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African Studies
African Studies Adjunct Major
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Applied Physics PhD Program
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Art History
Art History Major
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Art History PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Arts, Culture and Expression; ;Global and Intercultural Studies; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Art Theory and Practice
Art Theory and Practice Major
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Art Theory and Practice MFA Program
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;Arts, Creative Expression and Humanities;
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Asian American Studies Major
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Asian Languages and Cultures
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Biological Sciences Major
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Critical Theory Minor
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International Studies Adjunct Major
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor
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Materials Science Minor
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Middle East and North African (MENA) Studies
Middle East and North African Studies Major
Middle East and North African Studies Minor
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Molecular Biosciences
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Quantitative and Systems Biology (QSB) MS Program
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;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Math, Data and Computation; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
Neurobiology
Neuroscience Major
Neurobiology MS Program
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;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Brain and Mind; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN)
Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) PhD Program
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;Brain and Mind; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
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Philosophy Major
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Physics Major
Physics Minor
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Physics PhD Program
Physics MS Program
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;Math, Data and Computation; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
Plant Biology and Conservation
Plant Biology & Conservation BA/MS Program
Plant Biology and Conservation PhD Program
Plant Biology and Conservation MS Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Earth and the Environment; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
Political Science
Political Science Major
Political Science Minor
Political Science PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Global and Intercultural Studies; ;Policy, Economics and Business; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Psychology
Psychology Major
Psychology Minor
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (CAN) PhD Program
Clinical Psychology PhD Program
Cognitive Psychology PhD Program
Personality, Development, and Health PhD Program
Social Psychology PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Brain and Mind; ;Math, Data and Computation; ;Physical and Life Sciences;
Religious Studies
Religious Studies Major
Religious Studies Minor
Catholic Studies Minor
Religious Studies PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Langauges and Literatures; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES)
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;Undergraduate;
;Arts, Culture and Expression; ;Global and Intercultural Studies; ;Langauges and Literatures; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Science in Human Culture
Science in Human Culture Adjunct Major
Science in Human Culture Minor
;Undergraduate;
;Arts, Culture and Expression; ;Global and Intercultural Studies; ;Langauges and Literatures; ;Physical and Life Sciences; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Russian Language, Literature and Culture Major
Russian and East European Studies Major
Slavic Languages and Literatures PhD Program
Slavic Languages and Literatures MA Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Arts, Culture and Expression; ;Global and Intercultural Studies; ;Langauges and Literatures; ;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Sociology
Sociology Major
Sociology Minor
Sociology PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Social and Historical Inquiry;
Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish Major
Portuguese Minor
Spanish Minor
Spanish and Portuguese PhD Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
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Statistics and Data Science
Data Science Major
Statistics Major
Data Science Minor
Statistics Minor
Statistics Combined BA (or BS)/MS Program
Statistics and Data Science PhD Program
Statistics and Data Science MS Program
;Undergraduate; ;Graduate or Doctoral;
;Math, Data and Computation;