The academic departments, concentrations, and programs of the College are grouped into three divisions as follows:

Humanities: Art, Chinese and Japanese, Classics, English, French, German, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish, and Theatre.

Science: Biological Chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Library, Science and Mathematics Learning Center, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics, and Psychology.

Social Studies: Anthropology, Economics, Education, History, Physical Education, Political Science, Reading Lab, Sociology, and Writing Lab.

• Alternate Language Study Option (ALSO) Program
  
• Foreign Language Across the Curriculum
  
• General Literary Studies Program
  
• General Science, an interdepartmental major program
  
• Grinnell-in-London and Grinnell-in-Washington, D.C.
  
• Humanities and Social Studies, divisional course offerings
  
• Interdisciplinary Concentrations: Africana Studies, American Studies, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Global Development Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Russian, Central, & Eastern European Studies, Technology Studies, and Western European Studies, programs of work in a secondary area in addition to the major
  
• Tutorials
  

Courses listed in this catalog are subject to change through normal academic channels. New courses and changes in existing coursework are initiated by the relevant departments or programs and are approved by the divisions and the Curriculum Committee.