Academics
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'Round the Girdled Earth
Follow the travels of four professors whose pursuit of new knowledge and a richer classroom experience for their students takes them far from Hanover. From Ethiopia to Afghanistan, and Greenland to Brazil, Seth Dobson (anthropology), Jennifer Fluri (geography), Meredith Kelly (earth sciences), and Antonio Tillis (African and African American studies) exemplify the deep connections between research and teaching at Dartmouth.
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About Academics at Dartmouth
Uniting opportunities for practice and theory in every discipline, academics at Dartmouth are innovative, interdisciplinary, international, individualized, and structured to foster the most important features of a liberal arts education. Each student's experience is distinguished by breadth, depth, and personal connections with top faculty. Read more
The Liberal Arts at Play
Dartmouth takes a humanist and research-oriented approach to game design, says Mary Flanagan, professor of film and media studies. Her spring term course "Game Design Studio: Values at Play" offered students an opportunity to draw on their varied experiences in the liberal arts.
Engaged in the Classroom
Case law and pointed questions about it fuel the discussion when Bruce Duthu '80, the Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies, teaches "Native Americans and the Law."
Understand and Advise
Beginning with an intensive research class in the fall term, the Rockefeller Center's Policy Research Shop trains students to contribute directly to the public policy debate in Vermont and New Hampshire.
An Interactive Introduction
Prospective science majors will soon be welcomed with a Dartmouth-designed, unified two-term course that blends biology and chemistry and uses real-life applications and issues.
Undergraduate Arts & Sciences
Dartmouth has 29 undergraduate academic departments and 10 academic programs divided into four divisions: the humanities, the sciences, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary programs.
Dartmouth Medical School
Founded in 1797, Dartmouth Medical School is the nation's fourth-oldest medical school.
Thayer School of Engineering
Founded in 1867, comprises both the undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences and a professional school with degrees through the doctorate.
Tuck School of Business
Established in 1900 as the first graduate school of management, awards the master of business administration degree.
Graduate Arts & Sciences
In Dartmouth's Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs, students and faculty work together in highly interactive groups to master their disciplines and pursue research at the frontier of knowledge.

