The Department of Art offers a dynamic and challenging learning environment that emphasizes interdisciplinary research as well as artistic production.

The Department of Classics explores all aspects of Greek and Roman culture -- the fountainhead of the Western experience.

The Department of Comparative Literature takes a global approach to the study of literature, crossing national and cultural boundaries -- from ancient to modern times.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies is dedicated to the study of the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea in all their richness and diversity.

The Department of English offers a curriculum that traverses historical eras and global boundaries to explore various literatures and critical approaches to them.

The Department of Film and Media Studies is the place for those with a passion for the large screen and the small screen.

The study of French or Italian is an intellectual adventure that leads to the core of Western civilization.

“As many languages as one speaks, as many times one is a human being.”  ~German Philosopher Franz Rosenzweig

History teaches a way of thinking, a way of questioning, and a way of wondering about the world -- because the past is never really fixed.

The Department of History of Art and Architecture stresses global perspectives and intercultural exchanges, augmenting its long-established strengths in European and Non-Western creative traditions.

The Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies examines the people and cultures of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries throughout the world.

The Department of Linguistics is on the cutting edge of scholarship in a field that seeks explanations for language as a fundamental human activity.

Media Arts and Technology is a transdisciplinary graduate program that fuses emergent media, computer science, engineering, electronic music and digital art research, practice, production, and theory.

The Department of Music is a leader in its field, training distinguished scholars as well as prize-winning composers and performers.

The Department of Philosophy explores the frontiers of today’s philosophical research as well as the history of philosophy, spanning thousands of years.

The Department of Religious Studies is the largest such department in the University of California system, and one of the most diverse in the world.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is devoted to the literatures, cultures, and languages of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

The Department of Theater and Dance encourages creative self-expression and critical thinking via intensive, conservatory-style training for actors and dancers.

The Writing Program approaches writing as a living practice that evolves and adapts itself across the range of human endeavor to meet society’s needs.