<p>Could someone please kindly explain to me how the “Area of Study” works with majors. I went to the Brandeis website to see the majors and minors offered and for environmental studies, for example, it has three areas of study: The Global University, Health and Society, and Justice and Public Life. So how exactly does this work? What does it mean?</p>
<p>Thank you so much ahead of time!</p>
<p>Hi gingeralelover,
those divisions don’t really mean anything in terms of what you can major or minor in, these are just broad divisions to showcase for each department or major how it how it is helpful in terms of global knowledge, the area of health and society and the area of Justice and Public Life and some other areas. This listing here shows everything you can major or minor in:
[Majors</a> and Minors | Undergraduate Admissions | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/areas/majors/index.html]Majors”>http://www.brandeis.edu/areas/majors/index.html)
This is the website for the Enviro Studies program:
[Brandeis</a> University - Environmental Studies Program Website](<a href=“Environmental Studies Program | Brandeis University”>Environmental Studies Program | Brandeis University)
If you find this presentation confusing, you should let somebody in admissions know because this website was created new just last semester as a way of re-imagining the site as one way spark more interest among prospective students.</p>
<p>Ok, that clears some things up now. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>hi,
I also got that problem. I don’t understand why they divided into 8 areas of study and listed all the majors and minors related to each of those. </p>
<p>Could anyone explain for me?</p>
<p>And Do Business major students learn at IBS or at College of arts and sciences??</p>
<p>Those sections aren’t really important in terms of what majors and minors you can study, they’re just a way of advertising the different ways that the different majors and minors can teach you different skills like critical thinking that can be useful in careers in thepublic life, for example, or help you going forward once you’re finished with college, by giving you a global perspective, for example. What’s important at the link below is the listing on the very left showing the subjects and then the third and fourth row where it says whether you can major and/or minor in the subject:
[Majors</a> and Minors | Undergraduate Admissions | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/areas/majors/index.html]Majors”>http://www.brandeis.edu/areas/majors/index.html)
If you minor or major in business, you are not a student at the IBS, you are student in the college of Arts and Sciences. But some number of your classes might be taught by professors who also teach in the IBS or are in the same building. </p>
<p>Some students who are econ minors or majors might later apply and go on to do a BA/MA program at the IBS, I have a friend who’s doing that right now:
[BA/MAief</a> Program | Brandeis University International Business School: Business, Economics and Finance for Global Leadership](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/global/academic/programs/undergraduate/ba_ma.html]BA/MAief”>http://www.brandeis.edu/global/academic/programs/undergraduate/ba_ma.html)</p>