe, 847-467-0958


Computer Science (major, minor)
Program office: Tech L359, 847-491-5410
B.A. program website
Concurrent M.S. program website
CS Curriculum Committee Chair:
Weinberg CS Director:
Yan Chen, ychen@northwestern.edu, Tech L459
Assistant Department Chair:
Goce Trajcevski, g-trajcevski@northwestern.edu, Tech L359
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, akuzma@cs.northwestern.edu


Critical Theory (minor)
Program office: 152 Kresge, 847-497-5413
Program website
Program Director:


Earth and Planetary Sciences (major, minor)
Department office: 309 Locy Hall, 847-491-3238
Department website
Department email: eps@earth.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:


Economics (major, minor)
Department office: 302 Anderson, 847-491-5140 
Department website
Department email: econ@northwestern.edu
Economics Advising Information
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Mark Witte, mwitte@northwestern.edu
309 Andersen, 847-491-8481


English (major, minor)
Department Office: 215 University Hall, 847-491-7294
Department website
Department email: english-dept@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Jay Grossman, j-grossman@northwestern.edu
305 University Hall, 847-491-7294


Environmental Policy and Culture (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-467-7980
Program website
Program Director: 
Yael Wolinsky, y-woli@northwestern.edu
601 University Place #305, 847-467-1156


Environmental Sciences (major)
Program Office: Technological Institute A139, ACBM Suite, 847-467-2976
Program website
Program email: environment@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Andrew Jacobson, adj@northwestern.edu
311A Locy Hall, 847-491-3132


Financial Economics (certificate)
Program office: Finance Department, Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Road, 847-467-4600
Program website
Program email: KelloggUndergrad@northwestern.edu 
Director, Kellogg School of Management Certificate Programs for Undergraduates: 
Jacobs Center, 847-467-0601


French (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-5490 
Department website
Department email: french-italian@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Dominique Licops, d-licops@northwestern.edu
Crowe 3-136, 847-491-8258


Gender Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Program Office: 2-321 Kresge, 847-491-5871
Program website
Program email: gender@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Amy Partridge, a-partridge@northwestern.edu
2-325 Kresge, 847-467-5871


Geography (adjunct major, minor)
Program office: 1810 Hinman, 847-491-2855
Program website
Program Chair: 
John Hudson, j-hudson@northwestern.edu
515 Clark St., #106, 847-491-2855


German (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-7249 
Department website 
Department email: german@northwestern.edu
Department Chair:
Peter Fenves, p-fenves@northwestern.edu
2-107 Crowe, 847-467-2966
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Jorg Kreienbrock, j-kreienbrock@northwestern.edu
2-550 Kresge, 847-491-8245


Global Health Studies (minor)
Program office: 1800 Sherman, 4-700, 847-467-6953
Program website
Program email: globalhealth@northwestern.edu 
Program Directors:
Devora Grynspan, devora@northwestern.edu
William Leonard, w-leonard1@northwestern.edu
Program Coordinator:
Greg Buchanan, g-buchanan@northwestern.edu, 847-467-7834


Hebrew Studies (minor)
Program office: Jewish Studies, 5-163 Crowe, 847-491-2612
Program website 
Program email: jewish-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director and DUS:
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, yps@northwestern.edu


History (major, minor)
Department office: 104 Harris Hall, 847-491-3406 
Department website
Department email: history@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Brodwyn Fischer, b-fischer@northwestern.edu
1881 Sheridan, 847-491-7557


Humanities (minor)
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Institute office: 2-360 Kresge, 847-491-7946 
Institute website
Institute email: hum@northwestern.edu
Director of the Institute:
S. Hollis Clayson, shc@northwestern.edu, 847-467-3970
Department Assistant:
Beverly Zeldin-Palmer, b-zeldin@northwestern.edu, 847-467-3970


Integrated Science (major)
Program Office: 616 Noyes Street, 847-491-7219 
Program website
Program email: infoisp@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Sonbinh Nguyen, ispdir@northwestern.edu
616 Noyes, 847-467-3347


International Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Program Office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program website
Program email: international-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director: 
Galya Ruffer, g-ruffer@northwestern.edu, 847-491-3759
Program Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu, 847-467-1934


Italian (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-5490 
Department website
Department email: french-italian@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Marco Ruffini, ruffini@northwestern.edu
Crowe 2-141, 847-491-8268


Japanese Language and Culture (minor)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program website
Program Director:
Li-cheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


Jewish Studies (major and minor in Jewish Studies, minor in Hebrew Studies)
Program office: 5-163 Crowe, 847-491-2612
Program website 
Program email: jewish-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director and DUS:
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, yps@northwestern.edu


Kapnick Business Institutions Program  (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-2706
Program website
Program e-mail: bip@northwestern.edu
Assistant Director: 
Lucy Millman, Lucym@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Mark Witte, mwitte@northwestern.edu


Latin American and Caribbean Studies (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program website
Department email: lacs@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Regina Grafe, grafe@northwestern.edu
1800 Sherman, Suite 106, 847-491-7557
Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu


Latina and Latino Studies (major and minor)
Program office: 1-435 Kresge, 847-467-3980 
Program website
Program email: latinao-studies@northwestern.edu 
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Frances Aparicio, frances-aparicio@northwestern.edu
1-427 Kresge, 847-467-3982


