Number of class offered at dartmouth

With or without a minor in another field, most majors call for between eight and 10 courses and a culminating project.

Degree Finder

Browse all undergraduate majors offered at Dartmouth.

Modified major

A modified major combines work in two subjects with emphasis on one—such as “economics modified with history”—to create a unified, coherent program of study.

Multiple majors

Students have the option to complete the requirements for two—or even three—distinct majors.

Special major

Special majors are student-designed programs of study involving two or more departments or programs and one to three terms of independent study or research.

When you add a minor to your academic portfolio, the options to tailor your studies to your interests are nearly limitless.

Plan your major

A concise guide to constructing and planning your Dartmouth program of study, provided by the Undergraduate Deans Office.

Courses and Calendars

Set your schedule. Dartmouth offers more than 2,100 undergraduate courses in the liberal arts.

Geisel white coat ceremony

PeiPei Soeung pinning a map

Kushal Jayakumar watches PeiPei Soeung ’26 pin her hometown on a global map during the Baker-Berry Library open house. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Student leaders prepare for first-year trips.

Members of the directorate meet last week in Sarner Underground to prepare for the first-year trips. From left, are Sarah Jewett ’23, a “Hanover Croo” captain, Claire Pingitore ’24, risk management coordinator, Brandon Zhou ’22, associate director, and Miles Harris ’23, “Klymbing Croo” captain. (Photo by Rob Strong ’04)

Tor Wager, Melanie Kos, Léo Henry, and Bogdan Petre

From left, standing, Professor Tor Wager, research assistant Léo Henry, and graduate student Bogdan Petre, Guarini ’24, look over a data analysis project by research assistant Melanie Kos ’20, seated. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

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Students participants in the "Methods in Ecology" lab wading into the White River to sample different kinds of stream habitats for benthic macroinvertebrates

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Associate Professor of Engineering Doug Van Citters ’99, Thayer ’03, ’06, and graduate student Rebecca Thomson ’20, Thayer ’21, conduct a failure analysis on an artificial knee at the Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Center for Orthopaedics. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)

Students writing on a whiteboard

“ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering” students Alex Witheiler ’24, Yuniza Limeta ’24, and Sofia Ispahani ’24, work to create a “whole system map” of their assigned product, a grill. The course is taught in the new Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)

Leah Prudence and Raquel Menella working in a lab

Leah Prudence (front), environmental studies graduate student, and Raquel Menella ’23, at work in the Environmental Science lab. (Photo by Lars Blackmore)