Interdisciplinary Programs

Interdisciplinary Programs

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences offer a number of degree programs and undergraduate minors in addition to those housed in our academic departments. Many of these programs are interdisciplinary, drawing on faculty and courses from across departments and schools.

  Undergraduate Graduate

Program

Minor

BA

Certificate

MA

MS

PhD
African Studies

Director: James McCann
Address: 270 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-7303
Website: www.bu.edu/africa

 Minor   Certificate      
African American Studies

Director: Linda Heywood
Address: 138 Mountfort Street
Phone: 617-353-2795
Fax: 617-353-0455
Website: www.bu.edu/afam

 Minor     MA    
American & New England Studies

Director: Anita Patterson
Address: 226 Bay State Road (Room 106)
Phone: 617-353-2948
Fax: 617-353-2556
Website: www.bu.edu/amnesp

 Minor BA       PhD
Applied Linguistics

Email: linguist@bu.edu
Address: 96 Cummington Street, Room 246
Phone: 617-353-6197
Website: www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED

       MA   PhD
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Director: John L. Celenza
Address: 24 Cummington Street, Room 305
Phone: 617-353-2445
Website: www.bu.edu/biology/undergrad/programs
/biochem-molecular

   BA   MA    
Bioinformatics, Intercollegiate Program

Director: Scott Mohr
Address: 24 Cummington Street
Phone: 617-358-0752
Website: www.bu.edu/bioinformatics

         MS PhD
Biostatistics

Chair: Lisa Sullivan
Address: 715 Albany Street T-4E
Phone: 617-638-5172
Fax: 617-638-6484
Website: sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=38&Itemid=66

       MA   PhD
BUMP (BU Marine Program)

Director: Richard W. Murray
Address: 675 Commonwealth Avenue (Room 141A)
Phone: 617-358-4961
Fax: 617-353-3290
Website: www.bu.edu/bump

 Minor BA        
Cellular Biophysics

Director: M. Carter Cornwall
Address: 700 Albany Street
Phone: 617-638-4015
Fax: 617-638-4041
Website: biophysics.bumc.bu.edu

           PhD
Creative Writing

Director: Leslie Epstein
Address: 236 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-2510
Website: www.bu.edu/writing

       MFA    
East Asian Studies

Director: Joseph Fewsmith
Address: 156 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-6344
Fax: 617-353-5350
Website: www.bu.edu/asian/undergraduate/easprogram.html

 Minor BA        
Editorial Institute

Directors: Archie Burnett & Christopher Ricks
Address: 143 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-6631
Fax: 617-353-6917
E-mail: editinst@bu.edu
Website: www.bu.edu/editinst

       MA   PhD
Latin American Studies

Director: Strom Thacker
Address: 152 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-9279
Website: www.bu.edu/las/about

 Minor BA        
Linguistics

Head: Carol Neidle
Address: 621 Commonwealth Avenue
Phone: 617-353-6218
Website: ling.bu.edu

 Minor BA        
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry

Director: Ulla Hansen
Address: 5 Cummington Street (Room 105)
Phone: 617-353-2510
Fax: 617-353-6340
Website: www.bu.edu/mcbb

       MA   PhD
Muslim Societies & Civilizations

Director: Thomas J. Barfield
Address: 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 639
Phone: 617-358-4648
Fax: 617-358-4650
Website: www.bu.edu/smscinst

 Minor          
Neuroscience

GRADUATE PROGRAM
Director: Sandra Grasso
Address: 715 Albany Street
Phone: 617-358-1123

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Director of Undergraduate Academic Affairs: Paul Lipton
Address: 2 Cummington Street
Phone: 617-358-5150

Website: www.bu.edu/neuro/dept/neuro

   BA   MA   PhD
Preservation Studies

Director: Claire Dempsey
Address: 226 Bay State Road (Room 106)
Phone: 617-353-2948
Fax: 617-353-2556
Website: www.bu.edu/amnesp

       MA    
Religious & Theological Studies, Division of

Email: kcn@bu.edu
Address: 145 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-3060 or 617-358-4215
Fax: 617-353-3087
Website: www.bu.edu/drts

       MA   PhD
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Director: Igor Lukes
Address: 152 Bay State Road
Phone: : 617-353-9278
Phone (undergraduate enquiries):
617-353-5348

 Minor BA        
Sociology & Social Work

Director: Mary Collins
Address: 264 Bay State Road
Phone: 617-353-3750
Website: www.bu.edu/ssw/academic/phd

           PhD
Women’s Studies

Director: Shahla Haeri
Address: 704 Commonwealth Avenue
(Room 101)
Phone: 617-358-2370
Fax: 617-358-2369
Website: www.bu.edu/dbin/womenstudies

 Minor