38 BA Degree Programs in Harrison USA

The Gender Studies program, which offers a major leading to the BA as well as a minor, examines gender and sexuality from a variety of approaches, from anthropology to psychology, literature to performance.

A Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History is an undergraduate degree program that focuses on the study of human history, societies, cultures, and events. The program typically spans four years and is offered by various colleges and universities worldwide.

A Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary degree program that focuses on understanding and addressing environmental issues from various perspectives, including scientific, social, political, and economic aspects. This program typically spans four years and is offered by many colleges and universities worldwide.

We’ve never had more tools at our disposal to communicate with each other than we do right now. Communicating effectively, though – and being able to command the attention of an audience at a time when everybody is trying to get their own message out there, too – becomes more challenging all the time. You’ll gain those skills at Manhattanville, where our curriculum emphasizes media studies, including media history, theory, criticism, law, ethics, and digital production. And you’ll be just 30 miles from New York City, home to countless print, broadcast, and online media outlets. Manhattanville students routinely put the lessons they learned here to work: Our students have recently interned or have been hired by ABC News, ABC News Radio, CNN America, CNBC, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nickelodeon, The Colbert Report, Sirius XM Radio, The Creative Group, The Creators Project, Seventeen Magazine, Music Choice, and Viacom.

At Purchase, history isn’t just about knowing what has happened; it’s about understanding it. It’s about figuring out how society works and where we fit into it. If you’re looking to untangle the complexities of the world, a major in history might just be for you. Far more than the mere memorization of dates and events, history is a living world waiting for us to set it free.

Economics is our drive, our struggle, our passion, our world. Economics almost seems like magic. It’s part mathematics, part sociology, part psychology, and part clairvoyance. It’s people trying to predict future trends and human behavior in an ever changing world. And it’s everywhere. At Purchase, we want you to come away not thinking about big banks and Wall Street, but about scarcity, poverty, freedom, and equality. 

Anthropology is the most cutting-edge and interdisciplinary field in the social sciences. Anthropology is the study of culture and what it means to be human. We examine everyday life and ways of thinking that shape our identities. Most importantly, we look at the wide diversity of identities within and across cultures, globally. In no other field do you have the freedom to combine the mind-shifting experiences that come with deep immersion in a foreign culture with political action, philosophical meditation, creative writing, new exciting theories, video production, and music performances.

In an increasingly complicated world, where the very idea of objective truth is being challenged, it falls to journalists to dig, untangle, and tell us what’s going on … before the facts are brushed away. As a journalism major, you’ll learn how to gather, assess, and disseminate information and ideas. You’ll be challenged to find new ways of thinking, and new ways of approaching problems.

It’s the molecular basis of life, disease and immunity, heredity and evolution, and the Earth’s ecological balance. It’s everything…and it’s exciting. Studying biology at Purchase puts you at the center of the dramatic advances in this rapidly expanding field. You’ll actively participate in your education and you’ll study and pursue research with accomplished faculty.

To respond to the changing demands of communication professionals, we provide students with skills and knowledge in TV production, public relations, and advertising. Although Purchase College has several majors related to media and communication, what sets this degree apart from others is that it helps students gain practical skills they can use in the creation and sale of television entertainment and corporate products and services and provides an integrated approach to the study of content production, public relations, and advertising.

Arts managers play critical roles supporting and sustaining artists, events, and organizations devoted to creative expression. The Arts Management program provides training for anyone passionate about sharing the arts with the world. We equip arts management graduates with the knowledge, skills, experience, and confidence to pursue advanced study in arts management or to flourish in careers within the arts, entertainment, and other creative industries.

Explore and expand your understanding of the world and learn about Asia.The Asian studies minor at Purchase provides students with broad interests a structured way to engage in a rigorous cross-disciplinary educational experience. With courses in anthropology, art history, Chinese language, cinema and television studies, history, literature, philosophy, political science, and theatre and performance as options, you can create a college experience beyond established borders.

The art history program at Purchase College provides a unique experience in the examination of visual art and culture through an abundance of course offerings spanning a vast range of periods and geographies; exceptional local resources; and a strong emphasis on research and writing skills. Grounded in the sensitive analysis of images, objects, and critical texts, the art history faculty’s approaches to the field create a deeper sense of art’s historical and cultural significance.

Explore the art, technology, and social power of the moving image. Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image. With an international and inclusive curriculum, we approach film and television as art forms and industries that have shaped the modern world, and regard our critical discipline as actively engaging with social change today.

Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image.