Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
WCAS NU

Majors and Minors in Weinberg College Contact Information



African American Studies (major, minor)
Department office: Crowe 5-128, 847-491-5122
Department webpage: http://www.afam.northwestern.edu/
Department email: afas@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Martha Biondi, m-biondi@northwestern.edu
5-107 Crowe, 847-491-4806


African and Asian Languages Program
(minor in Chinese Language and Culture, minor in Japanese Language and Culture)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/paal/
Program Director:
Li-cheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


African Studies (minor)
Program office: 620 Library Place, 847-491-7323
Program webpage: http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/
Program email: african-studies@northwestern.edu
Directors of Undergraduate Studies:
Will Reno, reno@northwestern.edu, 847-467-1574
Jeff Rice, j-rice2@northwestern.edu, 847-491-7323


American Studies (major)
Program office: 20 University Hall, 847-491-3525
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/amstp/
Program email: amst@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Kate Baldwin, k-baldwin@northwestern.edu
Program Assistant:
Natasha Dennison, n-dennison@northwestern.edu
20 University Hall, 847-491-3525


Anthropology (major, minor)
Department office: 1810 Hinman Ave, 847-491-5402
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/anthropology
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Helen B. Schwartzman, hsjsls@northwestern.edu
1810 Hinman, 847-491-5402


Art History (major, minor)
Department office: 3-400 Kresge, 847-491-3230
Department webpage: http://www.arthistory.northwestern.edu
Department email: art-history@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Christina Kiaer, c-kiaer@northwestern.edu
3-400 Kresge, Phone: 847-467-5795


Art Theory and Practice (major)
Department office: 3-400 Kresge, 847-491-7346
Department webpage: http://www.art.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Pamela Bannos, pbannos@northwestern.edu
3-400 Kresge, 847-491-8774


Asian American Studies (minor)
Program office: 1-435 Kresge, 847-467-7114
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/asianamerican/
Program email: asianamerican@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Ji-Yeon Yuh, jinah-kim@northwestern.edu, 847-467-3981


Asian and Middle East Studies
(adjunct major and minor in Asian and Middle East Studies,
major in Asian and Middle East Languages and Civilizations)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program webpage: http://www.asian-studies.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/
Program Director:
Peter Carroll, p-carroll@northwestern.edu, 847-491-2753


Astronomy (see Physics)
Department office: Tech F219, 847-491-3685
Department webpage: http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/
Department email: physics-astronomy@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Vicky Kalogera, vicky@northwestern.edu
Dearborn 14, 847-491-5669


Biological Sciences (major)
Program office: 2-144 Hogan, 847-491-4031
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/biosci/
Program Director:
Richard F. Gaber, r-gaber@northwestern.edu
2-144 Hogan, 847-491-5452
Associate Director of the Program:
Gary J. Galbreath, gjg853@northwestern.edu
2-144 Hogan, 847-491-8775


Business Institutions (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-2706
Program webpage: http://www.northwestern.edu/bip/
Program e-mail: bip@northwestern.edu
Assistant Director:
Lucy Millman, Lucym@northwestern.edu
Program Assistant:
Cindy Firman, c-firman@northwestern.edu


Central and Southeastern European Studies (minor)
Department office: Crowe Hall 4-130, 847-491-5636
Department webpage: http://www.slavic.northwestern.edu/
Department email: slavic@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Susan McReynolds Oddo, s-mcreynolds@northwestern.edu
4-113 Crowe Hall, 847-467-2754


Chemistry (major, minor)
Department office: K148 Tech, 847-491-5371
Department webpage: http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/
Department email: info@chem.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Fred Northrup, f-northrup@northwestern.edu
GG40 Tech, 847-461-7910


Chinese Language and Culture (minor)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/paal/
Program Director and Coordinator of Chinese Language Instruction:
Licheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


Classics (major, minor concentrations in Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies)
Department Office, Kresge 1-535, 847-491-7597
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/classics/
Department email:classics@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Jeanne Ravid, j-ravid@northwestern.edu
Kresge 1-510, 847-491-8043


Cognitive Science (major, minor)
Program office: 214 Swift, 847-467-2035
Program webpage: http://www.cogsci.northwestern.edu
Program e-mail: cogsci@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Steve Franconeri, franconeri@northwestern.edu
317 Swift, 847-467-1259


