Beyond Film and Science?

jumble_j
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:43:28 +0000

I hope you’re kidding.

Wesleyan’s government, econ, and history departments are all fantastic. At the very least, they’re equal to the strength of these departments in other comparable schools, and probably better in most cases.

People make a huge deal about the sciences and film because other schools which in many ways are comparable really aren’t even in the same realm when it comes to these things. Wesleyan’s facilities for film are the best on the East Coast, period. This is unusual for a liberal arts school. Sciences are great because Wes is a university and gets funding for grad-level research which translates into undergrad lab opportunities. This is also unusual. Having great government/economics/history departments, however, is not particularly newsworthy.

You might also want to look into CSS, which is an interdisciplinary major Wes has that might interest you. www.wesleyan.edu/css