Academic Quad

Knapp supports student and faculty research in the social sciences, promoting the exploration of issues such as public health, the environment, poverty, and social justice from an interdisciplinary perspective.

One of Wellesley's oldest academic buildings and the seat of humanities on campus.

It’s the seat of music and studio art at Wellesley. Featuring a traditional music salon, practice rooms, and studio space for painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. (Bonus: the Jewett Arts Center has the Media Arts Lab, for emerging digital media, and photography studios spaces, including a darkroom.)

First, art. With the art history department and the Art Library. Plus the Media Arts Lab, a studio space for new and emerging digital art, and a darkroom. Then, music. With the music department, the music library, practice rooms, and the Jewett Auditorium, used for chamber music performances by Wellesley students and guest artists from around the world. (Bonus: Pendleton West houses studio spaces for painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture!)

Mainly, social sciences. Including: American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Political Science, and Sociology. Featuring state-of-the-art classrooms and common study and meeting areas.

The major and the minor. Concentrations in Western Classical, Jazz and World, and Digital Media and Experimental. Courses like: ‘Advanced Harmony,’ ‘Intro to Ethnomusicology,’ and Interactive Sound Art w/ Electronics.’ Lessons in over 30 instruments. And a dozen student ensembles, including the beloved Guild of Carillonneurs.

Taught by working artists and tailored to your vision. With facilities and expertise to support painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, video, sculpture, and digital media.

Addressing questions like: Why are some countries rich and others poor? What is the root of our personality? Are human rights universal or do they depend on culture and context? What is the most effective way to address global warming? Featuring majors like: Anthropology, Africana Studies, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, International Relations, Peace and Justice Studies, Religion, Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies, and many, many more.

Answering questions like: Is the poem a body? How old is the concept of race? Can we trace lesbian literature back to Sappho? What power does literature have to lay bare class and social and economic systems? Featuring majors like: Architecture, Art History, Studio Art, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, East Asian Studies, English and Creative Writing, Jewish Studies, Media arts and Sciences, Theatre, and many, many more.