Comparative Literary Studies (major)
Department Office: 1-117 Crowe, 847-491-3864
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/complit/
Department email: cls@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Michal Ginsburg, m-ginsburg@northwestern.edu, 847-491-8261


Formerly COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Computer Science (major, minor)
Program office: Tech L359, 847-491-5410
Program webpage: http://www.eecs.northwestern.edu/academics/undergraduate/degrees/cscurriculum/cis/
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Peter Dinda, cis-director@eecs.northwestern.edu, Tech L463
CS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Chair:
Yan Chen, cs-curriculum-chair@eecs.northwestern.edu, Tech L459
Assistant Department Chair:
Goce Trajcevski, g-trajcevski@northwestern.edu, Tech L359


Critical Theory (minor)
Program office: 152 Kresge, 847-497-5413
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/criticaltheory/
Program Director:
Alex Weheliye, a-weheliye@northwestern.edu


Drama (major)
Program office: 215 University Hall, 847-497-1987
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/drama/
Program Director:
William West, w-west@northwestern.edu, 847-497-1345
Associate Director:
Thomas Simpson, ths907@northwestern.edu


Earth and Planetary Sciences (major, minor)
Department office: 309 Locy Hall, 847-491-3238
Department webpage: http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/
Department email: eps@earth.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Andrew Jacobson, adj@northwestern.edu


Economics (major, minor)
Department office: 302 Anderson, 847-491-5140
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/econ/
Department email: econ@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Mark Witte, mwitte@northwestern.edu
309 Andersen, 847-491-8481


English (major, minor)
Department Office: 215 University Hall, 847-491-7294
Department webpage: http://www.english.northwestern.edu/
Department email: english-dept@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Julia Stern, j-stern3@northwestern.edu
415 University Hall, 847-491-3530


Environmental Policy and Culture (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-467-1156
Program webpage: http://www.cas.northwestern.edu/epc/
Program Director:
Yael Wolinsky, y-woli@northwestern.edu
601 University Place #305, 847-467-1156


Environmental Sciences (major)
Program Office: 515 Clark, 847-467-4252
Program website: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/esep/
Program Advisers:
John Hudson, j-hudson@northwestern.edu
1810 Hinman 56, 847-491-2855
Kimberly Gray, k-gray@northwestern.edu
Tech A322, 847-467-4252


European Studies (major)
Program office: 1881 Sheridan Rd., #204, 847-491-2877
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/eurostudies/
Program Director:
Benjamin Frommer, b-frommer@northwestern.edu
1881 Sheridan Rd #301, 847-491-2877


Evolutionary Processes (minor)
Program office: 2-160 Hogan Hall, 847-467-1686
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/evolution/index.htm
Program Director:
Teresa Horton, thorton@northwestern.edu
2-144 Hogan Hall, 847-467-1686


Film & Media Studies (minor)
Program webpage: http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/programs/minor_film_media_studies/
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Roberta Stack, r-stack@northwestern.edu, 847-491-7214


Financial Economics (certificate)
Program office: Finance Department, Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Road, 847-467-4600
Program webpage: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/
Program email: KelloggUndergrad@northwestern.edu
Director, Kellogg School of Management Certificate Programs for Undergraduates:
Carol Henes, c-henes@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jacobs Center, 847-467-0601


French (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-5490
Department webpage: http://www.frenchanditalian.northwestern.edu/
Department email: french-italian@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Nasrin Qader, n-qader@northwestern.edu
Crowe 2-129, 847-491-8263


Gender Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Program Office: 2-321 Kresge, 847-491-5871
Program webpage: http://www.genderstudies.northwestern.edu/
Program email: gender@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Ann Orloff, a-orloff@northwestern.edu
2-321 Kresge, 847-491-5871
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Amy Partridge, a-partridge@northwestern.edu
2-360 Kresge, 847-467-5871


Geography (adjunct major, minor)
Program office: 1810 Hinman, 847-491-2855
Program webpage: http://www.geography.northwestern.edu/
Program Chair:
John Hudson, j-hudson@northwestern.edu
515 Clark St., #106, 847-491-2855


