New for 2025-26

Policy Changes / Clarifications

• Certain Conservatory courses are now eligible for educational incompletes, subject to instructor approval.

 View the policies on incomplete grades and educational incompletes.  

New Divisions / Departments / Programs

• Business Program  
• Data Science Program  
• Global Health Program  
• Integrated Arts Program  
• Music Theater Division  

Updates to Department / Program Names

• The Environmental Studies Program is now the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program .

New Degrees / Degree Programs

• Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Fine Arts Dual Degree Program  

New Areas of Study

• Business Major  
• Choral Conducting Minor  
• Data Science Major  
• Environmental Science Major  
• Global Health Major  
• Global Health Minor  
• Music Theater Major  
• Orchestral Conducting Minor  

Revised Areas of Study

• Archaeological Studies Major  
• Book Studies Minor  
• Chemistry Major  
• Cinema and Media Major  
• Classical Civilization Major  
• Creative Writing Major  
• Environmental Studies Major  
• Greek Language and Literature Major  
• Jewish Studies Major  
• Latin Language and Literature Major   
• Sociology Major  

Areas of Study No Longer Offered

Effective fall 2025, students will no longer be able to declare these programs. Students who declared these programs prior to fall 2025 may complete them.

• Global Health Integrative Concentration
  • Students may instead pursue a global health major  or a global health minor .

New Course Attributes

• Practicing Arts (PRAX)
  • Courses with the new degree attribute PRAX must include, as the primary form of pedagogy, an active, skills-based practice in the creative arts.
     See a list of courses with the PRAX attribute.  

New Course Types

• Integrated Arts (PRAX)
• Data Science (DATA)
  • STAT courses are now DATA courses
  • CSCI 144 is now DATA 101
• Environmental Studies and Sciences (EVSS)
  • ENVS courses are now EVSS courses
• Global Health (GLBH)
• Music Theater (MTHR)

New Courses

 View new courses for the 2025-26 course catalog.