Legal Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Center for Legal Studies office: 1-107 Crowe, 847-467-2207
Center website
Program e-mail: legalstudies@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Joanna Grisinger, joanna.grisinger@northwestern.edu
1-111 Crowe


Linguistics (major, minor)
Department office: 2016 Sheridan Road, 847-491-7020
Department website
Department email: linguistics@northwestern.edu
Directors of Undergraduate Studies:
Stefan Kaufmann, kaufmann@northwestern.edu
2016 Sheridan Road, #10, 847-491-5779


Managerial Analytics (certificate)
Program office: Finance Department, Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Road, 847-467-4600
Program website
Program email: KelloggUndergrad@northwestern.edu
Director, Kellogg School of Management Certificate Programs for Undergraduates:
Carol Henes, c-henes@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jacob Center #252, 847-467-0601


Materials Science (major, minor)
Program office: 2220 Campus Dr, 847-491-3537
Program website
Program email: matsci@northwestern.edu
Program Director: 
Thomas Mason, t-mason@northwestern.edu


Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (adjunct major)
Program office: 1-340 Kresge Hall, 847-491-3574
Program website
Program email: mmss@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
William Rogerson, wrogerson@northwestern.edu 


Mathematics (major, minor)
Department office: Lunt 201, 847-491-3298
Department website
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Michael Stein, dus@math.northwestern.edu
Lunt 308, 847-491-3299


Middle East Studies (adjunct major and minor in Middle East Studies, major in Middle East Languages and Civilizations)
Administered by the Program in Asian and Middle East Studies; see above for options in Asian Studies.
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program website
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Peter Carroll, p-carroll@northwestern.edu
216 Harris, 847-491-2753
Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu


Philosophy (major, minor)
Department office: 2-335 Kresge, 847-491-3656
Department website
Department email: philosophy@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Axel Mueller, muell@northwestern.edu
Kresge 3-320, 847-491-2558


Physics (major, minor)
Department office: Tech F219, 847-491-3685
Department website
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Vicky Kalogera, vicky@northwestern.edu
Dearborn 14, 847-491-5669


Political Science (major, minor)
Department office: 241 Scott Hall, 847-491-7450
Department website
Department email: pol-sci@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Andrew Roberts, aroberts@northwestern.edu, 847-491-2636


Portuguese (minor in Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures) (see Spanish and Portuguese)
Department office: 1-141 Crowe, 847-491-8249
Department website
Department email: spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Emily Maguire, e-maguire@northwestern.edu
1-141 Crowe


Psychology (major, minor)
Department office: Swift 102, 847-491-5190 
Department website 
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Karl Rosengren, k-rosengren@northwestern.edu
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies: 
Joan Linsenmeier, j-linsenmeier@northwestern.edu


Religious Studies (major and minor in Religious Studies, minor in Catholic Studies)
Department office: 5-179 Crowe, 847-491-5488
Department website
Department email: religion@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Sarah Taylor, sarah@northwestern.edu
4-144 Crowe, 847-491-4361


Science in Human Culture (adjunct major, minor)
Program office: 20 University Hall, 847-491-3525
Program website
Program email: shc-program@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Steven Epstein, s-epstein@northwestern.edu, 847-491-5536
Program Assistant: 
Natasha Dennison, n-dennison@northwestern.edu
20 University Hall, 847-491-3525


Slavic Languages and Literature 
(major in Slavic Languages and Literatures, minor concentrations in Russian
and in Slavic Studies, minor in Central and Southeastern European Studies)
Department office: Crowe Hall 4-130, 847-491-5636
Department website
Department email: slavic@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Elisabeth Elliott, eelliott@northwestern.edu, 847-491-8082


Sociology (major, minor)
Department office: 1810 Chicago Avenue, 847-491-5415
Department website
Department e-mail: sociol@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Leslie McCall, l-mccall@northwestern.edu
1812 Chicago Ave., Rm 305, 847-467-1327


Spanish and Portuguese (major and minor in Spanish, minor in Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures)
Department office: 1-141 Crowe, 847-491-8249
Department website
Department email: spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Emily Maguire, e-maguire@northwestern.edu
1-141 Crowe


Statistics (major, minor)
Department office: 2006 Sheridan Road, 847-491-3974
Department website
Department email: stats@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Sandy Zabell, zabell@math.northwestern.edu
2006 Sheridan Rd #103, 847-491-5564 or 847-491-5752


Transportation and Logistics (minor)
Transportation Center Office: 600 Foster Street, 847-491-7287
Department website
For general information, contact:
Diana Marek, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs
d-marek@northwestern.edu, 847-491-2280


Urban Studies (adjunct major)
Program office: 1810 Chicago Avenue, 847-491-3804 
Department website
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Albert Hunter, ahunter@northwestern.edu 
1812 Chicago Ave #201, 847-491-3804


World Literature (minor)
Department Office: 1-117 Crowe, 847-491-3864
Department website
Department email: complit@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Christopher Bush, c-bush@northwestern.edu
1-113 Crowe, 847-467-0958


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