Geological Sciences
see Earth and Planetary Sciences


German (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-7249
Department webpage: http://www.german.northwestern.edu
Department email: german@northwestern.edu
Department Chair:
Franziska Lys, flys@northwestern.edu
2-101 Crowe, 847-491-8298


Global Health Studies (minor)
Program office: 1800 Sherman, 4-700, 847-467-6953
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/globalhealth/
Program email: globalhealth@northwestern.edu
Program Directors:
Devora Grynspan, devora@northwestern.edu
Program Coordinator:
Greg Buchanan, g-buchanan@northwestern.edu, 847-467-7834


History (major, minor)
Department office: 1800 Sherman, Suite 106, 847-491-3406
Department webpage: http://www.history.northwestern.edu/
Department email: history@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Brodwyn Fischer, b-fischer@northwestern.edu


Humanities (minor)
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Institute office: 2-360 Kresge, 847-491-7946
Institute webpage: http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/
Institute email: hum@northwestern.edu
Director of the Center (on leave 2009-10):
S. Hollis Clayson, shc@northwestern.edu, 847-467-3970
Interim Director for 2009-2010:
Wendy Wall, w-wall@northwestern.edu, 847-467-1545
Department Assistant:
Beverly Zeldin-Palmer, b-zeldin@northwestern.edu, 847-467-3970


Integrated Science (major)
Program Office: 616 Noyes Street, 847-491-7219
Program webpage: http://www.isp.northwestern.edu/
Program email: infoisp@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Sonbinh Nguyen, ispdir@northwestern.edu
616 Noyes, 847-467-3347


International Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Program Office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/internationalstudies/
Program email: international-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Galya Ruffer, g-ruffer@northwestern.edu, 847-491-3759
Program Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu, 847-467-1934


Italian (major, minor)
Department office: 2-375 Kresge, 847-491-5490
Department webpage: http://www.frenchanditalian.northwestern.edu/
Department email: french-italian@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Nasrin Qader, n-qader@northwestern.edu
Kresge 2-375, 847-491-8263


Japanese Language and Culture (minor)
Program office: 4-400 Kresge, 847-491-5288
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/paal/
Program Director:
Licheng Gu, l-gu3@northwestern.edu
4-374 Kresge, 847-491-2760


Jewish Studies (major, minor)
Program office: 5-163 Crowe, 847-491-2612
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/jewish-studies/
Program email: jewish-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director and DUS:
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, yps@northwestern.edu


Latin American and Caribbean Studies (minor)
Program office: 2010 Sheridan, 847-491-7980
Program website: www.wcas.northwestern.edu/lacs/
Department email: lacs@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Brodwyn Fischer, b-fischer@northwestern.edu
1800 Sherman, Suite 106, 847-491-7557
Assistant Director:
Bianca Ramirez, b-ramirez@northwestern.edu
Program Assistant:
Victoria Schiffman, v-schiffman@northwestern.edu


Latina and Latino Studies (major and minor)
Program office: 1-435 Kresge, 847-467-3980
Program website: http://www.latinostudies.northwestern.edu/
Program email: latinao-studies@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Nancy MacLean, nkm050@northwestern.edu


Legal Studies (adjunct major, minor)
Center for Legal Studies office: 1-107 Crowe, 847-467-2207
Center webpage: http://www.northwestern.edu/legalstudies/
Program e-mail: legalstudies@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Laura Beth Nielsen, l-nielsen@northwestern.edu
1810 Chicago, 847-491-3718
Program Assistant:
Magaly Dietz, m-cordero2@northwestern.edu


Linguistics (major, minor)
Department office: 2016 Sheridan Road, 847-491-7020
Department webpage: http://www.linguistics.northwestern.edu/
Department email: linguistics@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Stefan Kaufmann, kaufmann@northwestern.edu
2016 Sheridan Road, #303, 847-491-5779


Managerial Analytics (certificate)
Program office: Finance Department, Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Road, 847-467-4600
Program webpage: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/
Program email: KelloggUndergrad@northwestern.edu
Director, Kellogg School of Management Certificate Programs for Undergraduates:
Carol Henes, c-henes@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jacob Center, 847-467-0601


