Areas of Study

While the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at Penn (LPS) will serve as the "home division," PBUG students also have access to a broad range of undergraduate courses up to the 599 level in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS). Courses are offered in more than 50 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs, during the day and evening, so you can create the schedule that works best for you for your post undergraduate education.

To explore course offerings and faculty information, please click on the links below. LPS course offerings can be viewed in our online course guide.

• African Studies
• Africana Studies
• Ancient History
• Anthropology 
• Architecture 
• Asian American Studies (Minor) 
• Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  Please see East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
• Biochemistry
• Biological Basis of Behavior 
• Biology 
• Biophysics
• Chemistry
• Cinema Studies
• Classical Studies
• Cognitive Science
• Communication
• Comparative Literature
• Criminology
• East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• East Asian Studies 
• Earth and Environmental Science (see Geology or Environmental Studies)
• Economics 
• *English 
• *Environmental Studies 
• Fine Arts 
• French Studies
• Gender, Culture and Society 
• Geology 
• Germanic Languages and Literatures 
• Health and Societies
• Hispanic Studies 
• History
• History of Art
• History and Sociology of Science
• *Humanities - please see below
• Individualized Major
• International Relations
• Italian Studies
• Jewish Studies
• Latin American and Latino Studies
• Linguistics 
• Logic, Information and Computation 
• Mathematics 
• Modern Middle East Studies 
• Music
• Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
• Philosophy 
• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Physics and Astronomy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Romance Languages - French, Italian, and Hispanic Studies (Spanish)
• Science, Technology and Society
• Slavic Languages and Literature
• *Social Sciences - please see below
• Sociology
• South Asia Studies
• Theatre Arts
• Urban Studies
• Visual Studies
• Women's Studies

For a full description of these programs and of day courses, students should request the "Course Register" available from the LPS office, or visit www.upenn.edu/registrar/.