区域研究专业旨在使本科生掌握一门学科，同时允许他们通过与艺术和科学学院相关的学院从事特定地理区域的历史和文化方面的专门工作。它是一门跨学科专业，学生将他们的工作分配给相关学院和相应的学术部门。学生与他们选择的相关学院的顾问一起计划课程。
The regional studies major is designed to give undergraduates the general mastery of a discipline and at the same time permit them to do specialized work in the history and cultures of a particular geographic area through the associated institutes of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. It is an interdisciplinary major in which students divide their work between the associated institute and an appropriate academic department. Students plan their programs with the consultant of the associated institute they have selected.