Materials Science (major, minor)
Program office: 2220 Campus Dr, 847-491-3537
Program webpage: http://www.matsci.northwestern.edu/
Program email: matsci@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Thomas Mason, t-mason@northwestern.edu


Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (adjunct major)
Program office: 1-346 Kresge Hall, 847-491-3574
Program webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/mmss/
Program email: mmss@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
William Rogerson, wrogerson@northwestern.edu


Mathematics (major, minor)
Department office: Lunt 201, 847-491-3298
Department webpage: http://www.math.northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Michael Stein, dus@math.northwestern.edu
Lunt 308, 847-491-3299


Philosophy (major, minor)
Department office: 2-335 Kresge, 847-491-3656
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/philosophy/
Department email: philosophy@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Rachel Zuckert, r-zuckert@northwestern.edu
Kresge 2-335, 847-491-5293


Physics (major, minor)
Department office: Tech F219, 847-491-3685
Department webpage: http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Vicky Kalogera, vicky@northwestern.edu
Dearborn 14, 847-491-5669


Political Science (major, minor)
Department office: 241 Scott Hall, 847-491-7450
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/polisci/
Department email: pol-sci@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Reuel Rogers, r-rogers@northwestern.edu
315 Scott Hall, 847-491-2644


Psychology (major, minor)
Department office: Swift 102, 847-491-5190
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/
Associate Directors of Undergraduate Studies:
Karl Rosengren, k-rosengren@northwestern.edu
Joan Linsenmeier, j-linsenmeier@northwestern.edu


Religious Studies (major, minor)
Department office: 5-179 Crowe, 847-491-5488
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/religion/
Department email: religion@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Sarah Taylor, sarah@northwestern.edu


Science in Human Culture (adjunct major, minor)
Program office: 20 University Hall, 847-491-3525
Program webpage: http://www.shc.northwestern.edu
Program email: shc-program@northwestern.edu
Program Director:
Ken Alder, k-alder@northwestern.edu
Program Assistant:
Natasha Dennison, n-dennison@northwestern.edu


Slavic Languages and Literature
(major in Slavic Languages and Literatures, minor concentrations in Russian and in
Slavic Studies, minor in Central and Southeastern European Studies)
Department office: Crowe Hall 4-130, 847-491-5636
Department webpage: http://www.slavic.northwestern.edu/
Department email: slavic@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Susan McReynolds Oddo, s-mcreynolds@northwestern.edu
4-113 Crowe Hall, 847-497-2754


Sociology (major, minor)
Department office: 1810 Chicago Avenue, 847-491-5415
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/sociology/
Department e-mail: sociol@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Wendy Espeland, wne741@northwestern.edu
1808 Chicago Avenue, 847-467-1252


Sound Design (minor)
Program office: 1920 Campus Dr., 847-491-7214
Program website: http://www.sounddesign.northwestern.edu/
Program email: sounddesign@northwestern.edu
Department Assistant:
Roberta Stack, r-stack@northwestern.edu
1920 Campus Dr., 2nd Floor, 847-491-7297


Spanish and Portuguese (major and minor in Spanish)
Department office: 1-141 Crowe, 847-491-8249
Department webpage: http://www.spanish-portuguese.northwestern.edu/
Department email: spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Josef Barton, j-barton@northwestern.edu
1-140 Crowe, 847-467-6453


Statistics (major, minor)
Department office: 2006 Sheridan Road, 847-491-3974
Department webpage: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/statistics/
Department email: stats@northwestern.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Sandy Zabell, zabell@math.northwestern.edu
2006 Sheridan Rd #103, 847-491-5564 or 847-491-5752


Transportation and Logistics (minor)
Transportation Center Office: 600 Foster Street, 847-491-7287
Department webpage: http://transportation.northwestern.edu/academic/ugradMinor.html
Department email: t-center@northwestern.edu
For general information, contact:

Diana Marek, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs
d-marek@northwestern.edu, 847-491-2280



Urban Studies (adjunct major)
Program office: 1810 Chicago Avenue, 847-491-3804
Department webpage: http://www.urbanstudies.northwestern.edu/
Program Director:

Albert Hunter, ahunter@northwestern.edu
1812 Chicago Ave #201, 847-491-3804



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