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Undergraduate Advising Heads

Undergraduate Advising Heads (UAH) and Language Directors (LD) are faculty advisors within the various majors and minors. These faculty are a wonderful resource as you are exploring different majors and minors and they can help you better understand how the curriculum of a particular major is structured and what you would need to do to major in that field.

You will ultimately meet with the appropriate UAH to officially declare your major. Download the request form (pdf) for more information on declaring a major or minor.

Subject Area	Undergraduate Advising Head	Major/Minor Instructions
African and African American Studies	Ola Yacob-Haliso	Steps to Declare a Major
American Studies	Maura Farrelly	Steps to Declare a Major
Anthropology	Brian Horton	How to Declare an Anthropology Major
Applied Mathematics	Dmitry Kleinbock	Steps to Declare a Major
Arabic Language, Literature and Culture (Minor)	Carl El-Tobgui	Steps to Declare a Minor
Architectural Studies (Minor)	Muna Guvenc Ospina Leon	Steps to Declare a Minor
Art History	Peter Kalb	Steps to Declare a Major
Asian American Pacific Islander Studies (Minor)	Yuri Doolan	Steps to Declare a Minor
Biochemistry	Timothy Street	Steps to Declare a Major
Biological Physics	Ben Rogers (Spring 2025)	How to Declare a Biological Physics Major
Biology	Rachel Woodruff	How to Declare a Biology Major
Business	Hagit Weihs	How to Apply to be a Business Major
Chemistry	Stephanie Murray Jo-Ann Jee is responsible for Chemistry minors.	How to Declare a Chemistry Major
Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies	Eoin O'Donoghue	Steps to Declare a Major
Climate Justice, Science, and Policy (Minor)	Sally Warner	How to Declare a CJSP Minor
Comparative Literature and Culture	Pu Wang	How to Declare a Comparative Literature Major
Computer Science	Antonella Di Lillo	How to Declare a Computer Science Major
Creative Writing	Stephen McCauley Elizabeth Bradfield	How to Declare a Creative Writing Major
Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation (Minor)	Tom King	Steps to Declare a Minor
East Asian Studies	Matthew Fraleigh	How to Declare an East Asian Studies Major
Economics	Mahsa Akbari (Spring 2025)	How to Declare an Economics Major Questions? Email econdeptuah@brandeis.edu.
Education	Rachel Theodorou (Spring 2025)	How to Declare an Education Major
English	David Sherman	How to Declare an English Major
Environmental Studies	Sally Warner	How to Declare an Environmental Studies Major
European Cultural Studies	Stephen Dowden	Steps to Declare a Major
Film, Television and Interactive Media	Paul Morrison	How to Declare a Film, Television and Interactive Media Major
Finance	Hagit Weihs	How to Apply to be a Finance Minor
French and Francophone Studies	Sophia Niehaus	How to Declare a French and Francophone Studies Major
German Studies	Sabine von Mering	Steps to Declare a Major
Health: Science, Society and Policy (HSSP)	Sarah Curi	How to Declare (or Change) Your HSSP Major or Minor
Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture (Minor)	Sara Hascal	Steps to Declare a Minor
Hispanic Studies	Fernando Rosenberg	How to Declare a Hispanic Studies Major
History	David Katz	How to Declare a History Major
History of Ideas (Minor)	David Katz	Steps to Declare a Minor
Independent Interdisciplinary Program	Kate Colahan (Academic Services)	How to Declare an Independent Interdisciplinary Major
International and Global Studies	Avinash Singh	How to Declare an International Global Studies Major
Italian Studies (Minor)	Paola Servino	Steps to Declare a Minor
Journalism (Minor)	Neil Swidey	Steps to Declare a Minor
Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies	Javier Urcid	Steps to Declare a Major
Legal Studies (Minor)	Daniel Breen	Steps to Declare a Minor
Linguistics	Keith Plaster	Steps to Declare a Major
Mathematics	Dmitry Kleinbock	Steps to Declare a Major
Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Minor)	Dorothy Kim	Steps to Declare a Minor
Music	Rob Duff	Steps to Declare a Major
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies	Ilana Szobel	How to Declare a Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Major
Neuroscience	Hannah Snyder	How to Declare a Neuroscience Major
Philosophy	Eli Hirsch	How to Declare a Philosophy Major
Physics	Emily Tiberi	How to Declare a Physics Major
Politics	Zachary Albert	How to Declare a Politics Major
Psychology	Ellen Wright	How to Declare a Psychology Major
Religious Studies (Minor)	Kristen Lucken	Steps to Declare a Minor
Russian Studies	David Powelstock Irina Dubinina	How to Declare a Russian Studies Major
Sexuality and Queer Studies (Minor)	Yuri Doolan	How to Declare a Sexuality and Queer Studies Minor
Sociology	Siri Suh	How to Declare a Sociology Major
South Asian Studies (Minor)	Brian Horton	Steps to Declare a Minor
Studio Art	Sheida Soleimani	How to Declare a Studio Art Major
Theater Arts	Jen Cleary	How to Declare a Theatre Arts Major
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies	Yuri Doolan	How to Declare a Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Major
Yiddish and East European Jewish Literature and Culture (Minor)	Ellen Kellman	Steps to Declare a Minor