Academics
The Liberal Arts
Pomona’s liberal arts education equips you to go beyond the status quo and stake out new directions.
Our Faculty
When class size averages 15 and the student faculty ratio is 8:1, bonds are bound to be tight. Pomona offers access to some of the best professors in the world.
Outside the Classroom
Learning at Pomona often happens outside the classroom through hands-on experiences in research, internships and community engagement.
Global Learning
Actively engage with the world through a wide range of academic and co-curricular opportunities that take place on campus and globally.
Majors & Minors
All disciplines offer a minor, except those denoted by an asterisk. The links below lead to more information about each major; visit our departments page to go directly to department websites.
- Africana Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Art
- Art History
- Asian American Studies
- Asian Studies
- Astronomy**
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies
- Chinese
- Classics
- Cognitive Science
- Computer Science
- Dance
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Analysis*
- French
- Gender & Women's Studies
- Geology
- German Studies
- History
- International Relations*
- Japanese
- Late Antique-Medieval Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Media Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Molecular Biology*
- Music
- Neuroscience*
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics*
- Physics & Astronomy
- Politics
- Psychological Science
- Public Policy Analysis*
- Religious Studies
- Romance Languages & Literatures*
- Russian
- Russian & Eastern European Studies*
- Science, Technology & Society
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theatre
*Disciplines that only offer a major and not a minor.
**Astronomy is offered via three tracks within the Physics major and is not a separate major.
Academics by the Numbers
Pre-Professional Preparation
While Pomona College does not offer majors in Prehealth, Pre-Law or Pre-Engineering, we do provide guidance for students interested in these paths.
Information on our Prehealth site outlines the range of health professions (including medical, veterinary, dental, etc.), how to prepare (including which courses to take), how to apply to health profession programs, and how to reach out for one-on-one advising appointments. Our Pre-Law page offers information on resources and advisors whom you can speak with.
Pomona offers two combined Pre-Engineering programs with other universities: the 3-2 Plan in Engineering: California Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis, and the 2-1-1-1 Dual Degree in Engineering with the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.